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U2 is a band from the north side of Dublin that became a global phenomenon-and while its four members have traveled the world over for almost fifty years, some of the most critical points on their journey have been in Southern California. The Joshua Tree is the best-known example of U2's artistic immersion in the Golden State, but the band began drawing inspiration from California's landscape as early as 1981 during their first arrival in the U.S. for the Boy tour. From deserts to beaches to urban streets, Southern California features dozens of sites that are both sacred and significant to U2 history. For the first time, these sites are documented and categorized in a single resource to inform and support the Southern California pilgrimages of U2 fans. I Go There With You provides the information U2 fans need before embarking on such a quest, whether individually or in groups. Each site has a story, and this book tells those stories-along with must-have details for trips that require extra planning and foresight. In addition to essential information on each site's place in U2 history, author Brook W. Flagg aims to inspire U2's most devoted followers with anecdotes and scrapbooked images. Just as Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. traveled through Southern California along the road from innocence to experience, their fans can find catharsis and healing by going into the mystic portals of the past-places where, over the decades, U2 found pieces of what they were looking for.

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""...Beautifully highlights the many significant and at times even sacred points of connection between the band and Southern California."" - Corey Lesh, co-founder of A Celebration, the original Los Angeles U2 fan club, 1985-88 ""Thoroughly researched and insightfully written book is a treasure trove for both the U2 obsessive and the casually curious."" - William See, co-host of Into the Heart of U2 Podcast ""...Traces U2's California story from humble clubs to hollowed deserts, capturing the moments where faith, fame, and landscape interwined...every site feels alive with memory and meaning."" - Kevin Dolph, founder of U2Radio.com ""...From the band's earliest concerts in California, through to the actual site of The Joshua Tree, this book brings those spots to life in a way that has not been done before."" - Joshua R. Eubanks, senior writer at U2Radio.com

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