So after 30 years, I finally got to hear the song I was obsessed with in the late 1980s and early 1990s, “RED HILL MINING TOWN” played live in concert in Chicago – and I cried all the way through it. Oh I wish I could go back and tell my 14 year old self this, so I would not have been SO [continue reading]
I haven’t been to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2002, before U2 was inducted. I was going to Cleveland for the Broncos game, so I decided to stop by the Rock Hall as well and make it a weekend of Music and Sports – what else is there? I just want it on the record that I still [continue reading]
My love for U2 is pretty much known. Heck, I’ve even written a book about it – On the Road with U2: my musical journey. But for the few of you who don’t know, I have seen U2 in concert 90 times since the ZooTv Tour in 1992. I first fell in love with U2 back in 1987 with [continue reading]
I had some good moments in 2014, but all in all I am happy to see it go. And I couldn’t be more excited for 2015!!! This past year I got to travel to some great sporting events and some great concerts, but in this upcoming year I will once again be traveling On the Road with U2! 2014 started [continue reading]
I have been an avid U2 fan since 1987 when I was 14. Some say obsessed, but I like to say passionate. I discovered U2 in March 1987 with the release of The Joshua Tree. I heard With or Without You and liked it. I realized U2 was the same group that sang that song Pride I had heard a few years [continue reading]
This is my last post here on my Deena’s Days Blog until August – not that I wrote that much here this year anyway. I leave Saturday for U2 360 – I am driving with my 2 dogs to all 16 U2 shows in the US. You can follow my updates on my other blog On the Road with U2 and on [continue reading]
I haven’t written much in my DeenasDays blog this year because this is the year of U2011, so I have been writing in my On the Road with U2 blog. I will probably blog about the Memphis Grizzlies playoff games and definitely about the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival in 2 weeks, but [continue reading]