"London Club" tour - december 1, 1979 - Having borrowed 3000 Pounds from family and friends to finance a short English tour, U2 play their debut London gig as support for "The Dolly Mixtures" in the Moonlight Club in West, Hampstead. In a Sounds magazine review, Dave McCullough writes: "U2 are about four people. Their music has minimum distortion and their songs reflect the strength of the four individuals. There's a kind of naive, rushing feeling about their music." Edge plays with analgesic, cause his hand is in plaster followed a car crash
"Boy" tour - december 1, 1980 - "Talking Heads" start a tour--support by U2. The first gig is in London, England at the Hammersmith Odeon. Melody Maker reviewer Paolo Hewitt writes, "Easily the finest display of awe-inspiring rock that I've witnessed in a long time. It contained just about every emotion...from anger to savagery, beauty and that indefinable essence where mere words become useless."
"October" tour - december 1, 1981 - U2 perform in Atlanta, Georgia at The Agora.
"Pre-War" tour - december 1, 1982 - U2 perform in Glasgow, Scotland at Tiffany's. U2 perform several songs off the as of yet unreleased "War" album including "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Surrender"(which is introduced as the album's theme song), and "New Year's Day". During "New Year's Day", The Edge's guitar fails and Bono invites people on stage if "they have something to say". No one moves for a few seconds, until one man jumps on stage and swears. Another person jumps on stage and does the same thing. Bono reiterates that people should only get on stage if they have something to say. Finally a woman gets on stage to wish her friend luck in some unknown venture. During the encore, Bono recieves a bottle of Champagne from "Simple Minds", and pours glasses for the audience. The band perform "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" during the encore of "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" as they will do for the rest of the December tour.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - december 1, 1984 - U2 begin the American leg of "The Unforgettable Fire" tour at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia. The shows on this part of the tour are set to generate interest for the arena dates next year. A few days before, while U2 is in New York preparing for the start of the American Leg, Bono gives an interview on WBCN radio in Boston. Bono explains his pensiveness, "I'm on the 22nd floor of the Parker Meridien hotel, there's alot of people downstairs. I can't walk out on the street because people are pushing up against us. So, as I say, I'm on the 22nd floor, in this hotel room, and I wish i was on stage. I don't like this waiting around." Immediately, the hotel manager was on the line to their room, explaining that the hotel switchboard was hopelessly jammed with calls. This nights concert could have been sold out many times over, and it is generally felt in the U2 camp that these dates will be the last small venue dates the band will play. Support is provided by "The Waterboys".
"LoveTown" tour - december 1, 1989 - U2 perform in Osaka, Japan at the Castle Hall, finishing a three night performance at the venue. The third night in Osaka features a completely different set list than was performed all along the "LoveTown" tour. This night fans get the message and leave their seats and make their way down to front row--one fan is particularily rowdy. During "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", Bono announces, "At a U2 concert people do not push each other around! I don't care if you bought the front row or the back row...we're all the same in here!" U2 switch the set mid-concert and play "People Get Ready" in hopes that it will calm the crowd down. The fan is still rowdy, and Bono shouts, "Listen guy: One more piece of shit out of you, and you're out of here!" Bono sings "Slow Dancing" on stage for the first time B.B. King joins the band for "Angel of Harlem" in which parts of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" are included. This is the last "LoveTown" show in Japan. U2 now travel to Europe to perform in four cities--Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin and Dortmund, Germany.
U2 releases Night and Day - december 1990 - U2 releases "Night and Day" as 12-inch promotional-only single, taken from Cole Porter tribute album Red, Hot, and Blue, for AIDS benefit.
"ZOOTV: New Zooland/ Japan" tour - december 1, 1993 - U2 perform at the first stop of the two "New Zooland" concerts in Christchurch, New Zealand at Lancaster Park. "One Tree Hill" is played acoustically by Bono. Dring "Streets" hundreds of people manage to sneak into the stadium for free.
December 1, 2000 - MTV Brazil airs Edge´s message to World Aids Day, speaking to the necessity to have condoms, when the sexual life is active. Edge recorded it few days earlier, during U2´s ATYCLB promo tour in Rio.
"Elevation" tour - december 01, 2001 - Tampa, FL - Ice Palace. Bono dedicates 'Please' to Elvis Costello, who is in attendance tonight. (Costello has covered 'Please' in the past.) Bono wears an 'I (heart) NY' shirt for the entire second encore. Seats behind the stage are not sold for tonight's show, and a cloth screen showing the male/female 'Elevation' symbol hangs behind the stage.
The Saints Are Coming on MSN.com and on Top 20 VH-1 - December 1, 2006 - "The Saints Are Coming" video is highlighted today, December 1st, 2006 on MSN.com and on Top 20 VH-1.
Bono - cover of Q issue january 2007 - December 1, 2006 - here
U2 fans are teaming up to turn Aloha Stadium (RED) for the band's Dec. 9 concert - December 1, 2006 - (RED) is a brand created to raise awareness and money for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa. Gap, Motorola and Apple are participating in the effort, donating a portion of the sale of its (RED) items to the charity. Organizers are encouraging concert-goers through blogs to wear anything red that night in support of the campaign created by U2 frontman Bono. U2 will end its Vertigo tour on O'ahu. Pearl Jam and Rocko and the Devils will open the show, which starts at 7:30 p.m. honoluluadvertiser
On the Tokyo Skyline - December 1, 2006 - With the Tokyo skyline behind them, U2 performed two tracks live for Japanese TV tonight. Performing on the rooftop of TV ASAHI, the band greeted the presenters in the studio and went straight into Vertigo (Edge played with his Music Rising guitar) and the upcoming single Window in the Skies. Earlier Bono spoke to the show, Music Station, from the Red and White Reception, an awareness raising event hosted by Japan's 'hottokenai' (the national Make Poverty History campaign) to mark World AIDS Day.
**** Edge gives his message to the Japanese crowd... '...be yourself...'; after they up to the roof of the building to play 'Vertigo' and 'Window In The Skies'; Edge uses his Music Rising Epiphone guitar during 'Vertigo':
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