6/19/2007

JUNE 18: 7 crews members and a belly dancer / "Daydream Believer" / A tribute to Oasis / Edge and Morleigh´s wedding / 33th VERTIGO show: "No one does U2 better than U2" / Edge chuckles sardonically / "Speak to your sons! Tell them to coexist!" / Edge: Adam needs a lot of space / BRILL / the biggest band by a mile / they had an aura / spiritually blessed!!!! A portion of tonight's show airs live on BBC2 radio !

"ZOOTV" tour - june 18, 1992. U2 perform the last "ZooTV" arena show in Glasgow, Scotland at the Scottish Exhibition Centre. Seven crew members join the belly dancer on stage during "Mysterious Ways", all dressed in rowdy costumes. The "Stop Sellafield" concert will be held the next day in Manchester, England. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions". Two months later, U2 return with the "ZooTV - Outside Broadcast Tour".

"POpMart" tour - june 18, 1997. U2 perform in Oakland, California at the Oakland Coliseum. During the first of two shows in Oakland, Bono sings a couple lines of "Wonderwall" during "Last Night on Earth," as a way of tribute to Oasis, who is opening up for U2 at both Oakland shows. After the show, the two bands spend the early morning hours at Tosca Cafe, which was reserved privately by the band. After much imbibing, Bono serenades his mates with a solo version of Caruso's "O Sole Mio." Edge´s karaoke this night is "Daydream Believer".

"Edge and Morleigh's wedding in Dublin" - june 18, 2002. Congratulations to Edge and Morleigh on five years of marriage! They were married June 18, 2002, at a private ceremony in Dublin. The public ceremony was four days later at the Garden of Eze in the south of France.

33th VERTIGO show - june 18, 2005 - London, England - Twickenham Stadium - The Doves, Athlete. "No one does U2 better than U2" / Edge chuckles sardonically / "Speak to your sons! Tell them to coexist!" / Edge: Adam needs a lot of space / BRILL / the biggest band by a mile / they had an aura / spiritually blessed!!!! A portion of tonight's show airs live on BBC2 radio, starting with City of Blinding Lights and continuing for the rest of the show. 'A married man flirting with the entire city of London', jokes Bono. 'Sexy London!'...In the 32-degree...Edge then straps on the iconic Explorer and launches I Will Follow. 'Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage!' spits Bono, wired to the mains. He lurches from the Pumpkins to the Who, reaching to the back row as he sings: 'I can see for miles and miles.' BBC Radio begins a live feed to a hungry nation during All I Want is You. Bono flirts some more - Miracle Drug is for 'the doctors, scientists and nurses who help to keep us alive' especially the nurses!' - before getting serious for Sometimes... In a neat coincidence, the moon sits in almost perfect symmetry behind the white-disk head of a cartoon man who movingly appears on the big screen. the famous 'coexist' bandana, lends him a hint of the last Samurai as he beats a drum for Love and Peace. Steve Lillywhite once told U2.com that 'No one does U2 better than U2', and as they ease into Sunday Bloody Sunday, you can't help thinking he's right. 'Father Abraham, what have you done?' cries Bono. 'Speak to your sons! Tell them to coexist!'...Bono feeds off the collective energy: 'This is our moment; this is our time!' he shouts. 'This is London! Wow' ...And talking of which, tonight's lucky girl is Anushka, who joins Bono during Mysterious Ways. 'You've got beautiful eyes,' he tells her. 'Don't give them away.' As she films him on a handycam, only she and Bono fail to spot that it's upside down. The Edge chuckles sardonically, along with 70,000 other gooseberries. Yahweh is tonight's benediction: 'take this city's heart - London's heart 'and keep it safe';...look for the sun-kissing the stage here / look for Bono, an Irish flag and a sea of hands here look for Bono and lucky Anushka here / look for the stage with the dark-night behind the scene here. ...After the show the band was kind enough to make a few fans happy by signing a few things for them. Edge was heard saying he really enjoyed tonight's show, but agreed that tomorrow's show would probably be even better, given it's a second show. Faced with two tickets to sign, Adam opted to sign the most practical one, being the unused Dublin one. Edge mentioned he really needs to talk to him about the amount of space his sig takes up...look it here. When Bono threw water from his bottle on Vertigo, the crowd got sprayed, as if they were getting spiritually blessed. Some photos on: wireimage and flickr

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