AUGUST 2nd: "Daydream Believer" / Susan Buffet funeral / Bono on Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Protest / U2 recycling material / U2.com announces the 3rd Vertigo show in Sydney!

"POPMart" tour - august 2, 1997 - Gothenburg / Sweden - Ullevi Stadium - Audioweb. Edge´s karaoke this night is "Daydream Believer".

"Bono sings at Susan Buffett funeral" - august 2, 2004. Bono attends and sings at the funeral of Susan Buffett in Omaha, Nebraska. His two songs are "Forever Young" and "All I Want Is You." Buffett is the wife of well-known investor Warren Buffett. Bono knows the Buffetts from past participation in economic conferences and meetings, and Susan Buffett had also been a champion of AIDS awareness and prevention causes, much like Bono. Their daughter, also named Susan, is a board member of Bono's DATA organization.

Bono on Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Protest - August 2, 2005 - Rolling Stone reports that Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Steve Earle, Michael Stipe, Peter Gabriel and Bob Geldof will appear in Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Protest, a documentary about the history of protest music, to air September 28th on PBS.

U2 recycling material - August 2, 2005 - While no one keeps count, well-known writers, including Barbara Kingsolver, Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood and Alice Walker, are part of the trend. It reflects a growing green movement in the entertainment world that includes musicians such as U2 and Bonnie Raitt, who are packaging their CDs in recycled materials.

U2.com announces the 3rd Vertigo show in Sydney - August 2, 2006 - U2.com announces that U2 will play a third show at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney on Monday November 13th. U2 broke box office records when tickets went on sale for two Sydney shows in December 2005, the 150,000 tickets available sold out in less than one hour. The announcement of a third show should come as good news to those who missed out last time. Manager Paul McGuinness said today, “We hope some of those fans that missed out last time will have the opportunity to get tickets for this third show. The band is ready to get back on the road and is looking forward to playing some fantastic live shows”.