JULY 6: "40" to Joe Cocker / extremely hot in Copenhagen / red shirt #7 / Bono on an off-day the Vertigo tour 'When the Star Goes Blue' in Scotland / Adam was at the opening of U2&I in Berlin / Adam Clayton was at Hyde Park backstage to see The Who !

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - july 6, 1985. U2 perform in Torhout, Belgium at the Festival Grounds, the third time they appear as part of the Torhout/Werchter festival. Other performances include "The Ramones", "REM", "The Style Council", "Depeche Mode", and Joe Cocker. During "I Will Follow", Bono challenges the press: "See these people...they make a big, positive noise. We don't have a riot--we have a good feeling. So take that to the cameras and take that to the people at home..." Bono dedicates "40" to Joe Cocker.

"ZOOTV-Zooorpa" tour - july 6, 1993. U2 perform in Rome, Italy at the Stadio Flaminio.

"Elevation" tour - july 6, 2001. Copenhagen/ Denmark. U2 opens the European leg of the Elevation Tour at the 10,000 Forum in Copenhagen. It is unusually hot in Denmark, and the windowless arena reportedly hits temperatures of 110-120 degrees F during the show. Bono sings the final two songs of the main set, shirtless. Edge wears red shirt #7, this night.

Bono on an off-day the Vertigo tour 'When the Star Goes Blue' - july 6, 2005. On an off-day during the Vertigo Tour, Bono is in Scotland for the opening day of the G8 Summit at Gleneagles. With the momentum of the Live 8 concerts still strong, he and Bob Geldof are there to meet and talk to as many leaders, politicians, and even press as possible. By the end of the day, here's what Bono has done just in one day:
-- met with U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair
-- met with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
-- spoken at a news conference
-- met with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin
-- met with U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura
-- taken a box of CDs with 38 million electronic signatures of the Live 8 List to a news conference and to tonight's Live 8 "Final Push" concert at Murrayfield Stadium
-- sang "When the Stars Go Blue" at Murrayfield Stadium with the Corrs. Read, see and watch more:
here and here

Adam was at the opening of U2&I in Berlin - July 6, 2005 - The opening of Anton Corbijn's "U2 & I" exhibition in Berlin, an exhibition featuring only pictures of U2. Wim Wenders held the laudation. There were lots of people there including around 20 photographers and a few TV teams. From the way the crowd reacted when Corbijn finally arrived, you could get the impression that it was Bono himself who was making his way through the crowd. He had to write lots of autographs and smiled into all cameras. In his laudation, Wim Wenders made up a funny story about how Anton Corbijn and U2 got together. He said that Corbijn had wanted to become famous and that he had written a couple of songs and looked for a band to sing them. So he found four Irish guys and gave two of them nicknames (Bono Vox and The Edge) whereas the other two were allowed to keep their names. He also said that the band is dependent on him and that it's he who gets all the money. On a more serious note, Wenders described his own experience of being photographed by Corbijn. He said that when you are in front of his camera, you feel portrayed very well and that he looks at you in a very gentle way, so you end up doing everything he wants you to do. Corbijn himself held only a short speech, saying that he feels a bit uncomfortable in this situation. He talked about the exhibition being the first one that only deals with one band. Furthermore, he thanked Wim Wenders for his laudation and said that he hadn't realized that his secret was so well-known. Overall, he seemed to enjoy himself and obviously had lots of fun taking pictures of the people photographing him. With Anton and Wim In Berlin = Adam was at the opening of 'U2&I', Anton Corbijn's photo exhibition, in Berlin the night before last.Anton's heavyweight book (weighs a ton) is the definitive photo document of his twenty two year collaboration with the band. The latest stop of the accompanying exhibition is at the Cultural Forum for Photography in Berlin. Another old friend of the band, film director Wim Wenders, was also in town to open the exhibition....(Afterwards, by the way, U2.com hear Adam headed to the Postbahnhoff to catch The Killers who were playing.)

Adam Clayton was at Hyde Park backstage to see The Who - July 6, 2006 - Liverpool - Pete Townshend wrote in his blog: 'Amazing crowd last night. Warm and loud. I think Roger suddenly seemed at ease, and he sang with real force and vivacity. The band were great. ... At Hyde Park backstage were Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Adam Clayton and all three of my children.'