justlittleolme

It's all just fate. The tricky part is figuring out what we're supposed to be doing, and where we go from here, because we do have a hand in determining it.

Why U2 and why so many shows? I like their music, and they're a great live band. Every show's unique - the setlist varies, they try different things, it blows me away every single time. And with their last tour they did a really cool thing for fans (aside from play in smaller venues when they could have filled out massive stadiums in every town) - they did a general admission floor and set up the stage so that if you were one of the lucky couple thousand to get floor seats, it was like being at a club show.

Polly Jean, on the other hand, happens to have the same management company (Principal Management). Over the years they'd both gotten to know each other, and I think they agreed that the timing worked out and this would help her reach a wider & different audience. Bless her heart for doing it, too, being an opening act has got to be rough - the venue's less than half full a lot of times and the majority of the audience reacts with indifference. But she gave her all anyways, and by the end of her set the place is a little more full and she's got most of them paying close attention.

PJ was so cute, too - aside from being wondrous and beautiful, she made a point of always dressing way over the top - turns out she was showcasing designer gear made by a friend of hers (how cool). And when a group of us who'd been in line all day took leftover cardboard/construction paper (from fans making signs for U2) and cut out big fish and little fish, then waved them over our heads during "Down By The Water" I thought she was going to break down and cry with happiness.