I can still picture the day I saw the bus, jam-packed with U2 fans leaving the depot in Grafton , headed for the JT concert in Brisbane. I had a new-born baby in a pram and I felt like running down the street after the bus, pram and all.."Let Me On!!" I gave them a wave and a peace sign instead.
I can still recall having baby-sitter organised, in the car with girlfriends on the way to see a local band the night before Zoo Tv in Sydney. We got to the intersection with the highway...turn left 8 hour drive...Sydney...U2!! Turn right...Grafton. I was pleading with the girls...."turn left turn left, let's go AWOL..it's U2!!"
I'm sure U2 woulda just loved me turning up and trying to climb over the wall into their concert...sans ticket. Oh the memories.
The woman who does the entertainment pages for our local newspaper is a BIG U2 fan. I kept her published review of the Sydney show...the page is all yellow now.
Showbiz-Friday, December 3rd 1993.
"U2 lived up to billing as a great rockband"
"It was like sitting inside a sort of spacecraft, 50 000 of us waiting for our leaders to arrive.
The moon glowed over the stadium and the cool wind blew just enough to be comfortable.
The anxiety was showing. Mexican waves, shouting, cheering, clapping, banging on anything tied down. The place was electric.
The fact that arguably the greatest rock and roll band of our time was about to walk on stage was enough to turn the most sedate person into a maniac.......
..Bono emerged like an angel....
...The power of U2 was amazing, sinful in fact...
If you didn't manage to see ZOOTV, you really have missed an experience of any lifetime.."