"Boy" tour - november 18, 1980 - U2 perform in Reading, England at the University. Support is "Medium Medium".
"October" tour - november 18, 1981- U2 perform in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Ripley's Music Hall. During "I Will Follow", Bono feels tightness in his chest and starts singing, and during the bridge he sings "I need some air...I can't breath...", and a roadie turns a fan on him, and Bono: ...Ahhh, thank you...
"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 18, 1987 - U2 perform in Los Angeles, California at Memorial Coliseum. The Olympic Torch at the Coliseum is lit before the encore begins with "Star Spangled Banner," marking only the fourth time the torch fire burns -- it had burned twice for the Olympics and once for a visit by the Pope. U2 open for themselves: Wearing cowboy hats and wigs, they fool the crowd into believing that they are the "Dalton Brothers". On the second night, "The Dalton Brothers" return to stage, this time however, some in the crowd get the joke. "Right," Alton Dalton/Bono calls out, "we play two kinds of music: country and western. This is a little tune I wrote back in the south, a tune I've labelled 'Lucille'. Hope you like it..." During the song, Alton/Bono introduces the remaining 3 members of the band, "We got Luke Dalton(The Edge) on guitar, ladies & gentlemen! This is my sister Betty Dalton(Adam, still wearing that awful wig), behind me here on the drums we got Duke Dalton(Larry). My name is Alton Dalton, don't you forget it!" The crowd seem to be in disbelief, and only a few applaud when the song is done. Luke(The Edge) comes to the microphone, "Well, before we start my song," he explains, "I'd just like to say it really is great to be back in Los Angeles, and whenever we come back to Los Angeles, my brother Alton, he says to me: 'Luke, it's great to be back in Los Angeles!' So here we go...This is a little tune we learned from Hank Williams...," and the band go into "Lost Highway". During that night's performance of "Bad", Bono accepts some balloons and releases them as he sings, "Let it go..." Ali Hewson brings champagne on stage during "Party Girl". support is "The Bodeans", "The Dalton Brothers" and "The Pretenders".
"LoveTown" tour - november 18, 1989 - Sydney, Australia Entertainment Centre. On the second night, a bomb threat shortly before the U2 set, forces an evacution of the building. Steve Ireldale makes the announcement, and assures everyone that U2 will perform that evening: "The band are going to play, don't worry about that. So, can people go towards the exit in a n orderly fashion please? It's very important. There is no need to panic whatsoever, but please take this seriously..." After the 12,500 fans leave the building, and a ninety minute search, nothing is found. Once the fans return, U2 hit the stage with "Hawkmoon 269" and Bono says, "Turn on the house lights Willie[Williams]! Let me see who we're dealing with tongith! Let me tell you: everybody gets out of here ALIVE!" The anger at the bombthreat is turned into energy for the show. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" is particularily emotional, and Bono also adds in more on the demonstrations in the Eastern Bloc and in China. During "40" he also adds in parts of John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance".
November 18, 1991 - U2's seventh album, "Achtung Baby", is released to widespread critical acclaim, but little fanfare.
"Elevation" tour - november 18, 2001 - Las Vegas, NV - Thomas and Mack Center, UNLV. A female fan is pulled onstage to play 'People Get Ready' with the band. Gwen Stefani once again joins in on a full band version of 'What's Going On?'. Bono takes a cross from a fan and puts it on. 'One' is dedicated to Quincy Jones who is sitting in the crowd. An Elvis impersonator is seated in the first row at Adam's side of the stage, and Bono makes several references to his presence throughout the show.
94th 'VERTIGO' show - November 18, 2005 / Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena - Institute - Happy B-Day Joe O´Herlihy / Bono gave one shout to New Orleans clean-up volunteers! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, Beautiful Day, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Mysterious Ways, Original of the Species, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday - Rock the Casbah, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - Ol' Man River. Encore(s): Until the End of the World, The Fly, With or Without You, Happy Birthday, Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Yahweh, All Because Of You, 40. Happy Birthday is sung for Joe O'Herlihy, U2's longtime sound engineer. Bono donned a blindfold and pretended to be a political prisoner. He gave one shout out to America's military, another to New Orleans clean-up volunteers. photos: U2gigs
124th 'VERTIGO' show - Australia / Melbourne - november 18, 2006 - Telstra Dome. The setlist at U2's first of two concerts in Melbourne largely resembled the set played two days ago in Adelaide. The big difference came in the encore, which was opened by The Fly rather than Zoo Station, and was followed by the second Australian Vertigo performance of Mysterious Ways. The Fly rarely opens the encore; the last such instance was on september 16, 2005. Also, today's performance of Desire was much less rusty than the ramshackle version performed in Sydney a week ago! City Of Blinding Lights / Vertigo / Elevation / I Will Follow / New Year's Day / Beautiful Day - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (snippet) - Here Comes The Sun (snippet) / Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of / Angel Of Harlem / 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 (snippet) - The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Miss Sarajevo / Pride (In The Name Of Love) / Where The Streets Have No Name / One / Encore(s): The Fly / Mysterious Ways / With Or Without You - Never Tear Us Apart (snippet) - Love Will Tear Us Apart (snippet) / The Saints Are Coming / Desire / Kite. (soundcheck: there are a few additional cameras around the place so the show will be filmed. heard the full band version of One Tree Hill from inside the Telstra Dome. The outro is included and so is of John Lennons Happy Christmas (War Is Over). They also rehearsed: Love And Peace Or Else, Pride, Saints Are Coming, Stuck In A Moment, Kite, Original Of The Species and City Of Blinding Lights earlier today) **** Exposing yourself emotionally in front of 60,000 punters, even friendly ones, still deserves a round of applause ... "Victoria, Garden State … let's go to St Kilda tonight," said Bono from the stadium's Coventry End, and 60,000 cheered their agreement. Then it was down to love, justice, God and all those other vivid yet frustratingly evanescent subjects that U2 insist on singing about. Tributes abounded, to Michael Hutchence, the Clash's Joe Strummer, and Australian film-maker Richard Lowenstein. Bono dedicated Sunday, Bloody Sunday to the victims of the Bali bombing, saying: "You don't have to become a monster in order to defeat a monster." ... The singer began a long night covering every inch of the broad stage, The Edge made his guitar wail, and Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen jnr kept the rhythm rock solid. **** His feet on the table and plays with his blackberry - Another fantastic show in Melbourne last night before a capacity crowd at Telstra Dome. Bono piggy backed a girl during Angel of Harlem before asking her if he could bring the band back to her house. He informed her that Edge “puts his feet on the table” and plays with his blackberry all the time and enquired weather this would be OK with her Mum. Other highlights included a moving One and funky Mysterious Ways complete with dancing girl from the crowd who picked Bono up. photos: U2gigs
"The Saints Are Coming" is the 1st in Brazil - November 18, 2006.
Clarence finally get go-ahead for €150m hotel plan - November 18, 2007 - Experts outraged at revamp nod -Edge and Bono; have finally found what they're looking for -- planning permission for a Euro 150m revamp of the Clarence Hotel. They have been given the green light by Dublin City Council to go ahead with controversial plans to turn the landmark property in Temple Bar into what Bono claims will be "the most spectacular hotel in Europe".
Wave After Wave (U2.com video) - November 18, 2008 - Atmospheric and meditative, Larry's latest video is all sea and sky. U2.com
Oscar organizers choose MTV awards vet Hamish Hamilton to direct show - November 18, 2009 - LOS ANGELES - Academy Awards overseers have chosen an entertainment veteran to direct the next Oscar show. Hamish Hamilton is directing the 82nd Oscar broadcast on March 7. Hamilton's credits include directing the MTV Video Music Awards and the MTV Europe Music Awards, along with live concerts by such performers as U2, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond and Christina Aguilera. He also is directing the halftime show at the Super Bowl the month before the Oscars. Adam Shankman, one of the producers of the Oscars, says Hamilton will bring a fresh eye and expertise in TV technology to stage a cutting-edge show. Oscar nominations come out Feb. 2. The March 7 awards ceremony airs live on ABC.
Bono and Wyclef Jean Receive RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights' Ripple of Hope Award - Honor Recognizes Courageous and Innovative Approaches to Human Rights -
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2009
At its annual awards dinner, the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights presented Bono and Wyclef Jean with the organization's 2009 Ripple of Hope Award. The award recognizes the bold leadership demonstrated by the two honorees on humanitarian issues. "As champions of justice, Bono and Wyclef have brought the national spotlight to human rights violations, empowered local activists, and transformed the lives of millions of people living in poverty from Port-Au-Prince to Darfur," said Kerry Kennedy, founder of the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights. "Their efforts evoke the spirit of my father and we are honored to recognize them." Jenni Williams, founder of Women of Zimbabwe Arise and 2009 RFK Human Rights Award winner, introduced Bono who was then presented the award by Ethel Kennedy. Bono, the lead singer of U2 and co-founder of the advocacy organization ONE and (Product) RED, was recognized for his efforts in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa (www.one.org, www.joinred.com). "Though we're not usually that partial to Royals, growing up in Ireland in the 70s, the Kennedy family felt like an Irish royal family. Bobby Kennedy was a super-hero, an Irish scrapper who didn't see any contradiction between hard-headed pragmatism and an idealism that challenged all of us to change the world. That's why the Ripple of Hope award means so much. RFK was the blue print for our activism in the ONE campaign," Bono said. "The image of Bobby that will forever be in my mind is of a man with his sleeves rolled up, hard at work and showing a hint of muscle. His life is an enduring challenge to all of us to do more, get beyond ourselves and send out our own ripples of hope to the world." Loune Viaud, who received the RFK Human Rights Award in 2002 for her work in Haiti, introduced her fellow countryman, Wyclef Jean. Jean was recognized for his work to strengthen and inspire change in Haiti through his Yele Haiti organization (www.yele.org). "It is an honor to receive this award for so many reasons," said Jean, who was also the evening's musical performer. "The Kennedy Family and Robert F. Kennedy have represented and fought for the rights of people around the world, and have paid the ultimate sacrifice for it. I am humbled by their work, and use it as an example in the work I continue to do in Haiti, the United States, Africa and around the globe. I look forward to working closely with Kerry Kennedy and the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights in Haiti as a part of our Yele Center." The evening was emceed by actor Peter Gallagher and included monologues based on the play "Speak Truth to Power" performed by Matthew Modine, Matt McCoy, Joey Pantoliano and Gloria Reuben. There was also a special tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy, who served as a member of the RFK Board of Directors from 1968 until his passing this year. Other guests included Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Governor Jon Corzine, Harry Belafonte, Martha Stewart, Bill O'Reilly, Ana Ortiz, Aasif Mandvi, Liya Kebede, Earl Graves, Terry Kinney, Rebecca Minkoff, Charles Nolan, Richard Plepler, Tom Freston and Orin Kramer. The evening concluded with a rousing rendition of "Redemption Song" by Wyclef and Bono, and a performance of "Carnival" by Wyclef that brought the entire crowd of over 800 people - including Ethel Kennedy - to their feet singing and dancing. The RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the human rights movement through innovative support to human rights defenders around the world. With an over forty-year track record of attaining concrete results on cutting-edge social justice issues, the RFK Center carries forward Robert F. Kennedy's vision of a more just and peaceful world. To learn more about the RFK Center, please visit www.rfkcenter.org. SOURCE RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights - prnewswire
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