Bono Joins #GlobalCitizen

Bono has joined the lineup of activists, world pioneers and big names who will be in front of an audience for the counter neediness Global Citizen Festival in New York City on Saturday (Sept. 26). In Central Park on the Great Lawn.

Bono will present Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf with a Global Citizen Movement Award for her work on women's equality. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak and U.S. Congress members Earl Blumenauer, Charlie Dent and Kay Granger also are expected to attend.

The 2015 Global Citizen Festival is on September 26th in New York City’s Central Park. Take Action to end extreme poverty on this page for your chance to earn FREE tickets. The video to the left explains how your actions will earn you tickets.

2015 is the year for the movement to end poverty. This September at the UN General Assembly in New York, world leaders from 193 countries will announce new GLOBAL GOALS designed to fight inequality, protect our planet, and end extreme poverty by 2030.

The festival is a critical lever for achieving policy and financial commitments that will shape the success of the Global Goals over the next 15 years.

OOPS Gunman was scheduled Police Officer

Swedish media reports that the "gun man" forcing the cancellation of Stockholm's Sunday night show was identified as a police officer scheduled for duty.  Social media a buzz, hundreds of fans waiting entry before they was informed that the show was canceled due to a "technical issue". Those inside was escorted out of the building as a swept of the building started to focus in on searching for a lone gun man.  Live Nation issued a statement: “We apologize for the inconvenience and hope for understanding from fans. Safety is our top priority,"  

The show has been rescheduled for Tuesday nights. No further updates expected from the band or Live Nation in regards to this matter.

 

U2’s SHOW IN STOCKHOLM RESCHEDULED

U2’s SUNDAY SHOW IN STOCKHOLM RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY

Due to a security breach, Stockholm's The Globen evacuated the audience from the building this evening.

As the breach has not been resolved quickly and as audience safety is paramount, the police have advised The Globen and Live Nation that they have no option but to postpone tonight's show, to a rescheduled date of Tuesday 22nd September.

All tickets from Sunday 20th September are valid for Tuesday 22nd September.

The organizers apologize for the inconvenience caused and thank the audience for their understanding. Their safety is the priority.

 

On its website, U2 released this official statement:

Due to a security breach, Stockholm's The Globen evacuated the audience from the building this evening.

As the breach has not been resolved quickly and as audience safety is paramount, the police have advised The Globen and Live Nation that they have no option but to postpone tonight's show, to a rescheduled date of Tuesday 22nd September.

All tickets from Sunday 20th September are valid for Tuesday 22nd September.

The organizers apologize for the inconvenience caused and thank the audience for their understanding. Their safety is the priority.

U2 Visa Card Holders Upset

Individuals who purchased standing tickets for U2's up and coming shows in Dublin and paid for them with Bank of Ireland Visa cards may need to go through the motions in the event that they need to see the band.

The bank is currently supplanting a huge number of its clients' Visa cards with cards from adversary supplier Mastercard and it has been sending letters to influenced clients encouraging them to devastate their old Visas on receipt of the new ones.

On the other hand, any individual who purchased alleged "paperless" tickets for the U2 shows utilizing the bank's Visa cards should present the real plastic card used to make the buy when they touch base at the 3Arena for the shows, which happen toward the end of November, or else they won't have the capacity to pick up affirmation.

Bank of Ireland said that, regardless of the issues it may introduce for enthusiasts of the band, it was remaining over its call for clients to wreck their old cards.

Old cards

"It is not exceptional to this circumstance. At whatever point any card is supplanted, for reasons unknown, we generally encourage clients to demolish the old card," a representative said.

At first Ticketmaster told The Irish Times that the bank's scratching off of clients' Visa cards would not bring about any issues, as the "exchange has officially occurred . . . what's more, there is no connection with any Mastercard organization or bank on the occasion's night".

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In any case, Bank of Ireland in this way reached Ticketmaster and told the organization that it had exhorted clients to obliterate Mastercards.

"In the event that a client has demolished their charge card and has obtained a standing ticket for one of the U2 shows, they can contact Ticketmaster's client administration line.

"We will guarantee they find themselves able to get to the demonstrate," an overhauled Ticketmaster explanation said.

A representative for the organization said that this did not have any significant bearing to situated tickets.

U2's Next Release Scheduled For 2016

Nick Walker/ U2TOURFANS

Nick Walker/ U2TOURFANS

New York: U2 fans will have to wait a bit longer for the next album however not as long as this last album. Bono announced that the "Songs of Experience" will be released in 2016.  Its the follow up to the 2014 release "Songs of Innocence" which all Itunes account holders got as a gift for free.

"Songs of Experience" is pretty much baked and ready however the band will invest the time in fine tuning the next release and 2016 will allow the band to tour with new music and change up the current set list with additional tunes.

Expect the U2 marketing machines to really come up with something different and most likely not a download.

Stockhom Show Review, Brazilian Hopes

New York City:  So earlier in the week U2.com rock shop posted a "U2ie Tour Brazil Logo" ladies' shirt. We normal would have thought nothing of it. However The Innocence + Experience Tour does not have any Brazil dates planned.

The main inevitable dates are those on the current European leg. Bits of gossip have for some time proposed there will be a South American leg in 2016. Now that's clearly not possible since Dublin and Belfast dates has been posted as the last 2016 dates. So what does the posting of this shirt mean? Brazilians want to know ! This would be in poor form if the shirt was simply produced as part of an over all campaign. Well friends in Brazil we will all await some news.  Now on to last nights show.

Lukas Biba / U2TOURFANS 2015

Lukas Biba / U2TOURFANS 2015

Stockholm: The second of a total of four nights went off as scheduled.  Set list pretty much has been baked for sometime. A couple of changes in and out however for the most part the band has settled into a rhythm that allows for the full experience of the new album and a throw back to the more staples that fans have come to expect from a U2 show.  The band performances continue to fans mixed into the set as well as interconnecting the social media application for web streaming.

Venue:  Stockholm

Setlist:

  1. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
  2. Out Of Control
  3. Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (snippet) / Vertigo
  4. I Will Follow
  5. Iris (Hold Me Close)
  6. Cedarwood Road
  7. Song For Someone
  8. Sunday Bloody Sunday
  9. Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet)
  10. Until The End Of The World / Love And Peace Or Else (snippet) / Words (snippet)
  11. (Intermission)
  12. Invisible
  13. Even Better Than The Real Thing
  14. Mysterious Ways / Burning Down The House (snippet)
  15. Desire / Love Me Do (snippet)
  16. Angel Of Harlem
  17. Every Breaking Wave
  18. October
  19. Bullet The Blue Sky / Ode To Joy (snippet) / 19 (snippet)
  20. Zooropa
  21. Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet)
  22. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
  23. With Or Without You

Encore(s):

  1. City Of Blinding Lights
  2. Beautiful Day
  3. Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / People Have The Power (snippet)

*Snippets provided by U2gigs

Jag äger inga rättigheter. Filmat av fans för fans. Enjoy! =)


Belfast and Dublin Shows Sold Out

Tickets for U2's "homecoming" gigs in Belfast and Dublin sold out around 30 minutes after they went on special on Monday morning.

The Irish rock band will complete their current European visit with two shows in Belfast on 18 and 19 November, trailed by four dates at Dublin's 3Arena.

Tickets went at a bargain at 09:00 BST on Monday, however a few fans lined overnight outside the show venues.

As expected, there was a scramble this morning to buy tickets for U2's Irish concerts, with 40,000 tickets for the Dublin dates selling out in 35 minutes and 17,000 tickets for the Belfast dates snapped up within hours of going on sale. The band will play four gigs in Dublin and two in Belfast in November, and tickets were only available from the venue box offices, Dublin's 3Arena and Belfast's SSE Arena, and Ticketmaster online. Tickets were limited to two per person and were priced from €30 to €185 for Dublin and from £30 to £165 for Belfast.

People started queuing outside Dublin's 3Arena on Sunday afternoon. Fans were later allowed to wait inside overnight. It is estimated that there were a couple of hundred fans queuing at the venue this morning.

Amsterdam U2 Beats As One

The first of four shows performed yesterday in Amsterdam. The band have had a profound and supported association with The Netherlands going back to their first shows in the nation amid October 1980 on the first leg of the Boy Tour. 

The set list had a couple of surprises with the incorporation of Two Hearts Beat As One, played at the solicitation of a fan. It has just been played once already this visit, on 27 July in New York. This was only Two Hearts' second live appearance since 27 December 1989, and third since 29 April 1985. Two Hearts has at no other time been performed in Amsterdam; its just two past Dutch exhibitions went ahead 30 and 31 October 1984 in Rotterdam.

http://www.u2gigs.com - U2 performing Two Hearts Beat As One live during their Innocence + Experience concert in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ziggo Dome on September 8th, 2015.

Set List

Amsterdam September 8, 2015

  1. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
  2. Out Of Control
  3. Vertigo
  4. I Will Follow
  5. Iris (Hold Me Close)
  6. Cedarwood Road
  7. Song For Someone
  8. Sunday Bloody Sunday / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet)
  9. Raised By Wolves / Psalm 23 (snippet)
  10. Until The End Of The World / Love And Peace Or Else (snippet)
  11. (Intermission)
  12. Invisible
  13. Even Better Than The Real Thing
  14. Mysterious Ways / Burning Down The House (snippet)
  15. Elevation
  16. Two Hearts Beat As One
  17. Every Breaking Wave
  18. October
  19. Bullet The Blue Sky / Ode To Joy (snippet) / 19 (snippet)
  20. Zooropa
  21. Where The Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love) (snippet)
  22. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
  23. With Or Without You

Encore(s):

  1. City Of Blinding Lights
  2. Happy Birthday
  3. Beautiful Day / I Remember You (snippet)
  4. Mother And Child Reunion (snippet) / One / Invisible (snippet)

*Snips and Video U2GIGS