This is the tour that would mark an historic occasion. Not only is it the 30th anniversary of U2’s phenomenally successful The Joshua Tree album, but the third time I was to see the band live. Yep, the hat-trick was in sight in London on Sunday, July 9, and as Twickenham Stadium, the home of English rugby, loomed large, it still wasn’t quite sinking in.
To be honest, I’d only decided late on in April to try and purchase tickets for this landmark tour. On the subject of punctuality, my apologies for only just getting around to writing this review – the traditional U2 withdrawal symptoms have only just left me. The Irish rockers’ previous two albums, 2014’s Songs of Innocence and 2009’s No Line on the Horizon, had left me somewhat underwhelmed. That’s not to say that they weren’t both decent efforts, but when you talk...
To be honest, I’d only decided late on in April to try and purchase tickets for this landmark tour. On the subject of punctuality, my apologies for only just getting around to writing this review – the traditional U2 withdrawal symptoms have only just left me. The Irish rockers’ previous two albums, 2014’s Songs of Innocence and 2009’s No Line on the Horizon, had left me somewhat underwhelmed. That’s not to say that they weren’t both decent efforts, but when you talk...
- 7/20/2017
- by Dan Green
- The Cultural Post
Sally Barker, Christina Marie, Jamie Johnson and Jermain Jackman will battle it out in the final of 'The Voice' UK. Contestants Bizzi Dixon, Chris Royal, Lee Glasson and Sophie May were eliminated during the show's semi-final tonight (29.03.14), after losing out in the public vote. Sir Tom Jones' act Sally opened the show with a performance of The Waterboys hit 'The Whole Of The Moon,' and fought off stiff competition for her spot in the next weekend's final from her rival Bizzi, who also wowed the judges with his rendition of George Benson's track 'Everything Must Change.' On Ricky Wilson's team, Christina triumphed...
- 3/29/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
Sally Barker, Christina Marie, Jamie Johnson and Jermain Jackman will battle it out in the final of 'The Voice' UK. Contestants Bizzi Dixon, Chris Royal, Lee Glasson and Sophie May were eliminated during the show's semi-final tonight (29.03.14), after losing out in the public vote. Sir Tom Jones' act Sally opened the show with a performance of The Waterboys hit 'The Whole Of The Moon,' and fought off stiff competition for her spot in the next weekend's final from her rival Bizzi, who also wowed the judges with his rendition of George Benson's track 'Everything Must Change.' On Ricky Wilson's team, Christina triumphed...
- 3/27/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
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