Warning – This is a U2 related post

So this is when my favorites all played together, played a song I LOVE and in a city I used to live in. What then is the problem? I was not there!!!

This is U2 – featuring Arcade Fire playing Joy Division’s “Love will tear us apart”. This song though brilliant has only been made extra special here thanks to the multi multi faceted and multi multi talented Arcade Fire with the B Man.. so now how did this happen – that I missed seeing them?

Well. I DiD see them -(meaning) U2 play live but not in Montreal. Well. I did see them play in Montreal but not in 2005. Well I did see them play in 2005 but not in Montreal….
Confused yet-?
Interested still?

Hahaha – thought not.

I did see U2 in Montreal in 1997 and in 2001 but of course Arcade Fire did not exist then… so of course I missed seeing them. Then.. THEN… I missed seeing Arcade Fire tonight on a YouTube / Vimeo Webcast from Madison Square Garden…

following in the footsteps of their mentors – U2 who webcast their Pasedena show live from the Rose Bowl last year…. but hey that was a worldwide first…. and it was U2 so what was one to expect, eh, (breaking new ground)?!

For those of you keeping score, the number of times I have seen U2 perform live is….10

1991- ZooTV Tour – Tempe Arizona (yes yes I missed my degree final exams.. BUT THIS WAS U2!)

1997- PopMart Tour – Montreal, Canada
2001- Elevation Tour – Montreal, Canada
2005- Vertigo Tour – San Jose, CA
2005 – Vertigo Tour – San Jose, CA
2005- Vertigo Tour – Portland, OR
2005- Vertigo Tour- Oakland, CA
2005 -Vertigo Tour – Oakland, CA
2006-Vertigo Tour06 – Honolulu, HI
2009 – 360 Tour – London, England

Shows attended: 10
Tickets bought to shows: 17
Pure joy at seeing them live : Priceless

(and yes I do not, as yet, have tickets to any of the N. American shows scheduled for 2011).
However for those of you who still need to know why this band matters (in case the music is not inspiring enough for you), maybe the pizza will help!

http://u2log.com/2010/08/06/cheesy-goodness-u2-brings-the-pizza/

“Fans outside the Olimpico stadium in Turin got the surprise of a lifetime when all of U2 came out to greet them after Thursday night’s rehearsal bearing gifts: pizza for all!”

And….. finally the ultimate reason for this U2 high today.. I finally heard / saw / found what I had been looking for – a live version of “Hawkmoon 269″. I do not know why I had not seen this earlier. This and Acrobat my two favorites that U2 NEVER ever play…. yet there is this extremely rare find of Hawkmoon 269 being played live.

o yea and the U2 360 tour re starts today – after delays and health scares. Bono, here’s wishing you SAFETY… we’d MUCH rather have you safe than to see you jumping / dancing / prancing around (or off) stage.