The Shortest Distance You Ever Had To Travel To See U2

[hippy]

Hmmm...probably about 5 minutes to the American Airlines Arena in Miami...

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[zonelistener]

1/2 mile from work to May 1 show in Minneapolis (I saw the trucks pull in from my office)!!

 

[TylerDurden]

ZooTV and Popmart were 20 minutes away, closest Elevation came was about 16 hours by plane.

 

[zooropamanda]

grrrr

 

[Naya]

30 minutes by bus.

 

[Henne]

20 minutes (Zooropa in Bremen).

 

[wannabe]

15 minutes by auto to Nationwide Arena.

 

[Achtung_Bebe]

approx. 3 hours to Houston was the shortest for me

 

[U2girl]

Does seeing a U2 show on TV count?

In that case, put me down for 0 kilometres LOL.

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"We feel like this is unfinished business - there's things for us left to do and that's why we still do it." - Larry

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[This message has been edited by U2girl (edited 12-30-2001).]

 

[anitram]

40 minute drive to downtown Toronto.

 

[sulawesigirl4]

15 minute drive to downtown Minneapolis.

 

[speedracer]

7 subway stops from Harvard Square to the FleetCenter in Boston.

 

[achtung__baby]

30 mins by train to Earls Court

 

[brettig]

A few seconds to switch on the tele.

 

[sharky]

20 minute subway ride to the Garden-- hmm, maybe 30 minutes actually. something like that.

 

[MissZooropa]

25 min by train and 10 min walk from the trainstation to the Stadium, Gothenburg, Popmart.
Next year I'll have 12 min by streetcar.

This year it was 2.5 hour by car, 30 min ferry, one hour car = totally 4 hours from Gothenburg to Copenhagen, Denmark. Fun to have the closest place in another country when they also play IN your own country but it's further away anyway.

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"U2 on it?s own is a very interesting group and all. But U2 with it?s audience is a culture" - Bono

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Pictures from Copenhagen (shirtless ones), London and Dublin, Slane.

 

[follower]

1 hour and 15 minutes flying to Buenos Aires - Argentina, 1998

Despite going to another country the distance was indeed shorter than going to Rio in 2000, almost 2 hours flying.

 

[forbonou2]

5 Hours by train from Jacksonville to Tampa, Fl. just had to stop in Every town!!

 

[camiloj]

15 or 20 minutes by car to Staples Center in downtown L.A., just 5 miles away.

 

[dizzy]

45 mins. by train to Baltimore, MD.

 

[OzAurora]

One hour drive from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane for the Pop Mart show

 

[elevatedmole]

First concert, May 1, Minneapolis: 4 hours
Second and third concert, Chicago 15 and 16 leg 1: 6 or 7 hours
Fifth concert, Denver leg 3: 11 hours (!)
Fifth and sixth concert, Chicago leg 3: 5 hours
Seventh and eighth, Kansas City and St. Louis: 13 hours (the longest!)

Agh.. it was all worth it! So that means I have spent 39 hours of 2001 just DRIVING to see U2. Is that nuts or what? Now I must add up how long I've been in the GA line..

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[blood red edge]

20 minute drive to the delta center in SLC, about 10 miles away

 

[U2Bama]

When I was in college, U2 played at Birmingham, Alabama's Legion Field stadium, 2 blocks from my collegiate campus.

 

[#1bonobabe]

I go to UT-Austin and I walked to the concert and back from the concert. My dorm is a mile away!!!

 

[muh2o]

20 minutes (Albany)