From Library Journal
A wise drummer (Clem Burke of Blondie) once said, "The ultimate fan transcends fandom and does it himself." Although Beeaff, a freelance writer living in Tucson, AZ, has not founded a band in her heroes' names, she has provided an earnest, perceptive account of the Irish supergroup's last four tours (that's 38 concerts!) in diary form. Unlike Bill Flanagan's U2 at the End of the World (Delacorte, 1995) and Carter Alan's U2: The Road to Pop (LJ 9/1/97), in which the authors enjoyed backstage/VIP status, Beeaff relates getting crushed in crowds, listening to soundchecks, dining at Denny's, waiting like a monk in the rain for autographs, admiring lead singer Bono's bonhomie (she meets him more than once), feeling Edge's "Bullet the Blue Sky" guitar solo snap her heartstrings again and again, and anticipating U2's next gestalt. Other fans will get vicarious kicks out of Beeaff's multiple pilgrimages to Dublin, the band's hometown, and wonder, "How in the devil does she afford it?" Recommended for larger public libraries that already own Flanagan's and Alan's works.
-Heather McCormack, "Library Journal" Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Michelle Perez, U2 Co-Section Leader Compuserve Fan Club A Forum
This is a story about the impact music known inside out has on a life and about all the adventures along the way. . . written with a sense of exhilaration fans of anything (or anyone)can identify with. . . Escape into the grand madness.
