11/19/2007

NOVEMBER 19: last night in Australia / Edge and Bono sing "Wild Honey" to a young girl which is on stage / 95th 'VERTIGO' show: Members the family of Dr Martin Luther King were at the attendance-"MLK"-U2 confirms Vertigo dates down under / U218 is released in Dublin / 125th 'VERTIGO' show: Bono got to introduce 'Saints' as 'our Number One single from our new album which is released today'/ Saints' helmet for auction (NFL)

"Boy" tour - november 19, 1980 - U2 perform in Wolverhampton, England at the Polytechnic School. Support is "Medium Medium".

"LoveTown" tour - november 19, 1989 - Sydney / Australia / Entertainment Centre. The third night is the last night in Australia, "Thank you so much," Bono addresses the crowd, "We've been here for over two months now. You have worn us out! Somebody, somewhere, please make sure it's not five years 'till we're next back in Australia..." Anne Louise Kelly of the U2 management team brings champagne on stage during "Party Girl". All three shows are filmed by Australian filmmaker Richard Lowenstein and are aired in a documentary that airs in Australia and Europe later in the year. Two female singers, Cheri and Zan, provide backing vocals for all three nights' encores

"Elevation" tour - november 19, 2001- Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center. 'Out of Control' includes a couple of lyrics from 'Into the Heart.' A young girl is brought on stage for 'Wild Honey,' and Bono and the Edge sing the song to her. During 'Bad,' Bono takes a cell phone from the audience and sings the 2nd half of the song into it. During 'Streets,' Bono takes an American flag from the audience, and runs a lap around the heart with the flag trailing behind him.

95th 'VERTIGO' show - November 19, 2005 / Atlanta, GA - Venue: Philips Arena - Opening Act(s): Institute - Members the family of Dr Martin Luther King were at the attendance / "MLK"! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Beautiful Day, Happy Birthday, Original of the Species, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday - Rock the Casbah, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One, MLK. Encore(s): Until the End of the World, Mysterious Ways, With or Without You, The First Time (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Bad. MLK is added after One tonight. Members of the King family are at the show. Photos on interference

U2 confirms Vertigo dates down under - november 19, 2005. U2 confirms a set of Vertigo Tour dates today for Australia and New Zealand. The 4th leg of the Vertigo Tour will begin in Auckland on March 17, 2006, and continue for two weeks in Australia. Additional dates in other countries are still to be announced.

U218 is released in Dublin - November 19, 2006 - Hardy U2 fans were rewarded with exclusive band goodies after queuing at midnight for the group's new album. HMV in Dublin's Grafton Street was mobbed by a large crowd hoping to get the first copies of U218. The album is the first single disc collection to span the band's career from 1980 to 2004. It features top hits from four decades, including tracks from their back catalogue of albums from Boyto How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. The first 10 females and the first 10 males in the queue last night got U2 merchandise such as hoodies and baseball caps. Fans visiting the store last night also had their photographs taken with the famous Macnas U2 heads.

125th 'VERTIGO' show November 19, 2006 - Australia / Melbourne - Telstra Dome - Bono got to introduce 'Saints' as 'our Number One single from our new album which is released today'. Today's show was the second of two in Melbourne, and the last of U2's seven Australian shows. The band performed a stellar setlist that contained two very notable surprises: the first performance of The First Time since march 2, 2006 and the first performance of Bad since frebruary 12, 2006. The band also performed Party Girl to celebrate seven very successful shows in Australia, and pulled it off significantly better than the performance six days ago in Sydney; Bono even observed that U2 "screwed up" the Sydney performance, but claimed it happened in Adelaide! Another surprise in the set was New Year's Day relinquishing its spot for I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. Between Beautiful Day and Angel Of Harlem, Edge had some considerable guitar troubles, prompting Bono to ask "is Edgeworld blowing up?" Edge exclaims "thank you, Sydney!" He then corrected this with "thank you Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, but especially MELBOURNE!" City Of Blinding Lights / Vertigo-She Loves You (snippet)-Beds Are Burning (snippet) / Elevation-Spinning Around (snippet) / Until The End Of The World / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Beautiful Day-Blackbird (snippet) / Angel Of Harlem / The First Time / Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own-Torna A Surriento (snippet) / Love And Peace Or Else / Sunday Bloody Sunday / Bullet The Blue Sky-When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet)-The Hands That Built America (snippet) / Miss Sarajevo / Pride (In The Name Of Love) / Where The Streets Have No Name / One-Unchained Melody (snippet) / Encore(s): The Fly / Mysterious Ways / With Or Without You / The Saints Are Coming / Party Girl / Kite / Bad-Ruby Tuesday (snippet)-40 (snippet).
Photos: U2-Vertigo-tour
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Saints' helmet for auction (NFL)- November 19, 2006 - NFL's auction: U2 and Green Day (all members) signed proline Saints helmet. source: NFL

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