UPDATE - NOVEMBER 10 - THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY: First cover story outside Ireland / Live recording to an EP / 1989, a very important year to the world / Superman and his new wife / Edge´s "Sunday Bloody Sunday" / Second Best Of is #2 / Only U2 will survive, says Simply Red´s Mick Hucknell / 120th VERTIGO show / Singled out: Bono credits The Edge as the man behind their third retrospective collection, U218 Singles, released on November 18 !
"U2´s first cover story outside Ireland" - november 10, 1979. U2 is featured on the cover of Record Mirror, a British music magazine. It's their first cover story outside of Ireland. Bono tells Chris Westwood: "I want people in London to see and hear the band. I want to replace the bands in the charts now, because I think we're better."
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 10, 1984 - Manchester / England - Apollo Theatre. U2 are discussing releasing an EP (Unforgettable Fire sessions combined with some live recordings from the tour) to generate more support for the tour. These two shows, as well as the next three upcoming dates in Birmingham, London, and Dortmund, Germany are also recorded.
"LoveTown" tour - november 10, 1989 - U2 perform in Auckland, New Zealand at Western Spring Stadium. The first show is actually the second show to be put on sale. When the 60,000 tickets for the 11th sell fast, a second gig is added--however, it only sells 20,000 tickets. The smaller crowd is more to U2's liking, and results in a better show. "One Tree Hill" is heavy with sentiment, and is dedicated to Greg Carroll. Towards the end of the show, Bono also comments on the developments in Communist countries(China and the Eastern Bloc), where anti-Government/Pro-democracy protests have been in the news for weeks. "I'd like to dedicate this song to the brave ones who have brough such great change to East Germany in the last few days, and for the brave ones who've lost their lives trying to bring about great change in China. The Eighties have been full of a lot of bullshit. But when they're writing the history books, 1989 is going to be a very important year for the world..."Support is B.B. King.
"ZOOTV - Broadcast" tour - november 10, 1992 - U2 perform in San Diego, California at Jack Murphy Stadium. The venue only sells 33,575 seats out of 55,000. During "Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World", Bono spots a girl in a wedding dress. "Is this a fancy dress, or did you really tie the knot here?" The girl, who was married earlier in the day is accompanied on stage by her new husband. "Superman and his new wife!" Bono exclaims to the cheering crowd. "Well...all I can say is the people of San Diego pronounce you man and wife!" Bono comments on the US Presidential elections a few days earlier, "You've got four years to see if you can turn the whole world around. I hope Bill Clinton is what he says is is, because if he's not we're all f---ed, let's face it..." Support is B.P. Fallon, "The Sugarcubes", and "Public Enemy".
"POPMart' tour - november 10, 1997 - U2 perform in Tampa, Florida Houlihans Stadium. Crowd is only 20.232 people. The Edge performed a solo version of "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," a song he said they hadn't performed in a while, until a recent show in Sarajevo.
"Best Of opens at number 2 in UK charts" - november 10, 2002. U2's The Best of 1990-2000 debuts at No. 2 on the UK album charts, behind One Love by the group Blue.
Only U2 will survive, says Simply Red´s Mick Hucknell - November 10, 2005 - HUCKNELL: 'COLDPLAY IS FOR INSOMNIACS' - SIMPLY RED frontman MICK HUCKNELL has hit out at pop sensations COLDPLAY, dubbing their music only suitable "for insomniacs". The STARS hitmaker insists out of the current generation of chart-toppers, only U2 will survive - blaming record labels for neglecting talent. He says, "U2 should still be there (in 20 years time), but not many others. The problem is the major labels are too busy pleasing shareholders, which means rapid returns. There's little investment in long-term careers and there are no major icons. Coldplay music is for insomniacs." contactmusic
120th VERTIGO show - November 10, 2006 - Australia - Sydney - Telstra Stadium - Kanye West. Today, U2 performed the first of three concerts in Sydney, New South Wales. U2 took the stage at roughly 8:40pm local time and performed a setlist identical to Brisbane's, except with some different snippets. These snippets included the combination of INXS's Never Tear Us Apart and Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart that was rehearsed in Brisbane the night before the first gig of the new leg. City Of Blinding Lights / Vertigo / Elevation - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (snippet) / Until The End Of The World / New Year's Day / Beautiful Day - Here Comes The Sun (snippet) / Yahweh / Walk On / Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / Love And Peace Or Else / Sunday Bloody Sunday - Rock The Casbah (snippet) / Bullet The Blue Sky - When Johnny Comes Marching Home - The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Miss Sarajevo / Pride (In The Name Of Love) / Where The Streets Have No Name / One - Encore(s): Zoo Station / The Fly / With Or Without You - Never Tear Us Apart (snippet) - Love Will Tear Us Apart (snippet) / The Saints Are Coming / Angel Of Harlem / Kite - Some photos: U2gigs - interference - - 70,000 fans ... Bring on the rain, it's what we need,'' he sang. ... There is no doubt that the 70,000 fans had a deep and enduring connection to U2's music, sending their voices soaring to the heavens during classic anthems, One, Pride (In the Name of Love) and With or Without You - during which he pulled a girl on stage and serenaded her. ... Of course there was a strong message delivered with the music, with Bono asking for Australia's continued support for the Make Poverty History campaign, urging Sydney to remain a peaceful multi-cultural city. U2 perform again tonight and Monday at Telstra stadium, with limited tickets available. ... Pam finally got to meet her idol Bono, telling him he is ‘a ray of light in a dark world’. She gave him a package containing a note outlining her RTA woes, along with the RTA’s route map. ... northernstar - Edge´s advice: “to all go home to your beds.”
Singled out: Bono credits The Edge as the man behind their third retrospective collection, U218 Singles, released on November 18 - November 10, 2006 - And admits he cannot stand to listen back to the band's early work. "I had nothing to do with it. I can't stand it. I can't stand listening to our music, I break out in a rash. It's all the coulda, shouldas. And in the'80s, I think I sang like a girl. A girl with a mullet," he laughs. "One of the reasons why we did the book (U2 By U2) and the album is that if we're caught in retrospection, it seems like a good moment to stop for a while. "We have a younger audience that has come through because of the last two albums. And (this) makes it easy for people to get it all in one. "Edge, when we did the decade collections, actually made me sit down and listen to the running order. "As gauche and as raw and as unfinished as a lot of the lyrics felt to me, there was an ecstatic quality to the early U2 that's very rare. "I can now understand why somebody wouldn't like it but I understand more why other people thought it was great. The hardest thing to contrive is joy; it's actually impossible and there's pure joy in there in places. And there's also a little boy screaming his head off, or a little girl." U2 perform at Telstra Stadium tonight, Saturday and Monday, with limited tickets still available. U218 Singles is released on November 18.
20.11.10
UPDTE - NOVEMBER 9 - THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY: '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' was born in Manchester / Berlin Wall is torn down / a fan plays piano at stage / 90th 'VERTIGO' show: Two girls on stage-"Gloria"-a Rwandan or Senegalese flag / Vertigo To Continue-2006 CONFIRMATION FROM U2.COM / Humanitarian Award to Music Rising in NYC / U2 is the No. 2 top-selling artist of all time on Amazon.com!
"Boy" tour - november 9, 1980 - U2 perform in London, England at the Moonlight Club.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 9, 1984 - U2 perform in Manchester, England at the Apollo Theater. During the first show, Bono mentions that 11 O´Clock Tick Tock was brorn in Manchester and this city was one of the first in Britain to support U2: 'We drove up in a van from London and played in a little room. You couldn´t have been there, there was only about three people there. Oh you were the three. I see...'
"Berlin Wall and Communism collapse" - november 9, 1989 - The Berlin Wall is torn down. Communist governments in Eastern Europe collapse.
"Elevation" tour - november 09, 2001 - Salt Lake City, UT - Delta Center. A fan is brought on stage to play piano as U2 covers Curtis Mayfield's 'People Get Ready.' Bono sings a brief snippet from 'Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses' during 'Bad.'
90th 'VERTIGO' show - November 09, 2005 / Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena - Damian Marley. Two girls on stage / "Gloria" / a Rwandan or Senegalese flag! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, Gloria, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore(s): The First Time (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment, With or Without You, All Because of You, Fast Cars, Bad - People Have the Power. Bono sings a bit of 'Rockaway Beach' during Vertigo and some of 'Exodus' during I Still Haven't Found.... The 'pixel panel' curtains aren't working during Streets, and remain in the 'up' position trhoughout the song, leaving the arena bathed in red and green lights, but without showing the African flags. **** Two girls on stage / a Rwandan or Senegalese flag! Bono dancing with the girl during "With or Without You." Another girl brought up to play tambourine during "Fast Cars." Bono asked for what was either a Rwandan or a Senegalese flag during "ISHFWILF" and gave it a little twirl before handing it back. Some photos on: interference
Vertigo To Continue - 2006 CONFIRMATION FROM U2.COM - November 9, 2005 - U2.com exclusively confirm that there will be a Vertigo//2006 tour. Vertigo//2006 will commence in early February with stops planned in Mexico, South America, New Zealand, Australia and Japan. Specific details will be released over the next few weeks.
Microsoft strikes deal with Universal Music Group for Zune music service - November 9, 2006 - Microsoft and Universal Music Group say they have struck a licensing deal for the software company's new Zune portable music player and digital music store that calls for the recording company to get paid a cut of the sales of the device. Executives at both companies declined to disclose the financial terms of the deal.
Humanitarian Award to Music Rising in NYC - November 9, 2006 - The Billboard Touring Awards honor the concert industry's top artists and professionals for the year, based on the Billboard Boxscores chart. Recognition for finalists and awards is based on actual box office performance. In addition, Billboard honor two individuals who have made a significant impact on the touring industry with the Legend of Live & the Humanitarian Awards. The 2006 winners were announced at the 3rd annual Billboard Touring Awards reception on November 9th from 7pm - 9pm at the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC. digitalspy - wbir - billboard
"U2 is the No. 2 top-selling artist of all time on Amazon.com" - November 9, 2006 - said Peter Faricy, vice president of music at Amazon.com. "We look forward to sharing this groundbreaking exclusive performance from the world-renowned band with our customers."
"Boy" tour - november 9, 1980 - U2 perform in London, England at the Moonlight Club.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 9, 1984 - U2 perform in Manchester, England at the Apollo Theater. During the first show, Bono mentions that 11 O´Clock Tick Tock was brorn in Manchester and this city was one of the first in Britain to support U2: 'We drove up in a van from London and played in a little room. You couldn´t have been there, there was only about three people there. Oh you were the three. I see...'
"Berlin Wall and Communism collapse" - november 9, 1989 - The Berlin Wall is torn down. Communist governments in Eastern Europe collapse.
"Elevation" tour - november 09, 2001 - Salt Lake City, UT - Delta Center. A fan is brought on stage to play piano as U2 covers Curtis Mayfield's 'People Get Ready.' Bono sings a brief snippet from 'Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses' during 'Bad.'
90th 'VERTIGO' show - November 09, 2005 / Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena - Damian Marley. Two girls on stage / "Gloria" / a Rwandan or Senegalese flag! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, Gloria, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore(s): The First Time (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment, With or Without You, All Because of You, Fast Cars, Bad - People Have the Power. Bono sings a bit of 'Rockaway Beach' during Vertigo and some of 'Exodus' during I Still Haven't Found.... The 'pixel panel' curtains aren't working during Streets, and remain in the 'up' position trhoughout the song, leaving the arena bathed in red and green lights, but without showing the African flags. **** Two girls on stage / a Rwandan or Senegalese flag! Bono dancing with the girl during "With or Without You." Another girl brought up to play tambourine during "Fast Cars." Bono asked for what was either a Rwandan or a Senegalese flag during "ISHFWILF" and gave it a little twirl before handing it back. Some photos on: interference
Vertigo To Continue - 2006 CONFIRMATION FROM U2.COM - November 9, 2005 - U2.com exclusively confirm that there will be a Vertigo//2006 tour. Vertigo//2006 will commence in early February with stops planned in Mexico, South America, New Zealand, Australia and Japan. Specific details will be released over the next few weeks.
Microsoft strikes deal with Universal Music Group for Zune music service - November 9, 2006 - Microsoft and Universal Music Group say they have struck a licensing deal for the software company's new Zune portable music player and digital music store that calls for the recording company to get paid a cut of the sales of the device. Executives at both companies declined to disclose the financial terms of the deal.
Humanitarian Award to Music Rising in NYC - November 9, 2006 - The Billboard Touring Awards honor the concert industry's top artists and professionals for the year, based on the Billboard Boxscores chart. Recognition for finalists and awards is based on actual box office performance. In addition, Billboard honor two individuals who have made a significant impact on the touring industry with the Legend of Live & the Humanitarian Awards. The 2006 winners were announced at the 3rd annual Billboard Touring Awards reception on November 9th from 7pm - 9pm at the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC. digitalspy - wbir - billboard
"U2 is the No. 2 top-selling artist of all time on Amazon.com" - November 9, 2006 - said Peter Faricy, vice president of music at Amazon.com. "We look forward to sharing this groundbreaking exclusive performance from the world-renowned band with our customers."
13.11.10
UPDATE - NOVEMBER 8 - THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY: 11 people are killed in an IRA bombing of a Remembrance Day Parade / "Helter Skelter", "Silver And Gold", and "Pride(In the Name of Love)", "Exit", "In God's Country", and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" appear in the movie "Rattle & Hum" / calm down the crowd / Bonoman(97) wears MacPhisto's horns and gold jacket / 89th 'VERTIGO' show: 'Mysterious Ways'-U2 play 'One Tree Hill'-Green Day, Lance Armstrong, Robin Williams / Sebastian Clayton about some old posts / Bono and Pearl Jam in Sydney / Joshua Tree Demo Revealed ('Wave of Sorrow’) / Bono watching Arsenal and Manchester United!!
"Boy" tour - november 8, 1980 - U2 perform in Southampton, England at the University.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 8, 1987 - Denver - CO - McNichols Arena After a discussion with Phil Joanou, the second night's performance is much more "crowd friendly"--the cameras are much less obtrusive. The show is charged--in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland 11 people are killed in an IRA bombing of a Remembrance Day Parade. Bono lets his anger show during "Sunday Bloody Sunday": "Let me tell you something, I've had enough of Irish Americans who haven't been back to their country in 20 or 30 years who come up to me and talk about the resistenace...the revolution back home...and the glory of dying for the revolution. F--- THE REVOLUTION! They don't talk about the glory of killing for the revolution, what's the glory in taking a man from his bed and gunning him down in front of his wife and children? Where's the glory in that? Where's the glory in bombing a Remembrance Day parade of old age pensioners, their medals taken out and polished up for the day? Where's the glory in that? To leave them dying or crippled for life or under the rubble of a revolution that the majority of the people in my country don't want. NO MORE!" The feeling of the show changes towards the end of the show--the band appear a bit more relaxed. Bono's anger seems to have subsided during "Spanish Eyes" Bono spots a woman in the crowd with a tambourine. "Who is this lady? Bring her to me!" he says to security. At the end of the song, the woman hands Bono the tambourine and returns to her seat as Bono starts singing the chorus, "Whey-hey-hey...baby hang on..." Adam joins in with the bass, and Bono jokes, "I was just getting it together with the folks, Adam. I thought I was pretty good." Bono is much more relaxed and plays with the crowd, "At the moment we're really stuck for a place to go afterwards tongith...has anyone got a house for us?" The crowd roar their response, and Bono's reply of "I didn't quite catch your name.." is muffled. "Helter Skelter", "Silver And Gold", and "Pride(In the Name of Love)", "Exit", "In God's Country", and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" appear in the movie "Rattle & Hum".
"LoveTown" tour - november 8, 1989 - U2 perform in Wellington, New Zealand at Athletic Park. Prior to U2 taking the stage, U2's production manager Steve Iredale comes on stage and tells the crowd that U2 will not come on until the crowd take a step back. Throughout the night Bono has to ask the crowd to calm down, and asks them to look after each other. After "Pride(In the Name of Love)", the band leave the stage and Bono announces, "Sorry, I have to take a piss". Support is B.B. King.
"POPMart" tour - november 8, 1997 - U2 perform in St. Louis, Missouri - Trans World Dome - Edge´s karaoke this night is 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' During 'Bullet the Blue Sky' Bono brings up a male fan who is dressed as MacPhisto, Bono's old alter-ego from the Zooropa Tour of 1993. Bono gives the fan his hat and jacket and wears MacPhisto's horns and gold jacket - the first MacPhisto appearance since 1993.
89th 'VERTIGO' show - OAKLAND - NOVEMBER 8, 2005: 'Mysterious Ways' / U2 play 'One Tree Hill' / Lance Armstrong, Robin Williams! November 08, 2005 / Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena - Damian Marley. City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, Mysterious Ways, Until the End of the World, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - One Tree Hill. Encore(s): Zoo Station, The Fly, With or Without You, All Because of You, Yahweh, 40. Bono and Edge add a verse and chorus from 'One Tree Hill' to the end of One. The full song hasn't been played since December, 1993, in New Zealand. And tonight's snippet is played as rumors swirl that the band is about to announce a tour of New Zealand and Australia early next year. The planned setlist shows 'Bad" as the final song, but the band chooses 40 instead. Many celebs in attendance tonight. Green Day. Lance Armstrong. Robin Williams. Photos on: U2gigs
Sebastian Clayton about some old posts - November 8, 2005 - U2.com director visits Net Nanny - Getting ready for last night's Mystery Train on RTE 1 radio. About U2's official site, U2.com: it turned out to be Sebastian Clayton, director of U2.com, whose first revelation will have many old school online fans checking their e-mail archives thinking 'OMG, did I really post that?': 'There was a ginormous U2 community, online before we ever launched an official site. There was a mailing list called 'Wire', they used to e-mail each other all the time, just a ginormous mailing list where all the fans used to keep in touch with each other. The band and I joined up to it just to see what was going on and how it worked and what happened and what people were saying. And once we saw that there were so many people involved and inspired by this mailing list we decided that it would be a good idea to put together an official site for them.' Seb also reveals a lot of people have been asking the site about blogging, 'so we're looking into that.'
Bono and Pearl Jam in Sydney - November 8, 2006 - U2 frontman BONO joined members of Pearl Jam at Sydney, Australia hotspot Hemmesphere on Wednesday night (08NOV06) to celebrate US election results. The Seattle, Washington-based rockers and activists were toasting the success of Democratic candidates in the US midterm elections, which were broadcast via US cable news services. After their concert on Wednesday, the band partied at the posh nightspot and were joined by good mate Bono from U2 and support band, Kings of Leon. Bono and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder are also expected to make an appearance at the Make Poverty History concert in Melbourne, Australia on 17 November (06).
Joshua Tree Demo Revealed ('Wave of Sorrow’) - November 8, 2007
- The remastered Joshua Tree features several unreleased demos from The Joshua Tree Sessions. Bono recently added new vocals to one of them, 'Wave of Sorrow’, and this week talked about the inspiration for the song. Interviewed in New York, Bono explains that Wave of Sorrow ‘was one of the songs from the Joshua Tree sessions that we never finished… a song that was trying to describe experiences that myself and Ali had when we were working in Ethiopia during the famine.’ The track is one of several rare and previously unreleased cuts which feature on the bonus audio CD, which comes with the deluxe edition of the re-released album.
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Bono watching Arsenal and Manchester United - November 8, 2008
Irish musician Bono from U2 is seen in the stands before the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Manchester United at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in London, Nov. 8, 2008. daylife
"Boy" tour - november 8, 1980 - U2 perform in Southampton, England at the University.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 8, 1987 - Denver - CO - McNichols Arena After a discussion with Phil Joanou, the second night's performance is much more "crowd friendly"--the cameras are much less obtrusive. The show is charged--in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland 11 people are killed in an IRA bombing of a Remembrance Day Parade. Bono lets his anger show during "Sunday Bloody Sunday": "Let me tell you something, I've had enough of Irish Americans who haven't been back to their country in 20 or 30 years who come up to me and talk about the resistenace...the revolution back home...and the glory of dying for the revolution. F--- THE REVOLUTION! They don't talk about the glory of killing for the revolution, what's the glory in taking a man from his bed and gunning him down in front of his wife and children? Where's the glory in that? Where's the glory in bombing a Remembrance Day parade of old age pensioners, their medals taken out and polished up for the day? Where's the glory in that? To leave them dying or crippled for life or under the rubble of a revolution that the majority of the people in my country don't want. NO MORE!" The feeling of the show changes towards the end of the show--the band appear a bit more relaxed. Bono's anger seems to have subsided during "Spanish Eyes" Bono spots a woman in the crowd with a tambourine. "Who is this lady? Bring her to me!" he says to security. At the end of the song, the woman hands Bono the tambourine and returns to her seat as Bono starts singing the chorus, "Whey-hey-hey...baby hang on..." Adam joins in with the bass, and Bono jokes, "I was just getting it together with the folks, Adam. I thought I was pretty good." Bono is much more relaxed and plays with the crowd, "At the moment we're really stuck for a place to go afterwards tongith...has anyone got a house for us?" The crowd roar their response, and Bono's reply of "I didn't quite catch your name.." is muffled. "Helter Skelter", "Silver And Gold", and "Pride(In the Name of Love)", "Exit", "In God's Country", and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" appear in the movie "Rattle & Hum".
"LoveTown" tour - november 8, 1989 - U2 perform in Wellington, New Zealand at Athletic Park. Prior to U2 taking the stage, U2's production manager Steve Iredale comes on stage and tells the crowd that U2 will not come on until the crowd take a step back. Throughout the night Bono has to ask the crowd to calm down, and asks them to look after each other. After "Pride(In the Name of Love)", the band leave the stage and Bono announces, "Sorry, I have to take a piss". Support is B.B. King.
"POPMart" tour - november 8, 1997 - U2 perform in St. Louis, Missouri - Trans World Dome - Edge´s karaoke this night is 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' During 'Bullet the Blue Sky' Bono brings up a male fan who is dressed as MacPhisto, Bono's old alter-ego from the Zooropa Tour of 1993. Bono gives the fan his hat and jacket and wears MacPhisto's horns and gold jacket - the first MacPhisto appearance since 1993.
89th 'VERTIGO' show - OAKLAND - NOVEMBER 8, 2005: 'Mysterious Ways' / U2 play 'One Tree Hill' / Lance Armstrong, Robin Williams! November 08, 2005 / Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena - Damian Marley. City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, Mysterious Ways, Until the End of the World, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - One Tree Hill. Encore(s): Zoo Station, The Fly, With or Without You, All Because of You, Yahweh, 40. Bono and Edge add a verse and chorus from 'One Tree Hill' to the end of One. The full song hasn't been played since December, 1993, in New Zealand. And tonight's snippet is played as rumors swirl that the band is about to announce a tour of New Zealand and Australia early next year. The planned setlist shows 'Bad" as the final song, but the band chooses 40 instead. Many celebs in attendance tonight. Green Day. Lance Armstrong. Robin Williams. Photos on: U2gigs
Sebastian Clayton about some old posts - November 8, 2005 - U2.com director visits Net Nanny - Getting ready for last night's Mystery Train on RTE 1 radio. About U2's official site, U2.com: it turned out to be Sebastian Clayton, director of U2.com, whose first revelation will have many old school online fans checking their e-mail archives thinking 'OMG, did I really post that?': 'There was a ginormous U2 community, online before we ever launched an official site. There was a mailing list called 'Wire', they used to e-mail each other all the time, just a ginormous mailing list where all the fans used to keep in touch with each other. The band and I joined up to it just to see what was going on and how it worked and what happened and what people were saying. And once we saw that there were so many people involved and inspired by this mailing list we decided that it would be a good idea to put together an official site for them.' Seb also reveals a lot of people have been asking the site about blogging, 'so we're looking into that.'
Bono and Pearl Jam in Sydney - November 8, 2006 - U2 frontman BONO joined members of Pearl Jam at Sydney, Australia hotspot Hemmesphere on Wednesday night (08NOV06) to celebrate US election results. The Seattle, Washington-based rockers and activists were toasting the success of Democratic candidates in the US midterm elections, which were broadcast via US cable news services. After their concert on Wednesday, the band partied at the posh nightspot and were joined by good mate Bono from U2 and support band, Kings of Leon. Bono and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder are also expected to make an appearance at the Make Poverty History concert in Melbourne, Australia on 17 November (06).
Joshua Tree Demo Revealed ('Wave of Sorrow’) - November 8, 2007
- The remastered Joshua Tree features several unreleased demos from The Joshua Tree Sessions. Bono recently added new vocals to one of them, 'Wave of Sorrow’, and this week talked about the inspiration for the song. Interviewed in New York, Bono explains that Wave of Sorrow ‘was one of the songs from the Joshua Tree sessions that we never finished… a song that was trying to describe experiences that myself and Ali had when we were working in Ethiopia during the famine.’ The track is one of several rare and previously unreleased cuts which feature on the bonus audio CD, which comes with the deluxe edition of the re-released album.
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Bono watching Arsenal and Manchester United - November 8, 2008
Irish musician Bono from U2 is seen in the stands before the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Manchester United at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in London, Nov. 8, 2008. daylife
UPDATE - NOVEMBER 7 - THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY: University's rock / A Waterboy joins U2 at stage / Filming a rockumentary / A tribute to concert promoter Bill Graham / A fan plays "All Along The Watchtower" /Planmusic announces Vertigo in Brazil(February 2006) / 119TH SHOW - 'VERTIGO' TOUR: Bono paid tribute to the Go Betweens frontman-Bono thanks the patience of the Australians fans-the first time the band have performed The Saints Are Coming without Greenday-Kite has closed a show, it featured a didgeridoo, and during the song, Bono flew and released a kite-David Hicks-'look at that beautiful moon! Oh, it's a spotlight' / The Saints Are Coming (video) version 2 is released !
"Boy" tour - november 7, 1980 - U2 perform in Exeter, England at the University. Playing mostly universities and rock clubs with a few hundred people in attendance, the itinerary includes several London shows, as well as return visits to venues already in September.
November 7, 1981 - U2's "October" album enters the BillBoard Top 200 at #181.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 7, 1984 - U2 perform in Glasgow, Scotland at Barrowlands. During the second show, Bono hands out cups of water to people who are getting squashed in the front. Charlie Burchill of "The Waterboys", during the soundcheck in the afternoon, pops up for a chat and after, joins U2 on stage for "40", while his whole band watch from the back. Bono dedicates 40 to them and afterwards the audience turn around and applaud them when a spotlight points them out. Support is "The Waterboys".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 7, 1987 - U2 perform in Denver, Colorado at McNichols Arena. During the soundcheck, the band rehearse "She's A Mystery To Me", which Roy Orbison will record for his "Mystery Girl" album. Denver has been chosen as the site to film the 35 mm black & white film footage for the "Rattle & Hum" rockumentary. Multiple cameras have been set up in the arena, including two that cross the front of the stage on tracks between the audience and the stage. Cameramen walk on and off-stage to capture the concert from as many angles as possible. On the first night, U2 acknowledge their performance at Red Rocks on June 5, 1983. During "New Year's Day", Bono sings, "You were there when the rain was coming down?....Icy fingers, warm hearts...warm hearts..." The film crew capture the show as well as possible, but in many cases block the audiences view, and suffer from camera breakdowns.
"ZOOTV - Broadcast" tour - november 7, 1992 - U2 perform in Oakland, California at Oakland Stadium. U2 perform in front almost 60,000 fans in one night. "One" is dedicated to the Needlepoint Exchange, a national organization that supplies needles to intravenous drug users across the country. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is dedicated to concert promoter Bill Graham (he was one of the responsibles for 1986-Conspiracy Of Hope tour and Save The Yuppies show) who had passed away earlier in a helicopter accident. As the show ends Bono softly whispers, "Bill Graham is still in the building". Support is B.P. Fallon, "The Sugarcubes", and "Public Enemy".
"Elevation tour" - november 07, 2001 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center - A fan is pulled on stage to perform All Along the Watchtower, which starts as an acoustic number, and eventually becomes a full band version. Edge wears this night "Born Free" (light blue) shirt.
Planmusic announces Vertigo in Brazil(February 2006) - November 8, 2005 - U2 come to Brazil to play two shows in February 2006 - Irish band U2 will play two shows in Brazil in February 2006, informed the press assistance of Planmusic, coordenated by Luiz Oscar Niemeyer, this Monday. Second this assistance, the negotiations to the shows in Brazil, are confirmed and, "as that all details of the new visit of the band to the country could be confirmed, Luiz Oscar Niemeyer will talk oficially".
119TH SHOW - 'VERTIGO' TOUR - BRISBANE/ AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 7, 2006: Bono paid tribute to the Go Betweens frontman-Bono thanks the patience of the Australians fans-the first time the band have performed The Saints Are Coming without Greenday-Kite has closed a show, it featured a didgeridoo, and during the song, Bono flew and released a kite-David Hicks-'look at that beautiful moon! Oh, it's a spotlight.' Queensland Sports & Athletics Centre - Kanye West: Wake Up- Arcade Fire / City of Blinding Lights / Vertigo / Elevation / Until The End Of The World / New Year's Day / Beautiful Day / Yahweh / Walk On / Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own / Love And Peace Or Else / Sunday Bloody Sunday / Bullet The Blue Sky / Miss Sarajevo / Pride / Where The Streets Have No Name / One - Encore: Zoostation / The Fly / With Or Without You / The Saints Are Coming / Angel Of Harlem / Kite. Snippets: Elevation / Streets Of Your Town - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / The Black Hills Of Dakota - Bullet The Bullet Sky / When Johnny Comes Marching Home / The Hands That Build America - With Or Without You / Streets Of Your Town. It is reported that Bono paid tribute to the Go Betweens frontman, Grant McLennan, by singing a snippet of “Streets of Your Town”. Before Yahweh, Bono said all families members are again healthy and he is thankful for the patience of the Australians fans. As rehearsals indicated the band have included a few extra songs from All That You Can’t Leave Behind (Walk On and Kite) at the expense of a couple of songs from How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Also, the concert marks the first time the band have performed the Saints Are Coming without Greenday. Angel of Harlem is also a song that was not widely played in 2005 and early 2006. Kite has closed a show, it featured a didgeridoo, and during the song, Bono flew and released a kite. During Angel Of Harlem, Bono sung "Young Australians" to the tune of Young Americans. Famous Vertigo Tour elements remain, such as the "coexist" segment in Sunday Bloody Sunday, the blindfold routine in Bullet The Blue Sky, the Human Rights Declaration segment before Pride, the Africa intro to Where The Streets Have No Name, and a speech relating to mobile phones before One. Sunday Bloody Sunday's speech segment began with Bono calling for David Hicks, an Australian held by the US in Guantanamo on suspicion of being a terrorist, to be returned to Australia in order to receive "a fair trial". On a lighter note, Bono made a funny comment at the start of his One speech: "look at that beautiful moon! Oh, it's a spotlight." Some great photos: U2gigs. *** Edge throwing some classic rock'n'roll shapes. Edge made funny noises on his guitar while chirping like a cricket into Bono's microphone. Kite: Edge used one of his Gibson 70's Les Paul customs in cream colour and Bono used what looked like a black Gibson Hummingbird acoustic. Walk On: Bono used his Gretsch Irish Falcon, Edge used one of the Music Rising guitars, the black one with the Music Rising logo on it.
The Saints Are Coming:
The Saints Are Coming (video) version 2 is released - November 7, 2006 - Directed by Chris Milk. Version 2, with additional footage. BBN was cut out, more Army helping the Red Cross and the people of NOLA thanknig the troops backing home to support them, 'Mission Accomplished' banner, 'Troops Greeted as Liberators'. More Larry. "The Saints Are Coming," is currently No. 27 on Billboard's airplay-based Modern Rock chart.
"Boy" tour - november 7, 1980 - U2 perform in Exeter, England at the University. Playing mostly universities and rock clubs with a few hundred people in attendance, the itinerary includes several London shows, as well as return visits to venues already in September.
November 7, 1981 - U2's "October" album enters the BillBoard Top 200 at #181.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 7, 1984 - U2 perform in Glasgow, Scotland at Barrowlands. During the second show, Bono hands out cups of water to people who are getting squashed in the front. Charlie Burchill of "The Waterboys", during the soundcheck in the afternoon, pops up for a chat and after, joins U2 on stage for "40", while his whole band watch from the back. Bono dedicates 40 to them and afterwards the audience turn around and applaud them when a spotlight points them out. Support is "The Waterboys".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 7, 1987 - U2 perform in Denver, Colorado at McNichols Arena. During the soundcheck, the band rehearse "She's A Mystery To Me", which Roy Orbison will record for his "Mystery Girl" album. Denver has been chosen as the site to film the 35 mm black & white film footage for the "Rattle & Hum" rockumentary. Multiple cameras have been set up in the arena, including two that cross the front of the stage on tracks between the audience and the stage. Cameramen walk on and off-stage to capture the concert from as many angles as possible. On the first night, U2 acknowledge their performance at Red Rocks on June 5, 1983. During "New Year's Day", Bono sings, "You were there when the rain was coming down?....Icy fingers, warm hearts...warm hearts..." The film crew capture the show as well as possible, but in many cases block the audiences view, and suffer from camera breakdowns.
"ZOOTV - Broadcast" tour - november 7, 1992 - U2 perform in Oakland, California at Oakland Stadium. U2 perform in front almost 60,000 fans in one night. "One" is dedicated to the Needlepoint Exchange, a national organization that supplies needles to intravenous drug users across the country. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is dedicated to concert promoter Bill Graham (he was one of the responsibles for 1986-Conspiracy Of Hope tour and Save The Yuppies show) who had passed away earlier in a helicopter accident. As the show ends Bono softly whispers, "Bill Graham is still in the building". Support is B.P. Fallon, "The Sugarcubes", and "Public Enemy".
"Elevation tour" - november 07, 2001 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center - A fan is pulled on stage to perform All Along the Watchtower, which starts as an acoustic number, and eventually becomes a full band version. Edge wears this night "Born Free" (light blue) shirt.
Planmusic announces Vertigo in Brazil(February 2006) - November 8, 2005 - U2 come to Brazil to play two shows in February 2006 - Irish band U2 will play two shows in Brazil in February 2006, informed the press assistance of Planmusic, coordenated by Luiz Oscar Niemeyer, this Monday. Second this assistance, the negotiations to the shows in Brazil, are confirmed and, "as that all details of the new visit of the band to the country could be confirmed, Luiz Oscar Niemeyer will talk oficially".
119TH SHOW - 'VERTIGO' TOUR - BRISBANE/ AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 7, 2006: Bono paid tribute to the Go Betweens frontman-Bono thanks the patience of the Australians fans-the first time the band have performed The Saints Are Coming without Greenday-Kite has closed a show, it featured a didgeridoo, and during the song, Bono flew and released a kite-David Hicks-'look at that beautiful moon! Oh, it's a spotlight.' Queensland Sports & Athletics Centre - Kanye West: Wake Up- Arcade Fire / City of Blinding Lights / Vertigo / Elevation / Until The End Of The World / New Year's Day / Beautiful Day / Yahweh / Walk On / Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own / Love And Peace Or Else / Sunday Bloody Sunday / Bullet The Blue Sky / Miss Sarajevo / Pride / Where The Streets Have No Name / One - Encore: Zoostation / The Fly / With Or Without You / The Saints Are Coming / Angel Of Harlem / Kite. Snippets: Elevation / Streets Of Your Town - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / The Black Hills Of Dakota - Bullet The Bullet Sky / When Johnny Comes Marching Home / The Hands That Build America - With Or Without You / Streets Of Your Town. It is reported that Bono paid tribute to the Go Betweens frontman, Grant McLennan, by singing a snippet of “Streets of Your Town”. Before Yahweh, Bono said all families members are again healthy and he is thankful for the patience of the Australians fans. As rehearsals indicated the band have included a few extra songs from All That You Can’t Leave Behind (Walk On and Kite) at the expense of a couple of songs from How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Also, the concert marks the first time the band have performed the Saints Are Coming without Greenday. Angel of Harlem is also a song that was not widely played in 2005 and early 2006. Kite has closed a show, it featured a didgeridoo, and during the song, Bono flew and released a kite. During Angel Of Harlem, Bono sung "Young Australians" to the tune of Young Americans. Famous Vertigo Tour elements remain, such as the "coexist" segment in Sunday Bloody Sunday, the blindfold routine in Bullet The Blue Sky, the Human Rights Declaration segment before Pride, the Africa intro to Where The Streets Have No Name, and a speech relating to mobile phones before One. Sunday Bloody Sunday's speech segment began with Bono calling for David Hicks, an Australian held by the US in Guantanamo on suspicion of being a terrorist, to be returned to Australia in order to receive "a fair trial". On a lighter note, Bono made a funny comment at the start of his One speech: "look at that beautiful moon! Oh, it's a spotlight." Some great photos: U2gigs. *** Edge throwing some classic rock'n'roll shapes. Edge made funny noises on his guitar while chirping like a cricket into Bono's microphone. Kite: Edge used one of his Gibson 70's Les Paul customs in cream colour and Bono used what looked like a black Gibson Hummingbird acoustic. Walk On: Bono used his Gretsch Irish Falcon, Edge used one of the Music Rising guitars, the black one with the Music Rising logo on it.
The Saints Are Coming:
The Saints Are Coming (video) version 2 is released - November 7, 2006 - Directed by Chris Milk. Version 2, with additional footage. BBN was cut out, more Army helping the Red Cross and the people of NOLA thanknig the troops backing home to support them, 'Mission Accomplished' banner, 'Troops Greeted as Liberators'. More Larry. "The Saints Are Coming," is currently No. 27 on Billboard's airplay-based Modern Rock chart.
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UPDATE - OCTOBER 30 - THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY: a radio controlled truck / repeating Dutch lines / Larry is showered with champagne by the roadies / a bit of "Rain" / a site to promote Best Of / at TRL program / "ATYCLB" is released / an INXS-shirt in Providence / U2 was the winner of the Award of Awards category and guitarist The Edge was honoured with the Innovation in Sound award / BONO - The U2 frontman sits down for Rolling Stone 40th anniversary to talk about the future, the Buzzcocks and reasons to compromise / U2 perform at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 25th anniversary concert
"October" tour - october 30, 1981- U2 perform in Amsterdam, Holland at the Paradiso. Support for the sold out gig is "Phantom Limb". Bono announces Larry Mullen's 20th birthday and leads the crowd in singing "Happy Birthday". Backstage, Bono presents Larry with his gift--a radio controlled truck.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - october 30, 1984 - U2 perform in Rotterdam, Holland at the Sport Paleis Ahoy. The 16,000 tickets for the venue sold out in two hours. U2 play two of the best shows of the tour so far. Bono finally masters the dramatic 'I´m wide awake' part in 'Bad'. He tries to repeat the Dutch lines that he learned in Hazttem in 1982, saying that he wished he could speak Dutch but couldn´t manage it. Indeed, his pronunciation has become even worse.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - october 30, 1987 - Chicago / IL - Rosemont Horizon - The third night, Bono allows two girls who have a "THERE IS BUT ONE FLAG -- THE WHITE FLAG" banner on stage, during Edge´s solo guitar in 'New Year´s Day.' They hug Bono, who momentarily withdraws because of his sore shoulder. Edge watches, pale-faced, but he recovers, apologizes to the two girls and continues with the show. During the encore performance of "Party Girl", Larry is showered with champagne by roadies (Larry cracks up laughing) as Bono sings, "Happy Birthday". Support for all three nights is "The BoDeans.
"ZOOTV - Outside Broadcast" tour - october 30, 1992 - U2 perform in Los Angeles, California at Dodger Stadium. On the first night it drizzles, and Bono sings a bit of "Rain". "It Never Rains In Southern California" opens "When Love Comes To Town". Especially when Edge took the second verse of Stand By Me...totally AWESOME.
"Island Records web site opens to promote Best Of collection - october 30, 1998 - Island Records opens up a website at http://www.island.co.uk/u2/ to promote the Best Of U2 album coming out in the next week. The web site features a contest giveaway, archive pictures, and an interactive game in which contestants try to maneuver U2 through the streets of Dublin away from their "admirers."
"ATYCLB promo" tour - october 30, 2000 - New York, NY - MTV Studios. Elevation, Beautiful Day, New York, Elevation, Happy Birthday. U2 appear live from the balcony of MTV Studios for the TRL program.
"All That You Can´t Leave Behind" - october 30, 2000 - U2's 10th studio album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, is released worldwide. It will go on to debut at #1 in 22 countries, but not in the U.S., where it debuts at #3 despite having the largest first-week record sales for any U2 release in the U.S.
"Elevation" tour - october 30, 2001 / Providence, RI - Dunkin Donuts Center - A fan gives Bono an INXS t-shirt during 'Stuck In a Moment,' which Bono gladly holds up to show the crowd. During 'Bad,' Bono climbs up into the lower level behind the stage. He talks with a little girl who is rendered speechless aside from being able to tell Bono 'I love you.' ...New Year´s Day featured Edge not only on his unparalleled guitar, but also on keyboards. Edge wears Yankees t-shirt.
Bono honors Midnight Oil at ARIA music awards - October 29, 2006 - Oils attack music industry for ignoring 'complaint rock' ... Bono from supergroup U2 honoured Midnight Oil with an introduction to their award. "If Midnight Oil could mean any one idea, it would have to be that Australia could be more, for more people, and that the only obstacle to that is indifference," Bono said.
U2 was the winner of the Award of Awards category and guitarist The Edge was honoured with the Innovation in Sound award - October 30, 2006 - London - U2 joined a constellation of musical stars at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London today for this year's Q Awards. Larry Mullen helped kick things off by presenting one of the day's first awards, for Track of the Year, to off-beat duo Gnarls Barkley for their hit Crazy. Edge was presented with the Innovation in Sound award by the event's host Jonathan Ross, in recognition of his unique contribution to the band's sound in particular and to the development of rock n roll music in general. The climax of the whole event was the presentation of a very special one-time-only Q Award Of Awards: Band of Bands, given to U2. **** The Edge's Q Award Speech - Read the speech Edge made today when he collected the 'Innovation in Sound Award' at the 2006 Q Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel: "If you have an inquiring mind, if you are drawn naturally towards the frontier of scientific and technological discovery. If you are the kind of person who finds themselves asking the question why? Far less often then why not? you should probably head for Silicon Valley and get a job at Microsoft. If however you are lucky enough to have grown up during one of the most inspiration periods of rock music history, during the era of guitar players like John McGeogh, Stuart Adamson, Will Sargent, Bill Frizzell, Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Kevin Sheilds, Noel Gallagher, John Squire - and to have found a group of musical collaborators who make it possible for you to find a creative voice, then you just might end up having the kind of charmed existence that I feel I have had over the last few decades. Thanks to Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, Bono, Adam and Larry and Paul for making it possible." **** Larry´s quote: This will be our last Q Awards" states U2 sticksman Larry Mullen as the band accept The Award of Awards. "Because we can't afford to fly The Edge over from LA." Bono intervenes to give a rather more eloquent thank you. qawards **** Q Awards - The Q Award of Awards - Chosen by Q magazine - Presented by Paul Rees, editor of Q - Winner: U2 - Today, U2 received the special one-time-only Q Award Of Awards: Band of Bands accolade for polling most votes from Q readers through the history of the Q Awards. qawards **** Q Awards - Innovation In Sound awarded to The Edge - Sponsored by Creative Zen - Chosen by Q magazine - Presented by Jonathan Ross - Winner: The Edge - The Q Innovation In Sound Award this year is presented to The Edge. Known as Dave Evans to his mum and dad, The Edge took on the role of U2's guitarist when he answered an ad to join Larry Mullen Jr's band in late 70s Dublin. His trademark guitar sound - perfected with liberal use of the echo pedal - put U2 at the forefront of the new wave and took them into stadiums worldwide. As a multi-instrumentalist, Edge's talent has been showcased at notable events such as Red Rocks, Live Aid and the Zoo TV tour, while taking U2 into new sonic territory across albums like Achtung Baby and Zooropa. Along with his songwriting and vocal duties with U2, The Edge has also explored production and soundtrack work, most notably on 1987's The Captive. Q salutes The Edge's commitment to sound production today with this special award.
BONO - The U2 frontman sits down for Rolling Stone 40th anniversary to talk about the future, the Buzzcocks and reasons to compromise. - October 30, 2007
Exclusive Audio: Bono grapples with the question "If you could only pursue U2 or activism, which would it be?" ... rollingstone - full interview - Lizie Bravo took this pic from this moment
U2 perform at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 25th anniversary concert - October 30, 2009
Setlist: 1.Vertigo / Rock 'n' Roll High School (snippet) / 2.Magnificent / 3.Because The Night / 4.Because The Night / 5.I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / 6.Mysterious Ways / 7.Where Is The Love? / One (snippet) / 8.Gimme Shelter / 9.Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of / 10.Beautiful Day - Songs from 6 U2 albums have been played during that show (snippets not counted): · Cover songs (4 songs) · All That You Can't Leave Behind (2 songs) · Achtung Baby (1 songs) · How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (1 songs) · No Line On The Horizon (1 songs) · The Joshua Tree (1 songs) - U2 perform at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 25th anniversary concert. Bruce Springsteen joins U2 for Because The Night and I Still Haven't Found; Patti Smith also joins for Because The Night. Due to missed cues, Because The Night is repeated in full, and the intro is done a third time. Mysterious Ways segues into Where Is The Love?, which is performed with the Black Eyed Peas. Bono inserts lyrics of One at the end. Gimme Shelter is performed with Mick Jagger and Fergie. Stuck In A Moment is performed with Mick Jagger. **** U2 performs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concerts. Because The Night is done with Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith. The first try is a wreck, so they do it again and then redo the intro a third time. Springsteen stays on stage for I Still Haven't Found. Black Eyed Peas join U2 for Where Is the Love, with Bono singing a bit of One at the end. Mick Jagger and Fergie sing Gimme Shelter with U2 as their backing band. Jagger stays on to duet with Bono on Stuck In a Moment. Though U2 are given a one-hour slot and said to have 12 songs planned, their set is shorter. A setlist distributed before the show says U2 will play for 41 minutes (the actual time is longer due to the Because The Night redo). Soundchecked: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (with Bruce Springsteen), Because The Night (with Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith), Where Is The Love? (with the Black Eyed Peas), and Gimme Shelter (with Mick Jagger). PICS: picasaweb
"October" tour - october 30, 1981- U2 perform in Amsterdam, Holland at the Paradiso. Support for the sold out gig is "Phantom Limb". Bono announces Larry Mullen's 20th birthday and leads the crowd in singing "Happy Birthday". Backstage, Bono presents Larry with his gift--a radio controlled truck.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - october 30, 1984 - U2 perform in Rotterdam, Holland at the Sport Paleis Ahoy. The 16,000 tickets for the venue sold out in two hours. U2 play two of the best shows of the tour so far. Bono finally masters the dramatic 'I´m wide awake' part in 'Bad'. He tries to repeat the Dutch lines that he learned in Hazttem in 1982, saying that he wished he could speak Dutch but couldn´t manage it. Indeed, his pronunciation has become even worse.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - october 30, 1987 - Chicago / IL - Rosemont Horizon - The third night, Bono allows two girls who have a "THERE IS BUT ONE FLAG -- THE WHITE FLAG" banner on stage, during Edge´s solo guitar in 'New Year´s Day.' They hug Bono, who momentarily withdraws because of his sore shoulder. Edge watches, pale-faced, but he recovers, apologizes to the two girls and continues with the show. During the encore performance of "Party Girl", Larry is showered with champagne by roadies (Larry cracks up laughing) as Bono sings, "Happy Birthday". Support for all three nights is "The BoDeans.
"ZOOTV - Outside Broadcast" tour - october 30, 1992 - U2 perform in Los Angeles, California at Dodger Stadium. On the first night it drizzles, and Bono sings a bit of "Rain". "It Never Rains In Southern California" opens "When Love Comes To Town". Especially when Edge took the second verse of Stand By Me...totally AWESOME.
"Island Records web site opens to promote Best Of collection - october 30, 1998 - Island Records opens up a website at http://www.island.co.uk/u2/ to promote the Best Of U2 album coming out in the next week. The web site features a contest giveaway, archive pictures, and an interactive game in which contestants try to maneuver U2 through the streets of Dublin away from their "admirers."
"ATYCLB promo" tour - october 30, 2000 - New York, NY - MTV Studios. Elevation, Beautiful Day, New York, Elevation, Happy Birthday. U2 appear live from the balcony of MTV Studios for the TRL program.
"All That You Can´t Leave Behind" - october 30, 2000 - U2's 10th studio album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, is released worldwide. It will go on to debut at #1 in 22 countries, but not in the U.S., where it debuts at #3 despite having the largest first-week record sales for any U2 release in the U.S.
"Elevation" tour - october 30, 2001 / Providence, RI - Dunkin Donuts Center - A fan gives Bono an INXS t-shirt during 'Stuck In a Moment,' which Bono gladly holds up to show the crowd. During 'Bad,' Bono climbs up into the lower level behind the stage. He talks with a little girl who is rendered speechless aside from being able to tell Bono 'I love you.' ...New Year´s Day featured Edge not only on his unparalleled guitar, but also on keyboards. Edge wears Yankees t-shirt.
Bono honors Midnight Oil at ARIA music awards - October 29, 2006 - Oils attack music industry for ignoring 'complaint rock' ... Bono from supergroup U2 honoured Midnight Oil with an introduction to their award. "If Midnight Oil could mean any one idea, it would have to be that Australia could be more, for more people, and that the only obstacle to that is indifference," Bono said.
U2 was the winner of the Award of Awards category and guitarist The Edge was honoured with the Innovation in Sound award - October 30, 2006 - London - U2 joined a constellation of musical stars at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London today for this year's Q Awards. Larry Mullen helped kick things off by presenting one of the day's first awards, for Track of the Year, to off-beat duo Gnarls Barkley for their hit Crazy. Edge was presented with the Innovation in Sound award by the event's host Jonathan Ross, in recognition of his unique contribution to the band's sound in particular and to the development of rock n roll music in general. The climax of the whole event was the presentation of a very special one-time-only Q Award Of Awards: Band of Bands, given to U2. **** The Edge's Q Award Speech - Read the speech Edge made today when he collected the 'Innovation in Sound Award' at the 2006 Q Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel: "If you have an inquiring mind, if you are drawn naturally towards the frontier of scientific and technological discovery. If you are the kind of person who finds themselves asking the question why? Far less often then why not? you should probably head for Silicon Valley and get a job at Microsoft. If however you are lucky enough to have grown up during one of the most inspiration periods of rock music history, during the era of guitar players like John McGeogh, Stuart Adamson, Will Sargent, Bill Frizzell, Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Kevin Sheilds, Noel Gallagher, John Squire - and to have found a group of musical collaborators who make it possible for you to find a creative voice, then you just might end up having the kind of charmed existence that I feel I have had over the last few decades. Thanks to Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, Bono, Adam and Larry and Paul for making it possible." **** Larry´s quote: This will be our last Q Awards" states U2 sticksman Larry Mullen as the band accept The Award of Awards. "Because we can't afford to fly The Edge over from LA." Bono intervenes to give a rather more eloquent thank you. qawards **** Q Awards - The Q Award of Awards - Chosen by Q magazine - Presented by Paul Rees, editor of Q - Winner: U2 - Today, U2 received the special one-time-only Q Award Of Awards: Band of Bands accolade for polling most votes from Q readers through the history of the Q Awards. qawards **** Q Awards - Innovation In Sound awarded to The Edge - Sponsored by Creative Zen - Chosen by Q magazine - Presented by Jonathan Ross - Winner: The Edge - The Q Innovation In Sound Award this year is presented to The Edge. Known as Dave Evans to his mum and dad, The Edge took on the role of U2's guitarist when he answered an ad to join Larry Mullen Jr's band in late 70s Dublin. His trademark guitar sound - perfected with liberal use of the echo pedal - put U2 at the forefront of the new wave and took them into stadiums worldwide. As a multi-instrumentalist, Edge's talent has been showcased at notable events such as Red Rocks, Live Aid and the Zoo TV tour, while taking U2 into new sonic territory across albums like Achtung Baby and Zooropa. Along with his songwriting and vocal duties with U2, The Edge has also explored production and soundtrack work, most notably on 1987's The Captive. Q salutes The Edge's commitment to sound production today with this special award.
BONO - The U2 frontman sits down for Rolling Stone 40th anniversary to talk about the future, the Buzzcocks and reasons to compromise. - October 30, 2007
Exclusive Audio: Bono grapples with the question "If you could only pursue U2 or activism, which would it be?" ... rollingstone - full interview - Lizie Bravo took this pic from this moment
U2 perform at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 25th anniversary concert - October 30, 2009
Setlist: 1.Vertigo / Rock 'n' Roll High School (snippet) / 2.Magnificent / 3.Because The Night / 4.Because The Night / 5.I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / 6.Mysterious Ways / 7.Where Is The Love? / One (snippet) / 8.Gimme Shelter / 9.Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of / 10.Beautiful Day - Songs from 6 U2 albums have been played during that show (snippets not counted): · Cover songs (4 songs) · All That You Can't Leave Behind (2 songs) · Achtung Baby (1 songs) · How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (1 songs) · No Line On The Horizon (1 songs) · The Joshua Tree (1 songs) - U2 perform at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 25th anniversary concert. Bruce Springsteen joins U2 for Because The Night and I Still Haven't Found; Patti Smith also joins for Because The Night. Due to missed cues, Because The Night is repeated in full, and the intro is done a third time. Mysterious Ways segues into Where Is The Love?, which is performed with the Black Eyed Peas. Bono inserts lyrics of One at the end. Gimme Shelter is performed with Mick Jagger and Fergie. Stuck In A Moment is performed with Mick Jagger. **** U2 performs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concerts. Because The Night is done with Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith. The first try is a wreck, so they do it again and then redo the intro a third time. Springsteen stays on stage for I Still Haven't Found. Black Eyed Peas join U2 for Where Is the Love, with Bono singing a bit of One at the end. Mick Jagger and Fergie sing Gimme Shelter with U2 as their backing band. Jagger stays on to duet with Bono on Stuck In a Moment. Though U2 are given a one-hour slot and said to have 12 songs planned, their set is shorter. A setlist distributed before the show says U2 will play for 41 minutes (the actual time is longer due to the Because The Night redo). Soundchecked: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (with Bruce Springsteen), Because The Night (with Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith), Where Is The Love? (with the Black Eyed Peas), and Gimme Shelter (with Mick Jagger). PICS: picasaweb
UPDATE - OCTOBER 29 - THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY: Rosemont Horizon´87 / "Rattle And Hun" premieres in Madrid / two songs were written in Minneapolis / U2 at David Letterman show / Bono with Stipe and Moby / 84TH SHOW - 'VERTIGO' TOUR: "Angel Of Harlem" (played with a male fan, who received Bono´s shades as a present)-Edge was so happy-'Six Strings and an IQ of 250' is Edge with new shirt-fans were raised on the music of U2 / Vertigo´s stage in Brisbane / Bono honors Midnight Oil at ARIA music awards / Edge wrote about NOLA and Music Rising on U2.com (Band-blog) / National Goegraphic announces U23D / Edge attended Bruce Springsteen's show / U2 album delayed
"October" tour - october 29, 1981 - U2 perform in Tilburg, Holland at De Harmonie.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - october 29, 1987 - Chicago / IL - Rosemont Horizon - On the second night, "Silver and Gold" is performed. Bono talks about the song, how it originally appeared on the "Sun City" Anti-Aparthied album. "A song about a man just at the point where he feels violence is the only way out. When we think of the life of the black man in South Africa, we can understand that...And I look into my own sould, and I can understand the wish and the want, to take up arms against those bastards. And yet, there is another way. There is another way to get these bastards by the balls. It's spelled M-O-N-E-Y. That's what brought them there in the first place, as they dug the earth for diamonds, for gold. And that's what's going to get them out of there!" During "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", Bono reminisces about the first time U2 played in Chicago: "I remember that club[The Parkwest] felt like the biggest room in the whole wide world. And I said to Edge, 'How can we ever play to more than a thousand poeple?' A year later I said to him, 'How can we play to more than three-thousand? Or five thousand-people?' Well, I think we've got the whole world here tonight, and it feels okay by me."
"Premiere of "Rattle And Hum" in Madrid" - october 29, 1988 - U2 and tour manager Dennis Sheehan attend the premiere of "Rattle & Hum" in Madrid, Spain at Cine Gran Via. Proceeds are donated to Amnesty International. Bono and The Edge make a speech about Amnesty International, and sing a quick verse from "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".
October 29 1997 John Robert Hector is released from custody after being charged with harassing U2's Adam Clayton in Toronto, Canada. Hector has no comment except that "Madonna is the greatest." Amongst Hector's claims is that he helped design the Achtung Baby cover.
"POPMart" tour - october 29, 1997 - U2 perform in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For the first time during POPMart, U2 are not supported by Howie B. Bono tells to the crowd that he wrote "I Threw A Brick Through A Window" and "Stranger In A Stange Land" in their hometown in U2´s earliest shows. Then came another surprisingly intimate moment -- "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," a Bic lighter anthem that Bono recast into a gospelly tune. And the concert become increasingly intimate with Bono's soulful heroic wails and a three-song acoustic set on a ministage at the end of a long runway. "Staring at the Sun," the band's recent single, was a true pop moment with wonderful pop harmonies, and the Edge soloed on guitar and vocals on "Sunday Bloody Sunday."
"Late Show with David Letterman" - october 29, 2001 - New York, NY - Ed Sullivan Theatre - New York, Stuck In a Moment. U2 performed for the first time on 'The Late Show with David Letterman.' The program bends its rules (which typically limit musical guests to one song of 5-minutes or less) and U2 plays two songs. After the performance, Bono sits down for a brief chat with David Letterman.
"New York against Violence concert" - october 29, 2001 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom. Helpless / Knocking on Heaven's Door. Bono joins Micheal Stipe and Moby onstage for a medley of two songs at the second annual New York Against Violence concert. The other members of U2 were not involved in this performance.
84TH SHOW - 'VERTIGO' TOUR - DALLAS - OCTOBER 29, 2005: "Angel Of Harlem" (played with a male fan, who received Bono´s shades as a present ) / Edge was so happy / 'Six Strings and an IQ of 250' is Edge with new shirt / fans were raised on the music of U2! October 29, 2005 / Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center - Damian Marley - City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, The Electric Co., The Ocean, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - Ol' Man River. Encore(s): The First Time (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment, Angel of Harlem, With or Without You, All Because of You, Yahweh, 40. Bono adds a bit of Patti Smith's 'Rock and Roll Nigger' to Vertigo. As they often are, 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' and 'See Me, Feel Me' are included as snippets in The Electric Co. Bono continues the recent tradition of bringing a young fan on stage during Sunday Bloody Sunday. During the encore, Bono brings a male fan on stage to play guitar with U2 on Angel of Harlem. Bono gives the fan his shades at the end of the song. It's the first time Angel of Harlem has been played this year. **** 'Six Strings and an IQ of 250.' is Edge with new shirt! Blinding Lights at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, gives way to Vertigo, as Bono introduces the band, 'drums, bass and six strings and an IQ of 250. Who is this man ? Who is this man?'...This tour is racing by and it seems to be the arrival of Electric Co that signals a gear change each night, as Edge, now racing around the ellipse, breaks into the sound that he invented and patented with just six strings and that IQ....'Driving into Dallas Texas, shining city, right out there, glass and steel / So it's 25 years My it's been fun / Twenty five years since we arrived here in a blue bus coming off the freeway / with big ideas.. about to meet you.'...Miracle Drug;Sometimes you Can't Make it On Your Own; Love and Peace or Else; Sunday Bloody Sunday; Bullet The Blue Sky and Miss Sarajevo. At the time if few knew U2, everybody knew Bob Marley, the first Third World superstar as he became known, and labelmates with U2 from day one. Tonight, his son is on stage with U2 and the pride is mutual. 'We're so proud to be here with Damian Marley and his band of merry pranksters,' says Bono. 'Thanks for coming out.' Dedicating Sometimes to Bob Hewson ('I still miss him'), the memories are flowing again but it's the future that is most important to this band, not just the future that our scientists will bring us in medicine (Miracle Drug) but also a future we have to find where we live together in Love and Peace....'now it's wrapped around my head.. my heart.. CoeXisT... It's getting harder to hold onto. You will hold on to it, won't you now Dallas?'...'Hey son,' smiles the singer, pulling a little boy out of the crowd, ' You sit down there son of Abraham.' This little boy is the future where we remember we are all sons of Abraham as Edge fires open the scary sonics of Bullet the Blue Sky, driving this dark and dizzying song to its close, Bono crawling blindfolded towards his microphone before a dedication to the US military. Luciana Pavarotti is not here tonight we learn but Bono is and, to compensate, 'I've been at the pasta.' It is a startling and moving Miss Sarajevo that follows, still earning its place in the set night after night. It segues neatly in to Pride which is sung not just for Martin Luther King and his dream but also for Rosa Parks' dream. Bono's definitely freestyling a little tonight, playful in new and surprising ways, even though the set list is not markedly different from recent nights. Edge and Adam, both in striking new shirts, are looking pretty heroic and Larry, well, he usually looks pretty heroic anyway. 'Crazy Texans / Thank you thank you / Take out your phones / Seriously, I'm not kidding / Turn this place into a Christmas tree in the middle of October / Look close under the Christmas tree / Its Dallas, Texas / We're gonnna change the world. It's the truth!'...how we live in a world of such inequality - when we have the tools to change things. 'One day it will look as ridiculous as Rosa Parks being arrested on a bus... to have 3000 people dying a day of a mosquito bite.'Praising the US's response to the crisis of Hurricane Katrina, he dedicates One 'to the people of Louisiana and all along the Mississippi'....Edge and Bono start Stuck In A Moment alone and the arena takes off when Larry and Adam join them. But four instrumentalists is not enough. 'Can we get a another guitar down here ?' asks Bono, wondering if anyone might have a spare somewhere. 'What do you know?' he asks a young man who has climbed onto the stage and walked into his moment in pop history. 'Angel of Harlem!' Who knows how long since they played this one-time U2 standard, but as Edge and Bono wonder back to the stage, Bono remarking that he hopes this works, it all comes back to them and the rendition is inspiring. 'It was a cold and wet December day / When we touched the ground at J.F.K. / The snow was melting on the ground / On B.L.S. I heard the sound / (Of an angel). / New York like a Christmas tree / Tonight, this city belongs to me, / (Angel)....' **** U2 marries religion and politics - Neon is back. U2 says so. The world's biggest rock band - or at least the most revered ¿ bathed American Airlines Center in shimmering light Saturday night. It was an arresting visual backdrop for the Irish quartet's soaring wall of crystalline sound....For the former, drummer Larry Mullen played a tom-tom on the circular catwalk , and Bono donned a headscarf that read, "Co-Exist." He looked like an ersatz Steve Van Zandt. Images of the Jewish star, the cross, and other religious symbols played across the stage in drapes of light. And during "Sunday Bloody Sunday," the singer brought a kid on stage and called him "a son of Abraham." Religion and politics: For U2, it's a natural marriage.... **** **** Edge so happy! "...First of all, I have never seen Edge so happy and into it. He was smiling all the time and dancing around like crazy. It was great to see him so engaged....I LOVE Electric Co. It was intense. Edge's guitar was ringing and Bono's voice was fantastic. It was my favorite song of the night by far....mentioning (Bono) Dallas all night even said "y'all". Skipping to a great part. One of the encores was Angel of Harlem. What a treat! Didnt expect that one. Pulled this guy from the crowd to play guitar. He walked from the catwalk to the stage and played with the band. He even began to walk the stage and not stay near Bono which was cool. He walked over to Adam's side and gave the crowd the hang loose sign and they yelled back at him. Then Bono told him to sing the chorus and he did with Bono. He then walked over in front of Larry then Bono told him to sing the song without Bono's help and he did. Then the kid got down on his needs in a "im not worthy" pose. Bono made him get up and the kid asked Bono to trade sunglass. Bono did! And i dont know if he gave them back. What a souviener. This was another highlite...." by u2 warrior on interference ****" I was the girl ...during WOWY and it was bloody amazing! The best night of my life.... and it was my first U2 concert! Anyway, the friend I was with got pictures of me onstage with Bono, but she DIDN'T get any of him kissing my cheek or my hand...So, if anyone got pictures of that, it would be really appreciated if you could send them to me - epaxsunday@yahoo.com. Thanks so much!" - by ExaudiaSunday on: interference - Happy Birthday Larry" banner "...i'm hoping that someone got a picture of me holding up the 'happy birthday larry' banner i made. i was on the outside of the ellipse left of center, and as larry was walking over to the drums for 'love and peace' i held it up as high as i could with the help of some friends, and we yelled "LARRRRY!" he heard us and saw the banner. he stopped briefly right in front of us, put his hands together and gave a little nod. i had my camera in hand but was too excited to take a picture LOL! today i'm totally worn out. complete zombie lol...." by ABEL on interference **** "Happy Birthday Larry" banner - "...i'm hoping that someone got a picture of me holding up the 'happy birthday larry' banner i made. i was on the outside of the ellipse left of center, and as larry was walking over to the drums for 'love and peace' i held it up as high as i could with the help of some friends, and we yelled "LARRRRY!" he heard us and saw the banner. he stopped briefly right in front of us, put his hands together and gave a little nod. i had my camera in hand but was too excited to take a picture LOL! today i'm totally worn out. complete zombie lol...." by ABEL on interference
Vertigo´s stage in Brisbane - October 29, 2006 - Brisbane, the next city of blinding lights has the Vertigo´s stage in the building. Look for some photos: lyptonvillge
Bono honors Midnight Oil at ARIA music awards - October 29, 2006 - Oils attack music industry for ignoring 'complaint rock' ... Bono from supergroup U2 honoured Midnight Oil with an introduction to their award. "If Midnight Oil could mean any one idea, it would have to be that Australia could be more, for more people, and that the only obstacle to that is indifference," Bono said. abc
Edge wrote about NOLA and Music Rising on U2.com (Band-blog) - October 29, 2006: "29.10.2006 - Wherever there is live music playing you will see an outpouring of hope...While watching the fallout following Pope Benedicts recent controversial speech it struck me that the world's most precious and increasingly rare form of real estate, suffering erosion at a pace even more startling then the Arctic ice cap, is our old friend common ground. Sadly this seems to be particularly true of the city of New Orleans where a lack of a common purpose and political consensus has hampered the rebuilding of certain areas of the city, notably the lower ninth ward. When it comes to the lower ninth what you see definitely depends on where you stand. If you are a member of the New Orleans police force the lower ninth ward has always been a trouble spot. If you are in government it has historically been an economically challenged area with one of the worst levels of unemployment. If you are part of the army corps of engineers working on rebuilding the Levy system it is a low lying area that will always be vulnerable to flooding. If, however, you love music the lower ninth ward was one of the areas of New Orleans with the richest musical heritage, supporting countless musicians and musical traditions going back centuries. On a recent trip to the famous Jazz Fest I was reminded just how rich and vibrant the local music scene is. It's all there, the various combinations of African syncopated rhythms and European melody; Jazz, Gospel, R'nB, Zydeco and Rock and Roll, all still evident here in their original form before anyone decided that they were distinct genres, giving credence to the idea that America's greatest contribution to world culture first came together on the streets of New Orleans when the African funeral procession drummers mixed it up with the hymn singers of the Christian funeral service. In New Orleans today the importance of their music culture is one thing that everybody can agree on. Everyone accepts that it is unique to the area, the heart and soul of the city, and that since much of the know-how to make this music gets passed on within the extended families, churches, and social clubs of areas like the lower ninth ward, that to allow these areas to lag behind in the rebuliding process risks the the loss of this precious musical heritage forever. Everyone in New Orleans wants to see this music culture preserved even if the more fundamental issues of how and when the various quarters of the city should be rebuilt is the subject of much heated debate. Everyone understands that live music brings a huge economic benefit to the city and bringing it back makes economic sense, but translating that aspiration into a practical strategy remains elusive. Music Rising has achieved an incredible level of local support because it focusses exclusively on rescuing the music culture of the region. More than just being a catalyst for hope we believe that music can become the sound track and the clarion call to rebuild the entire city, not just the areas that the property market dictates. Wherever there is live music playing you will see an outpouring of hope and optimism for the future, in it's absence there is uncertainty and despondency. When considering the restoration plan from a music culture perspective all socio-economic divisions evaporate. Music is color-blind and totally egalitarian. The restoration of the lower ninth becomes a priority. Not just because it ought to be but because it deserves to be. Support for Music Rising is support for the restoration of the music culture of the Gulf Coast, is support for the restoration of New Orleans along fair and equitable lines. The Music Rising partners all believe that music has always bound New Orleans together, and if it is allowed to can lead the city forward to a better future. The Edge."
National Geographic announces U23D to 2008 - October 29, 2007 - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CINEMA VENTURES TO RELEASE 3ALITY DIGITAL'S 'U2 3D' - New 3-D Film Stars U2's Vertigo Tour - WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Oct. 29, 2007)— National Geographic Cinema Ventures (NGCV) President Lisa Truitt announced today the first major international NGCV release, "U2 3D," opening in late January 2008 in 3-D only, in REAL D, IMAX 3-D and other digital 3-D theaters worldwide.
Edge attended Bruce Springsteen's show - October 29, 2007 - Los Angeles - Springsteen fans talking about their g-g-generation ... "It's a great place for this show; it was perfect," said the Edge, the U2 guitarist, who was milling about backstage after the show. "He does have quite a lot of good songs too, doesn't he?"
U2 album delayed - October 29, 2008 - U2 still haven't found what they're looking for with their new album - it has been delayed until early 2009. The supergroup were due to release their latest offering in time for the lucrative Christmas market but fans may now have to wait until after New Year's Day. "We still don't have a release date for this album, the band are still working," a spokeswoman for the band said. She added: "It might be early in the New Year." It would be U2's first album since the How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb in 2004. Large parts of the current record were recorded in Dublin's Hanover Quay Studios. Earlier this year, U2 released a 3D concert movie, U23D, which had its world premiere in Dublin.
"October" tour - october 29, 1981 - U2 perform in Tilburg, Holland at De Harmonie.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - october 29, 1987 - Chicago / IL - Rosemont Horizon - On the second night, "Silver and Gold" is performed. Bono talks about the song, how it originally appeared on the "Sun City" Anti-Aparthied album. "A song about a man just at the point where he feels violence is the only way out. When we think of the life of the black man in South Africa, we can understand that...And I look into my own sould, and I can understand the wish and the want, to take up arms against those bastards. And yet, there is another way. There is another way to get these bastards by the balls. It's spelled M-O-N-E-Y. That's what brought them there in the first place, as they dug the earth for diamonds, for gold. And that's what's going to get them out of there!" During "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", Bono reminisces about the first time U2 played in Chicago: "I remember that club[The Parkwest] felt like the biggest room in the whole wide world. And I said to Edge, 'How can we ever play to more than a thousand poeple?' A year later I said to him, 'How can we play to more than three-thousand? Or five thousand-people?' Well, I think we've got the whole world here tonight, and it feels okay by me."
"Premiere of "Rattle And Hum" in Madrid" - october 29, 1988 - U2 and tour manager Dennis Sheehan attend the premiere of "Rattle & Hum" in Madrid, Spain at Cine Gran Via. Proceeds are donated to Amnesty International. Bono and The Edge make a speech about Amnesty International, and sing a quick verse from "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".
October 29 1997 John Robert Hector is released from custody after being charged with harassing U2's Adam Clayton in Toronto, Canada. Hector has no comment except that "Madonna is the greatest." Amongst Hector's claims is that he helped design the Achtung Baby cover.
"POPMart" tour - october 29, 1997 - U2 perform in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For the first time during POPMart, U2 are not supported by Howie B. Bono tells to the crowd that he wrote "I Threw A Brick Through A Window" and "Stranger In A Stange Land" in their hometown in U2´s earliest shows. Then came another surprisingly intimate moment -- "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," a Bic lighter anthem that Bono recast into a gospelly tune. And the concert become increasingly intimate with Bono's soulful heroic wails and a three-song acoustic set on a ministage at the end of a long runway. "Staring at the Sun," the band's recent single, was a true pop moment with wonderful pop harmonies, and the Edge soloed on guitar and vocals on "Sunday Bloody Sunday."
"Late Show with David Letterman" - october 29, 2001 - New York, NY - Ed Sullivan Theatre - New York, Stuck In a Moment. U2 performed for the first time on 'The Late Show with David Letterman.' The program bends its rules (which typically limit musical guests to one song of 5-minutes or less) and U2 plays two songs. After the performance, Bono sits down for a brief chat with David Letterman.
"New York against Violence concert" - october 29, 2001 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom. Helpless / Knocking on Heaven's Door. Bono joins Micheal Stipe and Moby onstage for a medley of two songs at the second annual New York Against Violence concert. The other members of U2 were not involved in this performance.
84TH SHOW - 'VERTIGO' TOUR - DALLAS - OCTOBER 29, 2005: "Angel Of Harlem" (played with a male fan, who received Bono´s shades as a present ) / Edge was so happy / 'Six Strings and an IQ of 250' is Edge with new shirt / fans were raised on the music of U2! October 29, 2005 / Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center - Damian Marley - City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, The Electric Co., The Ocean, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - Ol' Man River. Encore(s): The First Time (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment, Angel of Harlem, With or Without You, All Because of You, Yahweh, 40. Bono adds a bit of Patti Smith's 'Rock and Roll Nigger' to Vertigo. As they often are, 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' and 'See Me, Feel Me' are included as snippets in The Electric Co. Bono continues the recent tradition of bringing a young fan on stage during Sunday Bloody Sunday. During the encore, Bono brings a male fan on stage to play guitar with U2 on Angel of Harlem. Bono gives the fan his shades at the end of the song. It's the first time Angel of Harlem has been played this year. **** 'Six Strings and an IQ of 250.' is Edge with new shirt! Blinding Lights at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, gives way to Vertigo, as Bono introduces the band, 'drums, bass and six strings and an IQ of 250. Who is this man ? Who is this man?'...This tour is racing by and it seems to be the arrival of Electric Co that signals a gear change each night, as Edge, now racing around the ellipse, breaks into the sound that he invented and patented with just six strings and that IQ....'Driving into Dallas Texas, shining city, right out there, glass and steel / So it's 25 years My it's been fun / Twenty five years since we arrived here in a blue bus coming off the freeway / with big ideas.. about to meet you.'...Miracle Drug;Sometimes you Can't Make it On Your Own; Love and Peace or Else; Sunday Bloody Sunday; Bullet The Blue Sky and Miss Sarajevo. At the time if few knew U2, everybody knew Bob Marley, the first Third World superstar as he became known, and labelmates with U2 from day one. Tonight, his son is on stage with U2 and the pride is mutual. 'We're so proud to be here with Damian Marley and his band of merry pranksters,' says Bono. 'Thanks for coming out.' Dedicating Sometimes to Bob Hewson ('I still miss him'), the memories are flowing again but it's the future that is most important to this band, not just the future that our scientists will bring us in medicine (Miracle Drug) but also a future we have to find where we live together in Love and Peace....'now it's wrapped around my head.. my heart.. CoeXisT... It's getting harder to hold onto. You will hold on to it, won't you now Dallas?'...'Hey son,' smiles the singer, pulling a little boy out of the crowd, ' You sit down there son of Abraham.' This little boy is the future where we remember we are all sons of Abraham as Edge fires open the scary sonics of Bullet the Blue Sky, driving this dark and dizzying song to its close, Bono crawling blindfolded towards his microphone before a dedication to the US military. Luciana Pavarotti is not here tonight we learn but Bono is and, to compensate, 'I've been at the pasta.' It is a startling and moving Miss Sarajevo that follows, still earning its place in the set night after night. It segues neatly in to Pride which is sung not just for Martin Luther King and his dream but also for Rosa Parks' dream. Bono's definitely freestyling a little tonight, playful in new and surprising ways, even though the set list is not markedly different from recent nights. Edge and Adam, both in striking new shirts, are looking pretty heroic and Larry, well, he usually looks pretty heroic anyway. 'Crazy Texans / Thank you thank you / Take out your phones / Seriously, I'm not kidding / Turn this place into a Christmas tree in the middle of October / Look close under the Christmas tree / Its Dallas, Texas / We're gonnna change the world. It's the truth!'...how we live in a world of such inequality - when we have the tools to change things. 'One day it will look as ridiculous as Rosa Parks being arrested on a bus... to have 3000 people dying a day of a mosquito bite.'Praising the US's response to the crisis of Hurricane Katrina, he dedicates One 'to the people of Louisiana and all along the Mississippi'....Edge and Bono start Stuck In A Moment alone and the arena takes off when Larry and Adam join them. But four instrumentalists is not enough. 'Can we get a another guitar down here ?' asks Bono, wondering if anyone might have a spare somewhere. 'What do you know?' he asks a young man who has climbed onto the stage and walked into his moment in pop history. 'Angel of Harlem!' Who knows how long since they played this one-time U2 standard, but as Edge and Bono wonder back to the stage, Bono remarking that he hopes this works, it all comes back to them and the rendition is inspiring. 'It was a cold and wet December day / When we touched the ground at J.F.K. / The snow was melting on the ground / On B.L.S. I heard the sound / (Of an angel). / New York like a Christmas tree / Tonight, this city belongs to me, / (Angel)....' **** U2 marries religion and politics - Neon is back. U2 says so. The world's biggest rock band - or at least the most revered ¿ bathed American Airlines Center in shimmering light Saturday night. It was an arresting visual backdrop for the Irish quartet's soaring wall of crystalline sound....For the former, drummer Larry Mullen played a tom-tom on the circular catwalk , and Bono donned a headscarf that read, "Co-Exist." He looked like an ersatz Steve Van Zandt. Images of the Jewish star, the cross, and other religious symbols played across the stage in drapes of light. And during "Sunday Bloody Sunday," the singer brought a kid on stage and called him "a son of Abraham." Religion and politics: For U2, it's a natural marriage.... **** **** Edge so happy! "...First of all, I have never seen Edge so happy and into it. He was smiling all the time and dancing around like crazy. It was great to see him so engaged....I LOVE Electric Co. It was intense. Edge's guitar was ringing and Bono's voice was fantastic. It was my favorite song of the night by far....mentioning (Bono) Dallas all night even said "y'all". Skipping to a great part. One of the encores was Angel of Harlem. What a treat! Didnt expect that one. Pulled this guy from the crowd to play guitar. He walked from the catwalk to the stage and played with the band. He even began to walk the stage and not stay near Bono which was cool. He walked over to Adam's side and gave the crowd the hang loose sign and they yelled back at him. Then Bono told him to sing the chorus and he did with Bono. He then walked over in front of Larry then Bono told him to sing the song without Bono's help and he did. Then the kid got down on his needs in a "im not worthy" pose. Bono made him get up and the kid asked Bono to trade sunglass. Bono did! And i dont know if he gave them back. What a souviener. This was another highlite...." by u2 warrior on interference ****" I was the girl ...during WOWY and it was bloody amazing! The best night of my life.... and it was my first U2 concert! Anyway, the friend I was with got pictures of me onstage with Bono, but she DIDN'T get any of him kissing my cheek or my hand...So, if anyone got pictures of that, it would be really appreciated if you could send them to me - epaxsunday@yahoo.com. Thanks so much!" - by ExaudiaSunday on: interference - Happy Birthday Larry" banner "...i'm hoping that someone got a picture of me holding up the 'happy birthday larry' banner i made. i was on the outside of the ellipse left of center, and as larry was walking over to the drums for 'love and peace' i held it up as high as i could with the help of some friends, and we yelled "LARRRRY!" he heard us and saw the banner. he stopped briefly right in front of us, put his hands together and gave a little nod. i had my camera in hand but was too excited to take a picture LOL! today i'm totally worn out. complete zombie lol...." by ABEL on interference **** "Happy Birthday Larry" banner - "...i'm hoping that someone got a picture of me holding up the 'happy birthday larry' banner i made. i was on the outside of the ellipse left of center, and as larry was walking over to the drums for 'love and peace' i held it up as high as i could with the help of some friends, and we yelled "LARRRRY!" he heard us and saw the banner. he stopped briefly right in front of us, put his hands together and gave a little nod. i had my camera in hand but was too excited to take a picture LOL! today i'm totally worn out. complete zombie lol...." by ABEL on interference
Vertigo´s stage in Brisbane - October 29, 2006 - Brisbane, the next city of blinding lights has the Vertigo´s stage in the building. Look for some photos: lyptonvillge
Bono honors Midnight Oil at ARIA music awards - October 29, 2006 - Oils attack music industry for ignoring 'complaint rock' ... Bono from supergroup U2 honoured Midnight Oil with an introduction to their award. "If Midnight Oil could mean any one idea, it would have to be that Australia could be more, for more people, and that the only obstacle to that is indifference," Bono said. abc
Edge wrote about NOLA and Music Rising on U2.com (Band-blog) - October 29, 2006: "29.10.2006 - Wherever there is live music playing you will see an outpouring of hope...While watching the fallout following Pope Benedicts recent controversial speech it struck me that the world's most precious and increasingly rare form of real estate, suffering erosion at a pace even more startling then the Arctic ice cap, is our old friend common ground. Sadly this seems to be particularly true of the city of New Orleans where a lack of a common purpose and political consensus has hampered the rebuilding of certain areas of the city, notably the lower ninth ward. When it comes to the lower ninth what you see definitely depends on where you stand. If you are a member of the New Orleans police force the lower ninth ward has always been a trouble spot. If you are in government it has historically been an economically challenged area with one of the worst levels of unemployment. If you are part of the army corps of engineers working on rebuilding the Levy system it is a low lying area that will always be vulnerable to flooding. If, however, you love music the lower ninth ward was one of the areas of New Orleans with the richest musical heritage, supporting countless musicians and musical traditions going back centuries. On a recent trip to the famous Jazz Fest I was reminded just how rich and vibrant the local music scene is. It's all there, the various combinations of African syncopated rhythms and European melody; Jazz, Gospel, R'nB, Zydeco and Rock and Roll, all still evident here in their original form before anyone decided that they were distinct genres, giving credence to the idea that America's greatest contribution to world culture first came together on the streets of New Orleans when the African funeral procession drummers mixed it up with the hymn singers of the Christian funeral service. In New Orleans today the importance of their music culture is one thing that everybody can agree on. Everyone accepts that it is unique to the area, the heart and soul of the city, and that since much of the know-how to make this music gets passed on within the extended families, churches, and social clubs of areas like the lower ninth ward, that to allow these areas to lag behind in the rebuliding process risks the the loss of this precious musical heritage forever. Everyone in New Orleans wants to see this music culture preserved even if the more fundamental issues of how and when the various quarters of the city should be rebuilt is the subject of much heated debate. Everyone understands that live music brings a huge economic benefit to the city and bringing it back makes economic sense, but translating that aspiration into a practical strategy remains elusive. Music Rising has achieved an incredible level of local support because it focusses exclusively on rescuing the music culture of the region. More than just being a catalyst for hope we believe that music can become the sound track and the clarion call to rebuild the entire city, not just the areas that the property market dictates. Wherever there is live music playing you will see an outpouring of hope and optimism for the future, in it's absence there is uncertainty and despondency. When considering the restoration plan from a music culture perspective all socio-economic divisions evaporate. Music is color-blind and totally egalitarian. The restoration of the lower ninth becomes a priority. Not just because it ought to be but because it deserves to be. Support for Music Rising is support for the restoration of the music culture of the Gulf Coast, is support for the restoration of New Orleans along fair and equitable lines. The Music Rising partners all believe that music has always bound New Orleans together, and if it is allowed to can lead the city forward to a better future. The Edge."
National Geographic announces U23D to 2008 - October 29, 2007 - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CINEMA VENTURES TO RELEASE 3ALITY DIGITAL'S 'U2 3D' - New 3-D Film Stars U2's Vertigo Tour - WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Oct. 29, 2007)— National Geographic Cinema Ventures (NGCV) President Lisa Truitt announced today the first major international NGCV release, "U2 3D," opening in late January 2008 in 3-D only, in REAL D, IMAX 3-D and other digital 3-D theaters worldwide.
Edge attended Bruce Springsteen's show - October 29, 2007 - Los Angeles - Springsteen fans talking about their g-g-generation ... "It's a great place for this show; it was perfect," said the Edge, the U2 guitarist, who was milling about backstage after the show. "He does have quite a lot of good songs too, doesn't he?"
U2 album delayed - October 29, 2008 - U2 still haven't found what they're looking for with their new album - it has been delayed until early 2009. The supergroup were due to release their latest offering in time for the lucrative Christmas market but fans may now have to wait until after New Year's Day. "We still don't have a release date for this album, the band are still working," a spokeswoman for the band said. She added: "It might be early in the New Year." It would be U2's first album since the How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb in 2004. Large parts of the current record were recorded in Dublin's Hanover Quay Studios. Earlier this year, U2 released a 3D concert movie, U23D, which had its world premiere in Dublin.
UPDATE OCTOBER 28: "War" t-shirt / "Lost Luggage?" / five minutes firework / U2 visits "Ground Zero" / Bono sings with Lanois / Bono attends Eminem concert / Live 8 DVD gets premiere launch / 83rd 'VERTIGO' show: Dikembe Mutumbo, Craig Biggio and Roger Clemens were at the attendance-white cowboy hat / Hands of famous people / Bono and Ali in Monaco / BONO'S A PRI'MATE' !
"October" tour - october 28, 1981 - U2 perform in Leiden, Holland at Stadsgehoorzaal.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - october 28, 1984 - U2 perform in Brussels, Belgium at Vorst Nationaal. On the second night, Bono discusses Belgium's mandatory conscription: "I think everybody here has to join the army at some point, is that right? Well, this particular person spent the last week in a barracks under arrest for wearing his "War" T-shirt. They actually lock you up in a cell, just for one of these...I wish you well in all your efforts to stop all that nonsense." Support is "The Alarm".
"The Joshua Tree" - october 28, 1987 - U2 perform in Chicago, Illinois at the Rosemont Horizon. In three sold-out dates, U2 perform in front of 51,998 people. The band are surprised by the thunderous applause that accompanies them on stage, and that the crowd confidently sing along to every song. On the first night, "Southern Man" is played for the third time on the 3rd leg of the "Joshua Tree" tour. "You know," Bono improvises, "we started playing our own songs because we couldn't play anybody else's songs...we still can't. When I was 17, I just about learned to play this song on an electric guitar. And I said, 'One day, maybe, if I learn the other chords, I'll go far...' I thought these great singers and songwriters in rock & roll bands had some tricks up their sleeves--but there's no tricks at all. Just three chords, and the truth." Bono again invites a guitarist up from the crowd, who does an extensive solo ("This guy is too good! Hey Edge, I think we better get him off quick!") and introduces him to the crowd, "He says his name is Big Dave. Hey, what was the name of the band again that you played for? 'Lost Luggage'?...Well, I still haven't found the luggage I'm looking for..."
"LoveTown" tour - october 28, 1989 - U2 perform in Adelaide, Australia at Memorial Drive Stadium. On the second night, a five minute fireworks display accompanies "Bullet The Blue Sky". During "Love Rescue Me", Bono asks the fans outside of the stadium, "Even you people hanging on to the trees and down the back, sing with me: sha-la-la-la..." Support is "Weddings Parties Anything" and B.B. King.
"U2 visits 'Ground Zero'" - october 28, 2001 - Prior to tonight's concert in East Rutherford, NJ, U2 visits 'Ground Zero' in New York city -- the site of the World Trade Center attacks of September 11th.
"Elevation" tour - october 28, 2001 - E. Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena - Bono tells the crowd that the band visited 'Ground Zero' today - the site of the WTC attacks. 'Please' is again played with Bruce Brody guesting on piano (Edge and Bono), just like last night's show at Madison Square Garden.
"Bono sings with Lanois in London" - october 28, 2003 - Bono joins Daniel Lanois on stage at Shepard's Bush in London. They sing "Falling At Your Feet."
"Bono catches Eminem live" - october 28, 2004. NME reports that Bono is in attendance tonight at an Eminem concert in New York city.
Live 8 DVD gets premiere launch - October 28, 2005 - Bob Geldof has been named the 2005 Man of Peace Sir Bob Geldof said the concerts had "worked magnificently" politically. Bob Geldof has attended a London screening to launch the DVD of the Live 8 concerts which were held in July.Geldof has said he wants the DVD to be "the biggest-selling DVD of all time" when it is released on 7 November. The full line-up from the UK and US concerts are on the DVD, along with excerpts from shows in other countries.
83rd 'VERTIGO' show - October 28, 2005 / Houston, TX - Toyota Center - Damian Marley - Dikembe Mutumbo, Craig Biggio and Roger Clemens were at the attendance / white cowboy hat! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, The Electric Co. - Send in the Clowns, The Ocean, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day - Many Rivers to Cross, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - Ol' Man River. Encore(s): The First Time (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment, With or Without You, All Because of You, Fast Cars, Yahweh, 40. Bono thanks Houston Rockets basketball player Dikembe Mutombo, who is at the show, for his work with The One Campaign. Other local celebrities at the show are Houston Astros Craig Biggio and Roger Clemens. Bono puts on a white glittery cowboy hat from the audience, but has it on backwards **** Some photos on: U2-Vertigo-tour
Hands of famous people - October 28, 2006 - Anton Corbijn in Holland to present pictures he took of hands of famous people, they have been made into postcards to promote a telephone helpline. There are 10 cards, one of Edge and one of Bono & Bob Geldof. They are given out at Dutch postoffices this week. Watch something on youtube
Bono and Ali in Monaco - October 28, 2006 - U2 lead singer Bono arrives with his wife Ali Hewson at attend the 40th anniversary of Monaco AMADE in Monte Carlo October 28, 2006. AMADE, the World Association of Children's Friends, is an internationally recognized non-profit child-advocacy NGO, the World Association of Children's Friends (AMADE in French) that was founded in 1963 by HSH Princess Grace of Monaco to seek the promotion and protection of children's rights on an international level. The association was set up with the aim to develop and support humanitarian aid programmes, and foster ethical and legal reflection in the area of the rights of the child.
BONO'S A PRI'MATE' - October 28, 2007 - U2's Bono (pictured right, inset) monkeys around with Finn, 21 months, the son of filmmaker Ed Burns and supermodel Christy Turlington, at a Halloween party in TriBeCa's Washington Market Park yesterday.
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43rd show - U2 360ยบ Tour - 2nd leg - October 28, 2009 - B.C. Place Stadium - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Support Act: Black Eyed Peas
Setlist: 1.Breathe / 2.Get On Your Boots / 3.Magnificent / 4.Mysterious Ways / 5.Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet) / 6.I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet) / 7.Happy Birthday / 8.Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of / 9.No Line On The Horizon / 10.Elevation / 11.In A Little While / 12.Unknown Caller / 13.Until The End Of The World / 14.The Unforgettable Fire / 15.City Of Blinding Lights / 16.Vertigo / 17.I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / Two Tribes (snippet) / 18.Sunday Bloody Sunday / 19.MLK / 20.Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet) / encore(s): 21.One / Amazing Grace (snippet) / 22.Where The Streets Have No Name / 23.Ultra Violet (Light My Way) / 24.With Or Without You / 25.Moment of Surrender - Songs from 8 U2 albums have been played during that show (snippets not counted). · No Line On The Horizon (7 songs) · All That You Can't Leave Behind (5 songs) · Achtung Baby (4 songs) · The Joshua Tree (3 songs) · How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2 songs) · The Unforgettable Fire (2 songs) · Cover songs (1 songs) · War (1 songs) - The last show of the 2009 tour suffers from several minor problems. Bono has microphone trouble early in the show and his voice struggles to get through Elevation. The ISS video drops out during In A Little While, leaving only Frank DeWinne's voice to close the song. Since it's the final show, Bono has a long list of Thank Yous that includes Edge's mom, who's at the show, 'for being our first crew member.' Bill Gates is also there, and Bono leads the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to him early in the show. One includes the 'Hear us coming' coda. PICS: U2tours - Surrender in Vancouver: The band have been in Vancouver for a couple of days, they arrived early for a crew party to say goodbye to the 2009 360° Tour. Tonight they said goodbye to the fans, who have come out in record-breaking numbers night after night over the last few months. And a great show in Vancouver to finish with - the BC Place is right next to the venue where the band shot the video for City of Blinding Lights on the Vertigo Tour, all those years ago. (Well, four of them anyway.) Great to see lots of the tour staff arriving on stage for a moment in the spotlight U2.com - U2 wraps up tour with spectacular Vancouver show - The energy was high and an emotional Bono was in fine voice, writes Marsha Lederman
"October" tour - october 28, 1981 - U2 perform in Leiden, Holland at Stadsgehoorzaal.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - october 28, 1984 - U2 perform in Brussels, Belgium at Vorst Nationaal. On the second night, Bono discusses Belgium's mandatory conscription: "I think everybody here has to join the army at some point, is that right? Well, this particular person spent the last week in a barracks under arrest for wearing his "War" T-shirt. They actually lock you up in a cell, just for one of these...I wish you well in all your efforts to stop all that nonsense." Support is "The Alarm".
"The Joshua Tree" - october 28, 1987 - U2 perform in Chicago, Illinois at the Rosemont Horizon. In three sold-out dates, U2 perform in front of 51,998 people. The band are surprised by the thunderous applause that accompanies them on stage, and that the crowd confidently sing along to every song. On the first night, "Southern Man" is played for the third time on the 3rd leg of the "Joshua Tree" tour. "You know," Bono improvises, "we started playing our own songs because we couldn't play anybody else's songs...we still can't. When I was 17, I just about learned to play this song on an electric guitar. And I said, 'One day, maybe, if I learn the other chords, I'll go far...' I thought these great singers and songwriters in rock & roll bands had some tricks up their sleeves--but there's no tricks at all. Just three chords, and the truth." Bono again invites a guitarist up from the crowd, who does an extensive solo ("This guy is too good! Hey Edge, I think we better get him off quick!") and introduces him to the crowd, "He says his name is Big Dave. Hey, what was the name of the band again that you played for? 'Lost Luggage'?...Well, I still haven't found the luggage I'm looking for..."
"LoveTown" tour - october 28, 1989 - U2 perform in Adelaide, Australia at Memorial Drive Stadium. On the second night, a five minute fireworks display accompanies "Bullet The Blue Sky". During "Love Rescue Me", Bono asks the fans outside of the stadium, "Even you people hanging on to the trees and down the back, sing with me: sha-la-la-la..." Support is "Weddings Parties Anything" and B.B. King.
"U2 visits 'Ground Zero'" - october 28, 2001 - Prior to tonight's concert in East Rutherford, NJ, U2 visits 'Ground Zero' in New York city -- the site of the World Trade Center attacks of September 11th.
"Elevation" tour - october 28, 2001 - E. Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena - Bono tells the crowd that the band visited 'Ground Zero' today - the site of the WTC attacks. 'Please' is again played with Bruce Brody guesting on piano (Edge and Bono), just like last night's show at Madison Square Garden.
"Bono sings with Lanois in London" - october 28, 2003 - Bono joins Daniel Lanois on stage at Shepard's Bush in London. They sing "Falling At Your Feet."
"Bono catches Eminem live" - october 28, 2004. NME reports that Bono is in attendance tonight at an Eminem concert in New York city.
Live 8 DVD gets premiere launch - October 28, 2005 - Bob Geldof has been named the 2005 Man of Peace Sir Bob Geldof said the concerts had "worked magnificently" politically. Bob Geldof has attended a London screening to launch the DVD of the Live 8 concerts which were held in July.Geldof has said he wants the DVD to be "the biggest-selling DVD of all time" when it is released on 7 November. The full line-up from the UK and US concerts are on the DVD, along with excerpts from shows in other countries.
83rd 'VERTIGO' show - October 28, 2005 / Houston, TX - Toyota Center - Damian Marley - Dikembe Mutumbo, Craig Biggio and Roger Clemens were at the attendance / white cowboy hat! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, The Electric Co. - Send in the Clowns, The Ocean, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day - Many Rivers to Cross, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - Ol' Man River. Encore(s): The First Time (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment, With or Without You, All Because of You, Fast Cars, Yahweh, 40. Bono thanks Houston Rockets basketball player Dikembe Mutombo, who is at the show, for his work with The One Campaign. Other local celebrities at the show are Houston Astros Craig Biggio and Roger Clemens. Bono puts on a white glittery cowboy hat from the audience, but has it on backwards **** Some photos on: U2-Vertigo-tour
Hands of famous people - October 28, 2006 - Anton Corbijn in Holland to present pictures he took of hands of famous people, they have been made into postcards to promote a telephone helpline. There are 10 cards, one of Edge and one of Bono & Bob Geldof. They are given out at Dutch postoffices this week. Watch something on youtube
Bono and Ali in Monaco - October 28, 2006 - U2 lead singer Bono arrives with his wife Ali Hewson at attend the 40th anniversary of Monaco AMADE in Monte Carlo October 28, 2006. AMADE, the World Association of Children's Friends, is an internationally recognized non-profit child-advocacy NGO, the World Association of Children's Friends (AMADE in French) that was founded in 1963 by HSH Princess Grace of Monaco to seek the promotion and protection of children's rights on an international level. The association was set up with the aim to develop and support humanitarian aid programmes, and foster ethical and legal reflection in the area of the rights of the child.
BONO'S A PRI'MATE' - October 28, 2007 - U2's Bono (pictured right, inset) monkeys around with Finn, 21 months, the son of filmmaker Ed Burns and supermodel Christy Turlington, at a Halloween party in TriBeCa's Washington Market Park yesterday.
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43rd show - U2 360ยบ Tour - 2nd leg - October 28, 2009 - B.C. Place Stadium - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Support Act: Black Eyed Peas
Setlist: 1.Breathe / 2.Get On Your Boots / 3.Magnificent / 4.Mysterious Ways / 5.Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet) / 6.I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet) / 7.Happy Birthday / 8.Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of / 9.No Line On The Horizon / 10.Elevation / 11.In A Little While / 12.Unknown Caller / 13.Until The End Of The World / 14.The Unforgettable Fire / 15.City Of Blinding Lights / 16.Vertigo / 17.I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / Two Tribes (snippet) / 18.Sunday Bloody Sunday / 19.MLK / 20.Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet) / encore(s): 21.One / Amazing Grace (snippet) / 22.Where The Streets Have No Name / 23.Ultra Violet (Light My Way) / 24.With Or Without You / 25.Moment of Surrender - Songs from 8 U2 albums have been played during that show (snippets not counted). · No Line On The Horizon (7 songs) · All That You Can't Leave Behind (5 songs) · Achtung Baby (4 songs) · The Joshua Tree (3 songs) · How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2 songs) · The Unforgettable Fire (2 songs) · Cover songs (1 songs) · War (1 songs) - The last show of the 2009 tour suffers from several minor problems. Bono has microphone trouble early in the show and his voice struggles to get through Elevation. The ISS video drops out during In A Little While, leaving only Frank DeWinne's voice to close the song. Since it's the final show, Bono has a long list of Thank Yous that includes Edge's mom, who's at the show, 'for being our first crew member.' Bill Gates is also there, and Bono leads the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to him early in the show. One includes the 'Hear us coming' coda. PICS: U2tours - Surrender in Vancouver: The band have been in Vancouver for a couple of days, they arrived early for a crew party to say goodbye to the 2009 360° Tour. Tonight they said goodbye to the fans, who have come out in record-breaking numbers night after night over the last few months. And a great show in Vancouver to finish with - the BC Place is right next to the venue where the band shot the video for City of Blinding Lights on the Vertigo Tour, all those years ago. (Well, four of them anyway.) Great to see lots of the tour staff arriving on stage for a moment in the spotlight U2.com - U2 wraps up tour with spectacular Vancouver show - The energy was high and an emotional Bono was in fine voice, writes Marsha Lederman
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