MAY 31: finished the 1st American tour / an invitation to Sellafield / "Daydream Believer" / red shirt!
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 31, 1980. U2 perform in Manchester, England at the Beach Club. Support is "Fashion".
"Boy" tour - may 31, 1981. U2 end their first major North American tour perform in Asbury Park, New Jersey at the Fast Lane.
"ZOOTV" tour - may 31, 1992. U2 perform in London, England at Earl's Court Arena. The "wristband" method of getting tickets doesn't work at this venue, as people push their way to the front -- leaving other fans who have been waiting longer without a wristband. Bono apologizes to the fans, "I'm sorry about hte way all the tickets went on sale here at Earl's Court. We fucked up, it was a mess. Thanks for hanging around five years, that's pretty cool." Bono then reveals the intentions of the band to take the show to a larger venue, "Sometimes you do things that please yourself -- we wanted to play indoors, we wanted to play small, before we go mega next year." At the end of "The Fly", instead of "WATCH MORE TV", the final slogan is "BE AT SELLAFIELD 11 AM JUNE 20", an invitation to join in the planned protest at the Sellafield Nuclear Power Plant on that day. The phonecall this evening is placed to a sex line, "I wanna speak to my baby!" Bono shouts over the cheers of the crowd. During "Love is Blindness", Bono blindfolds himself and the girl he dances with. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"POPMart" tour - may 31, 1997 U2 perform in New Jersey at Giants Stadium. Edge´s karaoke this night, is "Daydream Believer".
"May 31-June 3 1997" - U2 perform in New York City, New York. Amongst the attendance during the shows are models Bridget Hall, Eva Herzigova, Amber Valetta, Frederique, Helena Christensen, and Naomi Campbell.
"Elevation" tour - may 31, 2001 - Buffalo, NY - HSBC Arena - PJ Harvey. It looks like 'The Fly' and 'Mysterious Ways' have been officially switched from their placement earlier in the tour. For the 2nd straight show, the band introductions follow 'In a Little While' and lead into a full-band version of 'Desire'.
5/31/2007
5/30/2007
MAY 30: "Why do they call you the Edge?" / US Festival 83 / Irish and Italians / In My Life red shirt#7 / finishing Africa tour / Bono and Adam at Corbijn party in the Hague !
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 30, 1980. U2 perform in London, England at the Nashville Rooms. Support is "Fashion".
"Boy" tour - may 30, 1981. U2 make an appearance on NBC's "The Tomorrow Show" whose host at the time is Tom Snyder, its´ U2 debuts on U.S. TV. Bono and Edge sit down for a brief interview in between the band's performances of "I Will Follow" and "Twilight." The program is aired on June 4. Bono continuously irks the cameramen in the studio by walking out of the lights and out of camera range. Snyder: "Why do they call you the Edge?" The Edge: "Well, you know, my real name is Johnny Carson, but I just didn't think that would get me on the show."
"War" tour US Festival in San Bernardino - may 30, 1983. U2 perform in Devore, California at Glen Helen Regional Park as part of the US Festival. Other artists of note, "Berlin", Little Steven & the Disciples, "The Pretenders", Joe Walsh, Stevie Nicks and the headliner, David Bowie. During "The Electric Co.," Bono goes backstage and gets a white flag, and with it, climbs up a 100-foot-high scaffolding to the highest point of the stage, where he continues singing the song. Bono jumps into the crowd during "Surrender" and also climbs onto a crane that is carrying cameramen. He also climbs the stage scaffolding to end up 120 feet in the air above the crowd--on his way back down, the canvas starts ripping, worrying the rest of the band and their roadies. The U2 entourage will later warn Bono for "going to far" at concerts. Parts of the show are broadcast on local TV, and the entire concert is broadcast on FM radio.
"The Joshua tree" tour - may 30, 1987. U2 perform in Modena, Italy at the Stadio Comunale Braglia in front of a sold-out crowds of 40,000. The second night's "Pride(In the Name of Love)", Bono commands "Cantate! La gente Irlandese e quella Italiana hanno spirito vicino!(Sing it! Irish people and the Italians have a kindred spirit!") U2 meet Luciano Pavarotti for the first time after the second show. Support is "Lone Justice", "Big Audio Dynamite", and "The Pretenders".
"Elevation" tour - may 30, 2001. Detroit, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills - PJ Harvey. Bono sings the first verse of The Beatles' 'In My Life' as an intro to 'Stuck In a Moment.' For the first time this tour, 'Desire' is played by the entire band at the tip of the heart. As the show ends, Bono sings 'Detroit! Ohio!' - whoops. Edge wears this night red shirt#7.
"Bono and O'Neill conclude tour of Africa" - may 30, 2002. Bono and U.S Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill wrap up their 10-day, 4-nation tour of Africa today. While the two continue to have differences over the amount of foreign aid that the U.S. and Europe should send to Africa, O'Neill calls for an all-out effort to solve some of the developing world's most critical problems. "Programs are working. Aid is helping. And standards of living are improving. But more needs to be done. And it needs to be done right. And it needs to be done right now," O'Neill says.
Bono and Adam at Corbijn party in the Hague - may 30, 2005 - It's announced that Bono and Adam Clayton were at the attendance. Bono sung "Radar Love" on 50th b-day of Corbijn. source: xs4all
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 30, 1980. U2 perform in London, England at the Nashville Rooms. Support is "Fashion".
"Boy" tour - may 30, 1981. U2 make an appearance on NBC's "The Tomorrow Show" whose host at the time is Tom Snyder, its´ U2 debuts on U.S. TV. Bono and Edge sit down for a brief interview in between the band's performances of "I Will Follow" and "Twilight." The program is aired on June 4. Bono continuously irks the cameramen in the studio by walking out of the lights and out of camera range. Snyder: "Why do they call you the Edge?" The Edge: "Well, you know, my real name is Johnny Carson, but I just didn't think that would get me on the show."
"War" tour US Festival in San Bernardino - may 30, 1983. U2 perform in Devore, California at Glen Helen Regional Park as part of the US Festival. Other artists of note, "Berlin", Little Steven & the Disciples, "The Pretenders", Joe Walsh, Stevie Nicks and the headliner, David Bowie. During "The Electric Co.," Bono goes backstage and gets a white flag, and with it, climbs up a 100-foot-high scaffolding to the highest point of the stage, where he continues singing the song. Bono jumps into the crowd during "Surrender" and also climbs onto a crane that is carrying cameramen. He also climbs the stage scaffolding to end up 120 feet in the air above the crowd--on his way back down, the canvas starts ripping, worrying the rest of the band and their roadies. The U2 entourage will later warn Bono for "going to far" at concerts. Parts of the show are broadcast on local TV, and the entire concert is broadcast on FM radio.
"The Joshua tree" tour - may 30, 1987. U2 perform in Modena, Italy at the Stadio Comunale Braglia in front of a sold-out crowds of 40,000. The second night's "Pride(In the Name of Love)", Bono commands "Cantate! La gente Irlandese e quella Italiana hanno spirito vicino!(Sing it! Irish people and the Italians have a kindred spirit!") U2 meet Luciano Pavarotti for the first time after the second show. Support is "Lone Justice", "Big Audio Dynamite", and "The Pretenders".
"Elevation" tour - may 30, 2001. Detroit, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills - PJ Harvey. Bono sings the first verse of The Beatles' 'In My Life' as an intro to 'Stuck In a Moment.' For the first time this tour, 'Desire' is played by the entire band at the tip of the heart. As the show ends, Bono sings 'Detroit! Ohio!' - whoops. Edge wears this night red shirt#7.
"Bono and O'Neill conclude tour of Africa" - may 30, 2002. Bono and U.S Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill wrap up their 10-day, 4-nation tour of Africa today. While the two continue to have differences over the amount of foreign aid that the U.S. and Europe should send to Africa, O'Neill calls for an all-out effort to solve some of the developing world's most critical problems. "Programs are working. Aid is helping. And standards of living are improving. But more needs to be done. And it needs to be done right. And it needs to be done right now," O'Neill says.
Bono and Adam at Corbijn party in the Hague - may 30, 2005 - It's announced that Bono and Adam Clayton were at the attendance. Bono sung "Radar Love" on 50th b-day of Corbijn. source: xs4all
5/29/2007
MAY 29: the first time Bono jumps into the crowd / Busta Jones / Edge plays bass during "People Get Ready" / "Sattelite Of Love" to Kraftwerk / Edge sings "Desire" / African banking conference.
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 29, 1980. U2 perform in Birmingham, England at the Cedar Ballroom. During the show Bono jumps into the crowd for what is likely the first time in the band's young career. It's a physical attempt to make contact with the crowd, an action that would continue through the band's early years and eventually strain several live shows to the point of being dangerous.
"Boy" tour - may 29, 1981. U2 share a bill with "The Teardrop Explodes" and perform in New York City, New York at the Palladium. Someone throws a box of live mice on the stage(referring to the Dublin band "Boomtown Rats"), some of which die instantly. The 3,400 people who show up for the concert are part of U2's largest crowd ever. Bono sings part of "New York, New York" during "Electric Co.". During the encore, U2 welcome well-known bassist Busta Jones on stage who had worked with "Talking Heads".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 29, 1987. U2 perform in Modena, Italy at the Stadio Comunale Braglia in front of a sold-out crowds of 40,000. During "People Get Ready", The Edge plays bass, and Bono tells the crowd that he has never done that before. Bono pulls up a fan to play guitar--Bono is unimpressed, "God have mercey, you're a hopeless guitar player! You even make me feel better, you son of a bitch..." Support is "Lone Justice", "Big Audio Dynamite", and "The Pretenders".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 29, 1992. U2 perform in Frankfurt, Germany at the Festhalle. U2's DJ gets and makes his most memorable entrance yet. The PA system booms "Ladies and Gentlemen, would you please welcome the craziest, zaniest, laziest man in show business. The most beautiful, the most gorgeous, the most sexy, and all the way from Dublin, Ireland, Mister Ramalama, King Boogaloo, the High Priest of Happiness, the man who likes to party but is always tardy...Ladies and Gentlemen, B.P. Fallon!" Wearing a bat-cape, B.P. makes his entrance, first flying with his hands in front of himself, and then with his hands held over his head, clasped in triumph. "Guten abend, wie geht's? Sehr gut? Yeah...? Okay...meine name ist B.P. Fallon, and before U2 auf der Buhne kommt, werde ich etwas fur euch spielen. I'd like to welcome you to a night of trash and Las Vegas flash, and sex and sould and magic and mystery!" He spins "The Beatles"' German version of "She Loves You", and then announces, "I just want to actually say something about sex, you know. I'll try and say it in German: 'Ich musste etwas uber Sex sagen. Sex ist sehr fantastich, aber jetzt im Jahren '90, es ist anders. So if you're having wild, funky, dirty sex, or you're making beautiful, soft, tender love, what you've got to do when du machts Liebe, you've got to use a condom. Gebrauch ein Kondome!" That night, Bono dedicates "Sattelite of Love" to German band "Kraftwerk". Again, Bono is tired and during the night's performance of "Desire", leaves out a large portion of the song and allows The Edge to take over. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 29, 1993. U2 perform in Werchter, Belgium at the Festival Grounds.
"Jeff Buckley" - may 29, 1997 Singer/Performer Jeff Buckley disappears while swimming off of Mud Island in the Mississippi River. His body is recovered in the river six days later. No drugs or alcohol are found in his system--the drowning is a freak accident. In the next few months, Bono dedicates several.
"Bono addresses African banking conference" - may 29, 2002. As his 4-nation tour of Africa with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill winds down, Bono puts on a suit and tie to address the African Development Bank's (ADB) annual conference. Bono uses his speech to call on more aid from the U.S. and Europe as a way to help eradicate poverty across Africa.
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 29, 1980. U2 perform in Birmingham, England at the Cedar Ballroom. During the show Bono jumps into the crowd for what is likely the first time in the band's young career. It's a physical attempt to make contact with the crowd, an action that would continue through the band's early years and eventually strain several live shows to the point of being dangerous.
"Boy" tour - may 29, 1981. U2 share a bill with "The Teardrop Explodes" and perform in New York City, New York at the Palladium. Someone throws a box of live mice on the stage(referring to the Dublin band "Boomtown Rats"), some of which die instantly. The 3,400 people who show up for the concert are part of U2's largest crowd ever. Bono sings part of "New York, New York" during "Electric Co.". During the encore, U2 welcome well-known bassist Busta Jones on stage who had worked with "Talking Heads".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 29, 1987. U2 perform in Modena, Italy at the Stadio Comunale Braglia in front of a sold-out crowds of 40,000. During "People Get Ready", The Edge plays bass, and Bono tells the crowd that he has never done that before. Bono pulls up a fan to play guitar--Bono is unimpressed, "God have mercey, you're a hopeless guitar player! You even make me feel better, you son of a bitch..." Support is "Lone Justice", "Big Audio Dynamite", and "The Pretenders".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 29, 1992. U2 perform in Frankfurt, Germany at the Festhalle. U2's DJ gets and makes his most memorable entrance yet. The PA system booms "Ladies and Gentlemen, would you please welcome the craziest, zaniest, laziest man in show business. The most beautiful, the most gorgeous, the most sexy, and all the way from Dublin, Ireland, Mister Ramalama, King Boogaloo, the High Priest of Happiness, the man who likes to party but is always tardy...Ladies and Gentlemen, B.P. Fallon!" Wearing a bat-cape, B.P. makes his entrance, first flying with his hands in front of himself, and then with his hands held over his head, clasped in triumph. "Guten abend, wie geht's? Sehr gut? Yeah...? Okay...meine name ist B.P. Fallon, and before U2 auf der Buhne kommt, werde ich etwas fur euch spielen. I'd like to welcome you to a night of trash and Las Vegas flash, and sex and sould and magic and mystery!" He spins "The Beatles"' German version of "She Loves You", and then announces, "I just want to actually say something about sex, you know. I'll try and say it in German: 'Ich musste etwas uber Sex sagen. Sex ist sehr fantastich, aber jetzt im Jahren '90, es ist anders. So if you're having wild, funky, dirty sex, or you're making beautiful, soft, tender love, what you've got to do when du machts Liebe, you've got to use a condom. Gebrauch ein Kondome!" That night, Bono dedicates "Sattelite of Love" to German band "Kraftwerk". Again, Bono is tired and during the night's performance of "Desire", leaves out a large portion of the song and allows The Edge to take over. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 29, 1993. U2 perform in Werchter, Belgium at the Festival Grounds.
"Jeff Buckley" - may 29, 1997 Singer/Performer Jeff Buckley disappears while swimming off of Mud Island in the Mississippi River. His body is recovered in the river six days later. No drugs or alcohol are found in his system--the drowning is a freak accident. In the next few months, Bono dedicates several.
"Bono addresses African banking conference" - may 29, 2002. As his 4-nation tour of Africa with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill winds down, Bono puts on a suit and tie to address the African Development Bank's (ADB) annual conference. Bono uses his speech to call on more aid from the U.S. and Europe as a way to help eradicate poverty across Africa.
5/28/2007
MAY 28: Adam, Bono and Edge jump into the crowd / a bag-piper / red#3 / 28th 'VERTIGO' show!
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 28, 1980. U2 perform in Bristol, England at Trinity Hall. During the concert, Bono jumps into the crowd, followed by Adam and The Edge. The bassist and guitarist quickly become unplugged from their equipment, leaving only Larry drumming on stage. Support is "Fashion".
"Boy" tour - may 28, 1981. U2 perform in Boston, Massachusetts at the Metro. A bag-piper opens up the concert.
"War" tour - may 28, 1983. U2 are slated to perform in Germany at the Schuttorf Festival. They do not perform there on this date.
"Elevation" tour - may 28, 2001 / Montreal PQ, Canada - Molson Centre - PJ Harvey. Bono has trouble with his voice during the show, and the band drops two songs from the pre-written setlist: The Ground Beneath Her Feet and With or Without You. Edge wears red shirt#3, this night.
28th 'VERTIGO' show - may 28, 2005 - Boston, MA - Fleet Center - Kings of Leon - faith in each other and in their fans / 'reach up and look for blessings' / "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" / "Beautiful Day - Here Comes the Sun" / A festive atmosphere! - A festive atmosphere surrounds the final show of the 1st leg Before 'Miracle Drug', Bono talks about the uncertainty that the tour would happen at all, and says it was faith in each other and in their fans that made it possible. Two kids are brought on stage during 'Into the Heart,' and as the confetti is about to drop during 'Blinding Lights' (the kids are seating beside at each side of Larry´s drum kit). he tells them to 'reach up and look for blessings.' 'Party Girl' and 'Vertigo' replace '40' at the last minute, and Bono sprays a bottle of champagne over fans in the ellipse during 'Party Girl.' Waiting for the customary black U2 limos and SUV's to arrive for soundcheck. Edge arrived and his limo stopped. He got out and although didn't sign he did come down for a meet and greet with the fans. Bono arrived next and his SUV stopped in front of the growing mass of fans. He popped his head out and said he didn't have time to sign because they were going in to soundcheck "some new songs for us tonight". An eclectic group of U2 groupies - including actress Liv Tyler, Super Bowl champs Tom Brady and Larry Izzo and Boston City Council prez Michael Flaherty - partied into the wee hours yesterday at News with the Irish rockers and their crew after the band's second sold-out show. Bono, the Edge and Adam Clayton kicked back at the late-night South Station watering hole, where they hosted a low-key wrap-up masquerade party for their American tour road crew and close pals. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr., however, took a pass. Some photos on: Interference
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 28, 1980. U2 perform in Bristol, England at Trinity Hall. During the concert, Bono jumps into the crowd, followed by Adam and The Edge. The bassist and guitarist quickly become unplugged from their equipment, leaving only Larry drumming on stage. Support is "Fashion".
"Boy" tour - may 28, 1981. U2 perform in Boston, Massachusetts at the Metro. A bag-piper opens up the concert.
"War" tour - may 28, 1983. U2 are slated to perform in Germany at the Schuttorf Festival. They do not perform there on this date.
"Elevation" tour - may 28, 2001 / Montreal PQ, Canada - Molson Centre - PJ Harvey. Bono has trouble with his voice during the show, and the band drops two songs from the pre-written setlist: The Ground Beneath Her Feet and With or Without You. Edge wears red shirt#3, this night.
28th 'VERTIGO' show - may 28, 2005 - Boston, MA - Fleet Center - Kings of Leon - faith in each other and in their fans / 'reach up and look for blessings' / "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" / "Beautiful Day - Here Comes the Sun" / A festive atmosphere! - A festive atmosphere surrounds the final show of the 1st leg Before 'Miracle Drug', Bono talks about the uncertainty that the tour would happen at all, and says it was faith in each other and in their fans that made it possible. Two kids are brought on stage during 'Into the Heart,' and as the confetti is about to drop during 'Blinding Lights' (the kids are seating beside at each side of Larry´s drum kit). he tells them to 'reach up and look for blessings.' 'Party Girl' and 'Vertigo' replace '40' at the last minute, and Bono sprays a bottle of champagne over fans in the ellipse during 'Party Girl.' Waiting for the customary black U2 limos and SUV's to arrive for soundcheck. Edge arrived and his limo stopped. He got out and although didn't sign he did come down for a meet and greet with the fans. Bono arrived next and his SUV stopped in front of the growing mass of fans. He popped his head out and said he didn't have time to sign because they were going in to soundcheck "some new songs for us tonight". An eclectic group of U2 groupies - including actress Liv Tyler, Super Bowl champs Tom Brady and Larry Izzo and Boston City Council prez Michael Flaherty - partied into the wee hours yesterday at News with the Irish rockers and their crew after the band's second sold-out show. Bono, the Edge and Adam Clayton kicked back at the late-night South Station watering hole, where they hosted a low-key wrap-up masquerade party for their American tour road crew and close pals. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr., however, took a pass. Some photos on: Interference
5/27/2007
MAY 27: "Fire" / "I´m A Believer" / German Police Dog / 1st European show / Bono´s fave "Acrobat" / "Oval Office" / Sporty or Scary? on grey shirt#7 / African aid / "Ave Maria" / Bono joins Wyclef Jean in Monaco !
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 27, 1980. U2 perform in London, England at the Rock Garden. Support is "Fashion."
"Boy" tour - may 27, 1981. U2 perform in New Haven, Connecticut at Todd's Place. U2 perform "Fire" live for the first time, which was recorded in Bahamas and will be next single. During "Boy-Girl" Bono sings parts of the Monkees' "I'm a Believer", and continues to do so for several more concerts. Bono reveals his feelings about touring for long periods of time in an interview on WCBN radio: "I can't even remember what home looks like. We've been touring here so long..."
"War" tour - may 27, 1983. U2 perform in Portland, Oregon at the Paramount Theater.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - may 27, 1985. U2 perform in Munster, Germany at the Freigelande Halle Munsterland. Other notable performers include Rick Springfield, Joe Cocker, and headliner Chris de Burgh. The festival is actually held in a large parking lot. In the heat of the day, the fans are restless and it shows--half the fans leave after U2's performance. Two fans are attacked accidentally by a German Police Dog on their way out of the grounds.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 27, 1987. U2 perform the first European show of the "Joshua Tree" tour in Rome, Italy at the Stadio Flaminio. The opening concert in Rome, Italy is marred by a minor fight between police and 20-30 fans who have shown up with counterfeit tickets and are not allowed into the venue. It is U2's first outdoor event of the year. Support is "Lone Justice", "Big Audio Dynamite", and "The Pretenders".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 27, 1992. U2 perform in Zurich, Switzerland at Hellenstadion. "One" is followed by a verse from the song Bono wrote for Roy Orbison, "She's a Mystery To Me". While flipping through channels after "The Fly", Bono comes across a fake commerical for "U2's Greatest Hits". The commercial has been put together by U2's production designer Peter Williams as a joke on the band. When talking to fans after the show, Bono says the band hope to start including "Acrobat" into ZooTV, because it's his favorite track on "Achtung Baby". Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"Oval Office" - may 27, 1997. U2 visit the Oval Office and meet President Bill Clinton.
"Elevation" tour - may 27, 2001 / Montreal PQ, Canada - Molson Centre - PJ Harvey. During tonight's band introductions, Bono goes "I'd like to introduce you to the rest of the Spice Girls," he said. "On drums, Baby Spice." Bassist Adam Clayton was Posh, and Edge? "Are you Sporty or Scary?" Edge wears this night, grey shirt#7
"Bono, O'Neill go public with disagreements over African aid" - may 27, 2002. Almost a week into their joint tour of Africa, Bono and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill openly speak of their differences over African aid. After visiting a poorly equipped school and a village water well in Uganda today, O'Neill questions how agencies spent the $300 million they received in aid last year and why many Ugandans don't have clean water when new wells could be built for all residents for roughly $25 million. Bono disagrees, telling reporters the school and water well issues are examples of why more aid is needed. "If the secretary can't see that," he says, "we're going to have to get him a pair of glasses and a new set of ears."
"Bono sings in Modena, again" - may 27, 2003. Bono appears at the Pavarotti and Friends concert in Modena, Italy and performs two songs without any help from the rest of U2. His performance includes "One" with an orchestra backing, and he later sings "Ave Maria" with Pavarotti. But Bono has written new lyrics that reflect the ongoing situation in the Middle East: "Strength is not without humility / It's weakness, an untreatable disease / And war is always the choice / Of the chosen who will not have to fight." The concert raises an estimated £1 million pounds for Iraqi war refugees. It's Bono's second performance at Pavarotti's concert -- he performed with Edge and Brian Eno during the 1995 concert.
Bono joins Wyclef Jean in Monaco - May 27, 2006 - Singer Bono of U2 performs with musician Wyclef Jean as rapper Jay-Z parties at the La Dolce Vita Ball in Monte Carlo, Monaco May 27, 2006. The fundraising event will benefit Yele Haiti, founded by Jean, to help its citizens raise themselves out of poverty. More, here
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 27, 1980. U2 perform in London, England at the Rock Garden. Support is "Fashion."
"Boy" tour - may 27, 1981. U2 perform in New Haven, Connecticut at Todd's Place. U2 perform "Fire" live for the first time, which was recorded in Bahamas and will be next single. During "Boy-Girl" Bono sings parts of the Monkees' "I'm a Believer", and continues to do so for several more concerts. Bono reveals his feelings about touring for long periods of time in an interview on WCBN radio: "I can't even remember what home looks like. We've been touring here so long..."
"War" tour - may 27, 1983. U2 perform in Portland, Oregon at the Paramount Theater.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - may 27, 1985. U2 perform in Munster, Germany at the Freigelande Halle Munsterland. Other notable performers include Rick Springfield, Joe Cocker, and headliner Chris de Burgh. The festival is actually held in a large parking lot. In the heat of the day, the fans are restless and it shows--half the fans leave after U2's performance. Two fans are attacked accidentally by a German Police Dog on their way out of the grounds.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 27, 1987. U2 perform the first European show of the "Joshua Tree" tour in Rome, Italy at the Stadio Flaminio. The opening concert in Rome, Italy is marred by a minor fight between police and 20-30 fans who have shown up with counterfeit tickets and are not allowed into the venue. It is U2's first outdoor event of the year. Support is "Lone Justice", "Big Audio Dynamite", and "The Pretenders".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 27, 1992. U2 perform in Zurich, Switzerland at Hellenstadion. "One" is followed by a verse from the song Bono wrote for Roy Orbison, "She's a Mystery To Me". While flipping through channels after "The Fly", Bono comes across a fake commerical for "U2's Greatest Hits". The commercial has been put together by U2's production designer Peter Williams as a joke on the band. When talking to fans after the show, Bono says the band hope to start including "Acrobat" into ZooTV, because it's his favorite track on "Achtung Baby". Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"Oval Office" - may 27, 1997. U2 visit the Oval Office and meet President Bill Clinton.
"Elevation" tour - may 27, 2001 / Montreal PQ, Canada - Molson Centre - PJ Harvey. During tonight's band introductions, Bono goes "I'd like to introduce you to the rest of the Spice Girls," he said. "On drums, Baby Spice." Bassist Adam Clayton was Posh, and Edge? "Are you Sporty or Scary?" Edge wears this night, grey shirt#7
"Bono, O'Neill go public with disagreements over African aid" - may 27, 2002. Almost a week into their joint tour of Africa, Bono and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill openly speak of their differences over African aid. After visiting a poorly equipped school and a village water well in Uganda today, O'Neill questions how agencies spent the $300 million they received in aid last year and why many Ugandans don't have clean water when new wells could be built for all residents for roughly $25 million. Bono disagrees, telling reporters the school and water well issues are examples of why more aid is needed. "If the secretary can't see that," he says, "we're going to have to get him a pair of glasses and a new set of ears."
"Bono sings in Modena, again" - may 27, 2003. Bono appears at the Pavarotti and Friends concert in Modena, Italy and performs two songs without any help from the rest of U2. His performance includes "One" with an orchestra backing, and he later sings "Ave Maria" with Pavarotti. But Bono has written new lyrics that reflect the ongoing situation in the Middle East: "Strength is not without humility / It's weakness, an untreatable disease / And war is always the choice / Of the chosen who will not have to fight." The concert raises an estimated £1 million pounds for Iraqi war refugees. It's Bono's second performance at Pavarotti's concert -- he performed with Edge and Brian Eno during the 1995 concert.
Bono joins Wyclef Jean in Monaco - May 27, 2006 - Singer Bono of U2 performs with musician Wyclef Jean as rapper Jay-Z parties at the La Dolce Vita Ball in Monte Carlo, Monaco May 27, 2006. The fundraising event will benefit Yele Haiti, founded by Jean, to help its citizens raise themselves out of poverty. More, here
5/26/2007
MAY 26: during "I Fall Down" / jumping into the crowd / Chelsea Clinton / heavy rain damages POP video / "Daydream Believer" / 'Vertigo' wins a Novello / Edge and Bono at 59th Cannes Film Festival !
"Boy" tour - may 26, 1980. U2 perform in Brighton, England at the New Regent. Support is "Fashion".
"War" tour - may 26, 1983. U2 perform in Seattle, Washington at the Paramount Theater. During "I Fall Down", Bono explains that in the afternoon, he recieved a phone call from a fan who "woke me up. He sort of hassled me, saying that his band was the greatest band in the world. He reminded me about the way we used to work." The revelation is greeted with laughter from the audience. Bono then asks if the phone caller is in the audience--he is, and Bono invites him on stage, and asks him, "You wanna play drums?" The crowd cheers as the man says yes, and the crew bring another drum kit on stage. The drummer picks up the beat of "I Fall Down" and continues throughout the song. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - may 26, 1985. U2 perform in Stuttgart, Germany at the Neckarstadion. Other notable performers include "The Alarm", Rick Springfield, Joe Cocker, "REO Speedwagon", and headliner Chris de Burgh. The show is only half sold-out, and due to time constraints, U2 are forced to play a shortened set. Today's show is better than the day before in Adenau/Koblenz, with more audience participation. Bono jumps into the crowd during "Electric Co." and eventually is pulled back onstage by roadies with his shirt torn to pieces.
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 26, 1993 U2 perform in Nantes, France at Stade De La Beaujoire.
"POPMart" tour - may 26, 1997. U2 perform in Washington D.C.. In attendance is the first daughter, Chelsea Clinton. Heavy rain damages the giant POPmart video screen, causing the cancellation of the next concert in Raleigh, North Carolina. Edge´s karaoke this night, is "Daydream Believer".
Vertigo wins a Novello - may 26, 2005. "Vertigo" is named International Hit of the Year during the Ivor Novello Awards tonight in London.
Edge and Bono at 59th Cannes Film Festival - may 26, 2006 - U2's guitarist Dave Evans, The Edge, gestures at the Dolce & Gabbana party during the 59th Cannes Film Festival in France May 26, 2006. Photos: here * here * here * here * here
"Boy" tour - may 26, 1980. U2 perform in Brighton, England at the New Regent. Support is "Fashion".
"War" tour - may 26, 1983. U2 perform in Seattle, Washington at the Paramount Theater. During "I Fall Down", Bono explains that in the afternoon, he recieved a phone call from a fan who "woke me up. He sort of hassled me, saying that his band was the greatest band in the world. He reminded me about the way we used to work." The revelation is greeted with laughter from the audience. Bono then asks if the phone caller is in the audience--he is, and Bono invites him on stage, and asks him, "You wanna play drums?" The crowd cheers as the man says yes, and the crew bring another drum kit on stage. The drummer picks up the beat of "I Fall Down" and continues throughout the song. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - may 26, 1985. U2 perform in Stuttgart, Germany at the Neckarstadion. Other notable performers include "The Alarm", Rick Springfield, Joe Cocker, "REO Speedwagon", and headliner Chris de Burgh. The show is only half sold-out, and due to time constraints, U2 are forced to play a shortened set. Today's show is better than the day before in Adenau/Koblenz, with more audience participation. Bono jumps into the crowd during "Electric Co." and eventually is pulled back onstage by roadies with his shirt torn to pieces.
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 26, 1993 U2 perform in Nantes, France at Stade De La Beaujoire.
"POPMart" tour - may 26, 1997. U2 perform in Washington D.C.. In attendance is the first daughter, Chelsea Clinton. Heavy rain damages the giant POPmart video screen, causing the cancellation of the next concert in Raleigh, North Carolina. Edge´s karaoke this night, is "Daydream Believer".
Vertigo wins a Novello - may 26, 2005. "Vertigo" is named International Hit of the Year during the Ivor Novello Awards tonight in London.
Edge and Bono at 59th Cannes Film Festival - may 26, 2006 - U2's guitarist Dave Evans, The Edge, gestures at the Dolce & Gabbana party during the 59th Cannes Film Festival in France May 26, 2006. Photos: here * here * here * here * here
5/25/2007
MAY 25: U2 meet Paul McGuinness / he climbs the stage scaffolding / Olympiahalle / Nelson Mandela and Bono at the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony in Monaco / 'Stay' to Amnesty benefit concert (Canada's MuchMusic TV)-red shirt#55 / Bono at White House with Condoleeza Rice / On last Africa stop, Bono pledges fight over trade !
"U2 meet Paul McGuinness - may 25, 1978. At Bill Graham's suggestion, and after months of pestering by Adam Clayton, Paul McGuinness sees U2 live for the first time at a support gig for the "Revolvers" in Dublin's Project Arts Centre and decides to become their manager. Paul McGuinness's only previous experience in the music industry was as a promoter for forgotten's Sixties singer Donovan's return to the stage in Dublin, and managing an Irish Folk Band called "Spud". McGuinness previously dabbled in advertising, ran a mobile DJ service, drove a cab, been a tourguide in Lourdes, and worked as a location manager on a movie starring Sean Connery. During this time, U2 start writing their own material: "Alone in The Light", "Fake Prophet", "The Magic Carpet", "Concentration Camp", "Street Mission", and "Boy/Girl". After the show, in a pub close to the Project Arts Centre, McGuinness agrees to manage U2. He places them on a 25 Pound subsistence allowance, and they agree to give him a 20% cut of all profits from the band.
"Boy" tour - may 25, 1981. U2 perform in Providence, Rhode Island at Center Stage.
"War" tour - may 25, 1983. U2 perform in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the Queen Elizabeth Theater. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - may 25, 1985. U2 perform in Adenau/Koblenz, Germany at the Hurburging Racecourse as part of the "Rock am Ring Festival". Other notable performers include "Lone Justice", "The Alarm", Rick Springfield, Joe Cocker, "REO Speedwagon", and headliner Chris de Burgh. The crowd is unresponsive, and Bono resort to an old trick: he climbs the stage scaffolding during "Electric Co.".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 25, 1992. U2 perform in Munich, Germany at the Olympiahalle. This is the first of five German dates, and U2 are greeted loudly by the cheering fans who have come to see and experience ZooTV. While flipping, Bono shows his pleasure/displeasure towards the television by greeting everything with a "Good Evening" or "Good Night". While on the B-stage, an audience member throws a plastic cup at Bono, to which Bono replies, "That was close..." The visuals for "Bullet The Blue Sky" -- instead of the same word on every screen, "BOOM" is included and in the mean time other words are flashed on every screen --. are different for this performance as the road crew are still tinkering with the workings of the show. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
Nelson Mandela and Bono at the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony in Monaco - may 2000 - more here
"Elevation" tour - may 25, 2001 / Toronto ON, Canada - Air Canada Centre - PJ Harvey. Canada's MuchMusic TV network broadcasts live from the arena before the show and airs snippets of several songs throughout the night. Tonight's 'Stay' is shown June 3 at an Amnesty benefit concert in London. Edge wears this night red shirt#55.
Bono at White House with Condoleeza Rice - may 25, 2005 - Bono found time to use his precious day off to have lunch with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the State Department in Washington, D.C. this afternoon, on: Interference
On last Africa stop, Bono pledges fight over trade - may 25, 2006 - ACCRA / GHANA -- After a successful campaign to cancel the debts of some of the world's poorest countries, rocker-activist Bono is about to take on the world's powerbrokers to improve the terms of trade for Africa...."We're up against vested interests and big powerful lobby groups," he said after touring a market in the capital Accra...."The social movements will give us political muscle and that makes it doable, but it is going to be a big fight,"..."Sword of Damocles".."People need aid because there is still poverty but more important for everyone is the need for trade," he told his audience. "Africa should be able to create an alternative to the sort of Chinese domination of the apparel sector," he added...."Our part of the world is in transition and it will take some muscle to keep up the changes," he told the rock star after a meeting. "With the right policies and some encouragement, we will be able through partnerships to compete. For Ghana to get to such a position we will need some aid," he added. more, here * Bono says he has matured as aid campaigner - may 25, 2006 - ACCRA, Ghana (Reuters) - Irish rock star Bono said he has matured as an aid campaigner during the four years he has toured the world raising money and awareness about the plight of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. more, here
"U2 meet Paul McGuinness - may 25, 1978. At Bill Graham's suggestion, and after months of pestering by Adam Clayton, Paul McGuinness sees U2 live for the first time at a support gig for the "Revolvers" in Dublin's Project Arts Centre and decides to become their manager. Paul McGuinness's only previous experience in the music industry was as a promoter for forgotten's Sixties singer Donovan's return to the stage in Dublin, and managing an Irish Folk Band called "Spud". McGuinness previously dabbled in advertising, ran a mobile DJ service, drove a cab, been a tourguide in Lourdes, and worked as a location manager on a movie starring Sean Connery. During this time, U2 start writing their own material: "Alone in The Light", "Fake Prophet", "The Magic Carpet", "Concentration Camp", "Street Mission", and "Boy/Girl". After the show, in a pub close to the Project Arts Centre, McGuinness agrees to manage U2. He places them on a 25 Pound subsistence allowance, and they agree to give him a 20% cut of all profits from the band.
"Boy" tour - may 25, 1981. U2 perform in Providence, Rhode Island at Center Stage.
"War" tour - may 25, 1983. U2 perform in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the Queen Elizabeth Theater. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - may 25, 1985. U2 perform in Adenau/Koblenz, Germany at the Hurburging Racecourse as part of the "Rock am Ring Festival". Other notable performers include "Lone Justice", "The Alarm", Rick Springfield, Joe Cocker, "REO Speedwagon", and headliner Chris de Burgh. The crowd is unresponsive, and Bono resort to an old trick: he climbs the stage scaffolding during "Electric Co.".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 25, 1992. U2 perform in Munich, Germany at the Olympiahalle. This is the first of five German dates, and U2 are greeted loudly by the cheering fans who have come to see and experience ZooTV. While flipping, Bono shows his pleasure/displeasure towards the television by greeting everything with a "Good Evening" or "Good Night". While on the B-stage, an audience member throws a plastic cup at Bono, to which Bono replies, "That was close..." The visuals for "Bullet The Blue Sky" -- instead of the same word on every screen, "BOOM" is included and in the mean time other words are flashed on every screen --. are different for this performance as the road crew are still tinkering with the workings of the show. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
Nelson Mandela and Bono at the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony in Monaco - may 2000 - more here
"Elevation" tour - may 25, 2001 / Toronto ON, Canada - Air Canada Centre - PJ Harvey. Canada's MuchMusic TV network broadcasts live from the arena before the show and airs snippets of several songs throughout the night. Tonight's 'Stay' is shown June 3 at an Amnesty benefit concert in London. Edge wears this night red shirt#55.
Bono at White House with Condoleeza Rice - may 25, 2005 - Bono found time to use his precious day off to have lunch with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the State Department in Washington, D.C. this afternoon, on: Interference
On last Africa stop, Bono pledges fight over trade - may 25, 2006 - ACCRA / GHANA -- After a successful campaign to cancel the debts of some of the world's poorest countries, rocker-activist Bono is about to take on the world's powerbrokers to improve the terms of trade for Africa...."We're up against vested interests and big powerful lobby groups," he said after touring a market in the capital Accra...."The social movements will give us political muscle and that makes it doable, but it is going to be a big fight,"..."Sword of Damocles".."People need aid because there is still poverty but more important for everyone is the need for trade," he told his audience. "Africa should be able to create an alternative to the sort of Chinese domination of the apparel sector," he added...."Our part of the world is in transition and it will take some muscle to keep up the changes," he told the rock star after a meeting. "With the right policies and some encouragement, we will be able through partnerships to compete. For Ghana to get to such a position we will need some aid," he added. more, here * Bono says he has matured as aid campaigner - may 25, 2006 - ACCRA, Ghana (Reuters) - Irish rock star Bono said he has matured as an aid campaigner during the four years he has toured the world raising money and awareness about the plight of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. more, here
5/24/2007
MAY 24: "Televison: Drug Of The Nation" debuts / Axl joins the band on stage / a shirt in Columbus / 'Daydream Believer' / 60th b-day of Dylan / red#55 / Bono visits a HIV/AIDS 'epicenter' in Africa / 26th VERTIGO SHOW / Bono in Africa with Ghana´s Minister of Women and Children´s Affairs !
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 24, 1980. U2 perform in Sheffield, England at the University. Support is "Fashion".
"Boy" tour - may 24, 1981. U2 perform in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire at the Club Casino.
"ZOOTV" tour - may 24, 1992. U2 perform in Vienna, Austria at Donau, Insel. This is U2's first performance in Austria, and their first outdoor performance since Auckland, Australia, on November 11, 1989. The stage set-up is extended by 3 large vidi-walls at the sides of the stage, and behind the also enlarged lighting tower. For the first time, B.P. Fallon plays Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy's "Television: Drug Of The Nation" as the intro to ZooTV. "One" is dedicated to "the men and boys of Guns 'N' Roses". Axl Rose joins the band for "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", marking the first time U2 perform the song since November 28, 1989(Osaka, Japan). During "Desire" Bono takes a swipe at the whole U2 camp by singing "For love or money, lotsa money....'Let's do it outdoors!'...more money!" Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"POPMart" tour - may 24 1997. U2 perform in Columbus, Ohio. At the PopMart show in Columbus, Ohio, Bono spots a fan with a t-shirt that reads "Kill Bono" - Bono calls for the shirt and puts it on, and sings about it during "Bullet the Blue Sky" -- "How much do you think I get for this shirt? One hundred? Two hundred Three Hundred?" Edge sings " Daydream Believer" this night for his karaoke.
"May 24, 1998" - U2 split with longtime accountants, OJ Kilkenny & Company. The dispute stems from a long standing disagreement with manager Paul McGuinness.
"Elevation" tour - may 24, 2001 / Toronto ON, Canada - Air Canada Centre - PJ Harvey. Bono adds parts of Bob Dylan's 'Mr. Tambourine Man' in 'Elevation' and sings an abbreviated 'Forever Young' at the end of 'One' as tribute to the legendary singer who turned 60 years old today. Edge wears red shirt#55 this night.
Bono visits HIV/AIDS 'epicenter' in South Africa" - may 24, 2002. On day five of their tour of Africa, Bono and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill visit Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital -- a 2,888-bed hospital listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's biggest hospital. There, hospital staff and donor agency officials tell them that although $50 million comes in yearly for AIDS, most of the 2,000 HIV positive mothers at the unit, who would need just $2 million for treatment, remained untreated. Bono and O'Neill are shocked by what they are told and see. Bono says "I am speechless," while Secretary O'Neill -- whose voice is described as 'quivering' by reporters in attendance -- says "This whole business about having so much money...and it not going primarily to treatment is just a stunning revelation. Before we ask for more money, for God's sake what are we doing with what we've got?" Later, the pair traveled to a housing project in Soweto, where Bono is greeted by schoolchildren singing along to U2's 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.' When their tape player breaks, Bono steps in to finish the song.
26th 'VERTIGO' show - may 24, 2005 - Boston, MA - Fleet Center - Kings of Leon - Edge was absolutely on fire / Gaelic counting during 'Vertigo' aon, dó, trí, ceathair' / no one was pulled up on stage / Peter Wolf - Teresa Earnhardt / 'My Sweet Lord' at the end of 'Mysterious Ways' - U2's unofficial hometown in the U.S. gives the band a loud and energetic welcome for the first of three shows to close out the tour's first leg. Bono counts 1, 2, 3, 14 in Gaelic during 'Vertigo', saying Boston is an Irish town, not Spanish (This is not a Spanish town,'said Bono, 'this is an Irish town', which was pretty clear with his unique introduction to Vertigo @ aon, dó, trí, ceathair' (That's Gaelic by the way!)...Former J. Geils Band singer Peter Wolf is namechecked during 'Beautiful Day', and '40' is dedicated to Teresa Earnhardt, widow of racing legend Dale Earnhardt, who is presumably at the show. My Sweet Lord at the end of Mysterious Ways. Larry had to run on the catwalk to get back for Yahweh, like he had forgotten or something lol.He's a fast runner too. And the Edge - in seemingly high spirits - let it rip with a welcome bit of mischief in his solos that made them even more piercing than usual, especially the raw-nerve ending jangle of ``Bullet the Blue Sky.'' ...(Clearly more people have cell phones now than lighters.). Larry is amazing. During Electric Co he broke both drumstick, tossed them behind him picked up 2 more in less then a 100th of a second and did not miss a beat. Toward the end of the evening, Bono said with a heartfelt sigh, ``It's nice to be home.'' Earlier on Tuesday Bono turned up for a book signing at Barnes and Noble in Boston....
Bono in Africa with Ghana´s Minister of Women and Children´s Affairs - may 24, 2006 - U2 lead singer and anti-poverty campaigner Bono kisses Hajia Alima Mahama, Ghana's Minister of Women and Children's Affairs, during a visit to the Agblogbloshie market in Accra May 24, 2006 while on a six-nation tour of Africa. more, click here
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 24, 1980. U2 perform in Sheffield, England at the University. Support is "Fashion".
"Boy" tour - may 24, 1981. U2 perform in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire at the Club Casino.
"ZOOTV" tour - may 24, 1992. U2 perform in Vienna, Austria at Donau, Insel. This is U2's first performance in Austria, and their first outdoor performance since Auckland, Australia, on November 11, 1989. The stage set-up is extended by 3 large vidi-walls at the sides of the stage, and behind the also enlarged lighting tower. For the first time, B.P. Fallon plays Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy's "Television: Drug Of The Nation" as the intro to ZooTV. "One" is dedicated to "the men and boys of Guns 'N' Roses". Axl Rose joins the band for "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", marking the first time U2 perform the song since November 28, 1989(Osaka, Japan). During "Desire" Bono takes a swipe at the whole U2 camp by singing "For love or money, lotsa money....'Let's do it outdoors!'...more money!" Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"POPMart" tour - may 24 1997. U2 perform in Columbus, Ohio. At the PopMart show in Columbus, Ohio, Bono spots a fan with a t-shirt that reads "Kill Bono" - Bono calls for the shirt and puts it on, and sings about it during "Bullet the Blue Sky" -- "How much do you think I get for this shirt? One hundred? Two hundred Three Hundred?" Edge sings " Daydream Believer" this night for his karaoke.
"May 24, 1998" - U2 split with longtime accountants, OJ Kilkenny & Company. The dispute stems from a long standing disagreement with manager Paul McGuinness.
"Elevation" tour - may 24, 2001 / Toronto ON, Canada - Air Canada Centre - PJ Harvey. Bono adds parts of Bob Dylan's 'Mr. Tambourine Man' in 'Elevation' and sings an abbreviated 'Forever Young' at the end of 'One' as tribute to the legendary singer who turned 60 years old today. Edge wears red shirt#55 this night.
Bono visits HIV/AIDS 'epicenter' in South Africa" - may 24, 2002. On day five of their tour of Africa, Bono and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill visit Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital -- a 2,888-bed hospital listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's biggest hospital. There, hospital staff and donor agency officials tell them that although $50 million comes in yearly for AIDS, most of the 2,000 HIV positive mothers at the unit, who would need just $2 million for treatment, remained untreated. Bono and O'Neill are shocked by what they are told and see. Bono says "I am speechless," while Secretary O'Neill -- whose voice is described as 'quivering' by reporters in attendance -- says "This whole business about having so much money...and it not going primarily to treatment is just a stunning revelation. Before we ask for more money, for God's sake what are we doing with what we've got?" Later, the pair traveled to a housing project in Soweto, where Bono is greeted by schoolchildren singing along to U2's 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.' When their tape player breaks, Bono steps in to finish the song.
26th 'VERTIGO' show - may 24, 2005 - Boston, MA - Fleet Center - Kings of Leon - Edge was absolutely on fire / Gaelic counting during 'Vertigo' aon, dó, trí, ceathair' / no one was pulled up on stage / Peter Wolf - Teresa Earnhardt / 'My Sweet Lord' at the end of 'Mysterious Ways' - U2's unofficial hometown in the U.S. gives the band a loud and energetic welcome for the first of three shows to close out the tour's first leg. Bono counts 1, 2, 3, 14 in Gaelic during 'Vertigo', saying Boston is an Irish town, not Spanish (This is not a Spanish town,'said Bono, 'this is an Irish town', which was pretty clear with his unique introduction to Vertigo @ aon, dó, trí, ceathair' (That's Gaelic by the way!)...Former J. Geils Band singer Peter Wolf is namechecked during 'Beautiful Day', and '40' is dedicated to Teresa Earnhardt, widow of racing legend Dale Earnhardt, who is presumably at the show. My Sweet Lord at the end of Mysterious Ways. Larry had to run on the catwalk to get back for Yahweh, like he had forgotten or something lol.He's a fast runner too. And the Edge - in seemingly high spirits - let it rip with a welcome bit of mischief in his solos that made them even more piercing than usual, especially the raw-nerve ending jangle of ``Bullet the Blue Sky.'' ...(Clearly more people have cell phones now than lighters.). Larry is amazing. During Electric Co he broke both drumstick, tossed them behind him picked up 2 more in less then a 100th of a second and did not miss a beat. Toward the end of the evening, Bono said with a heartfelt sigh, ``It's nice to be home.'' Earlier on Tuesday Bono turned up for a book signing at Barnes and Noble in Boston....
Bono in Africa with Ghana´s Minister of Women and Children´s Affairs - may 24, 2006 - U2 lead singer and anti-poverty campaigner Bono kisses Hajia Alima Mahama, Ghana's Minister of Women and Children's Affairs, during a visit to the Agblogbloshie market in Accra May 24, 2006 while on a six-nation tour of Africa. more, click here
5/23/2007
MAY 23: '11 O´Clock Tick Tock' is released / Edge attends the ceremony-Ivor to 'Walk On' / Bono in Monaco / Bono in Ghana !
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" may 23, 1980. U2's first release for Island, a Martin Hannett produced single called "11 O'Clock Tick Tock", is released in Ireland and the UK. "11 O'Clock" is the song formerly called "Silver Lining" and the B-side "Touch" is previously known as "Trevor." The single fails to make the charts.
"Boy" tour - may 23, 1981 U2 perform in Albany, New York at J.B. Scott's.
"U2 wins at Ivor Awards" - may 23, 2002. U2's song 'Walk On' beats David Gray's 'Sail Away' and Travis's 'Side' to win the Best Song Musically and Lyrically award at the Ivor Novello Awards. The Ivors were inaugurated 47 years ago as a response to the domination of American pop music in the UK. Edge attends the award ceremony in London.
"Bono goes to the races (again)" - may 23, 2004. Bono is on hand at the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo today as a guest of Irish driver Eddie Jordan. It's the second year in a row Bono attends the race and visits with the Jordan racing team.
Bono in Ghana - may 23, 2006 - U2 lead singer and anti-poverty campaigner Bono examines a traditional Kaba dress at the Nima slum in Accra, Ghana. Bono walks past men preparing meat on an open fire at Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, May 23, 2006. The U2 front man and social activist, who has long complained that Africa's problems get little attention in the news, is on a 10-day tour of Africa. Read more about Bono, Africa in this day, clicking here
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" may 23, 1980. U2's first release for Island, a Martin Hannett produced single called "11 O'Clock Tick Tock", is released in Ireland and the UK. "11 O'Clock" is the song formerly called "Silver Lining" and the B-side "Touch" is previously known as "Trevor." The single fails to make the charts.
"Boy" tour - may 23, 1981 U2 perform in Albany, New York at J.B. Scott's.
"U2 wins at Ivor Awards" - may 23, 2002. U2's song 'Walk On' beats David Gray's 'Sail Away' and Travis's 'Side' to win the Best Song Musically and Lyrically award at the Ivor Novello Awards. The Ivors were inaugurated 47 years ago as a response to the domination of American pop music in the UK. Edge attends the award ceremony in London.
"Bono goes to the races (again)" - may 23, 2004. Bono is on hand at the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo today as a guest of Irish driver Eddie Jordan. It's the second year in a row Bono attends the race and visits with the Jordan racing team.
Bono in Ghana - may 23, 2006 - U2 lead singer and anti-poverty campaigner Bono examines a traditional Kaba dress at the Nima slum in Accra, Ghana. Bono walks past men preparing meat on an open fire at Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, May 23, 2006. The U2 front man and social activist, who has long complained that Africa's problems get little attention in the news, is on a 10-day tour of Africa. Read more about Bono, Africa in this day, clicking here
5/22/2007
MAY 22: starTs "11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour / like Ron Wood / 'Mission: Impossible' in LA / "Sweet Caroline" / "Yes" won in Northern Ireland / Bono sings to African children / Bono and Bob with Blair / U2 won Outstanding Song Collection-Ivor Novello Awards / 25th 'VERTIGO' show / Watch NBC: Bono in Africa
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 22, 1980. U2 start the "11 O'clock Tick Tock" Tour in London, England at the Hope & Anchor. The single for the song of the same name is the first produced under Island Record's promotion. Support is "Fashion".
"Boy" tour - may 22, 1981. U2 perform in Syracuse, New York at the City Limits.
War" tour - may 22, 1983. U2 perform in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Northrup Auditorium. Minneapolis and Star Tribune writer, Jon Bream writes that Bono "...looks like a chubby Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones." Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 22, 1992 U2 perform in Milan, Italy at Forum Di Assago.
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 22, 1993 U2 perform in Madrid, Spain at Estadio Vicente Calderon.
"Adam and Larry help launch Mission:Impossible movie" - may 22, 1996. The Mission: Impossible film opens in the U.S. Adam and Larry, who redid the theme song, appear at the Los Angeles premier party.
"POPMart" tour - may 22, 1997. U2 perform in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Three Rivers Stadium. Fun Lovin' Criminals. Edge sings "Sweet Caroline" this night during his karaoke.
"Yes' - may 22, 1998. Northern Ireland votes "Yes" to peace accord.
"Bono sings for African children" - may 22, 2002. On the third day of his African tour with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, Bono obliges the request of a 12-year-old girl in Accra, Ghana, who had never heard of him by singing a few lines of 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.' Later, Bono and O'Neill travel north to the Tamale region. After touring medical facilities there, the return trip to Accra is delayed by a few hours by a violent storm which makes flying impossible.
"Bono and Bob have breakfast with Blair" - may 22, 2003. Bono and Bob Geldof meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair for breakfast today at 10 Downing Street to discuss ongoing efforts to combat the AIDS crisis in Africa. The meeting comes two weeks ahead of the G8 Summit in France.
U2 won Outstanding Song Collection-Ivor Novello Awards - may 22, 2003 - The band were in London this afternoon to receive a special honour at the annual Ivor Novello Awards. The ceremony takes place each year to recognise songwriters rather than
singers and U2 were honoured for their 'Outstanding song Collection'. Coldplay were named songwriters of the year at the ceremony while David Gray beat Noel Gallagher to win best song for his tune The Other Side. As well as the special honour to U2, former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry was rewarded for his outstanding contribution to British music, Brian Wilson was given a special international award and UB40 were honoured for their international achievement.
25th 'VERTIGO' show - may 22, 2005 - Philadelphia, Wachovia Center - Edge was awesome / like in romance movies (Bono and the girl) / tatoo guy! 'We've had a great past in this band but the thing that excites us most is the future,' raps Bono as the song closes. 'What it holds in science and technology and the idea that the world can change shape and be better. We believe God is inspiring scientists and doctors and nurses, we met someone today at the airport and this is for the little baby she is carrying - this is Miracle Drug.'....Edge, meanwhile, is flailing his guitar to a thrilling climax....Human rights is still the theme as Pride In The Name of Love gives way to Where The Streets Have No Name and One - this time, as every night, the human rights in question are those of the people of Africa, living in poverty. Edge was awesome! A young girl, whose parents brought her to the show for her 16TH birthday. Bono iater pulled her up on stage as she danced to Mysterious Ways and he then sang With or Without You to her and had her run around the circle to his waiting arms on the other side, he then sat her down and completed the song having her rise as she sang the end of it with him. Like in romance movies! Earlier in the show he got tatoo guy on stage. Later he took someone's camera and took photos for them. Gloria ..In the solo part, Bono introduced Edge as "The" (his first name, right??)...". Some photos on: U2tours.com
Watch NBC: Bono in Africa - may 22, 2006 - NBC's Brian Williams reports from Nigeria and Mali on what he saw on a very different kind of tour by rock star Bono, here. Bono TV: Into Africa. The U2 front man talks about the opportunities and problems facing Africa, and why he's traveling the continent this week with 'NBC Nightly News' anchor Brian Williams, here. Read more,
here
"11 O´Clock Tick Tock" tour - may 22, 1980. U2 start the "11 O'clock Tick Tock" Tour in London, England at the Hope & Anchor. The single for the song of the same name is the first produced under Island Record's promotion. Support is "Fashion".
"Boy" tour - may 22, 1981. U2 perform in Syracuse, New York at the City Limits.
War" tour - may 22, 1983. U2 perform in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Northrup Auditorium. Minneapolis and Star Tribune writer, Jon Bream writes that Bono "...looks like a chubby Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones." Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 22, 1992 U2 perform in Milan, Italy at Forum Di Assago.
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 22, 1993 U2 perform in Madrid, Spain at Estadio Vicente Calderon.
"Adam and Larry help launch Mission:Impossible movie" - may 22, 1996. The Mission: Impossible film opens in the U.S. Adam and Larry, who redid the theme song, appear at the Los Angeles premier party.
"POPMart" tour - may 22, 1997. U2 perform in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Three Rivers Stadium. Fun Lovin' Criminals. Edge sings "Sweet Caroline" this night during his karaoke.
"Yes' - may 22, 1998. Northern Ireland votes "Yes" to peace accord.
"Bono sings for African children" - may 22, 2002. On the third day of his African tour with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, Bono obliges the request of a 12-year-old girl in Accra, Ghana, who had never heard of him by singing a few lines of 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.' Later, Bono and O'Neill travel north to the Tamale region. After touring medical facilities there, the return trip to Accra is delayed by a few hours by a violent storm which makes flying impossible.
"Bono and Bob have breakfast with Blair" - may 22, 2003. Bono and Bob Geldof meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair for breakfast today at 10 Downing Street to discuss ongoing efforts to combat the AIDS crisis in Africa. The meeting comes two weeks ahead of the G8 Summit in France.
U2 won Outstanding Song Collection-Ivor Novello Awards - may 22, 2003 - The band were in London this afternoon to receive a special honour at the annual Ivor Novello Awards. The ceremony takes place each year to recognise songwriters rather than
singers and U2 were honoured for their 'Outstanding song Collection'. Coldplay were named songwriters of the year at the ceremony while David Gray beat Noel Gallagher to win best song for his tune The Other Side. As well as the special honour to U2, former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry was rewarded for his outstanding contribution to British music, Brian Wilson was given a special international award and UB40 were honoured for their international achievement.
25th 'VERTIGO' show - may 22, 2005 - Philadelphia, Wachovia Center - Edge was awesome / like in romance movies (Bono and the girl) / tatoo guy! 'We've had a great past in this band but the thing that excites us most is the future,' raps Bono as the song closes. 'What it holds in science and technology and the idea that the world can change shape and be better. We believe God is inspiring scientists and doctors and nurses, we met someone today at the airport and this is for the little baby she is carrying - this is Miracle Drug.'....Edge, meanwhile, is flailing his guitar to a thrilling climax....Human rights is still the theme as Pride In The Name of Love gives way to Where The Streets Have No Name and One - this time, as every night, the human rights in question are those of the people of Africa, living in poverty. Edge was awesome! A young girl, whose parents brought her to the show for her 16TH birthday. Bono iater pulled her up on stage as she danced to Mysterious Ways and he then sang With or Without You to her and had her run around the circle to his waiting arms on the other side, he then sat her down and completed the song having her rise as she sang the end of it with him. Like in romance movies! Earlier in the show he got tatoo guy on stage. Later he took someone's camera and took photos for them. Gloria ..In the solo part, Bono introduced Edge as "The" (his first name, right??)...". Some photos on: U2tours.com
Watch NBC: Bono in Africa - may 22, 2006 - NBC's Brian Williams reports from Nigeria and Mali on what he saw on a very different kind of tour by rock star Bono, here. Bono TV: Into Africa. The U2 front man talks about the opportunities and problems facing Africa, and why he's traveling the continent this week with 'NBC Nightly News' anchor Brian Williams, here. Read more,
here
5/21/2007
MAY 21: 'Chicago Peace Museum' / ...The Edge, 'Is you she loves' / a tribute to Gay Byrne / 24th VERTIGO show / Bono urges action on corruption in Africa !
"Boy" - may 21, 1981. U2 perform in Buffalo, New York at Uncle Sam's.
"War" tour - may 21, 1983. U2 perform in Chicago, Illinois at the Aragon Ballroom. During this visit to Chicago, the band visit the Chicago Peace Museum at the "Unforgettable Fire" exihibit. The paintings and drawings in the exhibit were created by survivors of the two atomic blasts(Hiroshima and Nagasaki) that ended World War II. Another part of the museum displays the theme of Dr. Martin Luther King's non-violent struggle for racial equality in the United States. The band are very moved by the exhibits and after the "War" tour ends, donate some of the backdrop of the stage, and a white flag to a new exhibit in the Museum called "Give Peace A Chance". Support for the gig is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 21, 1992 U2 perform in Milan, Italy at the Forum Di Assago. The shows are originally planned for May 20, and 21 but are rescheduled when one of the tour trucks breaks down. Attempts to fly the trucks' contents in do not materialize, and the show is rescheduled for the 21st. At the first night's show, Fatima Mansions are booed, and at one point the "40" chant of "How long to sing this song," is loud enough to drown out the audio system. U2's performance is greeted wildly. Before "One", Bono refers to the 1990 World Cup Quarter-Final in which Italy beat Ireland 1-nil. "We forgive you that you were lucky," Bono jokes. During "Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World", a girl has already climbed up onto the barrier between the crowd and stage -- Bono pulls her up, opens the bottle of champagne and sprays the nearby crowd. She whispers something to him, and Bono walks her over to the main stage and explains to The Edge, "It's you she loves..." Together the two of them alternate singing, "Woman, I will..." to her, as they argue over who will end up with her tonight. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"Bono and Larry pay tribute to Irish TV legend Gay Byrne" - may 21, 1999. Bono and Larry appear on RTE's "The Late Late Show" to present longtime host Gay Byrne with a black Harley Davidson as a going away present. Byrne is retiring after 37 years hosting the show, which is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Longest Running TV Talk Show. Byrne asks Bono and Larry to sing, but all he gets is Bono quickly humming the show's theme song.
24th 'VERTIGO' show - may 21, 2005 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden - Kings of Leon - 'Vertigo' homage to Joey Ramone / 'One' to Jeffrey Sachs / 'The Fly' with Bowie´s song / maybe Bowie was in audience / and Edge was on fire, of course - U2's only show in New York city this spring comes two days after the annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash concert, and Bono sings a bit of The Ramones' 'Rockaway Beach' during 'Vertigo.' 'One' is dedicated to economist Jeffery Sachs, who has been Bono's longtime partner in promoting African relief efforts. At the end of 'The Fly', the full band goes into an abbreviated version of David Bowie's 'The Jean Genie.' Bono brought 2 young ladies on stage: 1 during "Into The Heart" (she looked to be about 13), and another during "Mysterious Ways". 'Zoo Station' live with The Edge out on the ellipse punctuating the "It's Alright" verse with fist raised to the air. Kofi Annan, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Matt Dillon, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, David Chase, Gandolfini, Steve Van Zandt, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Phil Ramone, members of Depeche Mode, Mike D, Sean Combes, the group Scissor Sisters, Julian Casablancas, The Rapture, Damien Hirst, Helena Christensen, Christy Turlington, Sweeney and Nita Lowey and Jeffrey Sachs....were at the attendance. Watch 'The Fly' with 'The Jean Genie' on: U2log. Some photos on: U2tours.com and here
Bono urges action on corruption in Africa - may 21, 2006 - Nigeria - The west's new mood of generosity towards Africa will come to an abrupt and early end unless political leaders in the world's poorest continent are ruthless in eliminating corruption, the rock star Bono said last night. ... "It's a critical moment", Bono said. "There's some goodwill. There's a window of opportunity. But it could close if corruption is not tackled." ... "To counter that argument, I say that those were loans in the past not grants. It was for cold war reasons that they were made. It was cold war reasoning that meant billions got lost in Swiss bank accounts. Judgement of character came second to national interest," Bono said. ... "Donors are becoming more careful who they give increased aid flows to," Bono said. "That kind of auditing is necessary because transparency demands it. We have to accept that a lot of the aid in the past has done more harm than good."
"Boy" - may 21, 1981. U2 perform in Buffalo, New York at Uncle Sam's.
"War" tour - may 21, 1983. U2 perform in Chicago, Illinois at the Aragon Ballroom. During this visit to Chicago, the band visit the Chicago Peace Museum at the "Unforgettable Fire" exihibit. The paintings and drawings in the exhibit were created by survivors of the two atomic blasts(Hiroshima and Nagasaki) that ended World War II. Another part of the museum displays the theme of Dr. Martin Luther King's non-violent struggle for racial equality in the United States. The band are very moved by the exhibits and after the "War" tour ends, donate some of the backdrop of the stage, and a white flag to a new exhibit in the Museum called "Give Peace A Chance". Support for the gig is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 21, 1992 U2 perform in Milan, Italy at the Forum Di Assago. The shows are originally planned for May 20, and 21 but are rescheduled when one of the tour trucks breaks down. Attempts to fly the trucks' contents in do not materialize, and the show is rescheduled for the 21st. At the first night's show, Fatima Mansions are booed, and at one point the "40" chant of "How long to sing this song," is loud enough to drown out the audio system. U2's performance is greeted wildly. Before "One", Bono refers to the 1990 World Cup Quarter-Final in which Italy beat Ireland 1-nil. "We forgive you that you were lucky," Bono jokes. During "Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World", a girl has already climbed up onto the barrier between the crowd and stage -- Bono pulls her up, opens the bottle of champagne and sprays the nearby crowd. She whispers something to him, and Bono walks her over to the main stage and explains to The Edge, "It's you she loves..." Together the two of them alternate singing, "Woman, I will..." to her, as they argue over who will end up with her tonight. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"Bono and Larry pay tribute to Irish TV legend Gay Byrne" - may 21, 1999. Bono and Larry appear on RTE's "The Late Late Show" to present longtime host Gay Byrne with a black Harley Davidson as a going away present. Byrne is retiring after 37 years hosting the show, which is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Longest Running TV Talk Show. Byrne asks Bono and Larry to sing, but all he gets is Bono quickly humming the show's theme song.
24th 'VERTIGO' show - may 21, 2005 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden - Kings of Leon - 'Vertigo' homage to Joey Ramone / 'One' to Jeffrey Sachs / 'The Fly' with Bowie´s song / maybe Bowie was in audience / and Edge was on fire, of course - U2's only show in New York city this spring comes two days after the annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash concert, and Bono sings a bit of The Ramones' 'Rockaway Beach' during 'Vertigo.' 'One' is dedicated to economist Jeffery Sachs, who has been Bono's longtime partner in promoting African relief efforts. At the end of 'The Fly', the full band goes into an abbreviated version of David Bowie's 'The Jean Genie.' Bono brought 2 young ladies on stage: 1 during "Into The Heart" (she looked to be about 13), and another during "Mysterious Ways". 'Zoo Station' live with The Edge out on the ellipse punctuating the "It's Alright" verse with fist raised to the air. Kofi Annan, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Matt Dillon, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, David Chase, Gandolfini, Steve Van Zandt, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Phil Ramone, members of Depeche Mode, Mike D, Sean Combes, the group Scissor Sisters, Julian Casablancas, The Rapture, Damien Hirst, Helena Christensen, Christy Turlington, Sweeney and Nita Lowey and Jeffrey Sachs....were at the attendance. Watch 'The Fly' with 'The Jean Genie' on: U2log. Some photos on: U2tours.com and here
Bono urges action on corruption in Africa - may 21, 2006 - Nigeria - The west's new mood of generosity towards Africa will come to an abrupt and early end unless political leaders in the world's poorest continent are ruthless in eliminating corruption, the rock star Bono said last night. ... "It's a critical moment", Bono said. "There's some goodwill. There's a window of opportunity. But it could close if corruption is not tackled." ... "To counter that argument, I say that those were loans in the past not grants. It was for cold war reasons that they were made. It was cold war reasoning that meant billions got lost in Swiss bank accounts. Judgement of character came second to national interest," Bono said. ... "Donors are becoming more careful who they give increased aid flows to," Bono said. "That kind of auditing is necessary because transparency demands it. We have to accept that a lot of the aid in the past has done more harm than good."
5/20/2007
MAY 20: crowd out of hand / show is scheduled / Kansas' video day 2 / HAPPY B-DAY JOHN ABRAHAM / Bono In Africa With US Treasury Secretary / Bono in Nigeria: Travelling star keeps up pressure on aid and debt for Africa !
"Boy" tour - may 20, 1981. U2 perform in Rochester, New York at Red Creek.
"War" tour - may 20, 1983. U2 perform in Detroit, Michigan at the Grand Circus Theater. Bono stops "I Fall Down" because the crowd is getting out of hand. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 20, 1992 A show is scheduled for Milan, Italy at the Forum Di Assago. However, because one of the tour trucks has broken down in Barcelona, and attempts to fly the contents in fail, the show is cancelled. A crowd of 12,500 wait in the rain outside the venue, and at 8 pm, one hour after the doors were scheduled to be opened, rumours circulate in the crowd that the show will not go on. Riot police are called in to stand between the crowd and the venue doors. An official from the venue finally announces that the concert has been rescheduled, and the crowd leave without incident.
"Day 2 - U2 record video in Kansas City" - may 20, 1997. U2 wraps up filming of the "Last Night on Earth" video in Kansas City.
"John Abraham - Bono and Ali have their 4th child, a boy" - may 20, 2001. Bono and Ali give birth to their 4th child, a boy, in Dublin. Bono tells reporters the next day that the boy hasn't been named yet. The child is born on schedule, during an 8-day break in the Elevation Tour. His name is later revealed to be John Abraham.
Bono In Africa With US Treasury Secretary - may 20, 2002 - For two weeks Bono travels to four African countries with the US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. The self-described 'odd couple' of international aid diplomacy flew first to Ghana before travelling on to South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia. The plan, hatched during meetings in Washington, is to draw attention to the needs of the poverty-stricken region, using their different positions and celebrity to spark interest in a topic that each feels much of the world ignores. U2.com
Bono in Nigeria: Travelling star keeps up pressure on aid and debt for Africa - may 20, 2006 - ...The U2 singer arrives today in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, having already visited Lesotho, Rwanda and Tanzania to highlight the benefits of his Product RED campaign. But the tour was almost aborted before it began. Fresh from his day in the editor's chair on Monday, Bono flew to Johannesburg, but he was initially barred from entering South Africa. The reason: so extensively has he been travelling the world to whip up support for debt relief, increased aid and fairer trade terms for Africa, he didn't have a blank page left in his passport. A quick call to Nelson Mandela solved the problem, and the rock star and his entourage were waved through. ... "When people work, and they can buy their own food and take themselves to the clinics, then it means they are doing it themselves and they are not just receiving food parcels." ... "The reason Lesotho has not received debt cancellation is because it has been disciplined, it has been punished for the fact that it has been a good borrower in the past and has paid back its debts." ... "They welcomed us with open arms ... shook our hands and their eyes misted up at the right place. When we left town, they slashed the budget." ... Independent
"Boy" tour - may 20, 1981. U2 perform in Rochester, New York at Red Creek.
"War" tour - may 20, 1983. U2 perform in Detroit, Michigan at the Grand Circus Theater. Bono stops "I Fall Down" because the crowd is getting out of hand. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 20, 1992 A show is scheduled for Milan, Italy at the Forum Di Assago. However, because one of the tour trucks has broken down in Barcelona, and attempts to fly the contents in fail, the show is cancelled. A crowd of 12,500 wait in the rain outside the venue, and at 8 pm, one hour after the doors were scheduled to be opened, rumours circulate in the crowd that the show will not go on. Riot police are called in to stand between the crowd and the venue doors. An official from the venue finally announces that the concert has been rescheduled, and the crowd leave without incident.
"Day 2 - U2 record video in Kansas City" - may 20, 1997. U2 wraps up filming of the "Last Night on Earth" video in Kansas City.
"John Abraham - Bono and Ali have their 4th child, a boy" - may 20, 2001. Bono and Ali give birth to their 4th child, a boy, in Dublin. Bono tells reporters the next day that the boy hasn't been named yet. The child is born on schedule, during an 8-day break in the Elevation Tour. His name is later revealed to be John Abraham.
Bono In Africa With US Treasury Secretary - may 20, 2002 - For two weeks Bono travels to four African countries with the US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. The self-described 'odd couple' of international aid diplomacy flew first to Ghana before travelling on to South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia. The plan, hatched during meetings in Washington, is to draw attention to the needs of the poverty-stricken region, using their different positions and celebrity to spark interest in a topic that each feels much of the world ignores. U2.com
Bono in Nigeria: Travelling star keeps up pressure on aid and debt for Africa - may 20, 2006 - ...The U2 singer arrives today in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, having already visited Lesotho, Rwanda and Tanzania to highlight the benefits of his Product RED campaign. But the tour was almost aborted before it began. Fresh from his day in the editor's chair on Monday, Bono flew to Johannesburg, but he was initially barred from entering South Africa. The reason: so extensively has he been travelling the world to whip up support for debt relief, increased aid and fairer trade terms for Africa, he didn't have a blank page left in his passport. A quick call to Nelson Mandela solved the problem, and the rock star and his entourage were waved through. ... "When people work, and they can buy their own food and take themselves to the clinics, then it means they are doing it themselves and they are not just receiving food parcels." ... "The reason Lesotho has not received debt cancellation is because it has been disciplined, it has been punished for the fact that it has been a good borrower in the past and has paid back its debts." ... "They welcomed us with open arms ... shook our hands and their eyes misted up at the right place. When we left town, they slashed the budget." ... Independent
5/19/2007
MAY 19: this time in larger venus / Day 1 - Kansas´ video-Last Night Of Earth / "Yes" concert for Good Friday Agreement / with Mikhail Gorbachev / Bono implores media not to 'dehumanise' Africa.
"Boy" tour - may 19, 1981. U2 perform in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Ryerson Theater. During this stage of the tour, U2 return to many cities they had already played, but this time in larger venues.
"War" tour - may 19, 1983. U2 perform in Cleveland, Ohio at the Music Hall. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 19, 1993. U2 perform in Oviedo, Spain at the Estadio Carlos Tartier.
"Last Night On Earth" - may 19, 1997: Day 1 - U2 record video in Kansas City. U2 spends two days in Kansas City, Missouri, shooting the video for their next single, "Last Night On Earth." Traffic in and around the city is tied up both days, as U2 is permitted to close streets while the video is shot. Local residents are angered by the delays. The video is a send-up of 50s and 60s sci-fi movies and beatnik poet Alan Ginsburg appears at the end of the video pushing a shopping cart with a spotlight in the basket. It is one of Ginsburg's final public appearances, as he would die later in 1997.
"Yes" - may 19, 1998. U2 performs at YES concert for Good Friday Agreement. U2 participates in a "YES" concert in Belfast to draw support for the national vote on the Good Friday/Northern Ireland Peace Agreement four days later. Northern band Ash also plays at the show at Waterfront Hall in front of about 2,000 young people, and Ash's lead singer comes on-stage with U2 at one point. More importantly, U2 brings on stage David Trimble and John Hume, leaders of the traditionally opposing Ulster Unionist Party and Social Democratic and Labour Party, respectively. The political leaders stand on each side of Bono as he raises their arms together in a show of unity. Four days later, the Peace Agreement is approved overwhelmingly by voters in both the North and South.
"Bono interviews Gorbachev" - may 19, 2003 - Bono is in Turin, Italy, for the World Political Forum -- an event organized in part by Mikhail Gorbachev. While in Italy, Bono interviews the former Soviet president and plans are in place to sell the interview to international TV news networks with the money going to charity.
Bono implores media not to 'dehumanise' Africa - may 19, 2006 - U2 rocker Bono has made a fervent plea to the world's media not to 'dehumanise' Africa by always displaying its people as 'supplicants'....now needed to show the African people not as 'supplicants' but as 'noble, entrepreneurial, very handsome, beautiful, smart' people. "The thing I'm learning is breaking with cliches. We see this pattern of Africans displayed as supplicants. We need to start portraying Africans as noble, entrepreneurial, very handsome, beautiful, smart. Break the cliches. As people dehumanise African people it's very easy to turn away from them," Ratethemusic quoted him, as saying.
"Boy" tour - may 19, 1981. U2 perform in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Ryerson Theater. During this stage of the tour, U2 return to many cities they had already played, but this time in larger venues.
"War" tour - may 19, 1983. U2 perform in Cleveland, Ohio at the Music Hall. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 19, 1993. U2 perform in Oviedo, Spain at the Estadio Carlos Tartier.
"Last Night On Earth" - may 19, 1997: Day 1 - U2 record video in Kansas City. U2 spends two days in Kansas City, Missouri, shooting the video for their next single, "Last Night On Earth." Traffic in and around the city is tied up both days, as U2 is permitted to close streets while the video is shot. Local residents are angered by the delays. The video is a send-up of 50s and 60s sci-fi movies and beatnik poet Alan Ginsburg appears at the end of the video pushing a shopping cart with a spotlight in the basket. It is one of Ginsburg's final public appearances, as he would die later in 1997.
"Yes" - may 19, 1998. U2 performs at YES concert for Good Friday Agreement. U2 participates in a "YES" concert in Belfast to draw support for the national vote on the Good Friday/Northern Ireland Peace Agreement four days later. Northern band Ash also plays at the show at Waterfront Hall in front of about 2,000 young people, and Ash's lead singer comes on-stage with U2 at one point. More importantly, U2 brings on stage David Trimble and John Hume, leaders of the traditionally opposing Ulster Unionist Party and Social Democratic and Labour Party, respectively. The political leaders stand on each side of Bono as he raises their arms together in a show of unity. Four days later, the Peace Agreement is approved overwhelmingly by voters in both the North and South.
"Bono interviews Gorbachev" - may 19, 2003 - Bono is in Turin, Italy, for the World Political Forum -- an event organized in part by Mikhail Gorbachev. While in Italy, Bono interviews the former Soviet president and plans are in place to sell the interview to international TV news networks with the money going to charity.
Bono implores media not to 'dehumanise' Africa - may 19, 2006 - U2 rocker Bono has made a fervent plea to the world's media not to 'dehumanise' Africa by always displaying its people as 'supplicants'....now needed to show the African people not as 'supplicants' but as 'noble, entrepreneurial, very handsome, beautiful, smart' people. "The thing I'm learning is breaking with cliches. We see this pattern of Africans displayed as supplicants. We need to start portraying Africans as noble, entrepreneurial, very handsome, beautiful, smart. Break the cliches. As people dehumanise African people it's very easy to turn away from them," Ratethemusic quoted him, as saying.
5/18/2007
MAY 18: text images in Spanish / 'Staring at the Sun' / Bono stumps on Capitol Hill for AIDS funding / 23rd VERTIGO show / In Rwanda, U2's Bono denounces 'dehumanization' of Africans!
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" - may 18, 1992. U2 perform in Barcelona, Spain at Palau Sant Jordi. At the second of two shows in Barcelona, Spain, many of the text images shown during "The Fly" are translated into Spanish. Translations will also be done for later shows in Italy and Germany.
"Staring At The Sun" - may 18, 1998. U2 win an ASCAP award for "Staring at the Sun" for one of the Most Performed Songs.
"Bono stumps on Capitol Hill for AIDS funding" - may 18, 2004. Bono takes the case for increased funding to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa to Capitol Hill, where he speaks before the Senate Appropriations Committee. The hearing is not without incident. According to Reuters, "several protestors calling for more global availability of generic AIDS medicines disrupted the hearing and were ejected as the U.S.'s global AIDS coordinator Randall Tobias made remarks."
23rd 'VERTIGO' show - may 18, 2005 - E. Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena - Kings of Leon - premiere of 'ISHFWILF' played with The Bank Robbers (Edge plays an acoustic) / Edge´s killer version of ABOY / Elvis Costello, Sammy Hagar and Joe McEnroe were in the audience / "Bad-40" finished the show! Bono sings a bit of 'Pump It Up' for Elvis Costello, who is in the building tonight. 'I Still Haven't Found...' is performed with a local band, The Bank Robbers, on stage. Members of that band borrow U2's instruments to perform the song, though the drummer uses Larry's tom from 'Love and Peace...", not the main drum kit. Additional celebrity sightings: Sammy Hagar, John McEnroe. Elevation - It was refreshing to see Larry sing along w/o a mic, just singing and enjoying himself. Gloria - Bono said "this song is off of out first album, no, wait, our second album". The Ocean - Lyrics were changed to incorporate "The Jersey Shore" and "The Atlantic Ocean"...Miracle Drug - dedicated to a friend of the bands' sick infant. Bono also praised doctors and nurses (especially nurses because they don't get paid enough). Running to Stand Still - Was suprisingly georgous, complete w/ Edge on piano and Bono w/ harmonica. The Fly - Edge went f---ng bananas in this song. He was dancing and just ripping the guitar to shreads. It sounded like an angry man letting out all of his frustrations through musical notes. Mysterious Ways (Mysterious Ways, Bono changed the line towards the end of the song "She Moves w/ it" and changed it to "He's Handsome"....as he was huggin Adam Clayton) - great crowd reaction. Bono brought up a girl to dance. All Beacsue of You - AWESOME live. Edge is a madman. He has never sounded better. Killer version. ...ISHFWILF - Bono brought up 3 YOUNG guys (maybe early 20s), to play a song w/ them. Turns out to be ISHFWILF. These guys sung into same mic w/ Bono, playing distorted guitar version, hamming it up w/ the crowd. They called themselves the Bank Robbers. Larry went to a much quicker pace to keep up w/ them and the song turned into a punk version The Bank Robbers didn't want to leave the stage. It was quite a scene. Edge is in his prime. He is loving being out there, he's dancing, and is playing the guitar like a man possessed. Adam's smile never left his face. Larry was singing along, playing keboards etc. Bank Robbers say about the show here. Some photos on Interference
In Rwanda, U2's Bono denounces 'dehumanization' of Africans - May 18, 2006 - Irish rock star and activist Bono decried western portrayals of Africans as "dehumanizing" and urged greater efforts to battle poverty and disease on the continent...."The thing I'm learning is breaking with cliches," he said. "We see this pattern of Africans displayed as supplicants. We need to start portraying Africans as noble, entrepreneurial, very handsome, beautiful, smart. "Break the cliches," Bono told a crowd at the school in Mayange. "As people dehumanize African people it's very easy to turn away from them."..."I come from a culture where people think that pop stars and rock stars are heroes, which is preposterous," he said. "The hospital workers here should be the heroes." Read more, here
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" - may 18, 1992. U2 perform in Barcelona, Spain at Palau Sant Jordi. At the second of two shows in Barcelona, Spain, many of the text images shown during "The Fly" are translated into Spanish. Translations will also be done for later shows in Italy and Germany.
"Staring At The Sun" - may 18, 1998. U2 win an ASCAP award for "Staring at the Sun" for one of the Most Performed Songs.
"Bono stumps on Capitol Hill for AIDS funding" - may 18, 2004. Bono takes the case for increased funding to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa to Capitol Hill, where he speaks before the Senate Appropriations Committee. The hearing is not without incident. According to Reuters, "several protestors calling for more global availability of generic AIDS medicines disrupted the hearing and were ejected as the U.S.'s global AIDS coordinator Randall Tobias made remarks."
23rd 'VERTIGO' show - may 18, 2005 - E. Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena - Kings of Leon - premiere of 'ISHFWILF' played with The Bank Robbers (Edge plays an acoustic) / Edge´s killer version of ABOY / Elvis Costello, Sammy Hagar and Joe McEnroe were in the audience / "Bad-40" finished the show! Bono sings a bit of 'Pump It Up' for Elvis Costello, who is in the building tonight. 'I Still Haven't Found...' is performed with a local band, The Bank Robbers, on stage. Members of that band borrow U2's instruments to perform the song, though the drummer uses Larry's tom from 'Love and Peace...", not the main drum kit. Additional celebrity sightings: Sammy Hagar, John McEnroe. Elevation - It was refreshing to see Larry sing along w/o a mic, just singing and enjoying himself. Gloria - Bono said "this song is off of out first album, no, wait, our second album". The Ocean - Lyrics were changed to incorporate "The Jersey Shore" and "The Atlantic Ocean"...Miracle Drug - dedicated to a friend of the bands' sick infant. Bono also praised doctors and nurses (especially nurses because they don't get paid enough). Running to Stand Still - Was suprisingly georgous, complete w/ Edge on piano and Bono w/ harmonica. The Fly - Edge went f---ng bananas in this song. He was dancing and just ripping the guitar to shreads. It sounded like an angry man letting out all of his frustrations through musical notes. Mysterious Ways (Mysterious Ways, Bono changed the line towards the end of the song "She Moves w/ it" and changed it to "He's Handsome"....as he was huggin Adam Clayton) - great crowd reaction. Bono brought up a girl to dance. All Beacsue of You - AWESOME live. Edge is a madman. He has never sounded better. Killer version. ...ISHFWILF - Bono brought up 3 YOUNG guys (maybe early 20s), to play a song w/ them. Turns out to be ISHFWILF. These guys sung into same mic w/ Bono, playing distorted guitar version, hamming it up w/ the crowd. They called themselves the Bank Robbers. Larry went to a much quicker pace to keep up w/ them and the song turned into a punk version The Bank Robbers didn't want to leave the stage. It was quite a scene. Edge is in his prime. He is loving being out there, he's dancing, and is playing the guitar like a man possessed. Adam's smile never left his face. Larry was singing along, playing keboards etc. Bank Robbers say about the show here. Some photos on Interference
In Rwanda, U2's Bono denounces 'dehumanization' of Africans - May 18, 2006 - Irish rock star and activist Bono decried western portrayals of Africans as "dehumanizing" and urged greater efforts to battle poverty and disease on the continent...."The thing I'm learning is breaking with cliches," he said. "We see this pattern of Africans displayed as supplicants. We need to start portraying Africans as noble, entrepreneurial, very handsome, beautiful, smart. "Break the cliches," Bono told a crowd at the school in Mayange. "As people dehumanize African people it's very easy to turn away from them."..."I come from a culture where people think that pop stars and rock stars are heroes, which is preposterous," he said. "The hospital workers here should be the heroes." Read more, here
5/17/2007
MAY 17: not a Duran Duran concert / Self Aid Festival / from Sydney is released / Edge attends Radiohead / 22nd VERTIGO show / Bono began a new African tour in Lesotho!
"War" tour - may 17, 1983. U2 perform in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Massey Hall. During the encore, four girls jump on stage and mob Bono. Bono mumbles something about "not being at a Duran Duran concert". Bono dances with two of the girls at a time, and lets them take pictures. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"Self Aid Festival" - may 17, 1986. U2 play their only European date of 1986 at the Self Aid festival in the RDS Showgrounds, Dublin. With 27 separate acts performing it's the largest Irish musical festival ever. Much controversy is generated when In Dublin magazine runs a highly critical story entitled "The Great Self Aid Farce - Rock Against the People", using a shot of Bono on the cover. The criticism is levelled at the concert organizers who are accused of whoring the unemployed for financial gain. Most acts are limited to 15 minute performances, except the last five: Rory Gallagher, Christy Moore, Elvis Costello(and The Attractions), Chris Deburgh and the headliner U2. U2 make their entrance while The Edge thrills the crowd with an extended guitar solo from Eddie Cochran's "C'Mon Everybody". The band play 4 other songs, "Pride(In the Name of Love)", "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Maggie's Farm" and "Bad". During "Maggie's Farm", Bono changes the lyrics to reflect the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl: "Temperature is rising, the fever is high; I can't see the future., when they're screwing up the sky. The water is heavy, and so is my head. I don't live in Chernobyl, instead I live in Sellafield..." "Bad" is the encore for the show, selected by the audience when Bono asks for requests.
"U2 releases Sydney home video" - may 17, 1994. U2 releases a home video version of the Sydney pay-per-view concert taped last November 27th. "Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World" is edited out amongst great speculation -- possibilities suggest the edit allows the concert to fit on one 2-hour VHS tape, or that the female dancer didn't agree to appear in the home release, or that she was underage and drank champagne on stage with Bono.
"Edge catches Radiohead" - may 17, 2003. NME reports that The Edge is in attendance as Radiohead plays a club gig in Dublin tonight.
22nd 'VERTIGO' show - may 17, 2005 - E. Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena - Kings of Leon - 8 songs to the encores / "Vertigo" ends after "40" / Bono hugged Edge during the start of the Who-ish blast "All Because of You" (Bono stopped him - he made an announcement that sometimes guitar players are too fast). The band was incredible today. Bono got into it round the time he took the little girl up on the extended stage, and there was no looking back. His comments for Vertigo the second time round were great...something to the effect of..."you know encores are an italian opera thing...and if they like a song, they say encore and you do it again...I think you guys liked this song the first time round...but what do i know? I'm Irish!..."Vertigo! so cool!!!! Bono grabs the spotlight that he uses at the end of 40 and just starts going nuts...another memorable moment: Bono added a short snippet of "please" into BTBS, right before the "johnny comes marching home" part. Such a great way to end what was a very energetic show. Some photos on: Interference
Bono began a new African tour in Lesotho - May 17, 2006 - Bono began a new African tour in Lesotho and will unveil a new initiative to fight Aids in the country's ailing textile industry. "In a small African country, the three issues - debt, aid and trade - come together in an unholy trinity," the U2 frontman said yesterday, as his plane landed in the capital Maseru with a delegation of activists and private sector executives. Bono has billed this as "Measuring Success and Promises Kept" to highlight the progress in the treatment of HIV/Aids in Africa, the search for economic growth and rich nations' pledges to cancel some debts and more than double aid to the continent by 2010...Bono is due to announce a new initiative to fight HIV/Aids in Lesotho's textile and garment industry with US clothing maker Gap Inc. Gap is contributing 50% of its profits from the sale of Gap Red products to a global fund for Aids in Africa and has committed to make some of the Red products in Africa. The Apparel Lesotho Alliance to Fight Aids project will ensure workers have access to free drug therapy. Read more about it, here
"War" tour - may 17, 1983. U2 perform in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Massey Hall. During the encore, four girls jump on stage and mob Bono. Bono mumbles something about "not being at a Duran Duran concert". Bono dances with two of the girls at a time, and lets them take pictures. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"Self Aid Festival" - may 17, 1986. U2 play their only European date of 1986 at the Self Aid festival in the RDS Showgrounds, Dublin. With 27 separate acts performing it's the largest Irish musical festival ever. Much controversy is generated when In Dublin magazine runs a highly critical story entitled "The Great Self Aid Farce - Rock Against the People", using a shot of Bono on the cover. The criticism is levelled at the concert organizers who are accused of whoring the unemployed for financial gain. Most acts are limited to 15 minute performances, except the last five: Rory Gallagher, Christy Moore, Elvis Costello(and The Attractions), Chris Deburgh and the headliner U2. U2 make their entrance while The Edge thrills the crowd with an extended guitar solo from Eddie Cochran's "C'Mon Everybody". The band play 4 other songs, "Pride(In the Name of Love)", "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Maggie's Farm" and "Bad". During "Maggie's Farm", Bono changes the lyrics to reflect the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl: "Temperature is rising, the fever is high; I can't see the future., when they're screwing up the sky. The water is heavy, and so is my head. I don't live in Chernobyl, instead I live in Sellafield..." "Bad" is the encore for the show, selected by the audience when Bono asks for requests.
"U2 releases Sydney home video" - may 17, 1994. U2 releases a home video version of the Sydney pay-per-view concert taped last November 27th. "Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World" is edited out amongst great speculation -- possibilities suggest the edit allows the concert to fit on one 2-hour VHS tape, or that the female dancer didn't agree to appear in the home release, or that she was underage and drank champagne on stage with Bono.
"Edge catches Radiohead" - may 17, 2003. NME reports that The Edge is in attendance as Radiohead plays a club gig in Dublin tonight.
22nd 'VERTIGO' show - may 17, 2005 - E. Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena - Kings of Leon - 8 songs to the encores / "Vertigo" ends after "40" / Bono hugged Edge during the start of the Who-ish blast "All Because of You" (Bono stopped him - he made an announcement that sometimes guitar players are too fast). The band was incredible today. Bono got into it round the time he took the little girl up on the extended stage, and there was no looking back. His comments for Vertigo the second time round were great...something to the effect of..."you know encores are an italian opera thing...and if they like a song, they say encore and you do it again...I think you guys liked this song the first time round...but what do i know? I'm Irish!..."Vertigo! so cool!!!! Bono grabs the spotlight that he uses at the end of 40 and just starts going nuts...another memorable moment: Bono added a short snippet of "please" into BTBS, right before the "johnny comes marching home" part. Such a great way to end what was a very energetic show. Some photos on: Interference
Bono began a new African tour in Lesotho - May 17, 2006 - Bono began a new African tour in Lesotho and will unveil a new initiative to fight Aids in the country's ailing textile industry. "In a small African country, the three issues - debt, aid and trade - come together in an unholy trinity," the U2 frontman said yesterday, as his plane landed in the capital Maseru with a delegation of activists and private sector executives. Bono has billed this as "Measuring Success and Promises Kept" to highlight the progress in the treatment of HIV/Aids in Africa, the search for economic growth and rich nations' pledges to cancel some debts and more than double aid to the continent by 2010...Bono is due to announce a new initiative to fight HIV/Aids in Lesotho's textile and garment industry with US clothing maker Gap Inc. Gap is contributing 50% of its profits from the sale of Gap Red products to a global fund for Aids in Africa and has committed to make some of the Red products in Africa. The Apparel Lesotho Alliance to Fight Aids project will ensure workers have access to free drug therapy. Read more about it, here
5/16/2007
MAY 16: crowd high strung / 1st leg-The Joshua Tree tour / the band cut the performance short by two songs in Barcelona / Daydream Beliver / I Still Haven't Found' dubts during Elevation tour / Bono launches The One Campaign / BONO: The (Red) Independent edition "No News Today" -- except for the deaths of 6,5000 from HIV/AIDS / The Edge: 'It's all about the vision'- RED Independent!
"War" tour - may 16, 1983. U2 perform in Buffalo, New York at Shea Center. The crowd is incredibly high strung, forcing Bono to stop several songs during the evening--sometimes to chastise security, and other times to ask the crowd to calm down a little bit. Bono: "There is never any trouble at a U2-concert!". Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 16, 1987 - East Rutherford - NJ - Brenden Byrne Arena. U2 concludes the first leg of their North American tour to support The Joshua Tree with the last of 5 shows at the Meadowlands. This first leg of the tour is a 99 percent sellout, with only Las Vegas (April 12) not selling out. Support is Lone Justice.
"ZOOTV" tour - may 16, 1992. U2 perform in Barcelona, Spain at the Palau Sant Jordi. The first nights concert is marred by a strange sequence of events. The leftmost side of seats in front of the stage are reserved from Alison Hewson, Ann, Aislinn and other VIPs and guests. The Spanish crowd ignore the reserved signs and tape and pour into the area. Security intervenes just as the lights dim and the show starts. It is apparent from the crowd's reaction that the majority have not heard about ZooTV, and are completely speechless upon their first glimpse of the new U2. During the B-stage set, a large amount of water rains down on Bono, who turns angrily and walks over to confront the individual. Bono grabs the audience member's can and throws it angrily on the ground. Bono walks over to the audience expecting to find sympathy, but instead finds people screaming his name. Realizing that the crowd is getting out of hand, the band cut the performance short by two songs. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"POPMart tour - may 16, 1997 U2 perform in Memphis, Tennessee - Memorial Stadium. Rage Against the Machine. Edge´s karaoke this night: Daydream Believer.
"Elevation" tour - may 16, 2001 / Chicago, IL - United Center - PJ Harvey. U2 rearranges the song order substantially for the last of four nights in Chicago, and they play 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' for the first time this tour. Edge wears red shirt#7 this night.
"Bono launches The One Campaign" - may 16, 2004. Bono helps launch DATA's newest initiative today outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Called "The One Campaign", the initiative aims to rally Americans to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty. A crowd of about 4,000 are on hand and they hear music, dance, prayer and speeches by a diverse group of activists, including NBA star Dikembe Mutombo, Grammy-winning Christian musician Michael W. Smith. Near the end of the event, Bono recalls the Zoo TV era by calling Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter from the podium, but only gets through to the Senator's answering machine. "Hello, Senator Specter? This is Bono, and I'm here with a few thousand friends and we need to talk to you."
BONO: The (Red) Independent edition "No News Today" -- except for the deaths of 6,5000 from HIV/AIDS - may 16, 2006 - This article is from the (RED) edition of The Independent, guest-edited for 16 May 2006 by Bono. Half the revenue from the edition will be donated to the Global Fund to Fight Aids. check it here. Source: The Independent
The Edge: 'It's all about the vision'- RED Independent - may 16, 2006 - U2's guitarist, tells Andy Gill how the musicians of New Orleans are rebuilding their culture - and livelihood - with a little help from their friends. check it here. Source: The Independent
"War" tour - may 16, 1983. U2 perform in Buffalo, New York at Shea Center. The crowd is incredibly high strung, forcing Bono to stop several songs during the evening--sometimes to chastise security, and other times to ask the crowd to calm down a little bit. Bono: "There is never any trouble at a U2-concert!". Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 16, 1987 - East Rutherford - NJ - Brenden Byrne Arena. U2 concludes the first leg of their North American tour to support The Joshua Tree with the last of 5 shows at the Meadowlands. This first leg of the tour is a 99 percent sellout, with only Las Vegas (April 12) not selling out. Support is Lone Justice.
"ZOOTV" tour - may 16, 1992. U2 perform in Barcelona, Spain at the Palau Sant Jordi. The first nights concert is marred by a strange sequence of events. The leftmost side of seats in front of the stage are reserved from Alison Hewson, Ann, Aislinn and other VIPs and guests. The Spanish crowd ignore the reserved signs and tape and pour into the area. Security intervenes just as the lights dim and the show starts. It is apparent from the crowd's reaction that the majority have not heard about ZooTV, and are completely speechless upon their first glimpse of the new U2. During the B-stage set, a large amount of water rains down on Bono, who turns angrily and walks over to confront the individual. Bono grabs the audience member's can and throws it angrily on the ground. Bono walks over to the audience expecting to find sympathy, but instead finds people screaming his name. Realizing that the crowd is getting out of hand, the band cut the performance short by two songs. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"POPMart tour - may 16, 1997 U2 perform in Memphis, Tennessee - Memorial Stadium. Rage Against the Machine. Edge´s karaoke this night: Daydream Believer.
"Elevation" tour - may 16, 2001 / Chicago, IL - United Center - PJ Harvey. U2 rearranges the song order substantially for the last of four nights in Chicago, and they play 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' for the first time this tour. Edge wears red shirt#7 this night.
"Bono launches The One Campaign" - may 16, 2004. Bono helps launch DATA's newest initiative today outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Called "The One Campaign", the initiative aims to rally Americans to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty. A crowd of about 4,000 are on hand and they hear music, dance, prayer and speeches by a diverse group of activists, including NBA star Dikembe Mutombo, Grammy-winning Christian musician Michael W. Smith. Near the end of the event, Bono recalls the Zoo TV era by calling Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter from the podium, but only gets through to the Senator's answering machine. "Hello, Senator Specter? This is Bono, and I'm here with a few thousand friends and we need to talk to you."
BONO: The (Red) Independent edition "No News Today" -- except for the deaths of 6,5000 from HIV/AIDS - may 16, 2006 - This article is from the (RED) edition of The Independent, guest-edited for 16 May 2006 by Bono. Half the revenue from the edition will be donated to the Global Fund to Fight Aids. check it here. Source: The Independent
The Edge: 'It's all about the vision'- RED Independent - may 16, 2006 - U2's guitarist, tells Andy Gill how the musicians of New Orleans are rebuilding their culture - and livelihood - with a little help from their friends. check it here. Source: The Independent
5/15/2007
MAY 15: BRIAN ENO is born / U2 perform "Something Else" / 'Trip Through Your Wires' twice / Bill Graham's funeral / Edge sings at BB King's club - Bono voices Elvis documentary / '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' twice!
"Brian Eno - may 15, 1948. Brian Eno is born in Suffolk, England. Eno produces several of U2's albums.
"Boy" tour - may 15, 1981. U2 perform in San Francisco, California at California Hall.
"October" tour - may 15, 1982. U2 perform on BBC TV on "Something Else" and later in the week on Get Set For Summer.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 15, 1987 - East Rutherford, NJ - Brenden Byrne Arena. Trip Through Your Wires twice because "the first time it sounded like crap", some Eddie Cochran, Spring Hill, and GLORIA in the encore.
"War" tour - may 15, 1993 U2 perform in Lisbon, Portugal at the Estadio Jose Alvalade.
"U2 attend Bill Graham's funeral in Dublin" - may 15, 1996. U2 take part in the funeral of Bill Graham in Dublin. Bono sings Leonard Cohen's "Tower Of Song" and is a pallbearer. Bono, the Edge, Gavin Friday, Niall Stokes, Liam Mackey and John Stephenson carried the coffin to the hearse. As everyone moved outside to the sunshine the undertakers brought out the wreaths, among them a message from Shane MacGowan and Victoria Darke: "Bill - sadly missed, deeply treasured." Another arrangement of white lilies and carnations said: "Dear, darling Bill, Sleep in Peace, I love You, Mum." Mr. Graham was buried at Fingal Cemetery in Balgriffin.
"Edge sings at BB King's club - Bono voices Elvis documentary" - may 15, 1997. The night after a concert in Memphis, U2 hang out at BB King's Blues Club. Club management tell local media that Bono left early due to pain from a sore throat, but Edge sticks around and sings "Stand By Me" with the house band. Earlier in the day, Bono records the narration to an hour-long documentary called "Elvis: From the Waist Up," which will air at a later date on the VH1 cable channel in the U.S.
"Elevation" tour - may 15, 2001 / Chicago, IL - United Center - PJ Harvey. '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' makes its tour debut tonight, but it takes the band two tries to get it right. That's followed by 'Out of Control', which is played for the first time since January 10, 1990. Edge wears blue shirt#21, this night.
"Brian Eno - may 15, 1948. Brian Eno is born in Suffolk, England. Eno produces several of U2's albums.
"Boy" tour - may 15, 1981. U2 perform in San Francisco, California at California Hall.
"October" tour - may 15, 1982. U2 perform on BBC TV on "Something Else" and later in the week on Get Set For Summer.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 15, 1987 - East Rutherford, NJ - Brenden Byrne Arena. Trip Through Your Wires twice because "the first time it sounded like crap", some Eddie Cochran, Spring Hill, and GLORIA in the encore.
"War" tour - may 15, 1993 U2 perform in Lisbon, Portugal at the Estadio Jose Alvalade.
"U2 attend Bill Graham's funeral in Dublin" - may 15, 1996. U2 take part in the funeral of Bill Graham in Dublin. Bono sings Leonard Cohen's "Tower Of Song" and is a pallbearer. Bono, the Edge, Gavin Friday, Niall Stokes, Liam Mackey and John Stephenson carried the coffin to the hearse. As everyone moved outside to the sunshine the undertakers brought out the wreaths, among them a message from Shane MacGowan and Victoria Darke: "Bill - sadly missed, deeply treasured." Another arrangement of white lilies and carnations said: "Dear, darling Bill, Sleep in Peace, I love You, Mum." Mr. Graham was buried at Fingal Cemetery in Balgriffin.
"Edge sings at BB King's club - Bono voices Elvis documentary" - may 15, 1997. The night after a concert in Memphis, U2 hang out at BB King's Blues Club. Club management tell local media that Bono left early due to pain from a sore throat, but Edge sticks around and sings "Stand By Me" with the house band. Earlier in the day, Bono records the narration to an hour-long documentary called "Elvis: From the Waist Up," which will air at a later date on the VH1 cable channel in the U.S.
"Elevation" tour - may 15, 2001 / Chicago, IL - United Center - PJ Harvey. '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' makes its tour debut tonight, but it takes the band two tries to get it right. That's followed by 'Out of Control', which is played for the first time since January 10, 1990. Edge wears blue shirt#21, this night.
5/14/2007
MAY 14: "Countdown in Concert" / Tower Theater / 'Spanish Eyes' again in Spaign / a twirling mirror ball / 21st VERTIGO show!
"October" tour - may 14, 1982. U2 perform in Hattem, Holland at 'T Heem for "Countdown in Concert" for Dutch TV. The show airs July 7, 1982
"War" tour - may 14, 1983. U2 perform in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Tower Theater. Part of the second night's show is aired on local FM radio. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 14, 1992. U2 perform in San Sebastian, Spain at the Velodrome Apoeta. "Spanish Eyes" is added to the set, just as it was the first time U2 performed in Spain on July 15, 1987 -- it is the only time the song is performed on the whole tour. The song ends quickly as Bono starts forgetting the lyrics. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"POPMart" tour - may 14, 1997 - Memphis, TN - Liberty Bowl. A tall screened backdrop ran endless, colorful images ranging from a monkey-to-man evolutionary chain and rave dancers to fighter plane animation styled after Roy Lichtenstein and Keith Haring's distinctive stick people. During Bullet the Blue Sky, 14 huge spotlights shot straight up bulleting the black sky. When the band encored, they emerged from the lemon, which had shed its yellow skin and became a twirling mirror ball. Studio 54? Memphis had Stadium 54. In the night's funniest bit, The Edge - accompanied by a karaoke soundtrack - sang the lyrics to Daydream Believer, which were broadcast in big yellow words on the screen.
21st 'VERTIGO' show - may 14, 2005 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center - Kings of Leon Edge was on fire / bluesy Bullet solo from Edge! Bono brings two young girls on stage during 'Into the Heart.' Actor Jim Carrey is spotted in the VIP area tonight, and Gavin Friday -- who had come over to help with the recent video shoot in Chicago -- is also in attendance. Edge was totally on fire....Edge's guitar riff right before kicking it into City Of Blinding Lights, as the spotlight is on him only - cool stuff. The bluesy Bullet The Blue Sky solo from Edge was great. Some photos on: U2tours
"October" tour - may 14, 1982. U2 perform in Hattem, Holland at 'T Heem for "Countdown in Concert" for Dutch TV. The show airs July 7, 1982
"War" tour - may 14, 1983. U2 perform in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Tower Theater. Part of the second night's show is aired on local FM radio. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV" tour - may 14, 1992. U2 perform in San Sebastian, Spain at the Velodrome Apoeta. "Spanish Eyes" is added to the set, just as it was the first time U2 performed in Spain on July 15, 1987 -- it is the only time the song is performed on the whole tour. The song ends quickly as Bono starts forgetting the lyrics. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"POPMart" tour - may 14, 1997 - Memphis, TN - Liberty Bowl. A tall screened backdrop ran endless, colorful images ranging from a monkey-to-man evolutionary chain and rave dancers to fighter plane animation styled after Roy Lichtenstein and Keith Haring's distinctive stick people. During Bullet the Blue Sky, 14 huge spotlights shot straight up bulleting the black sky. When the band encored, they emerged from the lemon, which had shed its yellow skin and became a twirling mirror ball. Studio 54? Memphis had Stadium 54. In the night's funniest bit, The Edge - accompanied by a karaoke soundtrack - sang the lyrics to Daydream Believer, which were broadcast in big yellow words on the screen.
21st 'VERTIGO' show - may 14, 2005 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center - Kings of Leon Edge was on fire / bluesy Bullet solo from Edge! Bono brings two young girls on stage during 'Into the Heart.' Actor Jim Carrey is spotted in the VIP area tonight, and Gavin Friday -- who had come over to help with the recent video shoot in Chicago -- is also in attendance. Edge was totally on fire....Edge's guitar riff right before kicking it into City Of Blinding Lights, as the spotlight is on him only - cool stuff. The bluesy Bullet The Blue Sky solo from Edge was great. Some photos on: U2tours
5/13/2007
MAY 13: The final part of "The Joshua Tree" tour´s 1st leg / a fan plays piano duirng ''Stay'!
"Boy" tour - may 13, 1981. U2 perform in Santa Monica, California at the Civic Center.
"War" tour - may 13, 1983. U2 perform in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Tower Theater. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 13, 1987. U2 perform in East Rutherford, New Jersey at Meadowlands Arena. U2 play five sold-out concerts and in front of 100,000+ fans. These are the last five shows of the first leg of "The Joshua Tree" tour.
"Elevation" tour - may 13, 2001 - Chicago, IL - United Center. "Stay (Faraway, So Close)" during which Bono and the Edge pulled a Chicago fan named Jonathan onstage and allowed him to play piano....The group also delivered a gorgeous version of "One" in the final encore and a rollicking "New Year's Day" early in the set that found each member playing as good or better than he ever has. Bono moved from hushed intimacy to maximum bravado, the Edge sounded like a one-man, six-string orchestra, Adam Clayton unfurled his ultra-melodic bass lines, and Larry Mullen Jr. propelled things in his musical, rolling fashion. Edge wears this night, red shirt 7.
"Boy" tour - may 13, 1981. U2 perform in Santa Monica, California at the Civic Center.
"War" tour - may 13, 1983. U2 perform in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Tower Theater. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 13, 1987. U2 perform in East Rutherford, New Jersey at Meadowlands Arena. U2 play five sold-out concerts and in front of 100,000+ fans. These are the last five shows of the first leg of "The Joshua Tree" tour.
"Elevation" tour - may 13, 2001 - Chicago, IL - United Center. "Stay (Faraway, So Close)" during which Bono and the Edge pulled a Chicago fan named Jonathan onstage and allowed him to play piano....The group also delivered a gorgeous version of "One" in the final encore and a rollicking "New Year's Day" early in the set that found each member playing as good or better than he ever has. Bono moved from hushed intimacy to maximum bravado, the Edge sounded like a one-man, six-string orchestra, Adam Clayton unfurled his ultra-melodic bass lines, and Larry Mullen Jr. propelled things in his musical, rolling fashion. Edge wears this night, red shirt 7.
5/12/2007
MAY 12: a free, lunch-time gig at Trinity College / meeting Ted Nugent / photographers to the side / 'People Get Ready' to Holly (almost 3 years old) / Larry sings 'Dancing Queen' - We love you Adam / 'Daydream Believer' in Texas / a 'Midnight Cowboy' / Edge&Morleigh and Bono&Ali at Neil Young / 20th VERTIGO show!
"Early Ireland" - may 12, 1979 - Dublin / Trinity College - U2 perform a free, lunch-time gig on the stairs of the college that attracts more and more students eith each song performed. Most say to listen even when it starts to rain.
"Ted Nugent" - may 12, 1981 - U2 meet Ted Nugent after his show at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, in Los Angeles, California.
"War" tour - may 12, 1983 - Passaic / New Jersey - Capitol Theater - Bono asks the photographers at the front of the stage in the press pit to move up onto and over to the sides of the stage so that the people behind them can move closer to the band. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 12, 1987 - On the second night, The Edge's immediate family is in town, as well as Bono's wife Ali. Bono dedicates "People Get Ready" to The Edge's daughter: "Her first ever rock and roll concert, and that's Edge's little baby girl called Holly, she´s here..." During "40 a girl comes running onstage and embraces Bono. "You see, that´s what happens when your record goes to number 1: you get all the beautiful girls!"
"ZOOTV" tour - may 12, 1992 - Lausanne / Switzerland - Patinoire De Malley - Larry sings part of "Dancing Queen", and the song is performed in it's entirety. The boys had fun, and Adam laughed when he saw that somebody in the crowd had a sign with "We love you Adam" on it. Great night, very hot arena...."Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"POPMart" tour - may 12, 1997 - Dallas / Texas - Cotton Bowl - Bono greeted the crowd. "Texas, it's good to be in a state where size really does matter." Big olive, a giant lemon, a huge golden arch, a massive TV screen (833 square yards of "light-emitting diodes").Edge sings "Daydream Believer"
"Elevation" tour - may 12, 2001 - Chicago / IL - United Center - One of the key songs from that first Chicago performance, "I Will Follow," with The Edge's Excalibur-like guitar slicing through the clouds. During a duet with The Edge on the track, "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)," Bono enlisted a member of the audience to play keyboards. "Keep it simple -- no flowery stuff," Bono commanded, and the rookie did exactly that. For "Mysterious Ways," a svelte audience recruit reprised the belly dancer's performance from the 1992 "Zoo TV" tour, prompting Bono to drop in a snippet of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing," before she disappeared back into the crowd without soliciting so much as a handshake. Bono and The Edge forehead to forehead during a storming "Until the End of the World," donning a "Midnight Cowboy" Stetson and affecting a Ratso Rizzo limp while visiting the underbelly of "New York." On the Spartan stage, with no special effects to hide behind, the merits of U2 once again could be observed and appreciated: the solo-free concision of The Edge's riffs (especially the stutter that ignites "Pride"), the forward motion of Clayton's atomic bass (what would the classic "With or Without You" be without him?), and the no-frills clarity of Mullen's drumming (he owns "Sunday Bloody Sunday").
"Neil Young' concert" - may 12, 2003 - Dublin - Bono and Edge, along with spouses Ali and Morleigh, respectively, attend a Neil Young concert tonight in Dublin.
20th VERTIGO tour - may 12 2005 - Chicago, IL - United Center - Kings of Leon - "Vertigo" opens for the 1st time / "Until The End Of The World" debut / "Bad" ends with some "40" - For the last of four nights in Chicago, and with the film cameras off, U2 throws its setlist in the blender. 'Vertigo' opens a show for the first time. 'All Because of You' and 'Original of the Species' are played in the main set for the 1st time. 'Until the End of the World' makes its Vertigo Tour debut. The show closes with 'Bad', which gets extended with several snippets, finally wrapping up with a bit of '40', the traditional show closer this tour. Bono, Edge and Adam gather around the drum kit as Larry finished his set at the end of the show...that moment right there is why they are the biggest band in the world - when all is said and done, their friendship after all of these years, is bigger than anything else. Some photos on U2-vertigo-tour
"Early Ireland" - may 12, 1979 - Dublin / Trinity College - U2 perform a free, lunch-time gig on the stairs of the college that attracts more and more students eith each song performed. Most say to listen even when it starts to rain.
"Ted Nugent" - may 12, 1981 - U2 meet Ted Nugent after his show at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, in Los Angeles, California.
"War" tour - may 12, 1983 - Passaic / New Jersey - Capitol Theater - Bono asks the photographers at the front of the stage in the press pit to move up onto and over to the sides of the stage so that the people behind them can move closer to the band. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 12, 1987 - On the second night, The Edge's immediate family is in town, as well as Bono's wife Ali. Bono dedicates "People Get Ready" to The Edge's daughter: "Her first ever rock and roll concert, and that's Edge's little baby girl called Holly, she´s here..." During "40 a girl comes running onstage and embraces Bono. "You see, that´s what happens when your record goes to number 1: you get all the beautiful girls!"
"ZOOTV" tour - may 12, 1992 - Lausanne / Switzerland - Patinoire De Malley - Larry sings part of "Dancing Queen", and the song is performed in it's entirety. The boys had fun, and Adam laughed when he saw that somebody in the crowd had a sign with "We love you Adam" on it. Great night, very hot arena...."Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"POPMart" tour - may 12, 1997 - Dallas / Texas - Cotton Bowl - Bono greeted the crowd. "Texas, it's good to be in a state where size really does matter." Big olive, a giant lemon, a huge golden arch, a massive TV screen (833 square yards of "light-emitting diodes").Edge sings "Daydream Believer"
"Elevation" tour - may 12, 2001 - Chicago / IL - United Center - One of the key songs from that first Chicago performance, "I Will Follow," with The Edge's Excalibur-like guitar slicing through the clouds. During a duet with The Edge on the track, "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)," Bono enlisted a member of the audience to play keyboards. "Keep it simple -- no flowery stuff," Bono commanded, and the rookie did exactly that. For "Mysterious Ways," a svelte audience recruit reprised the belly dancer's performance from the 1992 "Zoo TV" tour, prompting Bono to drop in a snippet of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing," before she disappeared back into the crowd without soliciting so much as a handshake. Bono and The Edge forehead to forehead during a storming "Until the End of the World," donning a "Midnight Cowboy" Stetson and affecting a Ratso Rizzo limp while visiting the underbelly of "New York." On the Spartan stage, with no special effects to hide behind, the merits of U2 once again could be observed and appreciated: the solo-free concision of The Edge's riffs (especially the stutter that ignites "Pride"), the forward motion of Clayton's atomic bass (what would the classic "With or Without You" be without him?), and the no-frills clarity of Mullen's drumming (he owns "Sunday Bloody Sunday").
"Neil Young' concert" - may 12, 2003 - Dublin - Bono and Edge, along with spouses Ali and Morleigh, respectively, attend a Neil Young concert tonight in Dublin.
20th VERTIGO tour - may 12 2005 - Chicago, IL - United Center - Kings of Leon - "Vertigo" opens for the 1st time / "Until The End Of The World" debut / "Bad" ends with some "40" - For the last of four nights in Chicago, and with the film cameras off, U2 throws its setlist in the blender. 'Vertigo' opens a show for the first time. 'All Because of You' and 'Original of the Species' are played in the main set for the 1st time. 'Until the End of the World' makes its Vertigo Tour debut. The show closes with 'Bad', which gets extended with several snippets, finally wrapping up with a bit of '40', the traditional show closer this tour. Bono, Edge and Adam gather around the drum kit as Larry finished his set at the end of the show...that moment right there is why they are the biggest band in the world - when all is said and done, their friendship after all of these years, is bigger than anything else. Some photos on U2-vertigo-tour
5/11/2007
MAY 11: John Travolta / Bob Marley dies / fans crushed / up on your feet / satellite with problems / Larry´s "Wild Rover" / Bill Graham (U2´s friend) dies in Ireland.
"Boy" tour - may 11, 1981 - Denver / Colorado - Rainbow Music Hall - The Hall is again sold out, only six weeks after U2's first concert there....Halfway through "Boy/Girl" Bono informs the audience that John Travolta has been asked to play the part of Jim Morrison in a forthcoming film about The Doors. He reminisces about the fil "Saturday Night Fever" and sings a few lines of Chubby Checker´s "Let´s Twist Again" ("Like we did last summer..."). The show is recorded and broadcast by local radio station KEZY.
"Bob Marley dies" - may 11,1981 - Reggae star Bob Marley dies of cancer in a Miami hospital at the age of 36. "Rastaman Vibration" is the highest-charting album by Bob Marley & the Wailers, reaching Billboard's top 10 in 1976.
"War" tour - may 11, 1983 - New York City / New York - Palladium - Bono stops "I Will Follow" to ask the crowd to move back a bit, as the fans in the front were getting crushed. After this concert there is serious discussion that U2 only play all-seat theatres to prevent instances like this nights. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 11, 1987 - East Rutherford / New Jersey - Meadowlands Arena - U2 play five sold-out concerts and in front of 100,000+ fans. These are the last five shows of the first leg of "The Joshua Tree" tour. The first night's show, The Edge has trouble starting "C'mon Everybody", and Bono again adlibs with the crowd, "Well, c'mon everybody, let's get to Meadowlands tonight. Well New Jersey's okay, and I'm going to stay here all night..." The crowd are wild on this night, and when Bono asks them to remain quiet during "Springhill Mining Disaster", he's shocked to see people sitting down. "I've never seen people sitting down at a U2 concert!" he shouts at the audience, "This is amazing! And I'm not sure if I like it! Up on your feet!"
"ZOOTV" tour - may 11, 1992 - Lyon / France - Espace Tony Garnier - Prior to the show, the audience sing "Happy Birthday" to Bono. The usually live ZooTV pictures are from tape tonight (plan B), owing to a sattelite dish problem. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour" - may 11, 1993 - Rotterdam / Holland - Feyenoord Stadium - During "New Year´s Day" Bono disapears into the First Aid pit at the side of the stage and the cameram has trouble locating him. Larry comes forward to do "Wild Rover", with the crowd nicely filling in hand claps. Queen Beatrix is MacPhisto´s next victm. "Love Is Blindness" has lighters switching on and off in the stadium.
Bill Graham dies" - may 11, 1996 - Hot Press journalist Bill Graham passes away suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Howth, Ireland. It was Graham who first championed the band in Dublin media and who suggested to both the band members and Paul McGuinness that McGuinness manage their career. The band fly back to Dublin from America to attend his funeral (may 15), where Bono performs a moving version of Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song". Gavin Friday, Simon Carmody, Liam O'Maonlai, Maire Brennan and Martin Hayes are among the many artists who play at the service.
"Boy" tour - may 11, 1981 - Denver / Colorado - Rainbow Music Hall - The Hall is again sold out, only six weeks after U2's first concert there....Halfway through "Boy/Girl" Bono informs the audience that John Travolta has been asked to play the part of Jim Morrison in a forthcoming film about The Doors. He reminisces about the fil "Saturday Night Fever" and sings a few lines of Chubby Checker´s "Let´s Twist Again" ("Like we did last summer..."). The show is recorded and broadcast by local radio station KEZY.
"Bob Marley dies" - may 11,1981 - Reggae star Bob Marley dies of cancer in a Miami hospital at the age of 36. "Rastaman Vibration" is the highest-charting album by Bob Marley & the Wailers, reaching Billboard's top 10 in 1976.
"War" tour - may 11, 1983 - New York City / New York - Palladium - Bono stops "I Will Follow" to ask the crowd to move back a bit, as the fans in the front were getting crushed. After this concert there is serious discussion that U2 only play all-seat theatres to prevent instances like this nights. Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 11, 1987 - East Rutherford / New Jersey - Meadowlands Arena - U2 play five sold-out concerts and in front of 100,000+ fans. These are the last five shows of the first leg of "The Joshua Tree" tour. The first night's show, The Edge has trouble starting "C'mon Everybody", and Bono again adlibs with the crowd, "Well, c'mon everybody, let's get to Meadowlands tonight. Well New Jersey's okay, and I'm going to stay here all night..." The crowd are wild on this night, and when Bono asks them to remain quiet during "Springhill Mining Disaster", he's shocked to see people sitting down. "I've never seen people sitting down at a U2 concert!" he shouts at the audience, "This is amazing! And I'm not sure if I like it! Up on your feet!"
"ZOOTV" tour - may 11, 1992 - Lyon / France - Espace Tony Garnier - Prior to the show, the audience sing "Happy Birthday" to Bono. The usually live ZooTV pictures are from tape tonight (plan B), owing to a sattelite dish problem. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour" - may 11, 1993 - Rotterdam / Holland - Feyenoord Stadium - During "New Year´s Day" Bono disapears into the First Aid pit at the side of the stage and the cameram has trouble locating him. Larry comes forward to do "Wild Rover", with the crowd nicely filling in hand claps. Queen Beatrix is MacPhisto´s next victm. "Love Is Blindness" has lighters switching on and off in the stadium.
Bill Graham dies" - may 11, 1996 - Hot Press journalist Bill Graham passes away suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Howth, Ireland. It was Graham who first championed the band in Dublin media and who suggested to both the band members and Paul McGuinness that McGuinness manage their career. The band fly back to Dublin from America to attend his funeral (may 15), where Bono performs a moving version of Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song". Gavin Friday, Simon Carmody, Liam O'Maonlai, Maire Brennan and Martin Hayes are among the many artists who play at the service.
5/10/2007
MAY 10: Bono and Jordan / "Out Of Control" / Bono´s 23rd b-day / Bono´s 33rd b-day / Bono´s 41st b-day / Bono´s 45th b-day!
"Bono and Jordan" - may 10 - 1960 Paul David Hewson born in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin. Twenty-nine years later, his daughter Jordan is also born.
"Out Of Control" - may 10, 1978 - On his 18th birthday, Bono pens "Out Of Control" - A new song which Bono wrote on the morning of may 10, his 18th birthday, is "Out Of Control", an exuberant, energetic song which deals with the realisation that the two major events in life - birth and death - are beyond choice or decision.
"War" - may 10, 1983 - New haven / CT - Woolsey Hall at Yale University. It's Bono's 23rd birthday, and the band is in a good mood. They've set up the first instance of a sattelite stage, or what will be commonly referred to as the "B-stage", in the middle of the audience, in order to bring Bono closer to the audience. Bono is mugged by no fewer than 5 girls during the evening, pausing to take pictures with a group of four of them. Roadie Dennis Sheehan comes onto stage to bring Bono a birthday cake, and the audience sing "Happy Birthday". Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 10, 1993 - Totterdam / Holland - Feyenoord Stadium - Bono celebrates his 33rd birthday onstage at a sold-out gig in the Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam. Galway theater group "Macnas" perform an anti-Fascist play before U2 take the stage. Edge does a splendid solo version of "Party Girl" and sings a quick birthday song. During "Trying To Throw Your Arms", two girls from the Dutch fan club enter the stage dressed up as a gigantic champagne bottle and birthday cake. Their appearance takes Bono by surprise and he reels off to mini-stage while the cake collapses in the distance. Bono seeks a female companion to share a glass of the real thing and brings a pretty blonde girl on to the catwalk. After a sip of champagne, he tackles her and finishes the song sitting on top of her while she lies on her back laughing her brains out. The party continues on the mini-stage with Bono ad-libbing in "My Girl"...Edge starts strumming the opening chords of "I Will Follow", the stadium goes mad. They haven´t performed the song since the LoveTown tour and tonight´s version sounds semi-improvised great....It is Bono's birthday, and one of his most memorable telephone calls occurs tonight when he rings a local travel agent looking for a flight out of town, anywhere "as long as it's sunny." After the show, management will contact the agent again to explain Bono's call and offer her two complimentary tickets to the show the following night. Tonight´s show ends with another Elvis cover. "Are You Lonesome Tonight", performed by U2 for the first time. ...The MacPhisto act forces Bono to stretch his imagination to extremes and he obviously enjoys it immensely. "I don´t know where this thing is taking me," he tells Gavin Martin of NME after the show. "What happened tonight you couldn´t plan. It was exciting but scary at the same time."
"Chernobyl" - may 10, 1998. Belarussian/Ukranian government officials announce plans to restart Reactor #3 at Chernobyl on May 18, and keep it running past the agreed shut down date of the year 2000.
"Elevation" tour - may 10, 2001 - Indianapolis - Conseco Fieldhouse - "U2 Elevation 2001, Indianapolis - Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis - It's Bono's birthday. Forty one years young and the arena here at the Conseco Fieldhouse is perforated with 'Happy Birthday Bono' signs and party hats, streamers and flying glitter. One sign reads, '27,000 people came to my birthday and all I got was this card'. 'Today?s my Birthday,' Bono sings as the band take the stage, 'Happy birthday to U2.' But this is no night off work to celebrate - by the time we have reached Until The End of the World, Bono is lying on the catwalk, grabbing a female photographer from a college magazine for a birthday kiss and then, walking down the catwalk, grabbing a pot of glitter from a fan and emptying it over himself. Another girl is up on stage to dance with the birthday man for New Year's Day before Stuck In A Moment (You Can't Get Out Of) receives its customary dedication to a departed member of the glitter band. 'This song is for someone who would have loved to have been here and would have especially loved the glitter. This song is for Michael Hutchence...' Kite arrives and Bono thanks a fervent and energetic audience for spending their 'hard-earned cash' on a rock show. No one is indicating second thoughts! 'This is a song we haven't played very often, this is Kite.' It's also a song that is now a set regular, in part because of the way fans at the early shows lobbied for its appearance. New York is followed by a tune some two decades older in I Will Follow and then Sunday Bloody Sunday, with total audience participation and snatches of Marley's Get Up Stand Up, with the singer wrapping an Irish flag around the microphone. 'Thank you, thanks a lot. I'd like to introduce you to the band old school style. 'In what we'd call high school we met up at 14, 15, 16 years old. I'd like to tell you what everyone was eating..' But he seems to have forgotten. 'On drums Larry Mullen Jnr, on bass Adam Clayton and wearing No. 23, The Edge....' Audience suitably appreciative. Arena roof rises imperceptively as a rejuvenated Desire arrives with Bono and Edge at the point of the heart catwalk and then another recent addition to the show. 'We've been playing this song from a record we don't play very often. At the start of the 90's we did a lot of work at Hansa Studios. It was an extraordinary time for us, we kind of floated out there, we found some beautiful songs...it's very cold in Berlin.' Midway through the song he takes a phone from a fan and sings into it. The lyrics are again transposed, London, Belfast and - with the audience bellowing - 'Indianapolis'. All I Want Is You with Bono opening alone on guitar arrives before Larry and Adam and Edge join in and then becomes Where the Streets Have No Name whereupon the video screens at the back of the stage read 'Happy Birthday Bono'. He sprints around the stage anyway and, with Mysterious Ways, wonders aloud if there are 'Any dancers in the house - it's my birthday.' Onto the catwalk he pulls up a girl from the heart of the audience, and then another.And another. You get the picture. This continues for some time until there are about 30 girls up on stage with U2, some kind of first. 'I feel like Hugh Hefner!' says Bono. But Hefner never had 27,000 people had one of his birthday parties." This night Edge wears red shirt#23.
19th 'VERTIGO' show - may 10, 2005 - Chicago, IL - United Center - Seating Chart - Kings of Leon. 3 fans on stage / champagne on Edge / "Party Girl" and "Original Of The Species" to Jordan / "Happy Birthday" to Bono / a solid performance! - For the 2nd night of U2's home video shoot, the band seeks continuity with last night's show. The setlist is the same until the final few songs. Laura, the fan who played guitar during 'Party Girl' last night, reprises that role tonight - but with a new twist as Bono ends the song by spraying a bottle of champagne on her, the band, and the crowd. It's Bono's birthday, and the crowd sings 'Happy Birthday' to him after 'Mysterious Ways.' Bono dances with a fan during 'Mysterious Ways' and brings a young boy on stage during 'Into the Heart.' Having played Vertigo for the cameras early on in the show, at the end the band reprise their hit single, with Bono claiming 'this one´s for me'The Edge is really into this one tonight, goes up on the ellipse for part of it. Tons of trademark Edge moves. Sunday Bloody Sunday - Great crowd pleaser, Bono sings "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage..." in an obvious tribute to Chicago band Smashing Pumpkins. Party Girl - Strong full band version, graced by fan on guitar trying to keep up with the Edge. She receives a bottle of Korbel for her efforts, and the other gets sprayed into the ellipse and on Edge. Bono is obviously enjoying himself at this point. Dedicates it to Jordan...Original of the Species - Brilliant, Bono says "its the best song off of the record". Edge on piano, it is dedicated to Bono's daughter JoJo, who was obviously in attendance as he pointed to her in the VIP area in front of the sound desk. Some photos on: U2-vertigo-tour
"Bono and Jordan" - may 10 - 1960 Paul David Hewson born in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin. Twenty-nine years later, his daughter Jordan is also born.
"Out Of Control" - may 10, 1978 - On his 18th birthday, Bono pens "Out Of Control" - A new song which Bono wrote on the morning of may 10, his 18th birthday, is "Out Of Control", an exuberant, energetic song which deals with the realisation that the two major events in life - birth and death - are beyond choice or decision.
"War" - may 10, 1983 - New haven / CT - Woolsey Hall at Yale University. It's Bono's 23rd birthday, and the band is in a good mood. They've set up the first instance of a sattelite stage, or what will be commonly referred to as the "B-stage", in the middle of the audience, in order to bring Bono closer to the audience. Bono is mugged by no fewer than 5 girls during the evening, pausing to take pictures with a group of four of them. Roadie Dennis Sheehan comes onto stage to bring Bono a birthday cake, and the audience sing "Happy Birthday". Support is "Dream Syndicate".
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 10, 1993 - Totterdam / Holland - Feyenoord Stadium - Bono celebrates his 33rd birthday onstage at a sold-out gig in the Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam. Galway theater group "Macnas" perform an anti-Fascist play before U2 take the stage. Edge does a splendid solo version of "Party Girl" and sings a quick birthday song. During "Trying To Throw Your Arms", two girls from the Dutch fan club enter the stage dressed up as a gigantic champagne bottle and birthday cake. Their appearance takes Bono by surprise and he reels off to mini-stage while the cake collapses in the distance. Bono seeks a female companion to share a glass of the real thing and brings a pretty blonde girl on to the catwalk. After a sip of champagne, he tackles her and finishes the song sitting on top of her while she lies on her back laughing her brains out. The party continues on the mini-stage with Bono ad-libbing in "My Girl"...Edge starts strumming the opening chords of "I Will Follow", the stadium goes mad. They haven´t performed the song since the LoveTown tour and tonight´s version sounds semi-improvised great....It is Bono's birthday, and one of his most memorable telephone calls occurs tonight when he rings a local travel agent looking for a flight out of town, anywhere "as long as it's sunny." After the show, management will contact the agent again to explain Bono's call and offer her two complimentary tickets to the show the following night. Tonight´s show ends with another Elvis cover. "Are You Lonesome Tonight", performed by U2 for the first time. ...The MacPhisto act forces Bono to stretch his imagination to extremes and he obviously enjoys it immensely. "I don´t know where this thing is taking me," he tells Gavin Martin of NME after the show. "What happened tonight you couldn´t plan. It was exciting but scary at the same time."
"Chernobyl" - may 10, 1998. Belarussian/Ukranian government officials announce plans to restart Reactor #3 at Chernobyl on May 18, and keep it running past the agreed shut down date of the year 2000.
"Elevation" tour - may 10, 2001 - Indianapolis - Conseco Fieldhouse - "U2 Elevation 2001, Indianapolis - Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis - It's Bono's birthday. Forty one years young and the arena here at the Conseco Fieldhouse is perforated with 'Happy Birthday Bono' signs and party hats, streamers and flying glitter. One sign reads, '27,000 people came to my birthday and all I got was this card'. 'Today?s my Birthday,' Bono sings as the band take the stage, 'Happy birthday to U2.' But this is no night off work to celebrate - by the time we have reached Until The End of the World, Bono is lying on the catwalk, grabbing a female photographer from a college magazine for a birthday kiss and then, walking down the catwalk, grabbing a pot of glitter from a fan and emptying it over himself. Another girl is up on stage to dance with the birthday man for New Year's Day before Stuck In A Moment (You Can't Get Out Of) receives its customary dedication to a departed member of the glitter band. 'This song is for someone who would have loved to have been here and would have especially loved the glitter. This song is for Michael Hutchence...' Kite arrives and Bono thanks a fervent and energetic audience for spending their 'hard-earned cash' on a rock show. No one is indicating second thoughts! 'This is a song we haven't played very often, this is Kite.' It's also a song that is now a set regular, in part because of the way fans at the early shows lobbied for its appearance. New York is followed by a tune some two decades older in I Will Follow and then Sunday Bloody Sunday, with total audience participation and snatches of Marley's Get Up Stand Up, with the singer wrapping an Irish flag around the microphone. 'Thank you, thanks a lot. I'd like to introduce you to the band old school style. 'In what we'd call high school we met up at 14, 15, 16 years old. I'd like to tell you what everyone was eating..' But he seems to have forgotten. 'On drums Larry Mullen Jnr, on bass Adam Clayton and wearing No. 23, The Edge....' Audience suitably appreciative. Arena roof rises imperceptively as a rejuvenated Desire arrives with Bono and Edge at the point of the heart catwalk and then another recent addition to the show. 'We've been playing this song from a record we don't play very often. At the start of the 90's we did a lot of work at Hansa Studios. It was an extraordinary time for us, we kind of floated out there, we found some beautiful songs...it's very cold in Berlin.' Midway through the song he takes a phone from a fan and sings into it. The lyrics are again transposed, London, Belfast and - with the audience bellowing - 'Indianapolis'. All I Want Is You with Bono opening alone on guitar arrives before Larry and Adam and Edge join in and then becomes Where the Streets Have No Name whereupon the video screens at the back of the stage read 'Happy Birthday Bono'. He sprints around the stage anyway and, with Mysterious Ways, wonders aloud if there are 'Any dancers in the house - it's my birthday.' Onto the catwalk he pulls up a girl from the heart of the audience, and then another.And another. You get the picture. This continues for some time until there are about 30 girls up on stage with U2, some kind of first. 'I feel like Hugh Hefner!' says Bono. But Hefner never had 27,000 people had one of his birthday parties." This night Edge wears red shirt#23.
19th 'VERTIGO' show - may 10, 2005 - Chicago, IL - United Center - Seating Chart - Kings of Leon. 3 fans on stage / champagne on Edge / "Party Girl" and "Original Of The Species" to Jordan / "Happy Birthday" to Bono / a solid performance! - For the 2nd night of U2's home video shoot, the band seeks continuity with last night's show. The setlist is the same until the final few songs. Laura, the fan who played guitar during 'Party Girl' last night, reprises that role tonight - but with a new twist as Bono ends the song by spraying a bottle of champagne on her, the band, and the crowd. It's Bono's birthday, and the crowd sings 'Happy Birthday' to him after 'Mysterious Ways.' Bono dances with a fan during 'Mysterious Ways' and brings a young boy on stage during 'Into the Heart.' Having played Vertigo for the cameras early on in the show, at the end the band reprise their hit single, with Bono claiming 'this one´s for me'The Edge is really into this one tonight, goes up on the ellipse for part of it. Tons of trademark Edge moves. Sunday Bloody Sunday - Great crowd pleaser, Bono sings "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage..." in an obvious tribute to Chicago band Smashing Pumpkins. Party Girl - Strong full band version, graced by fan on guitar trying to keep up with the Edge. She receives a bottle of Korbel for her efforts, and the other gets sprayed into the ellipse and on Edge. Bono is obviously enjoying himself at this point. Dedicates it to Jordan...Original of the Species - Brilliant, Bono says "its the best song off of the record". Edge on piano, it is dedicated to Bono's daughter JoJo, who was obviously in attendance as he pointed to her in the VIP area in front of the sound desk. Some photos on: U2-vertigo-tour
5/09/2007
MAY 9: 'you wanna drink with me?' / Macnass and MacPhisto première / great 'Miami' / playing a Les Paul / U2 shoots a DVD in Chicago - 18th VERTIGO show!
"Boy" tour - may 9, 1981 - Memphis / Tennessee at Poets.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 9, 1987. U2 perform in Hartford, Connecticut at the Civic Center. "I Still Haven´t Found What I´m Looking For" is played after "Trip Through Your Wires." Support is "Lone Justice".
may 9 1992 - Gent / Belgium - Flanders Expo. The day before his 32nd birthday, Bono strolls over the catwalk and picks up a girl from the crowd "You wanna drink with me? Hell, it´s my birthday!" She operates the camcorder and stays on the mini-stage for a couple of songs. At the end of "Sattelite of Love", Bono says to her,."I want you for my birthday..." Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 9, 1993 - Rotterdam / Holland - Feyenoord Stadium - A theatre group called Macnass from Galway, Ireland, are hired for the tour, to perform a play before the support acts. They premiered tonight. Another premiere, is Bono´s new-ego in a gold lame suit; his face painted white with red lipstick, his hair combed-back and supporting red devil horns. As Bono said, later: "MacPhisto is The Fly when he´s old and fat and playing Las Vegas".
"POPMart" tour - may 9, 1997 - Tempe / AZ - Sun Devil Stadium - The band was phenomenal. One of the best moments in the concert was the song "Please." U2 played this so passionate and, as with many songs, changed it slightly for a more full effect. The Edge's guitar sound was fantastic, it made this song and "Miami" better than on the album."Sunday Bloody Sunday" in the middle of "Please" was only the familiar drum opening, at which the crowd went crazy. "With or Without You" brought back memories of concerts past when Bono sang a few verses of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Bono described "Staring at the Sun" as the "sunshine song." The show was incredible, despite the new image and the stage setup and the hype, U2 still give aperformance with the same passion that they were known for in the 80¿. And musically, probably better. "
"Bono and Paul" - may 9, 1998. Bono and Paul McGuinness attend a lecture given by filmmaker Martin Scorcese.
"Elevation" tour - may 9, 2001 - Milwaukee / WI - Bradley Center - The best was when the Edge joined Bono at the very bottom of the heart. Facing each other, up close like two buskers on the subway platform, they played "In a Little While" in honor of Ramones leader Joey Ramone, who died recently. And their stripped-down "Desire," just vocals, guitar and a little harmonica at the end, was truly memorable. The band only played one song each off the "Zooropa" and "Pop" albums, instead focusing on new songs and classic hits from the 1980s. No complaints were heard from the audience, who sang along lustily to songs like "(Pride) In the Name of Love." For a guy who turns 41 today, Bono is still mesmerizing as a lead singer."I'd like to introduce the members of the band." As each band member strode down the walkway to the cacophonous cheers of the crowd, Bono gave each a hug. "...Wearing the number 13 shirt this evening in honor of another old dog. Playing a Les Paul when he could be flying the space shuttle. Will you welcome please, on lead guitar and vocals, even his mother calls him The Edge". Edge wears this night red shirt#13.
U2 shoots a DVD in Chicago - may 9, 2005. Tonight's Vertigo Tour show in Chicago marks the first of a two-night video shoot for a planned DVD release. The show is, by almost all accounts, better than two nights ago in Chicago. A special moment occurs late in the show when Bono brings a female fan on stage to play guitar. The girl had been holding a sign asking for the chance, and when given it, she chooses to play "Party Girl", a song which hasn't been performed yet this tour. The version is shaky at best, but -- with the film crew rolling again the following night -- the same girl, Laura, is brought on stage a second time and together she and the band do a much better version of the song. 18th 'VERTIGO' show - may 9, 2005 - Chicago, IL - United Center - Kings of Leon. DVD filmed / "Party Girl" debuts" / Keanu Reeves was there / Jena danced with Bono! I named my son Edge. Rocko, a member of U2's road crew, takes the stage before U2 and tells the crowd tonight's show is being filmed for a DVD, saying it will be a 'magical' show. Bono brings a young girl (Jena-6 years old) on stage during 'Into the Heart.' Later, he brings a female fan on stage to play guitar on 'Party Girl.' She struggles a bit, but gets through with encouragement from Bono and an enthusiastic crowd. It's the first time 'Party Girl' is played this tour, and only the fourth time since the Zoo TV tour. He is surprised at her height and wonders how Chicago grows them so tall and beautiful. Gloria tells Bono that she wants to play Party Girl and he helps her along. Meanwhile on stage, The Edge insists that Adam play bass but Adam declines. They had already switched instruments for 40. The Edge trying to fumble with the bass once again asks Adam to play bass. Larry sorts out the chaos by pointing out that Bono and Gloria are almost done anyway. The Edge seems content with that assessment....The Edge lingered all night on notes, playing extended versions of his parts (An Cat Dubh and others). He was chopping at the Joshua tree again. They were very interactive with the crowd, talking, dancing, taking a number of items up on stage including an Irish flag and a t-shirt from a guy that said "I named my son Edge" or something! Some photos on: U2-vertigo-tour
"Boy" tour - may 9, 1981 - Memphis / Tennessee at Poets.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 9, 1987. U2 perform in Hartford, Connecticut at the Civic Center. "I Still Haven´t Found What I´m Looking For" is played after "Trip Through Your Wires." Support is "Lone Justice".
may 9 1992 - Gent / Belgium - Flanders Expo. The day before his 32nd birthday, Bono strolls over the catwalk and picks up a girl from the crowd "You wanna drink with me? Hell, it´s my birthday!" She operates the camcorder and stays on the mini-stage for a couple of songs. At the end of "Sattelite of Love", Bono says to her,."I want you for my birthday..." Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - may 9, 1993 - Rotterdam / Holland - Feyenoord Stadium - A theatre group called Macnass from Galway, Ireland, are hired for the tour, to perform a play before the support acts. They premiered tonight. Another premiere, is Bono´s new-ego in a gold lame suit; his face painted white with red lipstick, his hair combed-back and supporting red devil horns. As Bono said, later: "MacPhisto is The Fly when he´s old and fat and playing Las Vegas".
"POPMart" tour - may 9, 1997 - Tempe / AZ - Sun Devil Stadium - The band was phenomenal. One of the best moments in the concert was the song "Please." U2 played this so passionate and, as with many songs, changed it slightly for a more full effect. The Edge's guitar sound was fantastic, it made this song and "Miami" better than on the album."Sunday Bloody Sunday" in the middle of "Please" was only the familiar drum opening, at which the crowd went crazy. "With or Without You" brought back memories of concerts past when Bono sang a few verses of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Bono described "Staring at the Sun" as the "sunshine song." The show was incredible, despite the new image and the stage setup and the hype, U2 still give aperformance with the same passion that they were known for in the 80¿. And musically, probably better. "
"Bono and Paul" - may 9, 1998. Bono and Paul McGuinness attend a lecture given by filmmaker Martin Scorcese.
"Elevation" tour - may 9, 2001 - Milwaukee / WI - Bradley Center - The best was when the Edge joined Bono at the very bottom of the heart. Facing each other, up close like two buskers on the subway platform, they played "In a Little While" in honor of Ramones leader Joey Ramone, who died recently. And their stripped-down "Desire," just vocals, guitar and a little harmonica at the end, was truly memorable. The band only played one song each off the "Zooropa" and "Pop" albums, instead focusing on new songs and classic hits from the 1980s. No complaints were heard from the audience, who sang along lustily to songs like "(Pride) In the Name of Love." For a guy who turns 41 today, Bono is still mesmerizing as a lead singer."I'd like to introduce the members of the band." As each band member strode down the walkway to the cacophonous cheers of the crowd, Bono gave each a hug. "...Wearing the number 13 shirt this evening in honor of another old dog. Playing a Les Paul when he could be flying the space shuttle. Will you welcome please, on lead guitar and vocals, even his mother calls him The Edge". Edge wears this night red shirt#13.
U2 shoots a DVD in Chicago - may 9, 2005. Tonight's Vertigo Tour show in Chicago marks the first of a two-night video shoot for a planned DVD release. The show is, by almost all accounts, better than two nights ago in Chicago. A special moment occurs late in the show when Bono brings a female fan on stage to play guitar. The girl had been holding a sign asking for the chance, and when given it, she chooses to play "Party Girl", a song which hasn't been performed yet this tour. The version is shaky at best, but -- with the film crew rolling again the following night -- the same girl, Laura, is brought on stage a second time and together she and the band do a much better version of the song. 18th 'VERTIGO' show - may 9, 2005 - Chicago, IL - United Center - Kings of Leon. DVD filmed / "Party Girl" debuts" / Keanu Reeves was there / Jena danced with Bono! I named my son Edge. Rocko, a member of U2's road crew, takes the stage before U2 and tells the crowd tonight's show is being filmed for a DVD, saying it will be a 'magical' show. Bono brings a young girl (Jena-6 years old) on stage during 'Into the Heart.' Later, he brings a female fan on stage to play guitar on 'Party Girl.' She struggles a bit, but gets through with encouragement from Bono and an enthusiastic crowd. It's the first time 'Party Girl' is played this tour, and only the fourth time since the Zoo TV tour. He is surprised at her height and wonders how Chicago grows them so tall and beautiful. Gloria tells Bono that she wants to play Party Girl and he helps her along. Meanwhile on stage, The Edge insists that Adam play bass but Adam declines. They had already switched instruments for 40. The Edge trying to fumble with the bass once again asks Adam to play bass. Larry sorts out the chaos by pointing out that Bono and Gloria are almost done anyway. The Edge seems content with that assessment....The Edge lingered all night on notes, playing extended versions of his parts (An Cat Dubh and others). He was chopping at the Joshua tree again. They were very interactive with the crowd, talking, dancing, taking a number of items up on stage including an Irish flag and a t-shirt from a guy that said "I named my son Edge" or something! Some photos on: U2-vertigo-tour
5/08/2007
MAY 8: "So shut up or get out!" / 5 minutes and the same chords / Cody and Jane and Christine Ray / "Entropy" / Bono at Tribeca.
"Boy" tour - may 8, 1981. U2 perform in New Orleans, Louisiana at Ol' Man Rivers. During the show, a man spits toward the stage. Bono orders the house lights on and points the man out and refers to him as a "real punk...I'll tell you why he's a real punk...because he read about it in the papers. He wears a suit, it's a uniform. He spits because he read about it." The Edge continues the rant by shouting, "So shut up or get out!".
"War" tour - may 8, 1983. U2 perform in Harford, Connecticut at Trinity College. Bono attempts to get to the roof of the building behind the outdoor stage, but unfortunately the door to the roof is locked. He explains his five minute disappearance(in which the rest of the band play the same cords over and over for "Electric Co.") by telling the crowd he has shown everyone in the building the white flag.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 8, 1987. U2 perform in Hartford, Connecticut at the Civic Center. This second night's performance of "Pride(In the Name of Love)" is dedicated to a roadie and his wife, Cody and Jane--Bono announces to the crowd that "they just got a little baby today called Christine Ray! That's the power of love!" Support is "Lone Justice".
"Entropy" - may 8, 1998. Judith Godreche announces plans to co-star in Joanou's upcoming film "Entropy", another film featuring U2.
"Bono helps out at Tribeca Film Festival" - may 8, 2004. Bono is in New York City tonight to help open the free concert taking place as part of the annual Tribeca Film Festival. Africa and AIDS are the main topics of what turns into a fairly lengthy speech to the crowd gathered at New York's Battery Park.
"Boy" tour - may 8, 1981. U2 perform in New Orleans, Louisiana at Ol' Man Rivers. During the show, a man spits toward the stage. Bono orders the house lights on and points the man out and refers to him as a "real punk...I'll tell you why he's a real punk...because he read about it in the papers. He wears a suit, it's a uniform. He spits because he read about it." The Edge continues the rant by shouting, "So shut up or get out!".
"War" tour - may 8, 1983. U2 perform in Harford, Connecticut at Trinity College. Bono attempts to get to the roof of the building behind the outdoor stage, but unfortunately the door to the roof is locked. He explains his five minute disappearance(in which the rest of the band play the same cords over and over for "Electric Co.") by telling the crowd he has shown everyone in the building the white flag.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 8, 1987. U2 perform in Hartford, Connecticut at the Civic Center. This second night's performance of "Pride(In the Name of Love)" is dedicated to a roadie and his wife, Cody and Jane--Bono announces to the crowd that "they just got a little baby today called Christine Ray! That's the power of love!" Support is "Lone Justice".
"Entropy" - may 8, 1998. Judith Godreche announces plans to co-star in Joanou's upcoming film "Entropy", another film featuring U2.
"Bono helps out at Tribeca Film Festival" - may 8, 2004. Bono is in New York City tonight to help open the free concert taking place as part of the annual Tribeca Film Festival. Africa and AIDS are the main topics of what turns into a fairly lengthy speech to the crowd gathered at New York's Battery Park.
5/07/2007
MAY 7: U2 starts 'The Unforgettable Fire' in Slane Castle / Bono dedicates a song to his brother Norman / starts 'ZOOTV' in Europe / Bono creates MacPhisto / Larry accepts flowers / 17th VERTIGO show!
"Boy" tour - may 7, 1981. U2's show in Birmingham, Alabama is cancelled.
"War" tour - may 7, 1983. U2 perform in Albany, New York at the State University of New York as part of "Mayfest". Support are Robert Hazard and David Johansen.
"U2 hole up in Slane Castle" - may 7, 1984. U2 hole up in Slane Castle, Co. Meath, to record with new producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Four weeks later they move back to Windmill Lane Studios to complete work on their fourth studio album. Eno, who was known for his electronic wizardry with such bands as Roxy Music, and lesser known solo albums, "Music for Films", "Music for Airports", and "Discreet Music", is actively recruited by U2 to help with the new album. When he was first approached by the band, Eno turns them down. Eno later would recall, "They just kept nagging me, so much so that I listened to some of their old material, which didn't inspire me...I was mystified by their reasons for wanting me. Once I'd met Bono I knew I had to work with him. There was something about him. He talked about the band in a way that I hadn't heard anyone doing in a long while and so, on that basis, out of curiousity I agreed to work with them." A fourty-five minute documentary on the recording of the album is made by Barry Devlin, which eventually finds it's way onto the "The Unforgettable Fire" video.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 7, 1987. U2 perform in Hartford, Connecticut at the Civic Center. The first night Bono must teach the American audience the words to "People Get Ready"--an American folk song. Bono dedicates the song to "somebody really special to me: my big brother Norman" who is at the show. "He taught me how to play guitar, he taught me about three or four chords and that's all you need to write..." Support is "Lone Justice".
"ZOO TV" tour - may 7, 1992. The European leg of the ZooTV tour opens with a gig in the Palais Omnisports De Bercy Centre in Paris. Ticket sales for all 25 dates are announced literally at the last minute. The crowds are relatively small, and as a result, this European leg will lose money. The Edge remarks during an interview: "It's good to be back in a part of the world that's older than 200 years." After the performance of "The Fly", Bono/The Fly comments the he, "ran into Jim Morrison the other night, and he said 'Buy as many U2 albums as you can afford, and the world will be a better place." Bono/The Fly raises his arms in faux-innocence and explains, "Just passing on the message..." Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"ZOO TV - Zooropa" tour - may 7, 1993. U2 perform in Rotterdam, Holland at Feyenoord Stadium. Bono creates MacPhisto. U2 play a dress-rehearsal for the upcoming European tour in front of a small group of fans in Rotterdam. Bono creates a new character for the European tour, and wears a red version of his black, leather "Fly" outfit. When the tour begins, this new character would be called "MacPhisto" and would not wear the same costume tried out tonight, instead donning a gold lame suit and devil's horns.
"Elevation" tour - may 7, 2001 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena. "The Edge just couldn't get any better than he was tonight. Many people, other the U2 fans, don't realize the magnitude of Edge's guitar work. Simply perfect." by Mark Muterspaw. Edge is a madman during "I Will Follow"; Larry accepts flowers at the end; Edge wears red shirt#3, this night.
17th 'VERTIGO' show - may 7, 2005 - Chicago, IL - United Center - Kings of Leon. Keanu Reeves, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin were in the audience. Love and Peace: spotlights in hand panning the crowd built up the anticipation of a great beginning. Vertigo was carried by the Edge, he owns that song. 40 as a closer. Back to the good old days...Adam and Edge switched sides...the AB trilogy. Zoo-The Fly-Mysterious Ways, so great to hear them in order and sounding great with other standards....The Edge again rips up Fly. Larry, the Fischer-Price keyboard during Yahweh. Edge played like 18 guitars including a huge one for Yahweh. There was a lot of chatter between songs by Edge and Bono. Edge was bluesy on Bullet, electric on Vertigo, and pulsating on the AB trio. Coldplay was there, he (Bono) mentioned it...He (Bono) grabbed a U.N. flag a girl threw from behind the stage and tied it around his neck...He (Bono) did apologize for the ticket mess up...no pulling someone on stage to play guitar, no Pope story. Very little talking. Some photos on: U2tours.com
"Boy" tour - may 7, 1981. U2's show in Birmingham, Alabama is cancelled.
"War" tour - may 7, 1983. U2 perform in Albany, New York at the State University of New York as part of "Mayfest". Support are Robert Hazard and David Johansen.
"U2 hole up in Slane Castle" - may 7, 1984. U2 hole up in Slane Castle, Co. Meath, to record with new producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Four weeks later they move back to Windmill Lane Studios to complete work on their fourth studio album. Eno, who was known for his electronic wizardry with such bands as Roxy Music, and lesser known solo albums, "Music for Films", "Music for Airports", and "Discreet Music", is actively recruited by U2 to help with the new album. When he was first approached by the band, Eno turns them down. Eno later would recall, "They just kept nagging me, so much so that I listened to some of their old material, which didn't inspire me...I was mystified by their reasons for wanting me. Once I'd met Bono I knew I had to work with him. There was something about him. He talked about the band in a way that I hadn't heard anyone doing in a long while and so, on that basis, out of curiousity I agreed to work with them." A fourty-five minute documentary on the recording of the album is made by Barry Devlin, which eventually finds it's way onto the "The Unforgettable Fire" video.
"The Joshua Tree" tour - may 7, 1987. U2 perform in Hartford, Connecticut at the Civic Center. The first night Bono must teach the American audience the words to "People Get Ready"--an American folk song. Bono dedicates the song to "somebody really special to me: my big brother Norman" who is at the show. "He taught me how to play guitar, he taught me about three or four chords and that's all you need to write..." Support is "Lone Justice".
"ZOO TV" tour - may 7, 1992. The European leg of the ZooTV tour opens with a gig in the Palais Omnisports De Bercy Centre in Paris. Ticket sales for all 25 dates are announced literally at the last minute. The crowds are relatively small, and as a result, this European leg will lose money. The Edge remarks during an interview: "It's good to be back in a part of the world that's older than 200 years." After the performance of "The Fly", Bono/The Fly comments the he, "ran into Jim Morrison the other night, and he said 'Buy as many U2 albums as you can afford, and the world will be a better place." Bono/The Fly raises his arms in faux-innocence and explains, "Just passing on the message..." Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".
"ZOO TV - Zooropa" tour - may 7, 1993. U2 perform in Rotterdam, Holland at Feyenoord Stadium. Bono creates MacPhisto. U2 play a dress-rehearsal for the upcoming European tour in front of a small group of fans in Rotterdam. Bono creates a new character for the European tour, and wears a red version of his black, leather "Fly" outfit. When the tour begins, this new character would be called "MacPhisto" and would not wear the same costume tried out tonight, instead donning a gold lame suit and devil's horns.
"Elevation" tour - may 7, 2001 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena. "The Edge just couldn't get any better than he was tonight. Many people, other the U2 fans, don't realize the magnitude of Edge's guitar work. Simply perfect." by Mark Muterspaw. Edge is a madman during "I Will Follow"; Larry accepts flowers at the end; Edge wears red shirt#3, this night.
17th 'VERTIGO' show - may 7, 2005 - Chicago, IL - United Center - Kings of Leon. Keanu Reeves, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin were in the audience. Love and Peace: spotlights in hand panning the crowd built up the anticipation of a great beginning. Vertigo was carried by the Edge, he owns that song. 40 as a closer. Back to the good old days...Adam and Edge switched sides...the AB trilogy. Zoo-The Fly-Mysterious Ways, so great to hear them in order and sounding great with other standards....The Edge again rips up Fly. Larry, the Fischer-Price keyboard during Yahweh. Edge played like 18 guitars including a huge one for Yahweh. There was a lot of chatter between songs by Edge and Bono. Edge was bluesy on Bullet, electric on Vertigo, and pulsating on the AB trio. Coldplay was there, he (Bono) mentioned it...He (Bono) grabbed a U.N. flag a girl threw from behind the stage and tied it around his neck...He (Bono) did apologize for the ticket mess up...no pulling someone on stage to play guitar, no Pope story. Very little talking. Some photos on: U2tours.com
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