" ~~~ U2 ~~~ "

erickvazdel

Bathgate66 wrote:

watching the vertigo DVD from milan in 05, which was part of the new U218 Limited Edition Package .


those European crowds in those Stadiums make us Americans in our Arenas look silly,... :eek:

Exactly, I saw U2 in dallas Tx with the arena stage, and saw them too in Mexico city and hawaii and I think that the Stadium stage and show is so much better.

Otis64

Bathgate66 wrote:

watching the vertigo DVD from milan in 05, which was part of the new U218 Limited Edition Package .


those European crowds in those Stadiums make us Americans in our Arenas look silly,... :eek:

Indeed they do make us American crowds and stages look silly. Hopefully one day we'll see a full release of that show. Although it doesn't get any better than U2 at the Garden, when is the US gonna get a stadium tour?

Although we got 2 arena legs for both Elevation and Vertigo, it just seems like the stadium shows are on a different level. Not dissing the arena shows {they're great} or anything but a stadium tour in America would be great.

SUMMER 07!!!

Bathgate66

Otis64 wrote:

Indeed they do make us American crowds look silly. Hopefully one day we'll see a full release of that show. Although it doesn't get any better than U2 at the Garden, when is the US gonna get a stadium tour?

Although we got 2 arena legs for both Elevation and Vertigo, it just seems like the stadium shows are on a different level. Not dissing the arena shows {they're great} or anything but a stadium tour in America would be great.

SUMMER 07!!! Prey!

I was lucky enough to catch them at Yankee Stadium a few tours back . Even in this historic, monumental venue- ( and it was great as hell ) it didnt have that pizzazz that the European Stadium crowds seem to have ..

erickvazdel

Here is the new U2 video, I think it's really cool.
How many artist can you see on that video ??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VskbxuehP3I&eurl=

digster

that's a fantastic video....i had the largest grin on my face by the time it was over. It's nice to see some modern favorites show up there also (Beck, Radiohead)...

...also, it begins and ends with a Frank. Interesting.

Bathgate66

erickvazdel wrote:

Here is the new U2 video, I think it's really cool.
How many artist can you see on that video ??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VskbxuehP3I&eurl=

see above

The band members can be spotted in the crowd shots.

Bono at 3:28

Larry at 3:33

The Edge at 3:50

Adam at 3:54

Bathgate66

http://www.u2.com/highlights/?hid=334&PHPSESSID=5e91cf49faf19d7477a931d3b5ebea3b



A Window on Rock'n'Roll


The video for Window in the Skies, the new single released on January 1st, can safely be described as ‘legendary’.

A work of brilliant editing, the video stars a dazzling cast of rock’n’roll icons from Elvis Presley to Marvin Gaye, Patti Smith to Frank Sinatra.. and dozens of others. And everyone is on on lead vocals.

As for U2 themselves – you’ll be hard pressed to spot them. (But you just might).

Bathgate66

Running to Stand Still?
Review by John Waters of U2 by U2, from The Irish Book Review,
autumn/winter 2006
The Irish Book Review, December 19, 2006
by John Waters

This is a difficult book to argue with. It's a large format coffee
table volume weighing about five pounds. It has 350 pages of text and
photographs. More than half a million copies have been printed in ten
languages. It will almost certainly go into a second and probably
subsequent editions. As far as the book is concerned, there isn't
really all that much to "review". The format is straightforward: a
chronological journey through U2's career by means of interviews with
all four band members and their manager. The interviews were conducted
by Neil McCormick, former Hot Press writer and schoolfriend of the
band, nowadays rock critic with the Daily Telegraph.

The temptation for the reviewer is to use the book as a means of
reviewing the band, or its career, or its meaning for society, but
that's a tall order for a short review. The strongest sense from this
book is that it takes us nowhere new. It has much in it that is
interesting, challenging, moving and important, but, when you have
finished flicking through it, looking at the pictures and reading
quotes here and there, you are left with the sense that it represents
merely the raw research for some further assessment and analysis.

Full review:

http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=4522

Bathgate66

New York Post
December 19, 2006

Bono Slams Dems' $1B AIDS Dodge

By Ian Bishop

WASHINGTON - Even with Democrats poised to control the government's
purse strings next year, U2's Bono still hasn't found what he's
looking for when it comes to U.S. funds to combat AIDS.

The disappointed U2 frontman stormed away from high-level meetings
with incoming Democratic leaders late last week without assurances
that $1 billion in proposed U.S. support would become a reality next
year.

"I'm alarmed we could not get a commitment from the Democratic
leadership to prevent the loss of $1 billion in the continuing
resolution to fight AIDS, malaria and extreme poverty," the rock star
said in a statement.

President Bush had proposed that amount in the past.

"I don't know who's to blame. Democrats are blaming Republicans,
Republicans are blaming Democrats," Bono added.

Congressional leaders are expected to freeze the budgets of federal
agencies, making it unlikely additional funds will be provided.

© New York Post, 2006.

Bathgate66

Chicago Sun-Times: True Blue to U2
December 17, 2006

True blue to U2
Band pays gospel-like homage to itself in biographical tome

By Thomas Conner

Throughout the encyclopedic "U2 by U2," members of the band sigh a
lot and lament their deification. "I meet people out on the street
who approach me like I'm Mahatma Ghandi," Bono complains. Drummer
Larry Mullen Jr. bemoans how the band is often "described in some
mythic sense." By the end of this story -- though it's only the
present, not the end -- Bono is on stage telling a new creation myth,
about guitarist the Edge coming down to Dublin in a spaceship: "And
Adam said, 'Where are you from?' And Edge said, 'I'm from the
future.' And Larry said, 'What's it like?' And Edge said, 'It's
better.' "

For a band allegedly chafing from the burdens of fame and nearly
religious glorification, "U2 by U2" sure feels a lot like gospel.

An oral history of the band based on more than 150 hours of exclusive
interviews with members Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Mullen Jr.,
as well as manager Paul McGuinness, U2 by U2 chronicles the life of
the quartet that inadvertently became the megastars of a generation
and described by fans with sometimes disturbing seriousness as "rock
gods."

• We have the near-virgin birth: Mullen's now-legendary flier, which
read simply, "Drummer seeks musicians to form band."

• We have a sermon on a mount, the Red Rocks concert captured
on "Under a Blood Red Sky" (and an interesting admission from the
Edge: "You might notice if you watch the Red Rocks video, there are
very few crowd shots. The reason for that is the place was only a
third full").

• We have saved souls: Bono humbly confesses to turning Bob Dylan's
life around when the icon joined the band on stage for "Knocking on
Heaven's Door." "He sang beautifully and the crowd went ballistic,"
Bono says. "I think that night reminded him just what a feeling there
was for his music."

There's the requisite fall from grace (Zoo TV through the
unfortunate "Pop" record) and redemption ("All That You Can't Leave
Behind"). And all of it is told in God knows how many hundreds of
thousands of words crammed into densely leaded pages of small text,
often printed over a graphic background, making it even harder to
read.

The book coincides with a new greatest hits package, "U218," which
lends the whole thing an air of copying the Beatles' "Anthology."
That package also featured a book, in the same oral history-and-
photographs style, whose only marked difference is that it weighed
approximately one pound more than "U2 by U2" (which is nearly 6
pounds). If this is a coffee-table book, you or the object of your
gift giving had better have one sturdy coffee table -- and as strong
a faith in the band as they clearly have in themselves.

© Sun-Times News Group, 2006.

Bathgate66

http://www.u2.com/news/index.php?mode=full&news_id=2082


Bono to Receive Honorary Knighthood

The British Ambassador to Ireland, Mr David Reddaway, announced today that Bono is being awarded an honorary knighthood.

As Bono is Irish he is not entitled to the 'Sir' title, as a British national would be, and he can receive the award in a ceremony in Dublin. The award is being granted for his services to music and for his activism.

In 2003 Bono was presented with the Legion D'Honneur by President Jacques Chirac on behalf of the French Government, for his contribution to music and his campaigning work. Also in recognition of his work promoting justice and equality, Bono was awarded the Time Person of the Year 2005, along with Bill and Melinda Gates.

British honours are granted by The Queen, on advice from the British Government and previous non-British recipients include Bill Gates, Placido Domingo, Rudolf Giuliani, Steven Spielberg and Simon Wiesenthal.

We understand that Bono is 'very flattered' to be honoured, particularly if the honour - like its French counterpart - opens doors for his long standing campaigning work against extreme poverty in Africa.

bubbamackdaddy69

Bathgate66 wrote:

STARS COME OUT TO BID VERTIGO FAREWELL
December 10, 2006


The stars came out tonight in Honolulu to help U2 close out the 5th and
final leg of the Vertigo Tour. Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong joined
the band for "The Saints Are Coming," and that was followed immediately
by a cover of "Rockin' In the Free World" with members of Pearl Jam.
Larry had the final words of the night: "See you soon...."

see the full set list at U2tours.com >>

http://www.u2tours.com/detail.src?ID=20061209

To be honest with you I've never liked U2 at all...still don't..BUT...I really really like the album "POP"...most underated album from them ...big time ! Especially the songs "gone" and "please" oh and as well the song "Miami: ...they still make my playlist !
but other than that...Bono...gets under my skin.....lol...Too much..blah blah blah blah..not enought ra ra ra rar

Bathgate66

LOOK, ANOTHER WINDOW
December 23, 2006

Because two videos are always better than one, U2 has posted a 2nd
videoclip for "Window In the Skies." Unlike the first clip, which
covers the history of music/rock-n-roll, the new clip covers U2's
history in cool, 3D animated effects. It's available on U2.com or
YouTube.

U2.com link
http://www.u2.com/highlights/?hid=333

You Tube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F_F4zroP-E

LedZepFan

i like the second more than the first...cool artsy stuff

Bathgate66

Deutsche Welle
January 3, 2007

Rockers Geldof and Bono Urge Merkel to Help Africa

By DW Staff

Live Aid legend Bob Geldof and Irish rocker Bono of U2 have called on
German Chancellor Angela Merkel to help Africa's poor while her
country holds the presidency of the Group of Eight nations in 2007.

In a guest commentary in the German mass-circulation daily Bild,
Irishman Bob Geldof said 2007 will be an important year for Germany.

"Let us hope and pray that Germany and its chancellor, Ms. Merkel,
will at last get politicians to act," Geldof said in Bild's Tuesday
edition.

Geldof, who was the mastermind behind the 1985 Live Aid concert and
the 2005 Live 8 concerts to help Africa, said the continent's
problems must be on the agenda when Germany hosts G8 leaders at a
summit in the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm in June.

FINANCIAL CONCERNS

Geldof said he was aware that many Germans are suffering from
unemployment and have financial concerns, but said the country's
economy would grow in 2007.

However, "for (Africans), there will again be no economic boom, no
food, no medicine and no education," he said.

Irish rocker Bono has also been courting Germany to help Africa. He
and German Chancellor Angela Merkel exchanged a much-publicized
embrace at the Davos global economic summit a year ago.

Bono has urged wealthy nations in the past to grant debt relief to
poorer nations.

DEBATE SERIES PLANNED

According to the Financial Times (FT), Bono's London-based campaign
group called DATA plans to set up an office in Berlin next month
along with Geldof.

Geldof's coordinator in Germany, Jeremy Gaines, told the newspaper
that the two celebrity musicians want to work with German filmmakers
and television broadcasters to draw attention to Africa's development
needs.

Geldof is also planning "Intellectual Aid" -- a series of debates
with German thinkers about Africa, development and the role of
Western countries, the FT reported.

The first "Intellectual Aid" debate is scheduled for March 22, which
is World Water Day.

The second one is to be held in Berlin during the G8 summit in
Heiligendamm to "monitor whether leaders are living up to their
promises from Gleneagles," Gaines said.

PROMISES AND PLEDGES

Geldof's Live 8 concerts were held just days before the G8 summit in
Gleneagles, Scotland in 2005 -- at which the group's leaders pledged
debt relief for poor African countries.

They also pledged $50 billion in extra development aid by 2010.

Germany has said it wants to set up a G8 program to encourage foreign
investment as a reward to African nations who fight corruption and
AIDS and who promote democracy.

According to press reports, Merkel's cabinet has drafted a proposal
that each member of the G8 sign a partnership agreement with an
African state.

Some German development non-governmental organizations, however, are
skeptical of Bono and Geldof's work. They say the two celebrities
pander to the media and that they do not consult or inform the NGO's
enough about their plans.

© Deutsche Welle, 2007.

Bathgate66

ShowBiz Ireland
January 3, 2007

Sir Bono: Cool Or Not Cool???

As we shake off the final hangover of 2006 and kick off 2007 anew we
are left with the resounding debate which was the center of most New
Year's Eve conversations in Dublin bars...Should Bono accept a
Knighthood from the Queen of England?

On Tony Blair's recent recommendation, Bono is set to follow in Bob
Geldof's footsteps and become an honorary knight of the British
empire. But as a citizen of Ireland and not Britain he will be
deprived of the title "Sir Bono" (more accurately, Sir Paul Hewson),
although that won't stop the media to referring to him thusly...

But as the U2 frontman gets on in years and his wealth, fame and
political influence grow so far beyond what any of us could ever
imagine -- perhaps he's losing touch with the common man, U2 fans and
even the Irish people?

Maybe years of hobnobbing with Tony Blair, George Bush, the Pope,
Bill Gates and their like have given the Northside Dubliner a taste
for titles, honours and awards? He has stated that such things are in
recognition of his charity work and help breakdown barriers but we
can't help feeling that vanity and an overactive ego are at work
here...Surely charity is a selfless act?

We read in a paper yesterday that Bono said the British knighthood
was no different in principal from the Legion D'Honneur he received
from the French. We beg to differ. The relationship between the Irish
people and the British Monarchy can hardy be compared with our
relationship with the French, a totally different ballpark...

We're not going to get into a debate here about Anglo-Irish relations
but the fact still remains that the Irish struggled for emancipation
from British rule for over 900 years and the scourge of bloodthirsty
tyrants such as Oliver Cromwell who saw the indigenous Irish as no
better than the beast in the field. Is it right that perhaps the
greatest living Irishman should now bow down in front of the Queen
and be knighted?

We caught up with Bono and the Edge over Christmas as they celebrated
the end of their World tour with a well deserved knees-up in Lillies
Bordello's VVIP bar Jersey Lils. We dare not ask Bono about his soon
to be bestowed sword on shoulder ceremony as the timing just didn't
seem right...

But irregardless of whether it is morally, politically, personally or
otherwise right or wrong for a former Punk Rocker to accept this
title we at ShowBiz Ireland feel it's just not cool! After a quick
straw-pole most people we asked seemed to be of the opinion that
knighthoods are wrinkly rockers well past their best and certainly
not our Bono...Another talented Irish / Englishman Morrissey recently
said that he would never be offered a knighthood because of his
song "The Queen is Dead" and we're somehow reminded of the Groucho
Marx quip: "I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as
a member!"

Happy New Year 2007 to Bono, the Edge & even the Queen. ShowBiz
Ireland is an equal opportunities Web Site Begorrah!!!

© ShowBiz Ireland, 2007.

Poncier

Bono wants this guy to help Africa?:

http://brandonmah77.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/urkel.jpg

Bathgate66

Poncier wrote:

Bono wants this guy to help Africa?:

http://brandonmah77.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/urkel.jpg

?

no show

Poncier

Bathgate66 wrote:

?

no show

Works for me. Its Merkel, or maybe Urkel.

Bathgate66

Poncier wrote:

Works for me. Its Merkel, or maybe Urkel.

haha

all i see is the little " images by tripod " logo .

( just so you know )