Sunday, July 31, 2011
U2.COM : 'We'll Miss You. Goodnight!'
'Moncton, Hub City, where you gonna take us tonight?'
Moncton in Atlantic Canada was going to take us to the end of the world tonight, and then even further, to the end of U2360°, the most successful concert tour of all time.
Two years after opening up in Barcelona in June, 2009 tonight the band played their final show in a record-breaking tour of 110 concerts in 30 countries across 5 continents. It's been some ride and the fact it had rained all day and was moist underfoot here in Moncton was not going to stop anyone in this 75,000-strong audience making this a night to remember.
Moncton in Atlantic Canada was going to take us to the end of the world tonight, and then even further, to the end of U2360°, the most successful concert tour of all time.
Two years after opening up in Barcelona in June, 2009 tonight the band played their final show in a record-breaking tour of 110 concerts in 30 countries across 5 continents. It's been some ride and the fact it had rained all day and was moist underfoot here in Moncton was not going to stop anyone in this 75,000-strong audience making this a night to remember.
U2.COM : 'A Pessimistic Optimist'
Gavin Friday has a new record out, 'catholic' - see the video of the track 'Able' below. Here's the second part of an exclusive interview with U2.com - and here's part one.
U2.com: Do you get protective of U2?
Yeah, I get protective. And I get challenging. Sometimes I’d be more radical than they would be. But we all work hard, and we’re good at what we do. If I’m working with U2 I usually end up in hospital for a week when I come home, because everything is hard core, you know?
U2.com: Do you get protective of U2?
Yeah, I get protective. And I get challenging. Sometimes I’d be more radical than they would be. But we all work hard, and we’re good at what we do. If I’m working with U2 I usually end up in hospital for a week when I come home, because everything is hard core, you know?
U2 setlist - July 30, 2011 at Moncton, NB, Canada
Venue: Magnetic Hill
Opening Act(s): Carney, Arcade FireMain Set: Even Better Than The Real Thing, The Fly, Mysterious Ways, Until the End of the World, I Will Follow, Get On Your Boots, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Ballad of Springhill, Stay, Beautiful Day - Space Oddity, Elevation, Pride, Miss Sarajevo, Zooropa, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, I'll Go Crazy (remix) - Discotheque, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Scarlet, Walk On
Encore(s): One, Hallelujah - Where the Streets Have No Name, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, With or Without You, Moment of Surrender, Out of Control, 40
Comments: The U2 360 tour ends with three artists on the bill at the Magnetic Hill Music Festival in Eastern Canada. The three bands are spotted watching each other perform throughout the night. Bono sings a bit of 'The Ballad of Springhill' (AKA but incorrectly referred to as Springhill Mining Disaster sometimes) in honor of the nearby town devastated by an earthquake in 1958. It's the first time Bono's sung any of that song since 1987. The show concludes with a full-band version of 40, each member leaving the stage separately, with Larry last to go. The 360 tour ends as the most successful tour ever, grossing $736 million on sales of 7.2 million tickets. (NOTE: some snippets may be missing above and will be added as more info arrives.)
source : http://www.u2tours.com/
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
U2.COM : Until The End of the Tour
'Real Thing', The Fly, Mysterious Ways, Until The End of the World... what an unexpected set list U2360° has developed over two years and four continents. Twenty years after release the opening quartet of tracks from Achtung Baby lead us to the 1970's (I Will Follow), back to now (Get On Your Boots), to 1987 ('Still Haven't Found') and we're in 1993 (Stay) before we've even noticed the trip.
'If I could stay, then the night would give you up.
Stay, and the day would keep its trust.
Stay, and the night would be enough....'
'If I could stay, then the night would give you up.
Stay, and the day would keep its trust.
Stay, and the night would be enough....'
U2 setlist - July 26, 2011 at Pittsburgh, PA
Venue: Heinz Field
Opening Act(s): InterpolMain Set: Even Better Than the Real Thing, The Fly, Mysterious Ways, Until the End of the World - Anthem, I Will Follow, Get On Your Boots, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - The Promised Land, Stay, Beautiful Day - Space Oddity, Elevation, Pride, Miss Sarajevo, Zooropa, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo - Two Hearts Beat As One, Miss You - I'll Go Crazy (remix) - Discotheque - Psycho Killer - Life During Wartime - Please, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Scarlet, Walk On
Encore(s): One, Hallelujah - Where The Streets Have No Name, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, With Or Without You, Moment Of Surrender, Bad - In The Garden - Walk On The Wild Side - 40
Comments: The final 360 tour show in the US ends with a bang. First, Bono brings two fans (Matt and Melissa) on stage during With Or Without You. He announces that they've been to 60 shows together and invites them to slow dance on stage during the whole song, which they do tenderly - making an amazing moment. After Moment of Surrender, the band huddles and U2 plays Bad for Andy Rowen, whom the song was originally written about in 1984 and who is at the show tonight. Rowen is brother of Bono's Lypton Village friend Guggi (Trevor Rowen) and Peter Rowen, who's on the cover of Boy and War. With a few snippets thrown in, the song runs for almost nine minutes.
source : http://www.u2tours.com/
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
U2.COM : Springhill seeks U2 tribute to mining disaster
Moncton is not the only Maritime community planning a U2 concert this weekend as people in a small Nova Scotia community are preparing to celebrate a special connection with the iconic Irish rock band.
U2 is stopping in Moncton on Saturday for its final North American show in its 360 Tour and early projections estimate 100,000 people may attend the outdoor concert.
The concert is less than 100 kilometres from Springhill, N.S., a town of roughly 4,000 people.
U2 used to perform the "Ballad of Springhill" during the 1980s during its Joshua Tree tour. The song, which was written by folk singers Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl, is about the town's 1958 mining disaster.
U2 is stopping in Moncton on Saturday for its final North American show in its 360 Tour and early projections estimate 100,000 people may attend the outdoor concert.
The concert is less than 100 kilometres from Springhill, N.S., a town of roughly 4,000 people.
U2 used to perform the "Ballad of Springhill" during the 1980s during its Joshua Tree tour. The song, which was written by folk singers Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl, is about the town's 1958 mining disaster.
U2.COM : 'From The Sky Down'
Twenty years after the release of 'Achtung Baby', director Davis Guggenheim's documentary 'From The Sky Down' will open the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud) charts this groundbreaking album with new interviews, stories and unseen footage from Berlin and Dublin. Now a key chapter in their career, Achtung Baby was, in Bono’s words, 'the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree'.
'In the terrain of rock bands, implosion or explosion is seemingly inevitable, ' explains Guggenheim. 'U2 has defied the gravitational pull towards destruction, this band has endured and thrived. The movie From The Sky Down asks the question why.'
The Toronto International Film Festival® opens September 8 with the world premiere Gala Presentation of From the Sky Down, the first time in 36 years that the Festival has opened with a documentary.
Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud) charts this groundbreaking album with new interviews, stories and unseen footage from Berlin and Dublin. Now a key chapter in their career, Achtung Baby was, in Bono’s words, 'the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree'.
'In the terrain of rock bands, implosion or explosion is seemingly inevitable, ' explains Guggenheim. 'U2 has defied the gravitational pull towards destruction, this band has endured and thrived. The movie From The Sky Down asks the question why.'
The Toronto International Film Festival® opens September 8 with the world premiere Gala Presentation of From the Sky Down, the first time in 36 years that the Festival has opened with a documentary.
U2.COM : Follow The Show in Pittsburgh
Only one show to go after Pittsburgh. Going to the show or planning to follow online?
Follow the build up to the show here.
U2.com Subscribers check in here for live updates from fans in Pittsburgh as it all happens.
You can upload images, video and embed your own blog in our #U2360PIT Group over on our community pages.
On show night, open a window here and join fans tweeting from the show and others following online.
If you're tweeting from - or about - the show, use the hashtag #U2360PIT or #U2360USA, that way we can feature your updates in our rolling feed.
Follow the build up to the show here.
U2.com Subscribers check in here for live updates from fans in Pittsburgh as it all happens.
You can upload images, video and embed your own blog in our #U2360PIT Group over on our community pages.
On show night, open a window here and join fans tweeting from the show and others following online.
If you're tweeting from - or about - the show, use the hashtag #U2360PIT or #U2360USA, that way we can feature your updates in our rolling feed.
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