SEPTEMBER 19: U2 release 'Desire' / Tickets go on sale for the 26,27,30, and 31 December, 1989 concerts / Bono Meets Oprah in Prime Time / 3 of the 4 at Pearl Jam´s show!

"Boy" tour - september 19, 1980. U2 perform in Stroud, England at the Nag's Head. Support is "Midnight & The Lemon Boys".

'U2 releases Desire' - september 19, 1988. U2 releases "Desire/Hallelujah (Here She Comes)" as the first single from Rattle and Hum.

"LoveTown" tour - september 19, 1989. Tickets go on sale for the 26,27,30, and 31 December,1989 concerts -- all four shows will occur at The Point Depot, the railway hall the band used for the "Rattle & Hum" recording sessions. The hall has been partially renovated, and a proper stage has been added. The show scheduled for December 29, 1989 is cancelled, ostensibly to protect Bono's voice. The relatively high ticket prices(20.50 pounds to 25.50 pounds) are criticised by a Catholic organization in Dublin, who claim U2 have a responsibility to the people of Dublin--without whom U2 wouldn't be where they were now. They are also criticized for the choice of venue--the hall will only hold 5,000 fans per concert.

Bono Meets Oprah in Prime Time - September 19, 2002 - 'Politicians aren't scared of me,' said Bono to Oprah and 20m viewers, 'They're scared of you.'
Taped before a live audience in Chicago in September 2002, an Oprah Winfrey
special featured an extended interview with Bono explaining his campaigning
work for the poorest African countries.
In the programme, Bono urged Oprah's predominantly female audience to take
action in the fight against AIDS in Africa. When asked why American women
should care, Bono said 'Because any mother knows that the pain of losing a
child is the same in Africa as it is in America.'
Bono also talked about his recent trip to four African countries with US
Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and actor Chris Tucker. Both also appeared
on the show by satellite.
'If you want to talk to the American people, you come to Oprah,' Bono told
the studio audience at the taping of the show. 'This is an emergency.'
His appearance was aimed at rallying support for an international effort to
alleviate paralyzing debt in Africa and the resulting AIDS epidemic which
threatens to kill a generation of Africans. He talked extensively about DATA
- which stands for Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa.
Highlights from the video clip at oprah.com include:
'Bill Gates is somebody we're involved with, and he's got the deepest
pockets of anyone. But his pockets aren't deep enough to fix this. This is a
political problem. The good news is that if it's a political problem, it
belongs to the people.'
'Oprah: How has this passion fueled your work on stage?
Bono: I was very humbled to find out that the less time I spent in the
studio, the better the music seemed to get! The band is really supportive of
my work. They just wish the people I was hanging out with weren't so
un-hip!'
'The people who drove it home [in England], as much as the students and
activists were a part of it, were mothers. That has been really powerful
[the support from] mothers and women's groups. They're not scared of me, but
when women start getting organized, they [politicians] get scared.' Watch a ten minutes, here

3 of the 4 at Pearl Jam´s show - september 19, 2005. Toronto, Canada. 'Rockin' In The Free World': Bono, Edge and Larry were all at the Pearl Jam show in Toronto. Eddie Veder had been on stage with U2 in the same arena just a couple of nights back and tonight thanked U2 for opening up for them - and breaking in the building! Introducing Hide Your Love Away, Vedder was full of praise for U2 and thanked them 'for all the drink they've bought us over the years'. He spoke of U2 as a great band who had lasted the distance and been an inspiration - the Pearl Jammers loved it. Later, Veder remarked that 'the best song ever written about addiction is called Bad' - and Pearl Jam slipped a section of it into their own song 'Daughter'. And, just when you thought maybe it wasn't going to happen, during the band's second encore Bono came up on stage with tambourine in hand and helped them cover Neil Young's 'Rockin' in the Free World'. 'Daughter' "if i could you know i would, if i could i would let it go" from Bad - "Eddie on Bono: "it would be hard to work harder than that man... keeping us in a free world" - "...Not only was PJ freakin amazing but when Bono came out and sang Rockin in the Free World with Eddie it blew the top off the place. Eddie sang a little bit of A Sort of Homecoming and said one of his favourite songs about addiction was this one and he started playing the begining chords to Bad. Eddie also thanks the "distinguished and dignified gentleman of U2" durring the encore break for all they did to influence the band, and "not to mention the thousands of dollars of drinks they bought us over the years, or the 1,500 dollars of vodka i drank sunday night." Eddie goes on to praise them for being able to stay together for so long and hopes that Pearl Jam can last as long, then goes on to play "Hide your love away" saying that "this is for a guy we didn't get to meet" (John Lennon). Bono, Larry and The Edge. Bono singing with Pearl Jam, by Interference. Bono singing with Pearl Jam, by Pearl Jam´s site