{"id":3296,"date":"2005-03-28T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-28T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2021-06-06T10:02:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T14:02:53","slug":"the-boys-play-rock-and-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2005\/03\/28\/the-boys-play-rock-and-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boys Play Rock and Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/musicbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; U2&#8217;s Vertigo tour is underway. The stage has been assembled<b>*<\/b>, the fans are queuing, the first show of the tour is about to start. The rehearsal setlists which have been shared online look extremely promising, with old album tracks such as \u201cThe Electric Co\u201d, \u201cAn Cat Dubh\/Into the Heart\u201d and \u201cGloria\u201d reappearing like old friends.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Now if only I could find if the concerts will be available on iTunes or not! My decision to buy a U2 iPod hangs in the balance\u2026<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <b>*<\/b>Ladies and gentlemen, the \u201cHeart\u201d has become the \u201cEgg\u201d\u2026<div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-8ojhu' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-8ojhu' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/stage09a.gif?resize=320%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><br><small>Inside San Diego&#8217;s Sports Arena<\/small><\/center><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Animation from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.u2paradise.com\">U2 Paradise<\/a>. &nbsp; <b>[2:07 PM]<\/b><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <b>Update<\/b>: here&#8217;s a photo of the tour souvenirs, courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vertiblog.com\/\">Vertiblog<\/a>.<br><br><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/vertigotourshirts.jpg?resize=550%2C443&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"550\" height=\"443\" style=\"border: 3px solid #000;\"><br><small>Prices from $35 to $90 &#8212; yikes!<\/small><\/center><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-8ojhu' data-more='More &gt;&gt;' data-less='&lt;&lt; Less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">More >><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; U2&#8217;s Vertigo tour is underway. The stage has been assembled*, the fans are queuing, the first show of the tour is about to start. The rehearsal setlists which have been shared online look extremely promising, with old album &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2005\/03\/28\/the-boys-play-rock-and-roll\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3300,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3296\/revisions\/3300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}