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Not sure how this happens. I'm able to fly, drive, rail, walk and run, and I've had tix to these U2 shows: POP Mart in Memphis, TN 360 in Norman, OK I&E in Chicago, IL JTT30 in Louisville, KY (Red Zone) JTT30 in DC (Landover, MD) JTT30 in St. Louis, MO JTT30 in San Diego, CA As mentioned in profile, partner in CSS, Inc. (Concert Staging Services, Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas 1987-1996), providing mix platforms, spot towers, extra scaffold builds for one-off needs at multiple venues (these were after my driving semi loaded with staging/rigger/crew chief road days) but as operations and design manager, I was tethered to desk in office, but still did occasional shows during the U2 tours during those years Bono and Edge showing up at the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock (no advance tip on that one) with a couple of songs performed in the rain for the thousands in attendance including all living Presidents (except an ill Gerald Ford) but I have never seen U2 live. I'm one that says they provided the sound track to my life, in all the good and hurtful times, helping me keep my head above water when I would find it so hard to get where I belonged, where God needed me to be, living as me, in freedom and joy, fearing no man's judgement. But being made a hardcore dreamer, born out of any "box" normal people feel so comfortable living in, I existed in fear of not pleasing those in my life and that is not what God made me for. U2 is four guys that have stayed together and sacrificed so much of their own lives and living with their own families as so many of us take for granted. From that first album I bought in that record store across the street from the university I attended (no, I wasn't skipping a class. I don't think), my freshman year until now, U2 gave me so much. And they were a "live" band, making studio songs come alive and turn every show into a spiritual experience. Or so I've heard. Car accident to missed flights, to the JTT show canceled due to protests that grew in violence, to me letting all these opportunities evaporate in my hands, I am yet to experience that live U2 show. No one else's fault but mine after all these years. Maybe next year. But there is still the way they have shored up my heart and mind that are pretty beat up. I still dream out loud and when I listen to any of their albums or watch a video of a live show, it definitely might get a little loud. -
It is for good reason that events, talk shows, creation and support of organizations, etc that we see the public U2 as just Bono, Bono and the Edge, or the whole collection of the 4 guys together as U2 on Jimmy Fallon's show, or at a U2 show (obvious on that one of course, except for the Times Square event when The Boss filled in for the injured Bono who was forced to stay home after the bike wreck by his doctor. I can imagine his attitude as he watched from home!). This pic is a great one to remind us they are all a band of brothers, all having their personal awards and help given to others. They each have their desire and amount of energy for the talk show circuit. But they are still together because any combination of them in public shows they are one as a band, and all four as significant as any of the others. Larry and Adam may not get the media notice as much in public, but they are essential to what has enabled these four guys to always have been at it as U2 for 40 years on tour, in studio, and just giving themselves to us in whatever configuration is noticed by the media. And I'm grateful to Adam for "Take a Walk in My Shoes", helping those who are constantly at war with themselves or praying to God for relief from the hell of depression (see Psalm 40!). Thanks for sharing this image of stage left, -
Not sure how this happens. I'm able to fly, drive, rail, walk and run, and I've had tix to these U2 shows:
POP Mart in Memphis, TN
360 in Norman, OK
I&E in Chicago, IL
JTT30 in Louisville, KY (Red Zone)
JTT30 in DC (Landover, MD)
JTT30 in St. Louis, MO
JTT30 in San Diego, CA
As mentioned in profile, partner in CSS, Inc. (Concert Staging Services, Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas 1987-1996), providing mix platforms, spot towers, extra scaffold builds for one-off needs at multiple venues (these were after my driving semi loaded with staging/rigger/crew chief road days) but as operations and design manager, I was tethered to desk in office, but still did occasional shows during the U2 tours during those years
Bono and Edge showing up at the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock (no advance tip on that one) with a couple of songs performed in the rain for the thousands in attendance including all living Presidents (except an ill Gerald Ford)
but I have never seen U2 live. I'm one that says they provided the sound track to my life, in all the good and hurtful times, helping me keep my head above water when I would find it so hard to get where I belonged, where God needed me to be, living as me, in freedom and joy, fearing no man's judgement. But being made a hardcore dreamer, born out of any "box" normal people feel so comfortable living in, I existed in fear of not pleasing those in my life and that is not what God made me for. U2 is four guys that have stayed together and sacrificed so much of their own lives and living with their own families as so many of us take for granted. From that first album I bought in that record store across the street from the university I attended (no, I wasn't skipping a class. I don't think), my freshman year until now, U2 gave me so much. And they were a "live" band, making studio songs come alive and turn every show into a spiritual experience. Or so I've heard. Car accident to missed flights, to the JTT show canceled due to protests that grew in violence, to me letting all these opportunities evaporate in my hands, I am yet to experience that live U2 show. No one else's fault but mine after all these years. Maybe next year. But there is still the way they have shored up my heart and mind that are pretty beat up. I still dream out loud and when I listen to any of their albums or watch a video of a live show, it definitely might get a little loud.
