Stay is the fifth track from U2's 1993 album "Zooropa". It was released as the album's third single in November of 1993, and peaked on UK's charts at number 4, and conversely number 5 in Australia.
The song is a fan favorite for many U2ers, and personally, it sounds like "the morning after" so to speak from their similar sounding previous hit 'One' from their Achtung Baby album just 2 years prior. It has only been played live in concert 83 times; the bulk of it during their Elevation tour, however it has made its debut on the current 360 Tour, and was last played in New Jersey at the Giants Stadium on September 24, 2009.
The song was inspired by Frank Sinatra and was written during their ZOO TV tour back in 1991. Appropriately, when the single was released, it included a duet with Frank Sinatra of one of his hit songs "I've Got You Under My Skin" (actually originally it was Cole Porter's, but whatever).
I recommend listening to this live performance of the song; its my favorite and oh so beautiful. Consequently: a great segue into 'Bad'!
The Irish times released today (er..yesterday in European time zones..) that U2 "WILL" (stressing capital letters in the actual article) have a new album by early 2011. Perhaps they are stressing the capital letters because last time they said they would have a new album was 2008..and No Line on the Horizon didn't come until the follow year! So I expect probably around April or so we'll have a new album. My guess of course. I assume we can expect to see Mercy, Every Breaking Wave, North Star among others in the new album. Rumored to assume the long debated title of Songs of Ascent.
On the news of new albums, apparently there are rumors afloat of a new LP mocking their earlier LP's title name: Wide Awake in Europe. Wide Awake in America had two live songs, Bad and A Sort of Homecoming, and two B-Sides: The Three Sunrises and Love Comes Tumbling. Wishful fans such as myself will hope and pray for another live version of Bad--hopefully from Vertigo or 360 tours along with some original material, but @U2 is reporting that some unreleased B-sides from Unforgettable Fire are rumored to appear. We'll see I guess--it would make sense since after all it is "Wide Awake in..".
Also, U2 have announced dates in South Africa early in 2011 to continue their global 360 Tour. The final date in Pittsburgh, PA on July 26, 2011 marks the final date of the 360 tour (and i have a GA!).
I didn't know this until I did some research but Van Diemen's Land is actually what Europeans originally called Tasmania. It also happens to be our song of the week. Van Diemen's land is the second track on U2's 1988 continuation album Rattle and Hum, and is most famous for being U2's signature song whose vocals aren't from Bono, for once but rather Edge. Van Diemen's Land has only been played 39 times and the last time it was been played was at a tribute show to Ronnie Drew in 2008. The song was written by the Edge and performed solely by the Edge. To this day the song remains a fan favorite and people like me have high hopes for a 360 debut this coming year!
Where oh where to begin. Perhaps most U2 fans are currently buzzing about U2's latest new song debut tonight; titled "Boy Falls From the Sky", it is U2's recent new song for the upcoming and infamous Spider Man musical. A video from it's debut show in the second concert in Coimbra, Portugal can be seen below. It seems to be a very good song, though I look forward to a higher quality video to give it justice.
Also can be seen below is U2's performance of Magnificent. Notice how Bono is not vocalizing his signature phrases and motivational "oh oh oh!" he normally does. Around 1:40 into the video, Bono also stops singing. Many fans are posting like mad their theories and suggestions. Although from a few facebook posts, I have heard indirectly that Bono appeared to be in pain at tonight's showing. This has many fans, including myself, in an uproar concerning Bono's health. Many are concerned that he is over-doing his performance at shows and is on a road for more physical harm if he continues. I guess right now we just need to have some faith that the band and Bono alike will continue in good health. It is hard to identify what is going on in the (seemingly) only video online so far of Magnificent from U2's second Coimbra show. Naturally, the camera crew will cut to shots of Adam and Edge to keep the majority of the crowd from knowing what's going on--and unfortunately the video was shot from a great distance.
If there is one interesting thing that has come from this, it is probably hearing Magnificent without Bono's lyrical additions in the beginning. It doesn't sound normal!
In other past news, U2 debuted Spanish Eyes for only the 16 time ever, and the first time since Barcelona's Elevation concert back in August 8, 2001. Spanish Eyes was released as a B-Side for I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For back in May of 1987, and is a fan favorite and ideal for Spanish concerts in this case. A video can also be seen below.
This week's song of the week is Kite from U2's 2000 album 'All That You Can't Leave Behind'. It is the fifth track on the album, and has only been played 106 times on only the Elevation and Vertigo tours. The last concert to have Kite played was in Auckland, New Zealand on November 24, 2006.
The song has a very clean and U2-esque sound to it (as do most U2 songs..). It's one of my favorite tracks on the album and can never pass it up on a playlist if it happens to be selected.
The song was written after Bono saw a kite fly out of control over Killiney Hill in Dublin with his daughters; the meaning translates to the fact that one day we have to let everyone we love go at some point--Bono was referencing his daughters, but during the Elevation tour, he often dedicated the song to his late father Bob. Truly a great song, truly inspirational and moving for sure.
As U2 continues their conquest of unknown lands (Turkey) and Europe, they recently have made a new addition in the family of U2 songs! Mercy made its first time debut ever in Zurich, Switzerland on September 18, 2010. Mercy was originally composed during the How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb sessions, and a studio recording was downloadable on iTunes with the purchase of the Complete U2 compilation. So far, Mercy has made the setlist of two other shows, Munich and Paris, and was sound-checked for the first time back at Istanbul's concert.
In other news, rumors are floating around on a re-release of a remastered Achtung Baby. It was obviously inevitable since they seem to be remastering all their old work; I'm not sure what they're going to do when they get to All That You Can't Leave Behind because the sound already seems to be mastered...
The rumor going around was let out by a tweet from music producer John Vanderslice, saying how the next room was being occupied by people remastering of the album. Hopefully there will be some cool stuff released with it, like a plush trabant or something...
Wire, from U2's 1983 Unforgettable Fire album is this week's song of the week. The song is the third track on the album, and was never released as a single. It's only been played 80 times live, and was limited to only the Unforgettable Fire Tour of 1984 and 1985. It was last played Werchter, Belgium on July 7, 1985. Here is a live performance from 1985..
So much news! U2 played in Turkey for the first time ever, yesterday. It seemed to be an amazing concert in Istanbul, or should i say Constantinople...haha. U2 also played in Athens for the first time, and only the second time ever in Greece.
A very deserving audience received a very deserving setlist as well! U2 debuted 'Mothers of the Disappeared' on the 360 tour, Pride made its comeback, and Ultraviolet made its comeback as well :]
What didn't make the setlist is perhaps even more important and ground breaking. Earlier in the day, U2 sound-checked 'Mercy,' a U2 fan favorite from the How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb sessions. It was released with Itunes compilation of U2 called The Complete U2, but only download-able upon the purchase of the entire thing. Perhaps soon it will make it's debut like MOTD??? We'll wait and see I suppose.
To celebrate U2's arrival, Universal Turkey released a new 'Best of" album, but not on CD; rather on a SD card with other content preloaded. Oddly, the track listing is as follows:
1. No Line On The Horizon 2. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight 3. Beautiful Day 4. City Of Blinding Lights 5. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 6. Pride 7. With Or Without You 9. Vertigo 10. New Year's Day 11. Mysterious Ways 12. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of 13. Where The Streets Have No Name
In other news: more dates added for Australia! I'm glad I don't live down there because I would go to EVERY show since they are limited. Haha I would be broke!
I'm loving these setlist change ups! Looking forward to see what the setlist looks like for next summer :] Until then...
I'm always taken by surprise as to how fast Monday comes. Another Monday, another week, I suppose--and that means another Song of the Week! This week it's Fast Cars. Fast Cars was a bonus track on the 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb--but only for the releases in Ireland, UK and Japan. It was released also in the collector's editions in every region, and was a part of the Itunes compilation of U2 called The Complete U2. It was also remixed on the 'All Because of You' single.
The interesting thing about Fast Cars, is that it's the only song on the album that mentions the album title "Dismantle and Atomic Bomb," despite being merely a bonus track. Kind of like 'Walk On,' but Walk On was a main track on the album.
Surprisingly though, it has been played live; only 16 times on the Vertigo tour. The live performance translated well on stage, as you can see in the awesome video below. Do check it out for Bono's spanish rose dance...
New York is the 10th track on U2's 2000 album All That You Can't Leave Behind (ATYCLB). It was never released as a single, and was only played 120 times on the Elevation Tour. It was last played in Miami, Florida's concert on December 12, 2001 (also happens to be the LAST concert of the Elevation tour). This concert was also the very last concert for U2 to perform Please and In God's Country, although many fans would love a debut on their current 360 tour I'm sure.
New York is an interesting song I think, because I think it's the only song on ATYCLB that sounds like it could have been on U2's previous album, Pop. The drumming, bass and subtle guitar and vocals give it a very relaxed sound that many Pop songs gave me.
New York was Bono's tribute to Frank Sinatra and Lou Reed, and Bono stated that the song had more lyrics that mentioned Frank and Lou, but decided not to add them. Upon the release of U2's latest album, No Line on the Horizon, U2 and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg added a new street sign addition to the city; 'U2 Way,' which is on the SW corner of 53rd and Broadway. For a pretty low-key song, sure has makes a lot of headlines and news!
I didn't know this but U2 performed their first concert in Russia ever today. The setlist was somewhat normal; they only played one new song which was the 'Stingray' opener. Pride and Ultraviolet made their comeback, so I'm sure the Russians were happy about that. To many fans' disappointment unrelated to U2, it apparently rained very hard during U2's performance :[
While things were good on the inside, petitioners and activists for groups such as Greenpeace, One Campaign and others were bullied by police and were shut down. Apparently their approach was illegal; whether this is true or not remains unknown. Bono was noted to be 'perplexed' by the situation and I'm sure validated why U2 has not been there before. Police and security forces in and around the area were observed to be very heavy and intense, as seen above in U2.com's photo. It's kind of surprising why U2 didn't do at least two Russian concerts, but perhaps this explains why...
Just as rumored, U2 have confirmed dates to bring the U2 360 Tour down under in Australia at the end of this year. The dates are as followed:
November 25 - Auckland, NZ at Mt. Smart Stadium December 01 - Melbourne, AU at Etihad Stadium December 08 - Brisbane, AU at Suncorp Stadium December 13 - Sydney, AU at ANZ Stadium December 18 - Perth, AU at Subiaco Oval
It is very likely that these will be final dates of U2's 2010 U2360 Tour, and will resume in 2011 in the States :] which I personally am looking forward to (can anyone say SEATTLE?). In a video announcement on U2.com, The band confirm they will be going down under, and Bono personally promises more set list shake ups. This may include more new songs, such as one that just debuted in Helsinki: Every Breaking Wave. It is a great song which sounds like a mesh of Bad, Stay and Heartland (all favorites). My personal favorite over North Star and Glastonbury. This may be just one more hint that a new album is well on its way, but maybe not by this year. U2 also announced that Jay-Z will be a special guest on tour in Austrailia, and Bono was quoted that he had some "interesting ideas to do something special with Jay-Z." So who knows what that could mean.
While not as good as a full studio album, U2.com announced today another U2.com Subscriber special release called U2: Duals. This is going to be a compilation of U2 collaborations with other artists. While no track list was announced, you can probably expect to see songs like The Saints are Coming and maybe even The Wanderer--even though it was already released to the public.
The featured 'Song of the Week' portion of this blog inevitably turned into 'Every Other Song of the Week,' but I'll keep the title for purposes of simplicity. This week's song is from U2's first studio album Boy, and it is called A Day Without Me. It was released as the second single in 1980, and only featured Things to Make and Do as an additional track. The song has only been played 145 times in U2's career, spanning from the Boy tour to the Unforgettable Fire Tour, and was last played on April 18, 1985 in Worcester, Massachusetts (lucky). This is my personal favorite song from the Boy album, and the vibe it gives off is not only timeless, but I think ahead of the time in which it was released in. Hopeful fans like me are praying for its return, as it's lyrics have been used as a snippet into songs on their current 360 tour twice...
The song I've heard, was written after the suicide of Joy Division's Ian Curtis, and Bono apparently was a fan at the time. This song almost is wearing a masquerade in the sense that it is very up-beat and poppy, yet the lyrics undertone thoughts of suicide. Great song.
So Bono has confirmed, whether it was intentional or not, that U2 is working on four separate projects outside their 360 tour. According to Bono, U2 are working on a "rock album, a club-sounding album, Songs of Ascent, and the Spider-Man Musical."
To me that sounds a little ambiguous, and a little daunting. Although one must consider the fact that U2 after all is a band, the biggest band there is to be specific. It is their job, after all to write such music. Where fans become worried is if they are side tracked from their tour will they perform equally as well? Will the material lose quality because effort and work is divided into 5 parts? You tell me.
That seems to be the news lately for the band, and not much has changed so far in Europe's setlists for the Summer tour. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me has been used in place of Ultraviolet for all but one concert--the last played concert which was the second concert in Denmark (Horsens), in which BOTH songs were played HOWEVER: Only at the expense of dropping Until the End of the World AND The Unforgettable Fire--fan favorites...
Personally, I would have dropped in a Little While and Stuck in a Moment. THAT would have been a setlist! Oh well, a fan can dream.
-A. Kennedy
BTW - Bono looks very.. Fly-ish in this video. Id like to know what his new glasses look like up close. @U2 Link
Wow! So much has happened in the U2 community over the past week or so. For one, U2 hit the road once more in Europe and started off in the Italian city of Turin, or Torino. The setlist for the most part had only minor tweaks, to some fan's disappointment. Regardless it is a great setlist! Changes in Turin's 10/6 concert included the replacement of Ultraviolet with Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, which was only played during the Pop Mart tour, and was last played in South Africa in 1998. Also added were Miss Sarajevo and two new songs called North Star and Glastonbury. Most notably, the concert opening went from Breathe to Beautiful Day, a non-album opener is something that U2 has never really done consistently.
As far as the other setlist changes, U2 has done something that has many fans talking and debating. They dropped three headlining songs from their latest album, No Line on the Horizon. The songs that missed Torino's concert were: Breathe, No Line on the Horizon and Unknown Caller. As far as why they did this, I am not sure and I'm not about to take a guess--at least in this post.
The night before the show, U2 rehearsed the normal stuff but also they thew in Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World. Who knows if that will make its debut this tour?
Often times, on U2 forums the question arises: it's U2's last concert, and it's the last song; what do they play? Personally, i cannot answer this question as nobody else can, but I can suspect one possibility would be U2's Walk On.
Walk On was the fourth single (except in Canada, it was number 2) released from U2's 2000 All that you Can't Leave Behind Album. U2 was the first artist ever to win two Grammy awards for songs of the same album in two consecutive years.
The song is a cornerstone to the album, to U2's career and their current 360 tour. The song was written and often dedicated to Burmese freedom activist Aung San Suu Kyi.
You can download it from iTunes, or from Amazon here.
@U2 is reporting that (of all sources) another artist, Dave Hollister is in the studio recording with U2. The claim isn't that solid, mostly because it came from one of his 'Tweets' on Twitter (I'll never really understand that site). Anyways, @U2 apparently didn't know if he was in the studio with U2 literally or by some other means of communication--or at all..so who knows.
In the recently released home video telling America that they are coming back next year, U2 blatantly admit they have been writing and recording songs and also that they will most likely play some for Europe this summer. So anything is possible at this point.
If there is one thing I've learned from U2, it is to be patient for new material. Being in the studio recording and writing songs is great, but to me doesn't necessarily mean a new album is coming out in 5 months (songs of ascent...). So I'm just kicking back and enjoying No Line on the Horizon until I get to see U2 in Seattle next summer.
Its really a shame that U2 never officially released a DVD of their Milan concert filmed on their 2005 Vertigo Tour. Chicago's DVD was a great performance and I am so glad we got it on DVD, but I think they should have made some changes to their setlist. I admit, I am getting somewhat greedy in this statement since they did play Boy classics such as Electric Co and An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart. Perhaps what you don't know is that in the 4 concerts they played in Chicago, they featured songs that would've been stellar live performances on DVD--such as Bad, Party Girl, The Ocean, Gloria...and not quite as relevant but when they came back to Chicago later on that September, they played songs like Walk On AND Discotheque! How amazing would that have been for their Chicago DVD.
This video is of course, Sometimes you Can't Make It On Your Own from one of U2's 2005 Milan shows, although I'm not sure which concert the video was recorded from of the two they played in Milan. But just like the Chicago DVD, Milan's final edits were a combination of multiple shows (I believe U23D was the same way too). Really an emotional performance from Bono in this video, I recommend it. You can also download this live version off of the itunes store under U2's U218 Singles Deluxe Version album, or from Amazon here.
I figured having a song of the week might make things a bit more interesting on this blog, so I decided to incorporate it starting on this Monday of July. I couldn't really figure out what song to pick, so I just hit shuffle on my iPod and Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own came up first!
Perhaps this song's most important aspect is the fact that it keeps the U2 tradition of a having very long song title name. It's the third track and third single released by U2 from their 2004 How To Dismantle and Atomic Bomb CD. It's been played live 139 times; the last concert that saw it live was in Honolulu on the last concert of U2's 2006 Vertigo Tour. The song has yet to debut on U2's 360 Tour.
The song was written and often was dedicated in concert to Bono's father, Bob. Often times Bono would tell a small story about his relationship with his dad in the Vertigo Tour concerts. The song won two Grammy awards in 2006, one for Song of the Year, the other for Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal. It peaked number 1 in the UK and number 15 in the US (Billboard).
Truly a great song and I am so lucky I was able to see it in 2005's Portland concert...
I remember seeing U23D in theaters like it was just yesterday. There are very few things on this earth that have given me chills and goosebumps that weren't temperature related. U23D was one of them. Ironically, the most moving part of the film in my opinion was actually the introduction. The lights flashing, the people screaming, and of course the chanting of "everyone" gets your adrenaline going like you are actually waiting to see a U2 show. The scene of the crowd rushing in at the GA, screaming and shoving to get a good place to stand for their epic U2 night were a really good addition to the film as well.
Of course who can deny the actual concert footage--it was all incredible and gave you a chance to go to a U2 show if you hadn't already been to one. I remember seeing it and just wishing I could see it just once more, as if saying goodbye to a loved one. That was years ago however and until recently, not much hope had been around for either another theater release of U23D or a Blu-Ray release.
While no real sources can claim anything, the chances of U23D getting released is more and more likely due to the improvements of 3D in film and televisions. 3D capabilities will likely be the selling point of this or next years technologies around Christmas time.
@U2.com reports that U2 recently developed BD-Live into the Blu-Ray copies of their U2360 Rose Bowl release, giving fans content from internet stream into the Blu-Ray player. @U2 also reports U2's U2360 Rose Bowl Blu-Ray is "the first Blu-ray title to be produced in the U.K. with BD-Live content." The link (below) also says that in the future "...users will be able to buy tickets through their Blu-ray disc..."
While nothing is certain, we can still hope for a release sometime within the decade. If there's one thing we can count on U2 doing, it is definitely saving up fan favorites like U23D for a rainy day...Until then...
Perhaps the average U2 ticket holder takes for granted what goes on behind, or underneath I should say the stage. Its tall, its massive and yes, during a concert the Claw is mesmerizing--I've seen it firsthand! Yet this stage is not some cheap trick to capture an audience of potentially 90,000+, this stage took months of planning and designing--and it was constructed exactly as it was designed--essentially a space-ship looking claw, hence the name.
The technology behind the Claw is actually state of the art. No LED screen was large enough or advanced enough to accommodate such a stage--especially considering that it has to physically expand and shrink! The screen itself weighs 56 tons and carries 1 million pieces...
Constructing the stage is no easy task either...
-164 ft. tall -189 trucks to transport -550 crew members/construction workers that are hauled by 12 buses -8 full days to construct, perform and deconstruct -Cost of stage: 20 million (Euros..) -Excluding construction, the stage costs the band $750,000 a day to operate
While your thinking about that, think about this: U2 built three Claws. And while Claw number one is being used for U2 to perform, number two is being deconstructed from a previous concert, and lucky number three is being constructed for the next performance! Two stadiums (Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas and the Hippodrome de Montreal in Canada) actually had to be renovated to accommodate for the Claws presence--costing the band over an extra $5 million.
U2 has yet to break even with their ticket sales which is saying something since most stadiums can accommodate over 70,000 people.
Watch this time lapse of the claw being constructed--very interesting!
One of the joys of being a U2 fan is having a plethora of songs to pick from to carefully construct their dream setlist at a fictional U2 concert. Since no one person has that kind of power, we can hope, suggest and perhaps predict what U2 will play next in the upcoming European leg of the 2010 U2360 Tour.
It is my belief that there are two methods to predict what U2 will pick for their setlist changes: the 'logical' way, and what I am going to call the 'indicative' way. You may be wondering what these mean, as I have recently coined the phrases myself.
A 'logical' setlist change would consist of the addition (or removal) of a song based on the trends of previous tours. An example of a logical setlist addition for the U2360 Tour would be the Unforgettable Fire or Ultraviolet. It is logical that the band would add these songs to the setlist because U2 are consistently bringing songs to each album tour that fans would love to hear and they are most notably songs that miss the majority of the tours--sometimes even the particular tour for the album of that particular song (Ultraviolet missed many tour dates on ZOO TV). The Unforgettable has over 20 years of shelf life to make up for, and Ultraviolet has almost 20 itself.
What song would U2 'logically' remove from the setlist? Well I think the perfect example would be Bullet the Blue Sky. Bullet the Blue Sky has been played on EVERY tour since the song was released in March of 1987, and in a sense it has run it's 'live' course. In order to accommodate for song additions to the setlists, songs must be (sadly) removed to compensate.
Some songs however, are added that aren't as easy to predict based simply on U2's live trends. All the hopeful rumors and hints that U2 provoke prior to a leg of tour would fall into this category. Bono said that on the U2360 Tour the band would play songs they've never played live before. Perhaps Bono said it best when he said that "we've got old songs, we've got new songs, we've got songs that we can barely play!" Perhaps he is referencing the difficulty of the songs to transpose to a live setting, or maybe its for the songs they've never played live before.
What would be an 'indicative' addition to U2's setlist? Your Blue Room and Electrical storm would be two examples, perhaps because nobody really saw it coming. Maybe some did, but most only proposed the idea of these songs being played live based on provocative sources such as interpreting U2's quotes and applying them to foreshadow changes in the upcoming dates, and also from the band's rehearsals days before a concert.
It's difficult to predict what U2 is going to 'indicatively' remove from their setlists for U2360, but I think that on U2's Vertigo tour, 'With or Without You' and 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' were often interchangeably used from one another and many dates missed both--despite being arguably their two most popular songs. THAT isn't very logical in my opinion.
So after this (perhaps unnecessary) tangent on setlist changes, you might be asking what would be some changes U2 might (either logically or indicatively) make on U2's 2010 European leg?
I believe that U2's next logical setlist addition is going to be 'Even Better than the Real Thing' to Europe's setlists. They stopped playing it after Popmart in 1997, and it's a great song that gets the fans pumped--very similar to Until the End of the World which might be U2's next logical setlist removal :[
What about indicative? Well I think Drowning Man will make its appearance live--but I don't think it will be until 2011 in North America, and here's why: U2 brought some old trophys out in the later tour dates of the Vertigo tour in 2006 because, like the North American leg of 2011, they rescheduled dates and vowed to make up for it. They did so by playing songs like One Tree Hill, Bad, Walk On and The Saints Are Coming. U2 already tested out Drowning Man at Barcelona's rehearsal last summer, and the band were pumped to play it--rumor has it that they just couldn't find a good spot or perhaps segue in the setlist. I believe they will find that spot next summer.
I haven't heard about any rumors of songs being removed, but I predict it would be songs like In A Little While or Stuck in a Moment. Both are great songs and translate very well under the 'Claw,' which would not make it logical to remove (hence why it would be 'indicative'!).
I guess for now we'll wait and see and keep dreaming out loud for our own setlist changes!
@U2.com is reporting from anonymous sources that Bono and possibly the Edge will be involved in an upcoming film by Pixar animation studios. I can only assume that the correlation between Pixar and the band members is in some way related to music (I'm pretty good at piecing the puzzle together like that). This could mean simply producing a score, writing lyrics or best yet composing an entirely new song (single?) for the film.
Knowing that most songs and scores to animated movies sound upbeat and positive, U2 should have no problem pumping out a good melody for the film. The film's name is apparently going to be 'Brave,' but again, all of this is merely a rumor, yet @U2.com stated that their sources claim the rumor to be “reasonably solid.” We'll see I guess.
It is really funny how things work out in the end, isn't it? I had purchased 4 tickets around the beginning of the year to U2's Seattle show on June 20, 2010 and couldn't wait. I was going to take my at-the-time girlfriend and then things broke off between us. So I didn't have a date, and I didn't have hotel reservations or anything! Bono's back injury was perhaps a blessing in disguise for me, but for many fans it was a terrible disappointment--especially those who made hotel and flight reservations all over America (and the rest of the world too).
Good news though, U2 released the new dates for their 2011 tour in North America! They are as follows (would like to thank @U2 for organizing the dates in the following reader-friendly version):
May 21: Denver, Colorado (Invesco Field, formerly June 12/10)
May 24: Salt Lake City, Utah (Rice Eccles Stadium, formerly June 3/10)
June 1: Edmonton, Alberta (Commonwealth Stadium, formerly June 23/10)
June 4: Seattle, Washington (Qwest Field, formerly June 20/10)
June 7: Oakland, California (McAfee Coliseum, formerly June 16/10)
June 17: Anaheim, California (Angels Stadium, formerly June 6/10)
June 18: Anaheim, California (Angels Stadium, formerly June 7/10)
June 26: East Lansing, Michigan (Spartan Stadium at MSU, formerly June 30/10)
June 29: Miami, Florida (Sun Life Stadium, formerly July 9/10) *previously Dolphin Stadium
July 5: Chicago, Illinois (Soldier Field, formerly July 6/10)
July 8: Montreal, Quebec (Hippodrome, formerly July 16/10)
July 9: Montreal, Quebec (Hippodrome, formerly July 17/10)
July 11: Toronto, Ontario (Rogers Centre, formerly July 3/10)
July 14: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Lincoln Financial Field, formerly July 12/10)
July 20: East Rutherford, New Jersey (New Meadowlands Stadium, formerly July 19/10)
July 23: Minneapolis, Minnesota (TCF Bank Stadium, formerly June 27/10)
U2.com advises all ticket holders to hold on to their stubs as they will be honored at the rescheduled dates. Anyone else going to Seattle? :] The video below is a good end to this post and is definitely reassuring! Also hints on some new material--perhaps played live this summer in Europe? U2 is coming back!
25 years ago, a prominent Irish band from Dublin called U2 took to the stage at Wembley Stadium in London. Whether you were alive back then or not, anyone can easily plug in U2 at Youtube and see first hand U2's passion and fire on the stage. That passion was rooted not just from the intensity of playing to one of the largest crowds U2 had ever seen at the time, but also was fueled by their passion (and all the bands' passion who were there playing) to help Ethiopia.
Live Aid is arguably the defining moment for their live career, and the world witnessed their ability to put on a show. Two great songs were played by U2; Sunday Bloody Sunday and Bad.
Check out this video, it gives an interesting perspective from the band's point of view during their performance:
Greetings fellow U2 fans and friends alike! This is my first post, that is to say my first of many. I plan on having many things on here to make it worth stopping by when you can! In the meantime, keep your eyes out for updates and news from The Joshua Tree!
