Everyone has an inspiration, someone they admire, someone they want to learn from, someone they aspire to be. There are so many geniuses in the music industry, and growing up in the 80s, with the huge birth of MTV, finding a music “genius” as I called it back in the day, was no easy task.
Growing up in Brazil, MTV didn’t become huge until I was in high school. We had MTV Brasil, which featured our national-produced shows as well as American programing at night (with subtitles). This helped me learn the language tremendously, and ironically, adapt to the American music culture I so much wanted to be a part of.
On this day in 1978, David Bowie kicked off his Low / Heroes 77-date World Tour at San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California.
On this day in 2005, U2 kicked off their Vertigo tour at the iPay One Center in San Diego, California. The 131 date world tour would see the band playing in North America, Europe, South America and Japan. By the time it finished, the Vertigo Tour had sold 4,619,021 tickets, grossing $389 million; the second-highest figure ever for a world tour.