NOVEMBER 28: I Threw A Brick / Graceland and Sun Studios for R&H-They rehearsed Red Hill Minig Town, but not performed / get on stage / Sunday Bloody Sunday in Houston / two fans: one on guitar, one on piano / Exclusive hand-painted guitar-VH1, MTV and Ticketmaster-Edge on Music Rising-The Edge Launches Hurricane Relief / U2's Bono urges Japan to boost Africa aid.

"Boy" tour - november 28, 1980 - U2 perform in Birmingham, England at Aston University.

"October tour - november 28, 1981 - U2 perform in Los Angeles, California at the Hollywood Palladium. A Day Without Me is included for the first time since New Haven on may 27, and proves to be a suitable song to follow I Threw A Brick; eventually these songs will segue into one another every time they are played. Support is "Romeo Void".

"War" tour - november 28, 1983 - Tokyo/ Japan - Sun Plaza Hall.

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 28, 1987 - U2 perform in Murfreeboro, Tennessee at the Charles M. Murphy Athletic Center. The show is U2's first Tenessee show since U2 supported the "J. Geils Band". U2 take the time to visit Elvis Presley's "Graceland" estate and film their visit for "Rattle & Hum", as record tracks at the legendary Sun Studios all of which is filmed for inclusion on "Rattle & Hum". U2 perform almost a full concert at the soundcheck, and extensively run through "Red Hill Mining Town". Larry has trouble remembering the drum track and has to listen to the song several times in order to play it. "She's a Mystery to Me" is also played at the soundcheck, but neither song makes it into the performance. Recalling their visit to "Graceland", Bono sings "Can't Help Falling In Love". During "People Get Ready", Bono introduces Wynonna Judd of "The Judds"--she needs help during the song as she doesn't know the lyrics. Support is "The BoDeans".


"LoveTown" tour - november 28, 1989 - U2 perform in Osaka, Japan at the Castle Hall. The first night's performance feat ures "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", which gets a huge cheer of recognition from the audience. Bono asks someone up on stage for "People Get Ready", and gets angry at security as they rough up the fans who are trying to get on stage. "Don't touch our f---ng audience!" Bono shouts into his microphone.

"ZOOTV" television program - november 28, 1992 - U2's "Zoo TV" television program airs in 32 countries around the world.

"POPMart" tour - november 28, 1997 - U2 perform in Houston, Texas houston Astrodome. The Edge and Bono performed an acoustic duet on Desire, and The Edge delivered a solo rendition of Sunday Bloody Sunday, an early anti-violence anthem he said the band "rediscovered" earlier this year at an inspiring Bosnia concert in Sarajevo.

"Elevation" tour - november 28, 2001 - St. Louis, MO Savvis Center. Two fans are brought on stage to play 'Knocking On Heaven's Door' - one on guitar and one on piano. Edge wears black Born Free shirt.

Exclusive hand-painted guitar / VH1, MTV and Ticketmaster * Edge on Music Rising! The Edge Launches Hurricane Relief - November 28, 2005 - U2 guitarist the Edge has launched a campaign named Music Rising aimed at helping musicians affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, an undertaking inspired by his trip to a devastated New Orleans. The project aims to raise funds that will replace instruments and equipment that was lost or damaged in the storms. In one of the first orders of business, Gibson Guitar and Guitar Center are attaching themselves to the endeavor by creating an exclusive hand-painted guitar which will see its proceeds directed to the Music Rising fund. Other corporations such as VH1, MTV, and Ticketmaster are also co-signing the campaign. The MusiCares Foundation, a charity set-up by the Recording Academy, will help oversee Music Rising, and potential supporters will be able to make donations online and via mail. cmj


U2's Bono urges Japan to boost Africa aid - November 28, 2006 - Rock star and anti-poverty activist Bono urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday to keep his nation's pledge to boost aid to Africa and other parts of the developing world. "Some countries make promises and they don't keep them. Japan, we trust to fulfill their promise," Bono, in Japan on his band U2's Vertigo 2006 tour, told reporters after meeting with Abe. The rock star said he won a pledge from Abe to continue Japan's efforts to help the developing world, despite budgetary constraints in Tokyo. In return, Bono presented the Japanese politician with a pair of his trademark Giorgio Armani sunglasses, which are sold to raise funds for his anti-AIDS campaign. Abe tried them on and Bono declared his look as "very cool." "I've always seen George Bush looking at my sunglasses like this but George Bush never put them on," Bono said. "The last pope, John Paul, he put them on and Prime Minister Abe. Very cool!" Japan vowed before and during the 2005 G-8 summit in Scotland to spend billions of dollars more in aid on Africa and on development assistance overall, contributing to a doubling of wealthy nations' aid to Africa to $50 billion by 2010. Bono praised Japanese government aid for lifting many Asian countries from poverty and said "there is a lot we can learn from Japan in applying to the rest of the developing world." washingtonpost