Glastonbury Appearance !

Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 9:26AM

Another year, another Glastonbury — and another fresh round of what-ifs and maybes for the festival rumour mill.

This year the most-whispered tale involves two of the 2010 festival’s headliners – or, rather, one of the headliners and a band who were supposed to be topping the bill on the Pyramid Stage.

Saturday’s headliners Muse had hinted they were planning something special for their headline slot. On Friday, BBC 6 Music reported that the band might be joined by U2’s guitarist the Edge for their slot.

U2, of course, were supposed to be headlining the festival on Friday night but had to pull out after Bono underwent surgery, leading them to pull a series of dates on their world tour.

Festival organiser Michael Eavis had been asked by the station if the rumours were true, and did not deny the story – though he did not confirm it either.

Whether Matt Bellamy and company are joined by the veteran guitar great, only a time machine or patience will tell. Stay tuned.

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360° tour to Australia in December

Friday, June 25, 2010 at 6:53AM

The Music Network said the band will officially confirm the news we’ve all been waiting for when they announce new dates of their cancelled US tour.

Bono will be back on stage in a few weeks. This comes directly from Paul McGuinness, U2’s manager. Bono who is 50 had been operated on after becoming temporarily paralysed. By now you know this forced the cancelation of the North American tour as well as the headline slot at Glastonbury.

“He’s making a full recovery. The doctors told me he’s going to be fine. It was serious surgery but we expect him to make a full recovery. He’s pretty fit.” Said Paul during a recent interview.

McGuinness said there was no reason to believe the tour’s massive stage production had anything to do with the singer’s injury.

“Rescheduling the American leg is quite difficult because it is an outdoor show; we can’t do it in the winter because it’s the northern hemisphere.

“So what we’re doing now is trying to seek availability of the buildings that we had already pretty much sold-out, so we’re getting availabilities and routing a coherent tour for next summer in the U.S. and Canada. We’ve nearly done it so I hope we’ll be able to announce that shortly.”

McGuinness insisted the rest of the band hasn’t been enjoying an impromptu holiday while Bono recovers.

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Joshua Tree narrowly beats out Achtung Baby

Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 8:14AM

U2 Fans yesterday woke up around the world to the question of the day on Facebook. If you could only have one U2 ablum with you what ablum would that be. Of course we had some differences. War, Best of, How to Build, but for the most part it was neck neck these two ablums. For us we think its Joshua tree. A defining period for all of us.

The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by rock band U2, released on 9 March 1987 on Island Records. Written and recorded in Dublin throughout 1986, it was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. The album is dedicated to lead singer Bono’s assistant, Greg Carroll, who was killed in a motorcycle accident during the album’s recording.

There is within music an ability to tap into the raw, revelatory power of beauty; music can give itself to the unknown whisper of the eternal in ways that other forms of art only hint at. The collage of sounds communicates something deep to the heart and, when combined with the presence of the voice, can be downright liberating. Few individuals, let alone bands, ever really reach a point where they are that open to the Unknown that it can give itself so freely through their music. U2 has done so time and again, but never with the level of directness and sincerity as they accomplished on the Joshua Tree.

A joshua tree is a real tree that thrives despite the dry environment it lives in. The image – the icon – of life amidst its seeming absence, embodied in the joshua tree, is one that is fully appropriate to U2 – particularly at the end of their first decade. U2, like the joshua tree, stood in stark contrast to its environment: ascetic, prophetic and disarmingly (some would say “naively”, but let the tension stand) sincere. (Their foray into the realm of post-modern sampling, irony and sarcasm was an identity crisis fully in line with where they stood in the 80s: cynicism is frustrated optimism.)

“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, the second song, really expresses the kernel of The Joshua Tree; every other song fleshes it out in some way or another. The album is, in the end, about distance: “I have run, I have crawled, I have scaled these city walls only to be with you: But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.” While one may take this to be an admission of defeat – and distance whispers of despair as much as consummation – doing so is incorrect: “I’m still running,” Bono sings. The song is an expression of hope more than anything.

Faith is a raw and disarmingly rough beauty; it looks within and it looks without. “Bullet the Blue Sky” and “Mothers of the Disappeared” give full expression to U2’s long-time political engagement, while “With or Without You” gives a glimpse into U2’s more tender side. “With or Without You” may very well be the best love song of the 80s. “One Tree Hill”, a deeply personal song about the death of a friend, moves with passion and rugged grace – and, again, with hope: “I’ll see you again when the stars fall from the sky and the moon has turned red over one tree hill.”

The album received critical acclaim, topped the charts in over 20 countries, and sold in record-breaking numbers. According to Rolling Stone, the album increased the band’s stature “from heroes to superstars”. It produced the hit singles “Where the Streets Have No Name”, “With or Without You”, and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”. The album won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1988. The Joshua Tree is frequently cited as one of the greatest albums in rock history, and it is one of the world’s all-time best-selling albums, selling 25 million copies. In 2007, a remastered version of the album was released to mark the 20th anniversary of its original release.

Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by rock band U2. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, it was released on 19 November 1991 on Island Records. Stung by the criticism of their 1988 release Rattle and Hum, U2 shifted their musical direction to incorporate alternative rock, industrial, and electronic dance music influences into their sound. Thematically, the album is darker, more introspective, and at times more flippant than the band’s previous work. Achtung Baby and the subsequent multimedia-intensive Zoo TV Tour were central to the group’s 1990s reinvention, as U2 replaced their earnest public image with a more lighthearted and self-deprecating one.

Seeking inspiration on the eve of German reunification, U2 began recording Achtung Baby in Berlin’s Hansa Studios in October 1990. The sessions were fraught with conflict, as the band argued over their musical direction and the quality of their material. After weeks of tension and slow progress, the group made a breakthrough with the improvised writing of the song “One”. They returned to Dublin in 1991, where the majority of recordings were completed. The album’s title and colourful multi-image sleeve were chosen to confound expectations of U2 and their music.

One of U2’s most successful records, Achtung Baby earned favourable reviews and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, while topping the charts in many other countries. It spawned the hit singles “One”, “Mysterious Ways”, and “The Fly”. The album has sold 18 million copies worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 1993 for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. One of the most acclaimed records of the 1990s, Achtung Baby is regularly featured on lists of the greatest albums of all-time.

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“I wanted Dad to say he loved me”

Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 2:09PM

 

Bono and his father

This song was written for Bono’s father. U2 performed it at his funeral in 2001.

Bono said, “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb is an odd title for an album, we accept that and people have asked, `What are you talking   about?’ “Actually, I was talking about my father, Bob. He was the atomic bomb in question, and when he died (he) set off a chain reaction in me and I’ve been shouting about him and giving off (sic) about him and complaining about him and screaming about him for the last few years and maybe tonight is a time to stop.

“It’s really a great, great moment for me personally. I want to thank my father, Bob, for giving me the voice and a bit of attitude to use it.”

The lyrics were written by lead singer Bono as a tribute to his father, Bob Hewson, who died of cancer in 2001; Bono sang the song at his funeral. The video to the song begins with a note from Bono about his father, saying “I wish I’d known him better.”

The song was released worldwide on 7 February 2005. The song was added to BBC Radio 1’s “C List” Playlist on 29 December 2004. It moved to the B List a week later and to the A List a week after that.

The song was also playlisted by XFM. The song debuted at #1 in the UK, marking the first time that a U2 album has produced two UK #1 hits (following “Vertigo” in November 2004.)

Bono’s Father Passing

The single was also the third release in the United States. It reached #15 on the Adult Top 40 chart and #29 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in April 2005. It also reached #97 on the Hot 100.

The Complete U2 features a demo version of the song with a different verse but without the falsetto chorus line. On the album’s deluxe edition bonus DVD is an acoustic performance of the song by Bono and The Edge.

It was featured on the second season of The O.C., episode 4, titled “The New Era”. It was also featured on the Ugly Betty episode “I See Me, I.C.U.”. It played after it was revealed that Bradford Meade, father of Daniel Meade died, drawing parallels to the song’s concept.

 

Orginaly Titled “Tough”

Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own

Tough, you think you’ve got the stuff
You’re telling me and anyone
You’re hard enough

You don’t have to put up a fight
You don’t have to always be right
Let me take some of the punches
For you tonight

Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don’t have to go it alone

And it’s you when I look in the mirror
And it’s you when I don’t pick up the phone
Sometimes you can’t make it on your own

We fight all the time
You and I
That’s alright, we’re the same soul
I don’t need, I don’t need to hear you say
That if we weren’t so alike
You’d like me a whole lot more

Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don’t have to go it alone

And it’s you when I look in the mirror
And it’s you when I don’t pick up the phone
Sometimes you can’t make it on your own

I know that we don’t talk
I’m sick of it all
Can you hear me when I sing?
You’re the reason I sing
You’re the reason why the opera is in me

Where are we now?
Still gotta let you know
A house still does not make a home
Don’t leave me here alone

And it’s you when I look in the mirror
And it’s you that makes it hard to let go
Sometimes you can’t make it on your own
Sometimes you can’t make it
Best you can do is to fake it
Sometimes you can’t make it on your own

All lyrics written by Bono, all music composed by U2.

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Win a U2 – 360° AT THE ROSE BOWL

Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 1:00PM

U2 Tourfans is giving away copies of U2 – 360° AT THE ROSE BOWL Deluxe !

U2 360° At The Rose Bowl was the penultimate gig of last year’s U2360° Tour in support of their Grammy nominated album No Line on The Horizon.

The Rose Bowl performance was the band’s biggest show of 2009 and U2’s biggest ever US show, with a live audience in excess of 97,000.

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The show was also streamed across seven continents via YouTube. The first ever live streaming of a full-length stadium concert, U2360° at the Rose Bowl had over 10 million views on the channel in one week.

Enter to win. Easy – Post your comments and Photos to the show you attended or why you love U2 on Facebook/U2TOURFANS, selections will be made in random different hours of the day.  If you attended a show last year tell us about it. If your planning to attend a show this year tell us about. Post a photo and share your comments. 

Shot entirely in HD, the concert was filmed with 27 cameras and directed by Tom Krueger who had previously worked on U23D, the first live action 3D concert movie taken from U2’s Vertigo Tour.

Available in standard and 2-disc deluxe DVD formats (see below), U2360° At The Rose Bowl will also be U2’s first concert available in Blu-ray. The deluxe formats and the Blu-ray will feature a new documentary called Squaring the Circle: Creating U2360° with new interviews from U2, Paul McGuinness and the team behind the touring production.

Enter to win. Easy – Post your comments and Photos to the show you attended or why you love U2 on Facebook/U2TOURFANS, selections will be made in random different hours of the day.  If you attended a show last year tell us about it. If your planning to attend a show this year tell us about. Post a photo and share your comments. 

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U2 has licensed their song “Get on Your Boots” for the World Cup Games. The FIFA World Cup 2010 England vs. the US ties 1/1. In the Pre-Match ads they showed a commercial featuring U2 and the Soweto Gospel Choir performing a mash-up for the World Cup Games. http://amplify.com/u/6xnp

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Nathanial We Have Your Back !

Nathanial We Have Your Back ! Date Friday, June 11, 2010 at 4:54PM http://www.facebook.com/u2tourfans Editor Comment: Not sure when the first time I got an invite to support this Facebook page however this story was amazing. We did not cover the story. This story was written by David Guarino on his blog over at technorati.com. This 8 year kid created a postive message to show Bono that we all care. Now notice his age 8 years old. Thats great to see that fans come from all age groups. Nathanial, we are going to ask our followers to show some love to you and support your hard work ! Good Job – U2TOURFANS has your back too. Facebook Page Link – Followers lets reward the positive work he has done by following – Let him know that we sent you over to him ! Orginal Story by David Gurino Not many people pray for rock stars – especially admitted rock star megalomaniacs who strut as comfortably before 100,000 screaming fans as they do in front needy Africans, supermodels, presidents and the Pope. By now you know I mean to say, not many people pray for Bono. But the 50-year-old lead singer of U2 has hit a bit of a rough patch and an 8-year-old boy in Western Canada has his back. When Nathanial Crossley of Alberta learned Bono had badly injured his back, required emergency surgery and postponement of the band’s planned summer North American tour, he did what any right-minded, red-blooded, child of the digital age would do: He created a Facebook group. Nathanial’s aptly-named group, “Bono: I Got Your Back,” had humble beginnings, with family and friends joining to support the 8-year-old. But word got to the U2 world, it hit some U2 fan blogs, got a “thank you” on U2.com and then took off. As of today, there are 1,244 fans throughout North America, from Portugal to Croatia, up through Scandinavia and down to Chile. The site has landed Nathanial on a local rock radio station and allegedly became part of a motivation and emotion lecture by a psychology professor at Chapman University in California. Nathanial, and his parents, Blake and Candice Crossley, said in interviews that they can’t believe the people drawn to the simple call to action. “It’s awesome to see how global this has become,” said Blake, a 35-year-old network administrator at Keyano College, who has been a U2 fan for more than 20 years and who proudly notes Nathanial didn’t “see” U2 until last year but heard them when his 3-months pregnant Mom caught a 2001 show. Nathanial said he was disappointed when he learned the singer had been hurt, saying he was “sad that (Bono) hurt his back while he was rehearsing. I hoped that he was ok and would get better but he was hurt pretty bad.” Nathanial, told that the tour had been cancelled over breakfast one morning, said he wanted to do something. He wrote Bono a ‘get well’ card, including his own school picture to the pop star, ut also wanted to show Bono he had support out there. Blake remembered saying, “Oh, like you have his back.” One conversation led to another, and they decided on the Facebook page. “It’s pretty amazing what can happen over a bowl of Cheerios,” Blake Crossley said. Asked why he did it, Nathanial says simply, “So Bono would feel better and see that someone is supporting him. I also wanted other people to support him.” Nathanial’s Dad embraces the metaphysics of whether prayers – even the Facebook kind – can help a rock star on the mend, and, of course, quotes a U2 song. “I think the spirit of people transmitting positive energy and vibes to someone we all love and care about makes a person feel loved,” Blake Crossley said. “I’d ask Bono a simple question and take it from the album ‘Pop,’ ‘Do You Feel Loved?’ You should because you got an army of supporters behind you.” As Nathanial would say, if you need it, Bono, they got your back.

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