A few days after the opening shows in Florida, I flew to Charlotte on March 29, 2001 for the third show on U2’s Elevation Tour. It was on my way home to Baltimore. This show was my first U2 GA (General Admission) show. It was assigned seats for the previous two tours, ZooTv and Popmart. […]
Read MoreU2’s Elevation Tour begins in Florida March 24, 2001
2001 was one of the best years of my life, but it started just over two months prior with the release of All That You Can’t Leave Behind in October 2000. That album was an instant favorite. I didn’t have to listen to it a few times to fall in love with it like I had with Achtung […]
Read MoreU2 101 – Bullet the Blue Sky
“Bullet the Blue Sky” is one of those songs that I always like to think of as belonging to U2-fandom. There are some songs, like “Beautiful Day”, “One”, or “With or Without You”, that are universally acclaimed and beloved, even by those who don’t know much about the band. In fact, I suspect that there […]
Read MoreU2 101 – Staring at the Sun
Of course, like all U2 fans, my mind is on the ongoing saga concerning the long-awaited 13th album. Is it delayed, or isn’t it? What if it never comes out – does that mean the band will never tour again? I don’t need to rehash the whole painful debacle for you, but it did get […]
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U2 101 – Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses is one of the most debated songs in all of U2’s vast catalog. Even the members of the band itself seem to not be sure how to feel about it. I’ve read interviews in which Bono claimed that he felt that they “didn’t quite nail the song” and another […]
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