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Favorite Moments in Rock 'n' Roll

A selection of my personal outstanding moments in rock 'n' roll (in no particular order):

  • Getting Bono's autograph outside the Pepsi Center, Denver, during the iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour
  • Swapping salutations with Bono on the Viacom rooftop, New York City
  • U2: Elevation Tour (yeah, the whole tour - sooo many memories!)
  • High-fiving Bruce Springsteen in Salt Lake City, Utah (for me, the real grad school graduation ceremony)
  • Walden Woods Benefit Concert (Sting, Billy Joel, Don Henley), New York City
  • A3 opening for Chumbawamba at the Boulder Theater, Boulder, Colorado
  • Billy Joel at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx
  • U2: ZOO-TV at RDS, Dublin, Ireland
  • Gorillaz at the Apollo in Harlem
  • Sinead O'Connor at Red Rocks, Colorado
  • Garbage at Mammoth Events Center, Denver, Colorado (especially for Shirley Manson's orange panties)
  • Big Head Todd's "Sister Sweetly" Album Release Concert, Boulder, Colorado
  • Billy Joel and Elton John, Face to Face in the MGM Grand, Las Vegas
  • Radiohead at Radio City Music Hall, New York City
  • Sisters of Mercy at Balch Fieldhouse, Boulder, Colorado

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