JUNE 10: only 15% (crowd) / except Edge, 3 U2 play a secret gig in Atlanta / Anton Corbijn photographs tonights show from on and off the stage / Bono and Larry - The Late Show / Bono and his first online chat / 29th 'VERTIGO' show / Bono and DATA got: G8 reaches deal for world's poor !

War" tour - june 10, 1983. U2 perform in Norman, Oklahoma at the Lloyd Nobel Center. The size of the crowd is the smallest since the pre-"War" concerts--only 2000 seats out of 13000 are sold.

"3 U2 at a secret gig in Atlanta" - june 10, 1986. Members of U2 play a secret gig in Atlanta, Georgia at the Ramada Hotel Lounge with the rest of the Amnesty International "Conspiracy of Hope" tour entourage. The Edge is not in the Lounge, as he has retired to his room for the evening.

"ZOOTV" tour - june 10, 1992. U2 perfom in Stockholm, Sweden at the Globen. U2 is performing in the middle of the European Soccer Championships which are being held in Stockholm. Sweden and France open the championships with a match -- during the show, Bono flips to the game and the crowd go wild upon realizing that Sweden has already scored. "Sweden 5, France 0", Bono slyly says at the end of "Dancing Queen". Anton Corbijn, who shot the now famous "Joshua Tree" cover, also photographs tonights show from on and off the stage. Tonight's show has 1000 tickets unsold behind the stage. Support is B.P. Fallon and "Fatima Mansions".

"Bono and Larry do The Late Show" - Bono and Larry appear together on "The Late Show with David Letterman." They are interviewed for nearly 10 minutes, but do not perform any songs.

"Bono takes part in his first online chat" - june 10, 1999. Bono takes part in his first online Internet chat during a session hosted by Jubilee 2000 to promote their "Drop the Debt" campaign. Microsoft officials claim the chat is one of the most popular they have ever hosted.

29th 'VERTIGO' show - june 10, 2005 - Brussels, Belgium - Roi Baudouin Stadium - The Thrills, Snow Patrol - Young bands would struggle to create a guitar line as nasty and vivid as the one The Edge churns out on Love And Peace / the most innovative guitarist in rock since Jimi Hendrix! - The first show of the European Vertigo Tour features a brand new stage design that includes a large LED video wall behind the band, and two b-stages that extend out into the crowd but don't connect to enclose fans like the ellipse did in N. America. The setlist is largely similar to the 1st leg, but 'Vertigo' opens and closes the show (replacing '40'). A crowd of 50,000 in Belgium...opening chords of Vertigo to ' well' the closing chords of Vertigo two and a quarter hours later. 'I want to introduce someone to you,' said Bono, arriving on the stage to an tumultuous reception. 'I want to introduce Larry Mullen Jnr to you... Adam Clayton to you...The Edge to you...Unos, Dos, Tres....Catorce!' Until The End of the World made its tour debut tonight, amongst twenty one songs from six albums stretching from Electric Co from 1979 to All Because of You from 2004. 'Come on you little box of chocolates,' he (Bono) suggested, with a timely cultural reference. 'I'm going to take a bite out of you!' Early on a helicopter was buzzing the King Baudouin Stadium, evidently filled with passengers who couldn't get a ticket for the show. 'Take a picture of this Mr Helicopter'...'Beautiful Day' was completed with a great borrow from George Harrison, 'little darling, here come the sun, it's alright'...Sunday Bloody Sunday - tonight the symbols were projected in ten foot tall red letters. 'I'd like to dedicate this next song to a great Irishwoman who is here tonight, Mary Robinson,' said Bono as the band segued into Running To Stand Still. 'She has been a fighter for human rights all over the world, a tireless and extraordinary woman.'...UN Declaration of Human Rights...'from the charity of Live Aid to the justice of Live 8'....An excorciating version of Zoo Station, including some gigantic visuals of the band, marked the first encore while The Fly, accompanied by Mark Pellington's new text-based video ('The secret is yourself'), saw the volume ramped back up to max again. 'Not bad for the first night of the stadium shows,' said Gavin Friday....Young bands would struggle to create a guitar line as nasty and vivid as the one. The Edge churns out on Love And Peace. The entire stadium is a throbbing, pogoing mass. They play "Elevation" before Edge multi-tasks at the piano and guitar for "New Year's Day", which segues into "Beautiful Day" - rescued from its Premiership hell. The Edge turns out to be U2's secret weapon and remains arguably the most innovative guitarist in rock since Jimi Hendrix. His stellar playing shines through time and again, his trademark atmospheric chimes sending shivers down the spine as he glitters all over "City Of Blinding Lights"....As the Edge windmills through "Until The End Of the World" while Bono jumps up on the spot before planting a kiss on Adam Clayton's cheek. Some good photos on: U2-vertigo-tour, here and here

Bono and DATA got: G8 reaches deal for world's poor - June 10, 2005 - London - Announcing the deal at a meeting of G8 finance ministers in London, the UK's Gordon Brown said now was "not a time for timidity but a time for boldness"....Conditions: Under the deal, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the African Development Fund will immediately write off 100% of the money owed to them by 18 countries - a total of $40bn (£22bn; 33bn euros). Between them, it will save those countries a total of $1.5bn a year in debt repayments.... The total package - which needs to be approved by the lending institutions - could be worth more than $55bn.... bbc