U2.COM : 'catholic'

Gavin Friday grew up on the same street as Bono, and was part of the ‘Lipton Village’ gang with Bono and their mate Guggi.
Gavin formed the Virgin Prunes with Guggi (and Edge’s brother Dik, among others) in 1977, and has enjoyed a celebrated and eclectic career since - as punk, performance artist, actor, soundtrack composer, and much more.  He also advises U2 on the visual and performance side of their work -  an “aesthetic midwife”, is the phrase he uses.
Gavin’s first solo album in 16 years – ‘catholic’ - was recently released to widespread acclaim. A good moment for U2.com to track him down again. (Here’s part one of our interview, with part two coming in a few days.

U2.COM : North Star Over Miami

Moviegoers watching  'Transformers: Dark of the Moon', which opens in cinemas this week, will hear a new song by U2 - North Star -  but not before 75,000 fans at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami tonight.

The North American debut of the new track, ' a love song to the universe' as Bono called it,  was one of the stand-out moments on a hot and sticky evening where the rain stayed away and the 360 space ship took off again.

U2 rocks Michigan

About 30 ONE volunteers approached 70,000 people attending the U2 concert in East Lansing, Michigan, adding 3,257 new members to the existing 2.5 million members of ONE. Each signature also supported the GAVI vaccine petition, which will help save four million premature childhood deaths by 2015. ONE members from as far as South Carolina and Ohio engaged concert attendees alongside Amnesty International and the Aung San Suu Kyi Charity in the summertime heat for nearly five hours on the Michigan State University campus.

Steve Radelet, chief economist at USAID, was also seen at the concert. ONE members had the opportunity to hear from Steve in April at the ONE Summit, which gave volunteers from across the nation the opportunity to engage their state representatives on Capitol Hill.
“This is something we want to look back on, and be proud that we were a part of.” said GVSU volunteer Zac Lantz. U2 shows amplify the message of ONE to the world that together we can work to make a difference for the world’s poorest.

-William Dorn and Aaron Vince, ONE Congressional District Leaders (SC 4, MI 3)

source : http://www.one.org/

U2 setlist - June 29, 2011 at Miami, FL

Venue: Sun Life Stadium

Opening Act(s): Florence and the Machine

Main 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 - The Promised Land, North Star, Beautiful Day - Space Oddity, Elevation, Pride, Miss Sarajevo, Zooropa, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, I'll Go Crazy (remix), Sunday Bloody Sunday, Scarlet, Walk On

Encore(s): One, Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Where the Streets Have No Name, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, With or Without You, Moment of Surrender

Comments: North Star is performed for the first time since April 10, 2011 in Sao Paulo. NBA star Lebron James is at the show.

source : http://www.u2tours.com/

U2.COM : Follow The Show in Miami

Got tickets for the show in Miami? Planning to follow online? Here's how.

If you want to follow the build up to the shows, take a look at this thread and join the chat.

U2.com Subscribers can check in here for live updates from fans in Miami as it all happens.

You can upload images, video and even have your own blog directly embedded in our #U2360MIA Group over on our community pages.

On  show day, open another window for the home page of our Community area and join fans tweeting from the show and others following online.

If you're tweeting from - or about - the show, use the hashtag #U2360MIA or #U2360USA, that way we can feature your updates in our rolling feed.

U2.COM : All Aboard For Glastonbury

It's Friday morning and the band are taking off for Worthy Farm. Edge has his wellies ready.

U2.COM : 'A Pub Like Dooleys'

Seems like only a few hours ago that the band came off stage at Glastonbury in the UK and they were still in the festival groove tonight opening up with four straight songs from Achtung Baby.

'C'mon East Lansing -  go green… go white… go orange… where you going to take the Irish tonight?'

We had our own festival at  Michigan State University's Spartan Stadium  with an exuberant audience singing along at every note, the joint rocking from 'Real Thing' to Moment of Surrender'.

Let's shrink this place down to a little club,  Bono told a 65,000-strong crowd, before adding, ' or a pub like Dooleys'. 

June 26, 2011 at East Lansing, MI

Venue: Spartan Stadium

Opening Act(s): Florence and the Machine

Main 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 - The Promised Land, Stay, Beautiful Day - Space Oddity, Elevation, Pride, Miss Sarajevo, Zooropa, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo - T.V. Eye, I'll Go Crazy (remix) - Discotheque - Psycho Killer - Life During Wartime, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Scarlet, Walk On - You'll Never Walk Alone

Encore(s): One, Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Where the Streets Have No Name, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, With or Without You, Moment of Surrender - Jungleland

Comments: The video screen stops working during the Mark Kelly intro before Beautiful Day, but comes back in time for his lyric recital later in the song. Bono again pays tribute to the late Clarence Clemons with a couple snippets during the show. Rolling Stone Editor Jann Wenner is at the show, as is veteran rock singer Bob Seger.

source :  http://www.u2tours.com/

U2.COM : I WILL FOLLOW @ GLASTONBURY

U2.COM : Follow The Show in East Lansing

Got tickets for the show in East Lansing ? Planning to follow online? Here's how.

If you want to follow the build up to the shows, take a look at this thread and join the chat.

U2.com Subscribers can check in here for live updates from fans in Baltimore as it all happens.

You can upload images, video and even have your own blog directly embedded in our #U2360EL Group over on our community pages.

On  show day, open another window for the home page of our Community area and join fans tweeting from the show and others following online.

If you're tweeting from - or about - the show, use the hashtag #U2360EL or #U2360USA, that way we can feature your updates in our rolling feed.