1) Can't we all just get along?
2) Whoever's "ill", I hope it ain't serious. Given the "Adam's fine" response about his ill-fated Malaysian vacation, I have to worry what "ill family member" means...
3) Whenever the tour starts, I hope they revise the locations a bit. The rumors I've seen posted include absolutely no shows in the Midwest. U2 have not played Tennesee since 1997. They filmed parts of Rattle & Hum in Memphis, they've recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, Bono was just here a month ago to accept an award at the Civil Rights Museum... but they never play here. There are now TWO 20,000 seat arenas in Memphis (FedEx Forum and the Pyramid). There's the state-of-the-art Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville. Knoxville. Little Rock. St. Louis. Louisville. Indianapolis, with the equally state-of-the-art Conseco Fieldhouse. As is, the closest (admittedly rumored) shows to me are Atlanta, Dallas and Chicago... all ten hours away. The biggest, best band in the world should not have problems selling out every arena in the country, and the best fans in the world shouldn't have to keep spending all their cash on road trips.
Get well, whoever, and then get here.
C.