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March Birthday Recap

Tons of March birthdays...

3/13 Adam Clayton

3/16 My Daddy

3/17 Buffy

3/22 Paula

3/28 Patty

3/31 Will (30th)

3/31 Mandy

3/31 Alysha

Happy birthday kids!

Today In Hill History: 3/29/01

On 3/29/01 I saw U2 perform at the Charlotte Coliseum.  I was living in Charlotte at the time which was super cool...they were playing several miles from my home!  Unfortunately, this show sucked major ass.  I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this was one of the worst concerts I've ever been to...definitely the worst U2 show I've ever seen.  It was just...blah and boring and had lots of technical issues including the fact that the singer forgot half of the lyrics.   At least I didn't have to travel far. 

Opening Act(s): Nelly Furtado

Main Set: Elevation, Beautiful Day, Until the End of the World, New Year's Day, Stuck In A Moment, Staring at the Sun, New York, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Sweetest Thing, In A Little While, Ground Beneath Her Feet, Bad, Where the Streets Have No Name, Mysterious Ways, The Fly

Encore(s): Bullet the Blue Sky, With or Without You, One, Walk On

Friday Night Video

Random Stuff...

• Happy 47th (ouch!) Birthday Adam Clayton!
• I very much so enjoyed the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductions last night.  That always makes me emotional for some reason.  The clips of inductions past got me last night.  Anyway, I was soooo proud of the REM's.  I love them so.  And Eddie Vedder's induction speech was great.  He's so right...for such an amazing lyricist you can't understand a word of what Michael Stipe sings.  I was very sad that most of the Van Halen's weren't there.  Tragic.
• I got like 3 hours sleep last night and I totally feel it today.  I have a cold and then when I finally fell asleep Doobie decided otherwise.  IJTYSK.

It was 20 years ago today...

Twenty years ago today U2's Joshua Tree was released.  Twenty years!  It seriously seems like it was just a few years ago.  Time flies when you're having fun.  I feel like I'm about 200 now.  TWENTY YEARS!

Oh yeah...

I'm going to see The Police in Cleveland.  HOLY CRAP!

Today In Hill History: 3/7/92

My very first U2 show was 3/7/92 at the Hampton Coliseum.  This was a very emotional, enlightening and pivotal concert for me.  Great show for only being the 5th concert of the tour.

Opening Act(s): The Pixies

Main Set: Zoo Station, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, The Fly, One, Until The End Of The World, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Trying to Throw Your Arms..., Angel Of Harlem, Satellite Of Love, Bad-All I Want Is You-Bullet The Blue Sky, Running to Stand Still, Where the Streets , Pride, I Still Haven't Found

Encore(s): Desire, Ultraviolet (Light My Way), With or Without You

Where you live should not decide, whether you live or whether you die...(MUST WATCH THIS!)

Best speech ever!