http://iwillfollowu2.com/ en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:06:59 GMT vBulletin 60 http://d852592.u181.fluidhosting.com/images/pspFT/misc/rss.jpg http://iwillfollowu2.com/ http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5034&goto=newpost Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:47:37 GMT Opening Act(s): OneRepublic

Main Set:

Return of the Stingray Guitar
Beautiful Day – Rain
New Year’s Day
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways
Elevation
Until the End of the World
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Every Breaking Wave
In A Little While
Miss Sarajevo
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo – Rock Me Amadeus
I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight (remix) – Discotheque
Sunday Bloody Sunday
MLK, Walk On – You’ll Never Walk Alone

Encore(s):

One, Amazing Grace – Where the Streets Have No Name
Ultraviolet
With or Without You
Moment of Surrender




More... ]]> U2EXIT.COM NEWS BLOG U2exit.com News Blog http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5034 http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5033&goto=newpost Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:57:28 GMT been a fan since 1980,and will be till i die,was ten when i saw them first and that night changed my life,have seen the boys on every tour apart from... been a fan since 1980,and will be till i die,was ten when i saw them first and that night changed my life,have seen the boys on every tour apart from love town,have begged,borrowed,never stolen though,to get to see them. ]]> INTRODUCE YOURSELF bobbafin http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5033 http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5032&goto=newpost Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:10:49 GMT *MADRID (CBS/AP)* Barcelona city hall says the rock band U2 has paid a fine of approximately $22,000 for playing too late and too loud during... MADRID (CBS/AP) Barcelona city hall says the rock band U2 has paid a fine of approximately $22,000 for playing too late and too loud during rehearsals in the Spanish city last year.

It’s unknown if they were rehearsing songs off of their 1997 album “Pop,” which, frankly, would have meant they were just asking to be fined (it is not a good album).

A spokeswoman said the group was penalized for rehearsing at sound levels above those set by authorities, and for rehearsing until midnight – two hours over the scheduled time.

Oh, Barcelona (I’ve never been)! A beautiful city (probably), rich in history (I assume), where rock bands have to play softly and go to bed by 10 o’clock (apparently)!

The fine followed a complaint by residents near Barcelona football club’s Camp Nou stadium, where the concert was staged.

The spokeswoman said the city was now studying fining Colombian singer Shakira for recording a video in the city without a permit, dancing in a fountain and riding a motorbike without a helmet.

The official was speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with city hall policy.

- CBS




More... ]]> U2EXIT.COM NEWS BLOG U2exit.com News Blog http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5032 http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5031&goto=newpost Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:10:49 GMT A day after he traveled to Sochi on the Black Sea to meet President Dmitry Medvedev, Bono joined the rest of the band onstage at Moscow’s Luzhniki... A day after he traveled to Sochi on the Black Sea to meet President Dmitry Medvedev, Bono joined the rest of the band onstage at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium. The show was U2’s first-ever in Russia; the group had been one of the few major international acts who hadn’t played in the country, where Western music is hugely popular.

As the band took the stage, the skies opened with torrential rain – especially ironic since “Beautiful Day” was among the first songs. Most of the 50,000-plus crowd stayed dry, though, since the seating area at the stadium – used primarily for soccer – is covered by a roof. The band, as well as the throngs of fans in the dance-floor area, weren’t so lucky. Only the drum kit seemed reliably protected from the rain, while Bono, Edge and bassist Adam Clayton played under the raindrops and got soaked in the process.

Bono treated the crowd to an a capella version of “Singing in the Rain,” though most fans seemed more familiar with the words to U2’s own hits like “Where the Streets Have No Name,” “One” and “With or Without You,” which brought virtually the entire house to its feet.

Bono, at first, directed the political references for which he’s known to places located far from Russia. At one point, the band played “Walk On,” a song dedicated to jailed Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi. Between songs, he thanked President Medvedev for his “gracious” reception.

But Bono gave his warmest shout-out (subtitled into Russian on the giant screen above the stage) to former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, whom he said was at the show (the two have known each other for about a decade). The crowd’s response was less enthusiastic – though credited with ending communism, Gorbachev is deeply unpopular in Russia for bringing about the end of the Soviet Union.

The band followed the praise of Gorbachev with “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” – which could be interpreted as a veiled reference to Russia’s interrupted move to democracy since Gorbachev left office in 1991. In case anyone missed the point, Bono later led the crowd in a chorus of Bob Marley’s “Get Up, Stand Up” during a break in “Sunday Bloody Sunday.”

The Russian politics got heavier in the encores, when Bono, playing acoustic guitar, invited Russian rocker Yuri Shevchuk onstage to join him for a version of Bob Dylan’s classic, “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” Shevchuk, whose band DDT started out in the underground under the Soviets, has been one of the very few Russian musicians to publicly criticize the Kremlin for rolling back democratic freedoms. Shevchuk confronted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin about the issue at a meeting with artists and writers earlier this year. He’d signed an appeal with several other activists this week calling on Bono to raise the issues in his meeting with President Medvedev. It wasn’t clear from official Kremlin accounts if Russian domestic policies came up in that session, however. Bono started that meeting saying he hoped to bridge the musical gap between himself, a Led Zeppelin fan, and Medvedev, who is known for his love of Deep Purple (a group Bono and the rest of U2 had jokingly belittled in interviews with the Russian press this week). Medvedev resolved the issue by saying that he likes Led Zeppelin, too.

As the show headed into its third hour Wednesday and the group played its last encore (”Moment of Surrender”) dedicated to the victims of the wildfires that swept Russia this summer), the rain let up, releasing the crowd into a cool August evening.

- Wall Street Journal




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Main Set:
Return of the Stingray Guitar
Beautiful Day – Rain
New Year’s Day – Singin’ in the Rain
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways – My Sweet Lord – Singin’ in the Rain
Elevation
Until the End of the World
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Pride
In A Little While
Miss Sarajevo
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I’ll Go Crazy… (remix) – Discotheque
Sunday Bloody Sunday – Get Up Stand Up
MLK, Walk On – You’ll Never Walk Alone

Encore(s):

One
Amazing Grace – Where the Streets Have No Name
Ultraviolet
With or Without You
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
Moment of Surrender






More... ]]> U2EXIT.COM NEWS BLOG U2exit.com News Blog http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5029 http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5028&goto=newpost Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:48:39 GMT Hi,

I'm a french fan of U2, and i'm discovering your site thanks to a comment on a video of "do you feel loved" on youtube ! ]]> INTRODUCE YOURSELF jojoinc http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5028 http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5027&goto=newpost Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:53:03 GMT For most 50-year-olds who have just undergone major back surgery, taking it easy is a priority. Not for U2′s Bono.

The singer just revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that the band, who are mid way through a world tour, have written material for nearly three new albums and just don’t know what to do with this plethora of material. The songs range from rock, to dance, to the Spider-Man musical to – look away now – “meditative” psalms. Looks like someone’s been a busy bee then.

The band’s last album, No Line On the Horizon, was a commercial failure and even Bono admits the record was “not very accessible, lyrically or musically.” It sold a third as many copies as their previous effort, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, released in 2004. U2 also canceled their U.S. tour this summer, as well as a headlining spot at the U.K.’s Glastonbury festival, due to Bono’s bad back, and news of the new material may provide some consolation for fans.

However, the question is, what should they do with the new songs? “Now we have to decide how we go about releasing them?” said Bono. “Do we release them in their groups?” Coldplay’s Chris Martin has even been offering him advice. “He called me and said, ‘I hear you’ve got all these albums going. I have a great idea. Why not just pick the best songs from all of them and put them out now?’ And I’m like, ‘Hmm . . .’” Don’t keep us hanging on, Bono, we simply demand more clarity than that!

– Frances Perraudin


Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/24/...#ixzz0xZsf7Tb9



More... ]]> U2EXIT.COM NEWS BLOG U2exit.com News Blog http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5027 http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5024&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:24:31 GMT *Opening Act(s):* Razorlight *Setlist:* Return Of The Stingray Guitar Beautiful Day / Singing In The Rain (snippet) I Will Follow Get On... Opening Act(s): Razorlight

Setlist:

Return Of The Stingray Guitar
Beautiful Day / Singing In The Rain (snippet)
I Will Follow
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways / My Sweet Lord (snippet) / Norwegian Wood (snippet)
No Line On The Horizon
Elevation
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Every Breaking Wave
Glastonbury
In A Little While
Miss Sarajevo
City Of Blinding Lights / Singing In The Rain (snippet)
Vertigo
I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
MLK
Walk On / You’ll Never Walk Alone (snippet)

Encore(s):

One
Where The Streets Have No Name
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender / Singing In The Rain (snippet)




More... ]]> U2EXIT.COM NEWS BLOG U2exit.com News Blog http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5024 http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5025&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:24:31 GMT Live Nation Global Touring and Michael Coppel have today confirmed that U2 will end the year with live dates in New Zealand and Australia. The U2... Live Nation Global Touring and Michael Coppel have today confirmed that U2 will end the year with live dates in New Zealand and Australia. The U2 360° Tour will visit Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and the tour also includes U2′s first Perth date since Popmart in 1998.

“U2 has always been at their best when surrounded by their audience, and this extraordinary production makes that happen in stadiums, says U2’s manager Paul McGuinness “It was important to the band that we were able to bring the whole 360° production to Australia and New Zealand so fans could experience the latest of U2′s legendary productions.”

The U2 360° Tour kicked off again in Turin, Italy this month and will visit 17 cities, including Moscow and Istanbul, before finishing at the Olympic Stadium in Rome on 8th October. By the time it reaches New Zealand and Australia, U2 360° will have been seen by over 4 million fans.

With a cylindrical video system of interlocking LED panels, and a steel structure rising 150 feet from the floor over a massive stage with rotating bridges, the band has truly created an intimate 360º experience for concert goers. Long-time U2 Show Director Willie Williams has worked again with architect Mark Fisher (ZooTV, PopMart, Elevation and Vertigo), to create an innovative 360 design, which affords an unobstructed view for the audience.

“To have an in-the-round transportable stadium production is something that the touring industry has been trying to figure out for some time. The extra capacity U2 360° gives us means that there are a large number, several thousand in fact, of low priced tickets at every show”, said U2 tour producer/promoter Arthur Fogel, CEO of Live Nation Global Touring.

In keeping with the concept that this tour is more about a unique staging configuration with excellent sight-lines tickets in all 5 cities will be available starting at $39.90 with general admission floor tickets available at $99.90. Additional reserved seat tickets also available starting at $99.90.

Tickets for the U2 performances in Australia and New Zealand will go on sale Friday, September 3rd at all usual outlets. U2.com subscribers will be able to buy tickets ahead of the public on-sale. Full details at: www.u2.com
The Australian and New Zealand dates are produced by Live Nation Global Touring in association with Michael Coppel and Live Nation Australia.

Australia & New Zealand Tour Dates

November 25 Auckland, NZ Mt. Smart Stadium
December 01 Melbourne, AU Etihad Stadium
December 08 Brisbane, AU Suncorp Stadium
December 13 Sydney, AU ANZ Stadium
December 18 Perth, AU Subiaco Oval

Tickets on sale @ 9.00am Friday, September 3

Bookings: Ticketek.co.nz/U2360 or 0800 TICKETEK

- Via U2Fanz




More... ]]> U2EXIT.COM NEWS BLOG U2exit.com News Blog http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5025 http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5026&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:24:31 GMT IRISH supergroup U2 are returning to Australia for a national tour. The band have announced their tour dates, including a stadium show in Sydney on... IRISH supergroup U2 are returning to Australia for a national tour. The band have announced their tour dates, including a stadium show in Sydney on December 13. The concert, to be held at ANZ Stadium, will mark the return of the band to Sydney after four years.

The band will begin their 360° Tour in New Zealand on November25, before travelling to Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth.

Tickets go on sale on September 3 – with promoters Michael Coppel and Live Nation Touring expecting enormous demand.

Although only one show has been announced for Sydney, it is highly likely tour dates will be extended.

Rumours about U2′s return to Australia have been swirling for months. The tour announcement is an early Christmas present for many of the band’s loyal Australian fans, who feared frontman Bono’s back injury earlier in the year might have affected plans for a trip Down Under.

The lead singer had emergency spinal surgery in May, which forced the band to postpone the US leg of their world tour, plus major performances including headlining the Glastonbury Festival in England.

U2 returned to touring this month, with concerts in Europe.

Bono said he was ”fighting fit” and thanked fans, and his bandmates, for their patience.

The U2 show, which features an innovative in-the-round experience for fans, also has a range of cheap tickets for Australian concert-goers.

The ”sight-lines” seats start from $39.90 a ticket, with general standing and stadium seats priced at $99.90.

U2′s manager Paul McGuinness said the band were keen for Australian fans to see the production.

”It was important to the band that we were able to bring the whole 360° production to Australia and New Zealand so fans could experience the latest of U2′s legendary productions,” he said.

More than 4 million fans will have seen U2′s 360° Tour worldwide by the time they arrive in Australia.

A source close to the tour has revealed U2 are also considering leaving their enormous set – a three-pronged alien-like tower – in Australia as a tourist attraction, at the end of the tour.

”They thought it was a great idea,” said the source. ”Rather than shipping it all back on a plane, it could become a local attraction.’

- Sydney Morning Herald




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Main Set:

Return of the Stingray Guitar
Beautiful Day
New Year’s Day
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways
Elevation
Until the End of the World
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
North Star
Glastonbury
In A Little While
Miss Sarajevo
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight (remix) – Discotheque
Sunday Bloody Sunday
MLK
Walk On – You’ll Never Walk Alone

Encore(s):

One
Amazing Grace – Where the Streets Have No Name
Ultraviolet
With or Without You
Moment of Surrender






More... ]]> U2EXIT.COM NEWS BLOG U2exit.com News Blog http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5023 http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5022&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:04:29 GMT My Name is Mike My hometown is Hamburg In GGermany. Iam 54 Years old and a Fan since 1984. My Name is Mike
My hometown is Hamburg In GGermany.
Iam 54 Years old and a Fan since 1984. ]]> INTRODUCE YOURSELF One Tree Hill http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5022 http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5020&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:17:57 GMT *U2 frontman Bono has revealed that the band are working on a “club-sounding” album* The singer told Rolling Stone that the band also had plans to... U2 frontman Bono has revealed that the band are working on a “club-sounding” album

The singer told Rolling Stone that the band also had plans to release a more rock-inspired album, as well as ‘Songs Of Ascent’, which is linked to their 2009 LP, ‘No Line On The Horizon’.

Bono and guitarist The Edge have also recorded the score for the upcoming Broadway musical adaptation of Spider-Man.

Meanwhile, Bono also spoke about his recovery from back surgery, which forced the band off the road earlier this year.

“There are a lot bigger problems out there than the ones I was facing,” he said. “But I came out of it perfect. And I feel incredibly grateful.”

U2 are currently on the European leg of their 360 Degree World Tour, which is scheduled to continue into 2011.

GigWise




More... ]]> U2EXIT.COM NEWS BLOG U2exit.com News Blog http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5020 http://iwillfollowu2.com/showthread.php?t=5021&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:17:57 GMT MADRID — Irish rock megastars U2 have postponed one of their two concerts in Spain next month due to a general strike called by the country’s unions on the same day, the band announced Thursday.

“Due to the scheduled general strike in Spain, on September 29th, U2 promoters have today announced that the date for the U2 concert in Seville, currently set for that same day will be postponed to September 30th,” the band said on its website, www.u2.com.

“Although the specifics of the strike have not been announced, in the past the strike has affected security services, public transportation, cleaning as well as medical and hospital services which are all integral to the running of the concert.”

It said fans who had bought tickets but were unable to attend the rescheduled performance could obtain refunds by September 10.

The band, which launched the second part of its “360 degrees” tour in Turin on August 6, is also scheduled to play in the northern Spanish city of San Sebastian on September 26.

The tour, which began in Barcelona in June of last year, is to conclude in the United States in July 2011.

The 16 North American shows were initially planned for this year but were rescheduled for 2011 after lead singer Bono underwent emergency surgery on his back in Germany in May.

U2, founded in Dublin in 1978, has sold around 100 million albums.

The band’s last tour in 2005 and 2006 drew some 4.5 million fans at 127 shows, all sold out.

Spanish unions called a general strike for September 29 to protest the socialist government’s planned labour market reforms that would make it easier to hire and fire workers.

Copyright © 2010 AFP. All rights reserved.




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