"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
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