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*Wave of Sorrow lyrics added 30th Dec 2007
01st Jan 10, Happy new year!: I'd just like to wish a happy new year to all my readers. I hope the coming year is all you hope it will be. The big question is though, what will 2010 hold for U2 fans..? Further dates on the U2360 tour for a start, plus a promised new album by June. So Bono has said, anyway. Having said that, Bono has made similar promises in the past and they haven't always come to fruition, so perhaps it's best not to hold your breath! We can always hope though... 08th Dec 09, McGuinness expects U2360 tour to gross $750 million: Paul McGuinness has told the Financial Times that the current tour should gross somewhere in the region of $750 million by the end of 2010. So far it's pulled in $320 million and he confidently expects to more than double that, especially when merchandising is included. The design of the 'claw' stage has had a big impact since it's allowed capacities at most venues to be increased by around 20%. This means that the 360 tour should easily be the highest grossing tour of all time, as the current record is a mere $440 million for the Rolling Stones' 'A Bigger Bang' tour in 2004/2005. As PM says though, he's always having to correct the idea that that figure "goes straight into Bono's pocket"! 23rd Nov 09, U2 to headline Glastonbury festival in 2010: It's finally official...U2 are to headline on Friday night at the 40th Glastonbury festival which takes place next summer. They'll take a break from the North American leg of the U2360 tour and make a flying visit back to Britain to do it. They play Edmonton, Alberta on the 23rd of June and Minneapolis, Minnesota on the 26th, so it'll be a tight squeeze to fit this show in on the 25th. The Glastonbury performance will not feature the 'claw' that has been part of all the U2360 shows to date. Tickets for the festival sold out within 24 hours of going on sale last month...but where there's a will, there's a way. 12th Nov 09, Unexpected U2 connection: While looking for some information on MS Visual Studio the other day, I came across this Microsoft blog and was surprised to find that the blogger quotes U2 at the end of the post. He includes a line from Mysterious Ways on this page. It seems U2 fans get everywhere. 05th Nov 09, U2 perform controversial free concert in Berlin: MTV and U2 have provoked some controversy after a 6 foot high steel fence was erected to keep fans away from the area in which the band's free concert was staged tonight. Some thought that this was deliberately done so that Bono could call for the walls to be knocked down but it seems this was wishful thinking. Many ticketless fans suspected that the wall was there to encourage more people to watch the show on TV and thus get MTV's ratings up a bit. U2 performed 6 songs during their set and rapper Jay Z appeared as a surprise guest and performed Get Up, Stand Up with Bono. Weird combination if you ask me. 28th Oct 09, U2 play free concert to mark 20th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall: U2 will perform a free show at the Brandenburg Gate during the MTV Europe Music Awards, which are being hosted in Berlin. The concert will take place on 5th November, almost 20 years to the day since the Berlin Wall fell on 9th November 1989. It was shortly after that that U2 spent a lot of time in Berlin writing and recording Achtung Baby, so the city has special memories for the band. Tickets for the free concert are available on a first come, first served basis by registering here. 26th Oct 09, Yet more U2360 dates announced: U2 have confirmed that the U2360 tour will return to North America in the summer of 2010. The new leg will start on 6th June in Anaheim before visiting Denver, Oakland, Seattle, Edmonton, East Lansing, Toronto, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia, Montreal and finally New York on 19th July. The first tickets go on sale next week. Last night also saw the broadcast of the Pasadena concert to apparently about 1.3 million online viewers around the world. No doubt many more will catch up at at more respectable hour (it was on at 3.30 am in the UK, for instance). 20th Oct 09, Pasadena Rose Bowl concert to be streamed on YouTube: U2 have announced that the penultimate concert on the current leg of the U2360 tour will be streamed live on YouTube. It'll be shown from 8.30 pm (Pacific Time) on Sunday 25th October. That's 03.30 GMT on Monday 26th. The feed will be available in 16 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, U.K. and U.S.A.) and it'll be archived for watching after the event for those who can't see it live. This show was already due to be filmed for a concert DVD so as Paul McGuinness said, putting it on YouTube was the sensible next step. Should be worth seeing. 07th Oct 09, U2 Rock Band game to be launched?: U2 are apparently considering launching a game based on themselves and their music. They had previously been interested in becoming involved with the Rock Band bandwagon (no pun intended) but lost enthusiasm because according to Adam, they didn't want to be 'caricatured'. Now, having seen how faithfully The Beatles are represented in their version of the game, U2 look like they might reconsider. I suppose it makes sense...if that's how some people want to listen to their music these days, why not let them? 25th Sep 09, More European tour dates announced for 2010: U2 have announced another leg of the 360 tour, which will take place next summer. Details of the confirmed concerts can be found here. There are no UK or Ireland dates yet but surely it's only a matter of time before they're announced..? I can't imagine they'd tour Europe again and not at least play in Dublin! It would be fantastic if Belfast were to be included on the schedule but I'm not holding my breath. Bono has said many times that he would love to play here again but despite that, every time a tour's announced...we're not on it. Come on Bono...put your money where your mouth is and come to Belfast! 22nd Sep 09, Blackberry's Mobile U2 Album 'disappointing': BlackBerry has released what it calls the 'U2 Mobile Album' but fans' reception has been lukewarm to say the least. Only the intros of songs are available through the app, rather than full songs and fans say it feels more like an advert than an app that's worth having. Problems seem to have dogged the Mobile Album, to the extent that it's only being released now, when there are only 14 shows left on the U2360 tour. The online demo says that soon users will be able to access features like chatting with fans at shows but with time running out, it looks the tour will be over before this option is available. 14th Sep 09, U2360 kicks off in the USA: U2 have begun the North American leg of the U2360 tour with a bang, having played 12th and 13th September in Soldier Field, Chicago. Surprises in the setlist included not playing Pride for the first time in years, and the inclusion of Your Blue Room, which is on the Passengers Original Sound Track album. That had never been played at a U2 concert before, so it was a real treat for diehard fans. Lukewarm/fairweather fans were probably less impressed, not to mention annoyed that Pride was dropped. Personally I'm glad to see things being shaken up a bit. If I had my way, songs like Pride, Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year’s Day and maybe even (gasp) WTSHNN would be played a lot less frequently and some of the seemingly forgotten tunes of the band’s back catalog would take their place. Of course it’s easy to say that when you’ve seen Pride etc numerous times so I can feel for those who are seeing U2 for the first time and would be disappointed if some of the old standards were dropped. However, I still think it would be amazing to hear songs like Rejoice, Seconds, Wire etc live after all these years. 12th Sep 09, U2 to play at Gavin Friday's birthday party: U2 have been lined up to play at a 50th birthday show for Gavin Friday on 4th October. It's not just any old birthday party - it's at Carnegie Hall in New York. The event is in aid of the Project Red and tickets go on sale on September 16th from the Carnegie Hall box office. The promotional material for the show mentions Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry individually, so whether or not they'll actually appear as U2 or do something entirely different is anyone's guess. 09th Sep 09, Disappearing U2 sites: I was checking through the sites listed on my links pages last night and was amazed to discover how many of them no longer exist. I can only suppose that their owners got bored of keeping them updated, which I think is a shame. I'm not one to talk though, as I know that this site isn't as up to date as I would like it to be. At least I've removed all the broken links now! I've put a lot of work into this site over the last 10 years though (even if it might not always seem like it) and would hate to see it disappear through nothing more than lack of interest on my part. I have to bring the band's bio pages up to date and write a page on No Line On The Horizon. I'll just have to put those on the list with the 5,000 other non U2 related things I have to do. :) 08th Sep 09, U2 set for Michael Jackson tribute concert?: I heard on the news this morning that U2 and Madonna are tipped to appear at the Michael Jackson tribute concert in Vienna on September 26th. I can't speak for Madge but U2 have already lined up an appearance on the season-opening episode of Saturday Night Live on that date. So either the news was wrong (perish the thought!) or one of the two appearances will only be via video. I suspect that the news story was just the usual hype but I may be proved wrong. Stranger things have happened. :) 01st Sep 09, Bono fails to land Skype: According to this article in the New York Times, a private equity firm founded by Bono has failed in its attempt to buy Skype, losing out to another group of private investors. Bono is co-founder and managing director of Elevation Partners, who had been bidding to buy the internet telecoms company but lost out when Silver Lake Partners bought a majority stake for $1.9 billion. I suppose with the tour on a month long break at the minute, Bono had to have something to occupy him... |
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