U2 ZooTv Hershey 8.7.92 – the rehearsal concert

MyMusicalJourneyMy third concert on U2’s ZooTv Tour was the rehearsal concert in Hershey, Pennsylvania on August 7, 1992. This show started the ZooTv Outside Broadcast Tour. In the summer of 1992, U2 ditched arenas for stadiums to take their ZooTv Tour outside. I went to the first five shows and another one a month later. Living in Maryland made it easy to travel to most of the East Coast shows. Washington DC, Philadelphia, and New York were all within a three-hours drive, plus U2 usually played two nights in each city. It was on this leg of the tour that I started meeting U2 fans and touring around with them.

Originally U2 wanted to rehearse for the ZooTv Outside Broadcast Tour at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland – my home town! They would have been here for a week, and I could have heard U2 nightly, just a short drive away. This would have brought lots of jobs for the community, but the neighbors of Memorial Stadium protested having U2 in their backyard because of the noise and drugs that sort of music would bring. U2 decided to rehearse for the tour in Hershey, Pennsylvania, which was less than a two-hour drive away. I went up to Hershey a couple of nights and sat outside the stadium to listen to the rehearsals, but never actually saw U2. I did get to hear “Acrobat” and “So Cruel” though. 

4-hershey-zootv-rehearsal-8-8-92At the end of the week, U2 played a rehearsal show on August 7, 1992 at Hershey Park Stadium. Tickets were only $15 and went to local charities. My seat was way in the back, the furthest away I’ve ever been at a U2 show. It didn’t matter though, because it was a great show, truly one of a kind. Instead of starting off the show with “Zoo Station” like all the other shows, U2 began with “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “New Year’s Day,” and “Pride” before going into their regular set list, starting with “Zoo Station.” This was the first time I had heard “New Year’s Day” and “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” since they were not played on the first leg of the ZooTv Tour. “Pride” was played again before the encore. Edge sang “Van Diemen’s Land,” the first and only time I have heard it live. This show was the day before Edge’s birthday, so Bono led the audience in singing “Happy Birthday.”

ZooTv Outside Broadcast Rehearsal show Set List (8.7.92 Hershey): Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year’s Day, Pride, Zoo Station, The Fly, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, One-Unchained Melody, Until The End Of The World, Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Van Diemen’s Land, Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World, Angel of Harlem, When Love Comes To Town, All I Want Is You, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running to Stand Still, Where the Streets Have no Name , Pride, Desire, Ultraviolet (Light My Way), With or Without You, Love Is Blindness. 

01 Sunday Bloody Sunday

 

02 New Year’s Day

 

03 Pride (In the Name of Love)

 

04 Intro

 

05 Zoo Station

 

06 The Fly

 

07 Even Better Than the Real Thing

 

08 Mysterious Ways

 

09 One

 

10 Unchained Melody

 

11 Until the End of the World

 

12 Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (False Start)

 

13 Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (acoustic)

 

14 Van Diemen’s Land

 

15 Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World

 

16 Angel of Harlem

 

17 When Love Comes to Town

 

18 All I Want is You

 

19 Bullet the Blue Sky

 

20 Running to Stand Still

 

21 Where the Streets Have No Name

 

22 Pride (In the Name of Love)

 

23 Desire

24 Ultra Violet (Light My  Way)

25 With or Without You

26 Love is Blindness

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I have finally found what I am looking for - all because of U2. I am writing my U2 memoir called "On the Road with U2: my musical journey." It is about the 75 U2 shows I've been to since ZooTv, including my three-month road trip during the last leg of the 360 Tour where I drove to every US concert. More than just the concerts, it is about the places I've been, the people I've met, and my quest to meet Larry.

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