So as you know from yesterday’s post, I’m meeting Maureen Holloway this afternoon, so be sure to check back on Thursday for a full report (oh – and check out who commented on yesterday’s post!  Gulp!).  But I’m also going to the U2 concert tonight.  Quite a big day for The Only Girl.  Because usually she doesn’t get out much.  But not today my friends!  Today she’s getting out – like a prisoner on parole day!

Now, I’m not a huge U2 fan.  Sure, I like them.  Who doesn’t.  I’m not even a big music-in-general fan.  Sure, I like the Top 10 stuff, and I do enjoy some Elvis (what? what??), but a big music fan I am not.  However, I am trying to see – at least one time each – the big, iconic types of singers/bands that come to town.  And to me, U2 falls into this category.  I mean, for the price of concert tickets these days, the band better be big and famous and have a whopper of a stage with a multitude of special effects.  Otherwise I’m just gonna take that ticket money and buy myself a week’s vacation down south instead.

Which brings me to how I came to snag myself a high priced U2 ticket.

You see, my good friend Cherry is a concert junkie.  No really.  I’ve never known anyone to attend as many concerts as she has.  Ever.  I think it’s kinda like her hobby.  And in particular, she is a big time U2 fan.  I mean BIG time.  On their current tour this year, she’s had tickets for shows in the following cities:

Amsterdam – 1 show (general admission)
Dublin – 3 shows (all general admission)
Toronto – 2 shows (1 boring seat with me, but then exciting general admission the night after)
Boston – 1 (general admission)
maybe Las Vegas – 1
maybe Vancouver – 1

Yes.  She’s a BIG TIME fan.  In fact, a picture of her in the crowd at the Dublin show was splashed all over the U.K. newspapers this summer.

So when U2 announced that they were coming to Toronto, and I thought “oh – big iconic band.  I should see them” I immediately thought of her.  “Cherry, please can I go with you and your U2 friends to the concert?”  I begged.  And she politely agreed.  And then I felt a little bad because I’ll probably be cramping her U2 style.  What with me being a U2 newbie and all.  And because she’ll be sitting in a boring seat with me rather than spending the night camping out under the stars in the General Admission line up with her U2 friends trying to get a spot as close to the front as possible.

But what better way for me to see a high price concert than with a super fan?!  So she kindly made me a CD of the concert song set which I’ve been “studying” in my car for the past two weeks so that I can get up to speed.

So “In the Name of Love” tonight I’m heading down to the concert that’s “Where the Streets Have No Name” on this “Beautiful Day” either “With or Without You” because “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” – but I’m hoping I’ll find it sometime before the encore.

And tonight’s the night.  Me, Bono and Cherry.  Woo Hoo!