Part 2, part 1 can be found here. Wednesday Sep 29. Seville pre-gig day We met around 9:00 in Los Columnas, had a quick Cafe Con Leche (coffee with milk) and headed off for a walk, eventually settling for a Cafe not far away. Inside was heaving with locals, so we joined in the mayhem. [...]
This is the story of two Irish U2 fans (Joe & me) on a 5 day trip to Seville and Coimbra. For me it was my 19th and 20th time seeing the band live, and the 6th and 7th time I saw U2 360. Last year I went to five of the European U2 360 [...]
Ireland’s RTE 1 TV Channel have been airing weekly programs on the five finalists of Ireland’s Greatest. This is a publicly voted competition to find who Ireland’s ‘greatest’ person is. There is more information on the series here. The five finalists in no particular order are: * Michael Collins * Bono * Mary Robinson * [...]
Following on from the recent Colm Henry photographic exhibition in London, Irish concert promoter MCD have put up 43 photos on their Facebook page, all photographed by Colm Henry. All of these are from 6 different Slane concerts spanning 1981 to 1987. Included in these, are some shots of U2 performing at the first Slane concert in [...]
In early September I blogged about a new film about Anton Corbijn. Shadow Play has been doing the rounds of film festivals (not on general release) and I was lucky enough to see the film at the recent Cork Film Festival. The festival has been going for over 50 years now, that’s some achievement for [...]
So, U2 are back in Europe next year. It’s almost 12 months before they hit Spain, and I already have Seville tickets in hand. Whats going on here? And wait, it gets worse: I have accommodations booked for both Seville and Coimbra (in Portugal). I can’t book flights yet, as it’s too far ahead. Some [...]
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