Why U2 – Reason #16
U2 Radio One of the things that I really love about U2 is that they hang out with some really cool people. Some artists that I’d have very likely missed out on entirely if it weren’t for their U2...
View ArticleU2 Elevation Charlotte 3.29.01 – my 1st GA show
U2 Radio 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...
View ArticleU2 Elevation Tacoma 4.12.01
U2 Radio The U2 show in Tacoma on April 12, 2001 marked a lot of firsts for me. It was my first time visiting Seattle, my first real GA experience and my first time seeing P.J. Harvey open (I would see...
View ArticleWhy U2 – Reason #20
U2 Radio It’s funny how much my opinion of an artist’s character influences my perception of their art. If I discover that some artist that I’m getting into is a woman-beater, for instance, or a meth...
View ArticleU2 Elevation Lexington, May 4 2001
U2 Radio Less than a month after the U2 Elevation show in Tacoma, I found myself in Lexington, Kentucky. I was going to make a weekend of U2 and the Kentucky Derby. At the time, I thought this U2 show...
View ArticleElevation Pittsburgh 5.6.01 – where it all began
U2 Radio Even though it was my sixth show on the Elevation tour, that show in Pittsburgh was what really started the magical experience for me that was the Elevation tour. It was the first time I...
View ArticleU2 Elevation Columbus 5.7.01
U2 Radio The morning after the U2 Elevation show in Pittsburgh, I flew to Columbus, OH for the show at Nationwide Arena that night. My head still hurt from where I hit it in the GA line in Pittsburgh....
View ArticleU2 Elevation Albany and Hartford June 2-3, 2001
U2 Radio Almost a month after the U2 Elevation show in Columbus, Ohio, I flew up to Albany, New York on June 2nd for the U2 Elevation show at the Pepsi Arena. Although this is one of the few shows I...
View ArticleKnow Your Bonoisms – Part 6 – Bono’s Use of Snow In Lyrics
U2 Radio It’s a fact: Bono loves snow. Yes, seriously. Don’t believe me? Keep reading. “And you know it’s time to go Through the sleet and driving snow Across the fields of mourning to a light that’s...
View ArticleBono is Speechless…Good!
U2 Radio Is there a time for keeping your distance? For getting on with your day A time for not waiting for Bono to speak And hear what he has to say? Just last week, a friend of mine asked me why Bono...
View ArticleThe Great Boston Elevation Shows June 8-9, 2001
U2 Radio Any U2 fan will tell you that ‘Boston4′ was one of the best shows they have ever seen. And what they mean by ‘Boston4′ is the fourth show U2 played in Boston on the Elevation Tour in 2001. U2...
View ArticleKnow Your Bonoisms – Part 7 – Bono’s references to family
U2 Radio Since Eve Hewson (a.k.a. the second eldest child of the greatest rock star in the world) made her first late night talk show appearance a few days ago, I decided it would be fitting to make...
View ArticleKnow Your Bonoisms, Part 8 – Bono and Ali’s Love Story
U2 Radio To mark the 32nd anniversary of Bono’s marriage to Ali Hewson, this week’s Bonoisms will be a collection of quotes from the man about his wife – strictly things he has said about the early...
View Article“What do they sing in DC?”– Bono asks on the Elevation Tour June 14 – 15, 2001
U2 Radio “What do they sing in DC?” I will never forget when Bono looked down at me at the tip of the heart at the first Elevation show in DC and asked me that after “Desire.” I just froze. I was still...
View ArticleKnow Your Bonoisms, Part 10 – Bono and Apple, Inc.
U2 Radio Since Apple is on the mind of every U2 fan this week, this is the perfect time to address Bono’s thoughts on the brand with a few quotes. Interestingly, the first Google result for the search...
View ArticleKnow Your Bonoisms, Part 14 – Bono Gets Personal on “Song for Someone”
U2 Radio Bono has been quite open about the transparency of Songs of Innocence; if there’s one point he wants to emphasize, it’s that this is the most personal U2 album to date. Although “Iris,”...
View ArticleKnow Your Bonoisms, Part 15 –“An Experimental Character”
U2 Radio Songs of Innocence is officially one month old, and this week in Bono news has been rich with quotations from our favorite front man. So rather than devoting any more time to trying to figure...
View ArticleBono is “Out of sight!”
U2 Radio The good news, Bono doesn’t have Ebola, which was floating around social media last week. The bad news, Bono does have glaucoma, which he revealed on the Graham Norton show the other day....
View ArticleKnow Your Bonoisms, Part 17 – Blinding U2 Lyrics
U2 Radio By now, we all know Bono has glaucoma. U2 Radio has already addressed the shocking announcement here, with Joepit’s piece that pointed out one of U2’s most eyesight-centric lyrics, “Vision...
View ArticleKnow Your Bonoisms, Part 18 – Is Bono Conservative?
U2 Radio Do you really care what Iggy Pop has to say about Songs of Innocence? No? How about Nick Mason of Pink Floyd? Me neither. So let’s take a cue from this girl, who once said that she would “wait...
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