OCTOBER 30: a radio controlled truck / repeating Dutch lines / Larry is showered with champagne by the roadies / a bit of "Rain" / a site to promote Best Of / at TRL program / "ATYCLB" is released / an INXS-shirt in Providence / U2 was the winner of the Award of Awards category and guitarist The Edge was honoured with the Innovation in Sound award.

"October" tour - october 30, 1981- U2 perform in Amsterdam, Holland at the Paradiso. Support for the sold out gig is "Phantom Limb". Bono announces Larry Mullen's 20th birthday and leads the crowd in singing "Happy Birthday". Backstage, Bono presents Larry with his gift--a radio controlled truck.

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - october 30, 1984 - U2 perform in Rotterdam, Holland at the Sport Paleis Ahoy. The 16,000 tickets for the venue sold out in two hours. U2 play two of the best shows of the tour so far. Bono finally masters the dramatic 'I´m wide awake' part in 'Bad'. He tries to repeat the Dutch lines that he learned in Hazttem in 1982, saying that he wished he could speak Dutch but couldn´t manage it. Indeed, his pronunciation has become even worse.

"The Joshua Tree" tour - october 30, 1987 - Chicago / IL - Rosemont Horizon - The third night, Bono allows two girls who have a "THERE IS BUT ONE FLAG -- THE WHITE FLAG" banner on stage, during Edge´s solo guitar in 'New Year´s Day.' They hug Bono, who momentarily withdraws because of his sore shoulder. Edge watches, pale-faced, but he recovers, apologizes to the two girls and continues with the show. During the encore performance of "Party Girl", Larry is showered with champagne by roadies (Larry cracks up laughing) as Bono sings, "Happy Birthday". Support for all three nights is "The BoDeans.

"ZOOTV - Outside Broadcast" tour - october 30, 1992 - U2 perform in Los Angeles, California at Dodger Stadium. On the first night it drizzles, and Bono sings a bit of "Rain". "It Never Rains In Southern California" opens "When Love Comes To Town". Especially when Edge took the second verse of Stand By Me...totally AWESOME.

"Island Records web site opens to promote Best Of collection - october 30, 1998 - Island Records opens up a website at http://www.island.co.uk/u2/ to promote the Best Of U2 album coming out in the next week. The web site features a contest giveaway, archive pictures, and an interactive game in which contestants try to maneuver U2 through the streets of Dublin away from their "admirers."

"ATYCLB promo" tour - october 30, 2000 - New York, NY - MTV Studios. Elevation, Beautiful Day, New York, Elevation, Happy Birthday. U2 appear live from the balcony of MTV Studios for the TRL program.

"All That You Can´t Leave Behind" - october 30, 2000 - U2's 10th studio album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, is released worldwide. It will go on to debut at #1 in 22 countries, but not in the U.S., where it debuts at #3 despite having the largest first-week record sales for any U2 release in the U.S.

"Elevation" tour - october 30, 2001 / Providence, RI - Dunkin Donuts Center - A fan gives Bono an INXS t-shirt during 'Stuck In a Moment,' which Bono gladly holds up to show the crowd. During 'Bad,' Bono climbs up into the lower level behind the stage. He talks with a little girl who is rendered speechless aside from being able to tell Bono 'I love you.' ...New Year´s Day featured Edge not only on his unparalleled guitar, but also on keyboards. Edge wears Yankees t-shirt.

Bono honors Midnight Oil at ARIA music awards - October 29, 2006 - Oils attack music industry for ignoring 'complaint rock' ... Bono from supergroup U2 honoured Midnight Oil with an introduction to their award. "If Midnight Oil could mean any one idea, it would have to be that Australia could be more, for more people, and that the only obstacle to that is indifference," Bono said. abc

U2 was the winner of the Award of Awards category and guitarist The Edge was honoured with the Innovation in Sound award - October 30, 2006 - London - U2 joined a constellation of musical stars at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London today for this year's Q Awards. Larry Mullen helped kick things off by presenting one of the day's first awards, for Track of the Year, to off-beat duo Gnarls Barkley for their hit Crazy. Edge was presented with the Innovation in Sound award by the event's host Jonathan Ross, in recognition of his unique contribution to the band's sound in particular and to the development of rock n roll music in general. The climax of the whole event was the presentation of a very special one-time-only Q Award Of Awards: Band of Bands, given to U2. **** The Edge's Q Award Speech - Read the speech Edge made today when he collected the 'Innovation in Sound Award' at the 2006 Q Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel: "If you have an inquiring mind, if you are drawn naturally towards the frontier of scientific and technological discovery. If you are the kind of person who finds themselves asking the question why? Far less often then why not? you should probably head for Silicon Valley and get a job at Microsoft. If however you are lucky enough to have grown up during one of the most inspiration periods of rock music history, during the era of guitar players like John McGeogh, Stuart Adamson, Will Sargent, Bill Frizzell, Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Kevin Sheilds, Noel Gallagher, John Squire - and to have found a group of musical collaborators who make it possible for you to find a creative voice, then you just might end up having the kind of charmed existence that I feel I have had over the last few decades. Thanks to Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, Bono, Adam and Larry and Paul for making it possible." **** Larry´s quote: This will be our last Q Awards" states U2 sticksman Larry Mullen as the band accept The Award of Awards. "Because we can't afford to fly The Edge over from LA." Bono intervenes to give a rather more eloquent thank you. qawards **** Q Awards - The Q Award of Awards - Chosen by Q magazine - Presented by Paul Rees, editor of Q - Winner: U2 - Today, U2 received the special one-time-only Q Award Of Awards: Band of Bands accolade for polling most votes from Q readers through the history of the Q Awards. qawards **** Q Awards - Innovation In Sound awarded to The Edge - Sponsored by Creative Zen - Chosen by Q magazine - Presented by Jonathan Ross - Winner: The Edge - The Q Innovation In Sound Award this year is presented to The Edge. Known as Dave Evans to his mum and dad, The Edge took on the role of U2's guitarist when he answered an ad to join Larry Mullen Jr's band in late 70s Dublin. His trademark guitar sound - perfected with liberal use of the echo pedal - put U2 at the forefront of the new wave and took them into stadiums worldwide. As a multi-instrumentalist, Edge's talent has been showcased at notable events such as Red Rocks, Live Aid and the Zoo TV tour, while taking U2 into new sonic territory across albums like Achtung Baby and Zooropa. Along with his songwriting and vocal duties with U2, The Edge has also explored production and soundtrack work, most notably on 1987's The Captive. Q salutes The Edge's commitment to sound production today with this special award. qawards