UPDATE - NOVEMBER 12 - THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY: "Bad" (Wide Awaike In America-EP) is recorded / Adam´s bass breaks / ...'his duchess'.../ Lemon / Jacksonville Jaguars football team / Edge´s fan plays "People Get Ready"!

"Boy" tour - november 12, 1980 - U2 perform in Bradford, England at the University.

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 12, 1984 - U2 perform in Birmingham, England at the National Exhibition Centre. With 11,000 fans in attendance the shows, the show is the biggest hall date U2 have played. The version of "Bad" performed this evening, eventually appears on the "Wide Awake In America" EP. Support is "The Waterboys".

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 12, 1987 - U2 perform in Vancouver, B.C., Canada at B.C. Place. The show was originally planned for Seattle, Washington, but is moved to Vancouver, B.C. because of ticket demands. To compensate fans in Seattle and Portland, Oregon, twenty thousand tickets that include a bus ride to Vancouver are sold. During "Trip Through Your Wires", Adam's Bass cuts out and the concert is momentarily stopped so that he can grab a new one. Support is "The BoDeans" and "Los Lobos".

"ZOOTV - Outside Broadcast" tour - november 12, 1992 - U2 perform in Las Vegas, Nevada at Sam Boyd Silver Bowl. It's a uncharacteristically cold night in Las Vegas and Bono thanks the crowd for coming out. "This place is even more ZooTV than ZooTV...," Bono notes about the city with the large casinos and 24 hour wedding chapels. "Last night, Steve Iredale who's worked with us since the very beginning, and is basically running the whole show here tonight...well, he took his babe down to a little desert church and got married there last night!" Bono dedicates "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" to Steve and "his duchess". Support is B.P. Fallon, "The Sugarcubes", and "Public Enemy".

"ZOOTV - Zoomerang" tour - november 12, 1993. The final leg of the ZooTV tour - dubbed Zoomerang - opens with performances in Melbourne, Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds. Bono does flamenco dance moves to the swinging beat of Lemon, which he sings faultlessly in the high-pitched fat lady voice as on the record. Edge sings along with the Talking Heads-style backup vocals that is played from tape.

"PopMart" tour - november 12, 1997. U2 perform in Jacksonville, Florida. The crowd for tonight's PopMart show in Jacksonville in estimated at only 20,000 (rain showers). At one point, Bono asks the crowd, "Those of you in the back, can you hear us? Both of you?" As U2 descends from the lemon, all four band members are wearing jerseys of the Jacksonville Jaguars football team, which plays its home games in the same stadium. Bono showed why he still is one of the best vocalists and the Edge, with his solo effort on Sunday, Bloody Sunday, surprised the fans.

"Elevation" tour - november 12, 2001 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center. Bono brings a girl (guitarist from EXIT band, called Captive) on stage to play guitar during 'People Get Ready.' No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani joins Bono in singing 'What's Going On.' Bono sings a brief snippet from 'Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses' during 'Bad.'

Boost for charities backed by stars - November 12, 2008 - Stars including David Beckham and Bono have spoken about receiving a share of $67m for charities they support, after a fundraising scheme by US TV's American Idol. Reese Witherspoon and Annie Lennox also spoke about money donated to charities backed by them. The TV show aimed to raise money for six organisations - The Children's Defence Fund, Children's Health Fund, The Global Fund, Make It Right, Malaria No More and Save The Children.