NOVEMBER 22: A track never released / Heavily improvised version / Edge and Adam switch back their instruments to play more 2 songs / Michael Hutchence is dead / with Jay Leno / Bono at Jacob & Co event in NYC / U2 star The Edge in the Big Apple to shoot a public service announcement for Music Cares / 97TH show: Instant Karma closed the show!

"Boy" tour - november 22, 1980 - U2 perform in Liverpool, England at Brady's.

"October" tour - november 22, 1981 - U2 perform in New York, New York at The Ritz. The audience in this night are largely unfamiliar with U2 and have come check out the band. All day U2 had been recording a new song in the Kingdom Sound Studio on Long Island. As a consequence the group seem tired and barely manage to get the audience up from their seats. The day after is again spent in the studio finishing the recording, but band are not satisfied with the session and never release the track.

"War" tour - november 22, 1983 - U2 play their debut Japanese gig at the Festival Hall in Osaka, Japan. After the show, U2 appear in a live TV interview at which they perform "New Year's Day". The Edge's guitar breaks down, resulting in a heavily improvised version of the song.

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 22, 1987 - U2 perform in Austin, Texas at Frank Erwin Center. Bono's voice is suffering--he has trouble hitting the high notes the whole night. The show also suffers from serious acoustical problems with the venue, and at one point The Edge gets lost in a song, with troubles hearing the show. Bono walks over to him to sing so that The Edge can hold the tempo of the song. While Edge and Adam are switching their instruments in order to play 40, Bono calls them over and they switch back. Two extra songs, Stand By Me and Spanish Eyes, are played to make up for the difficulties. Support is "The BoDeans".

"ZOOTV - Outside Broadcast" tour - november 22, 1992 - U2 perform in Mexico City, Mexico, Palacio de Los Deportes.

November 22, 1997 - Lead singer of INXS, Micheal Hutchence is found dead in a hotel room in Sydney, Australia. To the shock of fans everywhere, it is revealed that he has committed suicide.

"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" - november 22, 2001 - Burbank, CA - NBC Studios. "Walk On". U2 perform on a special Thanksgiving-night edition of NBC's 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.' Bono is interviewed briefly after the band's performance.

Bono at Jacob & Co event in NYC - November 22, 2005 - Jacob & Co. and Helena Christensen Celebrate the New Ad Campaign and Ladies Fine Jewelry Collection

U2 star The Edge in the Big Apple to shoot a public service announcement for Music Cares - November 22, 2005 - THE EDGE PLEDGES TO BRING MUSIC BACK TO NEW ORLEANS - Wearing his trademark knit cap, U2 star The Edge was in the Big Apple to shoot a public service announcement for Music Cares. While U2 front man Bono is usually the one making headlines for his philanthropic work, the band's somewhat less vocal guitarist has stepped centre stage to help the musicians of devastated New Orleans. Wearing a leather jacket and trademark knit cap, The Edge shot a public service announcement for Music Rising, a new initiative to provide instruments for musical artists displaced by Hurricane Katrina. 'New Orleans is a crucible for great music,' says the U2 star of the city famed as the birthplace of jazz. 'The idea that it would be just a place of history for music is awful to me...Something should be done and not just because New Orleans deserves it, but because the world needs New Orleans.' After reaching their goal of replacing instruments lost by professional musicians, Music Rising then hopes to focus on restoring music to local churches and schools.

97TH SHOW - 'VERTIGO' TOUR - NYC - NOVEMBER 22, 2005: 'Instant Karma" closed the show! November 22, 2005 / New York, NY - Madison Square Garden - Patti Smith - City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, The Electric Co. - Send in the Clowns, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day, 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, Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Instant Karma. Bono brings a young girl on stage during Mysterious Ways, but rather than dance he picks her up and gives her a piggy-back ride around the ellipse. Stuck In a Moment is dedicated to Michael Hutchence; it's the 8th anniversary of his death. Patti Smith joins the band for Instant Karma again tonight, but the concert comes to an abrupt end at the end of the song for reasons unknown. Bono suddenly leads her off-stage, and the band stops the song to follow then. They come back out and try to restart the song, but it doesn't work and the band leaves again. The lights come on and the show is over. Some fans at the show say Smith looked like she was feeling ill on stage. **** Celebs...dedications - Lenny Kravitz: Proceed to Floor - Celebrities are so lucky. Not only do they have fame and fortune, they have luck too. Well, most of them have luck. For U2's second sold-out show at the Garden this November, a large number of celebrities scanned in Lucky Vertigo and packed the ellipse. Our non-celebrity staff (she's a star to us!), who was also lucky and landed a spot in the ellipse, identified Lars Ullrich, Michael Stipe, Helena Christensen, Jimmy Fallon, Guggi, and Charlie Rose enjoying the show from inside the ellipse. (For the record, Rose doesn't rock out. He studies the performance. With a beer in hand.) Bono's wife Ali and brother Norman were also spotted rubbing shoulders with the celebrities and peon fans inside the ellipse. Meanwhile, back at the mix desk were Lenny Kravitz, Josh Brolin, and 'a lot of models' whose tickets apparently did not scan Lucky Vertigo. Awww! The show was similar to the previous evening's performance with one difference - the dedications. Bono dedicated 'Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own' to his brother, whom he referred to as 'Normal' and credited as being the co-writer of the song; 'MLK' was dedicated to JFK; and 'Stuck in a Moment' was performed in recognition of the anniversary of Michael Hutchence's death. As with the previous night, show opener Patti Smith joined U2 to perform a long version of 'Instant Karma.' At one point, Bono and Smith left the stage as The Edge began a spotlight guitar performance. It seemed the audience were expected to finish up the song with The Edge, but when that didn't happen, the singers returned to the stage and closed the song. Although 'Yahweh' and '40' were listed on the setlist, they were not performed." **** Larry was as a kid again / a fan and his pregnant wife! "...my 8 months pregnant wife...Bono looking at Jill during one of the verses for Stuck In A Moment....Instant Karma rocked. Larry's face during Instant Karma was priceless - he was a kid again playing with one of his idols. And the look he shared with Adam during the 'drum solo' part of the song was hysterical. Kind of said 'Wow..that was...not good.' And then he laughed. But THE highlight for me (and I'm sorry for the rambling here) ' but the number one thing was when Jill took my hand during 'I Still Haven't Found' and put it on her belly and my baby was kicking along to the song...I'm a big ol wussy cos I teared up (I'm even tearing up a little writing this right now) but it was amazing that my baby was enjoying the concert as well'..." by Rafiennes **** Lady Ann...
"...My Boy Larry was particularly upbeat tonite and many times waved to his left with more energy than usual. He even blew a kiss in that direction... which made me take a closer look and VIOLA! there is The Lady Ann... I'd say in about section 74.. little white tank top & jeans... anyone else notice or get a photo? She was smiling alot (who wouldn't smile alot if Larry was sleeping next to them every night). It was interesting to see him blow that kiss up to her... v. sweet." **** Edge was dynamic - "...The best part was UTEOTW, especially when Edge ran around the ellipse. He was dynamic last night. He even stood on a box next to Larry, and Larry had a good laugh. He laughed a lot last night. The whole band was having fun...." by Pearl
**** This fan met Edge after the show - "...Had a great moment walking up 33rd Street at around 11:50 to grab a cab on 8th when the Edge's car pulled off the ramp. I originally figured it was Chuck Dolan after a long hard day of sticking pins in his Mike Bloomberg doll, but when Edge got out the few people there were amazed. He talked for a few minutes (warned us all to get out of the cold), signed autographs, posed for pictures and then drove off. He was such a gentleman. Thanks Edge...for everything. " by RJC **** A Miracle Drug! (one day there will be) ...Thank you, U2 for being on the center of the MSG stage. I am so grateful that I was witness to your magic tonight. It will stay with me forever & I hope it will sustain me in my dark moments as I take care of my sweet, five year old daughter who is afflicted with autism. My heart is broken because my baby was born with this devestating neurological disorder but U2's lyrics help me through each & every day. "The songs are in [her] eyes. I see them when [she] smiles." I still haven't found what I'm looking for either. Maybe someday there will be a "miracle drug" to help her but until then there's Bono's wisdom, "what no man owns, no man can take...take this heart & make it break." by Jenny - u2@nashs.org **** The Setlist and Snippets
At the seventh and last New York show for the Vertigo Tour's third leg, U2 not only covered Instant Karma again with Patti Smith but closed the concert with the song, making it the fifth closer on the tour. Interestingly, all five Vertigo Tour closers (40, Bad, Instant Karma, Vertigo, and With Or Without You) have closed concerts in New York this tour. As today is the eighth anniversary of the death of INXS singer Michael Hutchence, Stuck In A Moment was dedicated to him. Also, after missing four consecutive concerts, The Electric Co. returned to the setlist. // The Electric Co. / Send In The Clowns (snippet) / See Me, Feel Me (snippet) - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / In A Little While (snippet) - Beautiful Day / The One I Love (snippet) - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / The Black Hills of Dakota (snippet) - Sunday Bloody Sunday / Rock The Casbah (snippet) - Bullet The Blue Sky / The Hands That Built America (snippet) / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet) - from U2-vertigo tour **** Photos:
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