{"id":37384,"date":"2026-06-07T11:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=37384"},"modified":"2026-06-07T11:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:54:19","slug":"harvey-comes-home-pushes-u2-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/harvey-comes-home-pushes-u2-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey comes home, pushes U2 music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Harvey came home Thursday night for the first time in years, bringing with him some great U2 music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with Mother Nature tossing in ideal weather, a large crowd stuffed the Madison St. Plaza in Decatur for a rocking start to the Decatur Chamber’s ninth Summer Concert Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the first of 13 consecutive weeks of tribute music, all but one to be held on the plaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Packed plaza for opening night<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Harvey, a Decatur native, is the lead singer for The Push, four men providing the music of the internationally-famous Irish rock band which was formed in Dublin in 1976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvey told the packed plaza that he was \u201chome for the first time in 28, 30 years,\u201d having last performed here, \u201cas I remember,\u201d at Vinnie’s in downtown Decatur,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 1982 Bellmont grad with relatives in this area, he often yelled out the name of someone in the crowd whom he knew from the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harvey, McDavid and a dancer
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A couple of times during the two and one-half performance, Harvey was joined on the stage by Lisa McDavid, the locally popular singer for the Sweetwater All-Stars \u2013 who will be on the plaza stage with that band next Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harvey comes to the crowd
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The Push cranked out all the big U2 hits and more: “With or Without You\u201d, \u201cSunday Bloody Sunday\u201d, \u201cVertigo\u201d, \u201cPride in the Name of Love\u201d, \u201cNew Year’s Day\u201d, and \u201cI Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For\u201d \u2013 the latter with the beautiful lyric, \u201cI believe in Kingdom Come, then all the colors will bleed into one…\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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