The ZooTv Tour was my first U2 tour. U2 announced that they would be touring America in the Spring of 1992, in support of their Achtung Baby album. I was a sophomore in college, so I could now go to concerts! I had a subscription to Propaganda, U2’s fan magazine, which gave me an opportunity to buy tickets to one or […]
Read MoreU2 opens ZooTV Outside Broadcast Tour at Giants Stadium – August 12, 1992
One of my favorite U2 concerts was Opening Night of the ZooTv Outside Broadcast Tour, at Giants Stadium in New Jersey on August 12, 1992. It was my first tour opener. It was the first time I met Bono. It was my first and only time on stage. It was the first time I heard […]
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 ZooTv Hershey 8.7.92 – the rehearsal concert
My 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 […]
Read MoreBono and the Irish Part II
The 80’s ended with Bono declaring that U2 needed to “go away and dream it all up again”. I don’t remember that statement being viewed as being very significant at the time, but hindsight has seen it take on much more significance than perhaps it merits. The backlash from Rattle and Hum no doubt played […]
Read MoreU2 ZooTv Hampton March 7, 1992 – my musical journey begins
I was not allowed to go to concerts until I graduated high school. I was almost 15 when U2 toured in support of The Joshua Tree, so I missed that tour. My musical journey on the road with U2 started in Hampton, Virginia on Saturday March 7, 1992. It was my first U2 show and the […]
Read MoreU2 101 – Even Better Than the Real Thing
Just about everybody who’s any kind of U2 fan at all has had, at one time, a copy of Achtung Baby in their collection. I often tell people that my favorite U2 album varies from day to day, and that’s true, but in any given week, Achtung Baby would probably get the nod on four […]
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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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