Why did someone pay 2U to fly down to Central America and play? Serious question

[Mick_Mickerson]

How does that make any sense? I believe Joe when he says he played in....Honduras, I think it was? And Costa Rica? But, why?

Why would someone pay a cover band from Long Island to fly down and play U2 songs? Aren't there local bands that could play the songs? And if not, that would seem to indicate U2 isn't popular enough to have a 2U show.

I give Joe props for making it happen, but the logistics/logic behind the whole thing baffles me.

 

[Sue Lightning]

I imagine its a Spanish speaking shithole where 2U would be playing for white rube tourists. Can’t have El Edge and Bóno singing in broken English. As to how they beat out every other U2 cover band in the USA? A combination of lowballing themselves and every other cover band going “What? Why the fuck would we fly to the Caribbean? We have a gig to play at AZ/88 in Scotsdale.”

 

[866-Ron-0-Fez]

Could be that they just like U2 and it wasn't a hard sell.

Mexicans fawking love The Smiths. For no apparent reason. It's not Morrissey on his own. They didn't write a song about Mexico that was beloved. There wasn't a Hasselhoff/Berlin wall historic moment. They just like The Smiths.

Now I want to see Joe playing in Mexico. Wearing a wig and scrunching his face up to Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want. And then bitching like an old woman on Facebook about it.

 

[Mick_Mickerson]

Can’t have El Edge and Bóno singing in broken English.

Vurry good, vurry good.

 

[Mick_Mickerson]

I imagine its a Spanish speaking shithole where 2U would be playing for white rube tourists. Can’t have El Edge and Bóno singing in broken English. As to how they beat out every other U2 cover band in the USA? A combination of lowballing themselves and every other cover band going “What? Why the fuck would we fly to the Caribbean? We have a gig to play at AZ/88 in Scotsdale.”

I didn't think about the fact it was clearly at one of those resorts where either retired people move because it's cheap or resorts where rubes vacation to

 

[Ladynyahh]

The only way for Joe to RISE AGAIN is to put aside his differences with Gene "Horsecock" Marchello and get 2U back together (except for the David Letterman doppelganger they had playing guitar - I think he past). That's the only way he's not going to die completely destitute. He can't busk at TGI Friday's until he's 85 years old.

 

[Professor Rape]

Retards didn't speak English and thought they were hiring the real u2

 

[Torque’sHeadBump]

except for the David Letterman doppelganger they had playing guitar - I think he past

Fawk is that true? I thought he played bass :/

 

[Faggot Boqposter]

Him or one of the people in the band must have known someone. I can’t imagine people are going thumbing through demo tapes of cover bands, seeing Joe and his boomer pals playing dress up, and hiring them

 

[PorqueDealer]

1 LARGE turkey tostada and a 12 pack of RED Jarritos COMP'd

 

[DooDooBrown]

When Anthony was famous, he was the kind of famous where you don’t really get any major perks, but if a dumb spic is reading a list of band names and one says “featuring the brother of a major New York broadcaster”, if the reader is stupid enough and far enough removed from American culture, that might sound impressive.

 

[Roslyn Vampire]

IIRC, 2U was around for a long time (Ron & Fez pimped one of their dates back in 'NEW times) and built up some kind of following. Nana once said on the early XM days that 2U would take gigs in countries that the real U2 would never do on the account that they were shitholes. Back in the early 2000s when U2 was going through a rebirth post-All That You Can't Leave Behind's release, I feel like any U2 tribute band with a history of touring/a good website to promote themselves could easily pick up tour dates in Central America ex-pat beach bars.

 

[JoeBrotheChildSpitGuzzler]

How does that make any sense? I believe Joe when he says he played in....Honduras, I think it was? And Costa Rica? But, why?

Why would someone pay a cover band from Long Island to fly down and play U2 songs? Aren't there local bands that could play the songs? And if not, that would seem to indicate U2 isn't popular enough to have a 2U show.

I give Joe props for making it happen, but the logistics/logic behind the whole thing baffles me.

The cartel was going to lure him down and behead him but figured since his head is hollow it would be a waste of time

 

[Anthony's Lime Rickey]

Part of me wants to suggest 2U to play at Trumps potential 2025 swearing in. Just so Trump can bash them, and then have it leaked to press how much he hated it