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*Wave of Sorrow lyrics added 30th Dec 2007
01st Jul 09, U2 tour lifts off: U2 stunned Barcelona last night with a show that was literally out of this world. The band hooked up with the International Space Station for a chat in the middle of the show...how many bands can say they've done that?? Larry took the opportunity to ask the astronauts "if the world is really round". They told him that was classified. :) The band went on to play a few songs that haven't been heard live for 10 years or more, such as The Unforgettable Fire and Ultraviolet (Light My Way), which was a real treat for the fans. Hopefully they continue to surprise us like that during the rest of the tour. Here's the setlist for the show in full: Breathe, No Line On The Horizon, Get On Your Boots, Magnificent, Beautiful Day, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Movin' On Up, Angel of Harlem - Man In The Mirror - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough, In A Little While, Unknown Caller, The Unforgettable Fire, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride, MLK, Walk On - You'll Never Walk Alone, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore: Ultraviolet, With Or Without You, Moment of Surrender 30th Jun 09, U2360 opening night: After months of hype and waiting for the tour to get underway, it's finally here. U2 will hit the stage in Barcelona this evening for the first of 100 shows on the U2360 tour. There's a sneak preview of the possible setlist and a collection of photos of the new stage setup here. According to that article, the band is expected to play for up to 2 and a half hours and include a few songs that haven't been heard live for years, such as Drowning Man for starters. All I can say to that is, "Roll on Croke Park!" 19th Jun 09, Major article on Bono in the Sunday Times this weekend: Look out for a major piece on Bono this Sunday in the UK's Sunday Times. It's been heavily promoted on TV this past week and you can read it online at timesonline.co.uk. Sounds like it should be a fascinating read. 15th Jun 09, U2 want some privacy at Croke Park: It seems that U2 have had problems with fans sneaking into the backstage area at previous Croke Park shows and even stealing anything they could get their hands on, so the band has ordered a security clampdown for the concerts there on 24th, 25th and 27th July. Actually, calling the people who do this 'fans' is an insult to genuine fans of the band. I like U2 as much as the next guy (duh) but I would never dream of trying to worm my way backstage or stealing something belonging to them. On a related note, U2 have said they'll be basing themselves in the South of France for the European leg of the upcoming tour. All four band members (and Paul McGuinness) have homes on the Cote D'Azur so they plan to decamp their families out there until the first leg of the tour finishes on 22nd August. Bono says that they have a quiet life there because "...the French are so into themselves they don't even notice you". His words, not mine! 28th May 09, A new beginning for threechordsandthetruth.net: As promised, I've finally got round to getting a database up and running on this site. It should make it easier to keep things (on the front page, at least) up to date in future. Eventually I hope to extend its use to the rest of the site. That's the plan anyway. 04th Apr 09, U2 have been misinforming us for years: As all U2 fans know, Pride was written about Martin Luther King. So we all know that he was assassinated "early morning, April 4" right? Wrong! He was actually assassinated at 6.01 pm local time in Memphis, and even allowing for different time zones, that's not early morning anywhere in the world. I suppose "early morning" sounded better than "early evening" or "late afternoon" or something. Anyway that means that U2 have been misinforming us for the last 25 years. I'm sure there's a whole generation of fans out there who think MLK was shot in the morning. Not that it matters all that much but you might as well be right. By the way, I've now added a database to this site as I've been threatening to do for quite a while. Now all I have to do is figure out how it works. ;-) 19th Mar 09, Dublin here I come: U2 are now playing a second concert in Dublin on Saturday 25th July, following on from the original date of the 24th. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they announced a third show on the 26th as well. I've secured tickets to the first show so I know I'll be at that one, at the very least. Changed times since the last 2 tours, when I travelled to the USA and saw multiple shows on each one. Now with a mortgage and a new baby, I think those days are long gone! I wouldn't go back to the old way for the world though...one show is plenty. One of the things I'm most looking forward to is the chance to meet up with some friends who'll be coming from far and wide to Dublin just to see U2. That's one of the great things about this band...the fanbase is second to none. 11th Mar 09, Tour fever: Now that the dates for the forthcoming U2360 tour have been announced, fans the world over are working out how to get their hands on those precious tickets. If you're a U2.com subscriber, chances are you have received a presale code which will entitle you to access tickets before they go on sale to the general public. The longer you've been a subscriber, the sooner you get your chance to buy. Other than that, it's probably going to be a lottery when tickets go on general sale. Somehow ticketmaster never seems to be able to cope with the demand that a band like U2 can produce, and there's nothing more frustrating than sitting at your keyboard desperately trying to refresh the page every few seconds and seeing your browser crash time after time. There has to be a better way! In other news, I hope to have a new page of lyrics to the new album online soon. 05th Mar 09, Radio, radio, radio, radio...: U2 have announced a series of 3 special radio broadcasts which will take place in Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston on the 9th, 10th and 11th of this month. The 9th will see them discuss the new album with Shirley Manson. Manson and the band will then take over a one-hour show in Chicago as guest DJs but the most interesting of the three shows will be the last one in Boston. It'll take the form of a Q&A session followed by a live performance in one of the city's old theatres. No doubt some fans will be lucky enough to be there for that one. Alright for some! Btw, if you're wondering why the subject of this post is 'Radio, radio, radio, radio...', it's because of that line in the song, 4th of July. I just thought it was appropriate. :) 04th Mar 09, U2 take over the Letterman show: U2 are currently in the middle of a week's stint as the house band on the David Letterman show in New York. In honour of that fact, a section of West 53rd Street has been renamed 'U2 Way', at least temporarily. Mayor Michael Bloomberg was on hand at the naming ceremony to present each member of the band with their own copy of the streetsign. Larry joked that he was hoping it would be called Larry Mullen Circle but said that he'd settle for U2 Way. Sounds like he's still smarting from the decision to change the name of the band from The Larry Mullen Band when they first got together..! Anyway, needless to say this story gave half the news outlets in the country the excuse to use some variation on the "Where the Street Has a Name" pun. Not exactly original! 02nd Mar 09, Album released and mp3 woes: Today No Line On The Horizon was released in the UK so I bought my copy this evening. I just went for the standard version, because in the past when I bought the fancy "deluxe" editions, I would look at the extra material once or twice and then pretty much forget about it, concentrating on just the CD. Also, as a recent article on atu2 pointed out, these so called "limited editions" can always be bought on Ebay long after they were released - and usually for a fraction of the price. Maybe I'm just getting less fanatical about owning extra versions of albums and so on. Maybe I'm getting old! On another note, I just realised that all the mp3s which I had for download have disappeared. The company that hosted them seems to have deleted the lot - presumably because they weren't happy hosting copyrighted material. An email telling me they were going to delete everything wouldn't have hurt! I only discovered it by chance when I went to check how many downloads there have been lately. Apologies if you came to this site looking for a particular file and now find that it's not available after all. Email me your request and I'll see what I can do... 27th Feb 09, U2 perform on the rooftop of the BBC: As No Line On The Horizon is officially released in Ireland today, U2 have performed an impromptu set on the roof of Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the Chris Evans show just beforehand. They played Get On Your Boots, Magnificent and Vertigo and were then cajoled into playing Beautiful Day to finish. Bono has said today that the band are definitely planning a major stadium tour in Europe in the early part of the summer this year, and has hinted that they are doing their best to keep ticket prices down because of the global recession. I only hope that doesn't mean some so-called "fans" selling them at many times face value on Ebay. In other news, Bono has said how hurt he was that some people have criticised U2 (and him in particular) for moving some of the band's business interests to Holland, where tax laws are more favourable. Some have seen this as hypocritical of Bono because it means U2 contribute less to the Irish government, who then have less to spend on foreign aid. Bono points out that U2 still contribute millions in taxes and also employ many people in Ireland. Personally, I don't blame the band for attempting to avoid taxes. Which of us wouldn't do the same if we could? 24th Feb 09, U2 take over the BBC: This being the week leading up to the release of No Line On The Horizon, the BBC have dedicated a lot of airtime to interviews and promotional appearances for the band - so much so in fact, that a member of the UK parliament complained that the Beeb were giving U2 far too much publicity. They have already been on Zane Lowe's show on Radio One, Front Row on Radio Four and The Culture Show on BBC2 televison. There are several more appearances to come this week, including an interview on the Chris Evans show and an appearance on the Jonathan Ross chat show, both on Friday night. Friday will also see the band perform three songs in a special live set for the Jo Whiley show on Radio One. Some lucky fans will get the chance to be there to see that one. Alright for some. :-) Personally speaking, as far as I'm concerned, you can't have too much U2 on the BBC so I don't know what people are complaining about. You can watch/listen to all these appearances again on the iPlayer. In other news, it's looking more and more likely that U2 will do a stadium tour of Europe this summer, followed by a similar tour in the USA in the Autumn. Nothing's been officially confirmed yet but that's the way it's looking. 21st Feb 09, U2 at the Brits and upcoming radio interview: U2 opened the Brits with a bang on Wednesday, hot on the heels of their Grammys performance a week before. I'm not sure why they were invited to perform at both shows because as far as I can see, they weren't nominated for any awards at either event. I suppose the organisers just wanted to book the biggest band in the world in order to generate a bit more publicity and get more fans to watch. U2 will no doubt be up for loads of awards next year, after the release at the end of this week of No Line On The Horizon. The band will be appearing on the Christian O'Connell breakfast show on Absolute Radio on Thursday of this week to talk about the new album and so on. Should be worth a listen. You can tune in online here. 14th Feb 09, Rumours of Dublin concert dates: According to a report in the Irish Independent, U2 have provisionally booked Croke Park stadium in Dublin for the 24th, 25th and 26th July. Jurys hotel has apparently trebled their rates for those nights, so that some rooms are now going for 299 Euro instead of the usual 99. No dates have yet been officially announced, and nothing is expected to be confirmed until after the new album is released at the end of this month / beginning of next month, depending on where in the world you are. It'll be interesting to see if those dates are accurate. 14th Feb 09, U2 on Letterman and BBC session: U2 have agreed to be the house band on the Letterman show for a week from 2nd - 6th March, just after the release of No Line On The Horizon. Whether Bono will indulge in the usual banter or not remains to be seen. I imagine he'll be able to give as good as he gets, at least. In the UK, BBC Radio 1 have announced that U2 will perform a 3-song live session at their studios on Friday 27th February. Details of how fans can apply for tickets to attend will be publicised on the 23rd so keep tuned to Radio 1 if you would like to apply. If you're not in, you can't win... |
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