U2's Edge wins housing battle

Remember that little story about Edge’s interest in building a house, well it looks to be all over now. The fight has ended and The Edge has won approval to move ahead -

U2 rocker The Edge has won a major victory in his fight to build five mansions on a plot of land in Malibu, California - a local agency has agreed to drop opposition to the plans.

The Irish musician has been battling since 2006 to win approval for a development project which will see him turn the 156-acre Sweetwater Mesa estate into a community of homes. Local residents have opposed the plans because of the environmental impact the development will allegedly have.

Officials at the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy board previously spoke out against the bid, but have now agreed to drop their opposition after reaching a deal with The Edge which will see him and his business partners help the agency conserve land around the site.

A spokesman for The Edge and his partners tells the Los Angeles Times, “The property owners are proud of what they’ve accomplished with the conservancy, and they look forward to continuing to work with the Malibu community and other stakeholders.”

While a statement from the agency reads, “The conservancy entered into this agreement in order to maximise the benefit for the public if the project is approved.”

'Glastonbury on steroids'

U2 have promised they will play an epic, stadium-like performance at this year’s Glastonbury festival.

 


Bassist Adam Clayton told Q that the band’s headline performance on the Pyramid Stage on the Friday (June 24) of the Somerset bash will have grand production values.

Clayton said: “It’s very un-Glastonbury to have a big production but we will be sneaking a few things in through the back gate which will hopefully make this experience a little more like Glastonbury on steroids.”

He added: “We’re stretching the level of what can be done. We hope to create a mind blowing experience that reacts well with all the other substances involved.”

North American Premiere of Killing Bono

North American Premiere of Killing Bono has been announced! Killing Bono is in the official selection for the Seattle International Film Festival and will be making it’s North American Premiere on Thursday 2nd of June 2011! With over 400 films spanning three weeks, SIFF is one of the largest and longest running US film festivals featuring a diverse assortment of predominantly independent and foreign films from around the world.

Killing Bono – review
The real-life story of rivalry over teenage bands – one of which turns out to be U2 – makes for an entertaining, fun movie, writes Peter Bradshaw

Based on a true story and written for the screen by Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais, Killing Bono is a good-natured, boisterous comedy with a Likely Lads feel. Ben Barnes plays Neil McCormick, a rock-mad Dublin teenager who grows up with Paul Hewson, later to be the legendary Bono. Both are in sixth-form bands, but when Hewson tries to get Neil’s talented guitarist brother Ivan (Robert Sheehan) to be in his group, Neil secretly scuppers this plan. Cruel fate takes its course. Hewson’s band become the world-famous U2, but Neil’s group remain failures and losers; Neil is convulsed with envy for his old school friend and guilt at stopping Ivan from getting his ticket to global fame. Martin McCann gives an interesting and sympathetic performance as Bono; Peter Serafinowicz has a funny cameo as a hard-faced promoter and Pete Postlethwaite gives a final, gentle performance as gay landlord Karl.

U2 Tribute Bands We Want U

U2 received worldwide attention in 1987 with their Joshua Tree album. As the boys head back to America this summer we have begun our search for the best U2 tribute band. So far we have heard about lots of meet up events and pre-show parties and after parties as the details come in we are going to be posting the offical pre and post party details as we get them in. 

We thought we should expand the search for the best U2 tribute band in the USA.

U2 tribute bands can submit the following to us and we will be creating a voting booth. Submit your entry no later than May 10th 2011

Submissions to include

  • Youtube Video
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Link
  • Short write up on band -
  • Contact Information -( include your booking information)
  • Email u2tributebands@u2tourfans.com -

 

 

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Free Show My Ass !

Well we knew if we waited some time a true message would come out about the possible free show in Brazil for the world cup. Once again it proves why we don’t post rumors or suggested possible rumors - All because its bull shit ! Yup that’s the official word of the day  - We have been off a few days for a well deserved break and when we returned our email box was flooded with emails from our friends down south ( South America) Yea the boys had plays a super show over a 3 day period and amazed the crowds. So of course the rumor mill would start flying a story that the boys may come back around to play a free show. Well we did some digging and it seemed possible based on calendars and timeline of releases that this could be possible. Well we digged deeper and got some info from some sources and the verdict is in. BULL SHIT - We call it - Nope no facts yet to suggest its possible. So with that we will remain our ban on rumors. Ugh said to say we been dupped but hey every dog has its day. 

U2 Considering Free Show !

In Rio During ‘14 FIFA World Cup. Sports Fans and Music Fans united all in one play Rio ! As World Cup gets set to return to Brazil in 2014 their is a possiblity that the boys from Ireland will be playing a free concert. Sources suggest that this could be a possiblity, the choice of Bono over Mick is still up in the air howvever Bono does have a couple of legs up, first the most successful show out shows ever held in Brazil belongs to U2. Second they love Brazil and would welcome the chance to come back and play. While this is all still up in the air. We do know that the final 360 show is pretty much set for Canada - What happens to the stage after that is anyone’s guess - Some facebook sites have popped up offering “Save the Claw” Its to early to say what will happen to it. One thing is for sure, that all three visions will need to find a new home. So if you see some big red trucks with steel rolling across America this summer just wave and smile - The boys are coming back to the US very soon. 

We suggest getting your North American tickets from our site if you have not pruchased them yet !

Logistics for Estadio Azteca


U2 will arrive by helicopter at Azteca Stadium for their concert  in Mexico, Raúl Barrios, director of operations of the property, has the biggest challenge in the history of Coloso de Santa Ursula.

“We are facing the biggest challenge I’ve ever had the Estadio Azteca in regards to an event. And we must acknowledge that the history of Azteca does not have any stadium in the world,” said the manager in a telephone interview.

Among the rider requests of Bono, The Edge and company, shared bathrooms, seating area for 300 people in its production, a private group for members of beds, screens and jacuzzi, a laundry area, a special catering even defined, and a helicopter landing.

“The southern part of the stadium, outside the stadium from the tunnel 19 to 27, will be locked for the band. They want a place to land a helicopter. The band will fly in the area”.

Ninety-trailers with the production team will arrive at Azteca U2 early on May 2 and at least 220 people, between members of U2, Ocesa and Azteca, helped with four 80-ton crane, mounted the stage The Claw (The claw), 50 meters high.

“First place a flat two-inch aluminum all over the field to stabilize the stage, then come the structures of iron and then the screens, lights, audio. On 9 and 10 are for experiments with the band.”

For the fans who go to camp prior to the concerts, the Azteca Stadium will open an area with fencing in the parking lot and will be given free medical and health services, announced the executive.

After three U2 shows at the stadium, 11, 14 and 15 May, which could meet each 110 thousand people among people with paid ticket and owners of boxes and stalls, start removal, to take three days.

“The grass of the field there will be nothing, there will be total destruction after the concerts. We have already planted 6000; 500 square meters of grass to the left as you return to the field table.”

Well the tour moves on -

Bono says Your Not Groovy !

Audiences are not groovy enough to understand what u2 are trying to do with their music Bono has claimed.

“Look, sometimes our audience isn’t as groovy as we’d like,” he said. “‘Get on Your Boots’, as it was released, is a sort of crossover, half-club, half-indie-rock record.

“People are not sure about the club side of U2. They want ‘Vertigo’. And when we did this the last time — with ‘Discotheque’, from ‘Pop’, they didn’t like it either.”

However Adam Clayton the bass player diasgreed saying ‘Get on Your Boots’ “confused people” because it was so complicated.

He told Rolling Stone magazine: “Interestingly, it’s going off live. I think probably what happened was it’s a common U2 problem. I think we probably worked on it and worked on it and worked on it, and instead of executing one idea well, I think we had probably five ideas in the song, and it just confused people. They weren’t sure what they were hearing.”

Well what do you have to say to that ? Are you groovy ? Do you understand the deeper meanings of the songs ? Or are you just not that cool

 

Irish Times

U2 Celebrates with Karoke

After the last show, U2 celebrates intimate for stBand participated in a karaoke bar Secret SP after Wednesdays show ‘Seu Jorge and Ronaldo were the only Brazilian guests’.

After the last of three concerts that U2 did in the Morumbi stadium, on Wednesday (13), The boys  still found breath to go to a party at Bar Secret, in Sao Paulo. Bono’s voice was protected - but you can still hear that he ripped it up.


Bono and company booked the room to throw a party for the crew that travels with the group, consisting of technicians, musicians and producers.


“Ronaldo and Seu Jorge was the only Brazilian guests, “he says. The former player had met with Bono, who presented him with a shirt. Seu Jorge, in turn, participated in group show at Morumbi, singing “The model”, the German band Kraftwerk.


According to Karina, about 60 people attended the club. “It is always known by some, friends of members. Being a small place with privacy, they like the book [for such events], ” he explains.


In the video broadcast by the official party This is not a karaoke on YouTube, Ronaldo sings “Satisfaction”, Rolling Stones, Bono, and venture into “Psycho Killer” by the band Talking Heads.

Next up Mexico !

ON THE ROAD WITH U2

Memphis Mullen:  One month from tomorrow I leave for the U2 360 tour, a journey that I have been planning for over a year. I am so excited!! For 2 ½ months I will be driving across America to all 16 US shows. Along the way, meeting great people, visiting great places, and recording everything for my book and documentary.

The U2 360 tour will bring me to Denver, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Oakland, Anaheim, Baltimore, Michigan, Miami, Nashville, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, New Jersey, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh. In between all of these concerts, I am also going to visit Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone National Park, the Lewis and Clark Trail in Montana, Lana Turner’s birthplace in Idaho, Portland, San Francisco, Palm Springs, Hollywood, Milwaukee, James Dean’s grave in Indiana, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, and the Football Hall of Fame in Canton.

While on the road, I will write daily updates, including pictures and videos, that I will post here on U2TOURFANS and on my blog On the Road with U2. Throughout each day, I will also be posting on Facebook (U2TOURFANS and Deena Dietrich) and Twitter (U2TOURFANS and MemphisMullen).

In addition, I hope to do a live broadcast report from each U2 concert, either before or after the show. I also hope to get video from inside the U2 concerts and live tweet the set lists.

I would also like to have U2 Fan Meet Ups on the night before each U2 concert. There are already pre-concert parties with U2 tribute bands planned in Denver, Seattle, Baltimore, Nashville and possibly East Lansing that I am attending. So if there is enough interest, we would like to organize U2 Fan Meet Ups in Salt Lake City, Oakland, Anaheim, Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, New Jersey, Minneapolis and Pittsburgh for the nights before the U2 concerts.

Thank you to everyone who is supporting me – both with your kind words and reading my posts. Nobody has been more supportive than U2TOURFANS, without whom none of this would be possible.

I look forward to seeing you this summer ON THE ROAD WITH U2!

 



ON THE ROAD WITH U2 – My Musical Journey

 

Inspired first by Hunter Week’s documentary 10MPH, then Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love, and my whole life by U2, I decided to write my U2 tours memoir called On the Road with U2. 10MPH was about these guys who left their secure corporate jobs to follow their passion of making documentaries. Similarly in Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert writes about how she took a year off from her life to take a pilgrimage for self-awareness through adventures she had always wanted to take. Hunter Weeks inspired me to pursue my passion and Elizabeth Gilbert inspired me to write about it.

In January, I gathered all my journals since mid 1997 and began writing about my adventures on the U2 tours I have been on from ZooTv to 360. This summer I will continue to write about the U2 360 tour while I’m on a 2 ½ month road trip across America to all 16 US shows. It’s more than just the U2 concerts. It is about the people I meet and the places I see along the way.

I have met so many amazing people by going on U2 tours. I met Tasha, who is now one of my best friends, in the GA line in Pittsburgh on the Elevation tour in 2001. In fact, I made a lot of friends on the Elevation tour. We still keep touch and meet up every few years on the U2 tours. And now through twitter, facebook, my blog and U2TourFans, I have met lots of new U2 fans that I cannot wait to meet in person at the U2 concerts this summer.

My love for U2 has brought me to many great places. The best was Dublin, Ireland. I spent a summer in Dublin studying at Trinity College in 1998. U2 wasn’t playing a concert in Dublin, but I became interested in Ireland because U2 are from there. I went to Las Vegas, my second favorite city, two times because U2 played there on the Vertigo and 360 tours. I have been to Vegas two other times, but U2 playing there gave me a reason to go two more times. I had always wanted to go to Chicago and see a Cubs game at Wrigley and U2 gave me the excuse to go. U2 opened their 360 North American tour with two shows at Soldier Field in Chicago. I went to both shows, and I finally got to Wrigley. I love Chicago now. I went back again for Lollapalooza, and I’m going back twice this year – for U2 in July and for Lollapalooza in August.

I have had some great experiences with U2 over the years on the various tours. The first time I met Bono was in 1992 at Giants Stadium the afternoon of the opening of the ZooTv Outside Broadcast tour. He liked the ‘One’ shirt I had made. He autographed a book I had, but I noticed he was spelling my name wrong, so I corrected him. Then he put his head on my shoulder and arms around my waist as we posed for a great picture. A few weeks later in Philadelphia we were let inside the stadium for the sound check. I had three great moments with Larry on the Elevation Tour in 2001: he gave me his drumstick at the end of the show in Jersey, I finally met him and he hugged me in Baltimore, and he gave me his champagne bottle during his 40th birthday concert in Providence.

I have seen 59 fantastic U2 concerts since 1992, each special in the their own way. This summer I will see 16 more U2 concerts as I drive across America to all the US shows while writing about my adventures On the Road with U2.

 



U2’s Last show in Sao Paulo

Last Night (Wednesday 4/13/2011) was the last of three shows for U2’s 306 Tour.  The show started at 21:43 with “Even Better Than The Real Thing” followed up with “I Will Follow” The show lasted about 2hours.

Fans around the world got a special treat, U2 was broadcasted across a couple of different approved sources and of course a couple non-approved one.

Bono remembered the children again killed in the massacre at Relaengo last week. The tribute, which was already made during the first show as, they played Moment of Surrender.

Bono was a bit chatty with the fans, and that did not seem to hide the fact this stop has taken a toll on his voice. Often asking for a little help to get thru some songs, and the crowd surely jumped right in. What the fans did notice is that he mixed some Spanish with Portuguese to converse with them, the crowds did not seem to mind.

Bono said “In Brazil and South America, we saw that we are here to listen and see you. Usually we sing to the public. But here you are singing for us. Usually we do a show for the public. But here, you are making a show for us. ” The reward came soon after when the band amended the track “I Still have not Found What I’m looking for,” which was sung by the chorus of fans.

Ten minutes later, the Irish singer Seu Jorge called to the stage - rolling back the language and referring to a musician in Rio as “Saint George”. The pair did a duet of voice and guitar of the song “The Model”, the German band Kraftwerk. In an interview with the G1 this afternoon, Seu Jorge said that it was he who suggested the band.

After the moment of collective ecstasy, Bono talked about the political activist from Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, who was twenty years under house arrest and dedicated the song to her.

The show also had the tracks “In the name of love,” “Beautiful Day”, “One,” “Vertigo” and “Zooropa” - the latter had already appeared on Sunday and had never been performed in its entirety by the band alive. “Get on your boots” also appeared, dedicated to Ronaldo.

Towards the end of the show, before “Where the Streets Have No Name”, Bono made the venture into Portuguese, quoting the phrase used in advertising Lula - “I am Brazilian and never give up.” Soon after, gave “good night, Brazil, adios, South America,” and thanked the governor of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin, “by giving the stadium” and “help us bring our dream to you.”

The show ended at 23h54 with “Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me,” “With or without you” and “Moment Of Surrender.”

The song ended, Bono earned his final tribute to the public and thanked the 89 000 spectators for the success of the band’s career. “” Thanks for giving us a great life, “the singer said, aware of how it got there.



U2 Live from Sao Paulo Tonight

Bono / U2 360 Tour / File Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U2 tour makes its last stop tonight in Sao Paulo, which sold out wherever he goes, gets live broadcast today from 21.30.The last U2 concert in the capital may be accompanied by real-time audio, the band’s official website, the u2.com.

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The first show was held in the state capital on Saturday. On stage at Morumbi, the group released the intro to “Train of Eleven” and later paid tribute to murdered children in school by Wellington Menezes Tasso da Silveira, Realengo, in Rio de Janeiro.

On Sunday, the homage was repeated, but the Brazilian music repertoire was chosen for the “My Girl. “

With the second show in the city, the Irish broke the record for the most lucrative tour of music history, with sales of $ 558 million. Until then, the title belonged to the British Rolling Stones.

In addition to Sao Paulo, the transmission of audio from tonight’s show will come to Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela



I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR

Memphis Mullen: My top five favorite U2 songs are I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Luminous Times, Gone, Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, and Heartland. To me songs are wonderful because of their lyrics – and the drums. A good lyric touches my soul, gives me chills, and makes the song for me.

My favorite U2 song is I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, off The Joshua Tree. It was my first favorite U2 song and what solidified me as a U2 fan, along with Larry Mullen Jr. With or Without You introduced me to U2, but it was I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For that made me a fan. And 24 years later, I still have not found what I am looking for. But I like the journey, the quest for what truly makes me happy. Every time I hear I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For in concert, it brings tears to my eyes. Luckily I have heard it on every tour I have been to. Besides being a fantastic, spiritual and uplifting song, I Still Haven’t Found is an amazing video – my favorite. It captures U2 during The Joshua Tree era in Las Vegas, my 2nd favorite city

Luminous Times, a b-side off The Joshua Tree, is the song that gives me chills every time I hear it, even though I have listened to it over and over again the past 24 years. The lyrics are so passionate and the way Bono sings them is so heart wrenching. I absolutely love it! My favorite part of Luminous Times, the part that really gets to me is,

            ‘I love you ‘cause I need to

            Not because I need you

            I love you ‘cause I understand

            That God has give me your hand

            He holds me in a tiny fist

            And still I need your kiss

            Hold on to love’

U2 have never played Luminous Times in concert. When I met Bono on the ZooTv tour, I told him how much I loved Luminous Times and asked if they would ever play it in concert. Bono answered me by saying they were thinking of putting out a b-sides album. (Huh? That’s not what I asked.) Then before the 360 tour began, Edge mentioned that they were thinking of playing some b-sides that they had never played before like Luminous Times.

Gone, off Pop, has one of my all-time favorite lyrics. The lyrics are true, which is why I really identify with this song. My favorite part of is,

            ‘You’re taking steps that make you feel dizzy

            Then you learn to like the way it feels

            You hurt yourself you hurt your lover

            Then you discover

            What you thought was freedom is just greed’

U2 really rock out with Gone in concert. Luckily I went to Popmart and Elevation, so I have heard it in concert. A great moment was on the Elevation tour in Pittsburgh on May 6, 2001 when I scared my new friend Tasha (whom I had just met in the GA line that day) and her sister by screaming SO loud when U2 started playing Gone. I don’t think either of them will ever forget Gone.

Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, off Achtung Baby, means a lot to me. It is a very emotional and angry song that breaks my heart. In fact, I made my first love sit down and listen to the lyrics as I read them to him after he had broken up with me. If I could have written a song about us, Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horse would be it. These are some of my favorite lyrics, 

            ‘You’re dangerous ‘cause you’re honest

            You’re dangerous, you don’t know what you want …

            Well, you tell me things I know you’re not supposed to

            Then you leave me just out of reach …

            Well you lied to me ‘cause I asked you to …

            The doors you open

            I just can’t close …

            Don’t turn around, and don’t look back

            Come on now love, don’t you look back!’

I was fortunate enough to go to ZooTv, so I have heard Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses in concert. And I also heard it once on the Vertigo tour and twice on the Elevation tour.

Heartland, off Rattle and Hum, is more about the feel of the song for me, rather than its lyrics. I honestly think I like it so much because it was playing in Rattle and Hum when U2 visited Graceland – combining my 2 passions, Elvis and U2. My front license plate on my car is U2HRTLD. U2 have never played Heartland in concert. When I met Bono on that same day on the ZooTv tour, I also told him how much I loved Heartland. He agreed it was a great song, but moved onto the next person before I could ask him about playing it in concert.

Hopefully I will find what I’m looking for this summer while On the Road with U2 driving across America to all 16 US shows. I’ll be the one crying during I Still Haven’t Found What Found What I’m Looking For and screaming if U2 plays Gone or Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses and passed out on the floor if they play Luminous Times or Heartland.

 

 

 



The Greatest Show in The World

U2 concert is the greatest show on Earth, says critic

The U2 concert is the greatest show on Earth. It is worthwhile to ensure the entrance and run to see Bono of U2 to run the show on Brazilian stage. Who says it is the Alexander Column in Petillo blog affiliates of Rede Globo. “It’s two hours of celebration and fellowship. Can you exorcise, believe, forget it. Putting out. After all, for it was that rock concerts were invented, “says the blogger.

The praise for Bono are not few. “Bono is the greatest frontman in the world. Every step, look, gesture, and speech are rated, great - without exaggeration, the extent to thrill, entertain, make everyone feel at home there. “ On show in Sao Paulo, U2 recalled meeting with Dilma and paid homage to victims of Rio de Janeiro.

The matter came quickly to the U2 Trending Topics Twitter Brazil. And the compliments are constant: “the best rock show I’ve ever seen. There is nothing equal to U2. Whether in technology, sound, emotion, Bono and U2 gives concert worth the same ticket. Come back more often to Brazil” Summarized Esteban Cardoso, internet Campos do Jordao.

THE JOSHUA TREE

Memphis Mullen - My favorite album is Joshua Tree. It is the album that introduced me to U2 when I was a freshman in high school in 1987. My first memory of being a U2 fan is hearing With or Without You. I remember it was the fan favorite video on MTV in 1987.

But what really hooked me, besides Larry Mullen Jr., was I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. I remember blaring it from my boom box as I walked down the beach in Ocean City, Maryland. Coincidently, Larry is on the cover of the single for I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, which I have as a poster framed on a wall in my bedroom.

 

Besides I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, other favorites of mine off The Joshua Tree are Red Hill Mining Town, Running to Stand Still, Trip Through Your Wires, In God’s Country, and b-sides Luminous Times, Walk to the Water, Deep in the Heart and Spanish Eyes. I love the b-sides of The Joshua Tree as much as, if not more than, the songs that made it onto the album. I’ve only heard three of my favorite Joshua Tree songs in concert because I did not go to the Joshua Tree tour because my mom thought 14 was too young to go to a concert.

Even though I had all of U2’s albums, Joshua Tree was what I listened to constantly from 1987-1991 - along with Rattle and Hum, which I love almost as much because to me it is Joshua Tree part 2. The Joshua Tree was also all I watched for five years. I taped everything off MTV – the documentaries, the videos, the concerts, the award show appearances, and the interviews. My favorite is the documentary Outside It’s America – I know it by heart.

The Joshua Tree is truly a part of me. I think because it was my first U2 album and all I listened to and watched for five years. It’s just so ingrained in me. Its songs are second nature to me. Like being home, they are comforting.

This summer while I am On the Road with U2 driving to all 16 US shows, I am going to make the pilgrimage to The Joshua Tree. For 24 years, I have wanted to visit the actual Joshua Tree and the places U2 were filmed for the cover of my favorite album.

 



Want to hear U2 Live from Sao Paulo

Bono /U2360 Tour Several reports are coming that Wednesda’s show from Sao Paulo will be broadcast live on radio by Brazillan station Oi FM, 

The band bid farewell to South America this Wednesday with a live audio webcast of the third show from Sao Paulo.

The show will be free on the web and terrestrial radio in South America and worldwide to U2.com subscribers.

U2 fans across South America can follow the U2360° show from  Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo via Terra u2.sonora.terra.com.br and also on radio in Brazil on OiFM.

Quote from U2.com - 


‘U2 have had a great time in South America - they’ve played fantastic sold out concerts in Santiago, Buenos Aires and here in Sao Paulo. This webcast and live radio broadcast in Brazil gives U2 fans who couldn’t get a ticket, the chance to hear a great show.’ said U2 Manager, Paul McGuinness.
 
The live broadcast will begin on u2.sonora.terra.com.br and OiFM at 9:30pm. Terra’s live stream will be broadcast into Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.  U2.com subscribers logging in on the night  will also have access to the webcast.
 
Following last night’s  second show at Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo, U2360° broke the record held by the Rolling Stones’ Bigger Bang Tour for the most successful tour ever.  With 26 shows remaining before the tour finishes in Canada on July 30, U2360° will also set a new record for ticket sales, with the final figure to be in excess of 7 million tickets sold.
 
Terra will broadcast the concert audio directly from the stadium, with digital quality, during a special edition of  Sonora Live, sponsored by Intel.

‘The U2 Sonora Live Special will be a milestone in the history of Sonora, broadcasting live and for free to all South America,’ says Terra Media Vice President, Sandra Pecis.  

Country specific landing pages for webcast:
AR: u2.sonora.terra.com.ar
BR: u2.sonora.terra.com.br
CL: u2.sonora.terra.cl
CO: u2.sonora.terra.com.co
PE: u2.terra.com.pe
VE: u2.terra.com.ve
EC: u2.terra.com.ec

The live broadcast will begin at 9:30 pm local time in Sao Paulo

THE LARRY MULLEN BAND

Memphis Mullen: This summer I am doing something I have always wanted to do. I am following U2 around the country driving to all 16 US shows. I have been to multiple shows on every tour since ZooTv, but I have never packed up my car and left my house for over two months to go to every U2 show in America – and then wrote a book about it.

I have been a U2 fan for 24 years. I was a freshman in high school when The Joshua Tree was released in 1987. I remember hearing With or Without You and realizing it was by the same band that sang that song Pride I had heard a few years earlier. Luckily a classmate had a picture of U2 because at the age of 14 it is VERY important what the band that you might be interested in looks like. Out of the four guys, one was stood out. His name was Larry Mullen Jr., and I have been in love with him ever since.

Besides being gorgeous, Larry is my favorite member of U2 because he is very matter of fact, no nonsense, and always says exactly what he is feeling. I admire that about him. He loves Elvis Presley, and I have loved Elvis since I was five. My favorite part of Rattle and Hum, is when U2 visits Graceland and Larry talks about how much he loved the Elvis movies. The first time I saw a Sun Studio tee  shirt was on Larry in Rattle and Hum. And now I live in Memphis, just two miles from Sun Studio and seven miles from Graceland.

I have had a few personal encounters with Larry Mullen over the years on various tours. The first time I saw Larry in person and not on stage was at Giants Stadium on August 12, 1992 before the opening of the ZooTv Outside Broadcast Tour. A bunch of us fans were waiting outside the stadium in the afternoon before the show, and Larry drove by us on his motorcycle. He did not stop, but he did wave. I got a picture and then ran away screaming – he just has that affect on me. That night in concert Larry came to the front of the stage and sang Dirty Old Town as only he can. I was so excited that my friend Jonathan tried to hold me back, so I hit him to get him off of me and he fell off his chair.

During Popmart, the only time I saw Larry outside of the shows was in Philadelphia on June 8, 1997 walking from the bus into the stadium. I do have a HitMan shirt though – like the one he wore in concert.

On the Elevation tour, I had three fantastic encounters with Larry, including the only time I have ever met him. But before any of those, a Larry Mullen Band shirt was thrown onto the stage in Philadelphia on June 11, 2001. Larry placed it on his drum kit where it stayed for the rest of the show. I found out later that Paola had thrown this shirt on stage. It was her birthday, she is a huge Larry fan and had made the shirt for him. Because I took pictures of this and posted them online, Paola, Jenny, Tasha and I became friends. Paola made us all Larry Mullen Band shirts, which I wear to every U2 show. I just made three replicas so I don’t have to wash the same one over and over.

On June 21, 2001 in New Jersey at the end of the show, Larry walked to the front of the stage, leaned over, looked into my eyes and handed me his drumstick. I cried. I clutched that drumstick as I walked out of the arena. It is now in a glass case on my shelf.

On October 19, 2001 in my hometown of Baltimore, I finally met Larry Mullen Jr. This was the first time U2 had played Baltimore, so when they arrived for sound check Larry, Bono, Edge and Adam walked out to meet us fans waiting outside the arena. When Larry walked over to me I said, ‘I don’t have anything for you to sign, so can I have a hug?’ Larry looked at me a little strange, then smiled and said yes. After Larry hugged me, I thanked him. Tasha hugged me and then I cried like a baby. I was so overcome with emotion. I had been waiting to meet Larry for 14 years!

On October 31, 2001 in Providence for Larry’s 40th birthday, Larry walked to the front of the stage in the middle of the show, leaned over, and gave me his champagne bottle. I had slept out all night in 30 degree temperatures, so I could be up front for Larry’s 40th birthday celebration concert. I made a huge birthday card that everyone in the GA line signed, and I had brought him a tee shirt with Elvis riding a motorcycle on it. I was of course wearing my Larry Mullen Band shirt, and so were my friends Tasha and Paola. After Stuck in a Moment, Larry’s 40th birthday celebration began. We sang Happy Birthday to Larry. A birthday cake was brought out, and Larry pretended to throw it out into the audience. Larry took the microphone and came to the front to talk while Bono sat behind the drums. Larry said, “Bono can’t play drums. It took me 40 years to get up front. I’m glad I’m spending my birthday with 18,000 of my closest friends. I feel like I could borrow money from you.” Then Bono asked for a bottle of champagne, which he shook up a la ZooTV and sprayed the audience. Edge took a swig, then Larry drank and continued to drink for the next few songs. After Kite, Larry got off the drums and made a B line for me.

I got my card and shirt in hand so I could give it to him, but that’s not why he was there. He gave me the champagne bottle – with champagne still in it. I drank some and shared it with Paola and Tasha. Larry wanted to share his birthday with ME! He wanted ME to have a drink on his birthday. I was SO excited I didn’t even know they played Wild Honey. I thought it was Staring at the Sun. I didn’t really come around until Please. After Pride, Larry came back over to me so I could give him the birthday card and Elvis shirt. I said, ‘Thank you. Happy Birthday.’ He smiled and said, ‘Thank You.’ He looked into my eyes, just like he had in Jersey. Later on, Bono noticed our shirts, shook his head and smiled. I hugged my champagne bottle while walking out of the arena. It is now on my shelf next to Larry’s drumstick from Jersey.

I did not have any encounters with Larry during the Vertigo tour, except when I would jump up and down screaming when he sang ‘RELEASE’ during Love and Peace or Else. I may have gotten a nod.

On the 360 Tour in 2009, Larry gave me a few waves, smiles and nods during the shows when he saw me in my Larry Mullen Band shirt jumping up and down screaming his name. Of course no one else was behind the stage waiting for him to walk down with his conga during I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight. 

Because of Larry Mullen, there is U2. He started the band with a note on the school bulletin board. And for a few minutes, the band was known as The Larry Mullen Band. Because of Larry Mullen, I got into U2. I heard With or Without You, saw a picture of U2 and noticed Larry, and my passion for U2 quickly grew. Because of Larry Mullen, I met many of my friends. I met Paola and Jenny from that Larry Mullen Band shirt that was thrown on stage, and then we all met each other’s friends and so on.

This summer I will be On the Road with U2 at all 16 US shows. I will be the one in the Larry Mullen Band shirt behind the stage during Sunday Bloody Sunday watching Larry. It’s all about Drums!

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U2 Out of Control with 90K Fans

São Paulo: Where do we start with so many events happening in one night it’s hard to put it all down on paper. For U2 fans yesterdays show in São Paulo was special as we reported earlier in the day that Sunday’s show was expected to have a few surprises. 

The fans where not disappointed. Lets start off with one fan that decided that those that could not attend the show deserved to the see the show too. @GUSTAVOLF had tweeter a buzz as this person broadcasted the show live to fans all around the world. 

Than something that has not happened this tour started to take hold. Tweeter trending #Zooropa which set the stage for an amazing evening with the boys, which we have videos, photos and of course our set list.  Fans are always welcomed to send in their own videos. 

So lets dive into the show. The second night of the 360 tour in São Paulo was a success, in many ways for the band.   

“Our relationship with Brazil is long, as if we were married,” joked the singer Bono at the historical show. The strong rain that fell during the afternoon gave a little rest before Muse got onstage. And when Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. played the first chords of ‘Even Better Than The Real Thing”, at 21h13, the moon crowned the Morumbi stadium.

Portuguese with a curled, the leader of the Irish band greeted fans of Sao Paulo, Campinas, Santos letting out a “We Love Brazil” - which sounded sincere in front of the stage on claw, the impressive lighting effects and the applause of 90,000 spectators.  The audience seemed louder than Bono on “I Still Have not Found What I’m Looking For.


The show lasted about 2 hours and had all of the expected songs ; Vertigo, One, With or Without You and Sunday Bloody Sunday, involving a girl from the audience and social and political messianism.  However it was the the debut of “Out Of Control” which was the second song from Boy to be played this tour.  Most fans will say the biggest surprise was “Zooropa” which was performed live for the first time since August 12, 1993 and has only been played three times ever and all the those times where considered incomplete performances.

The screen reproduces a speech by South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In his sermons, Bono said the conflict in Libya, paid tribute to Nobel Peace Prize Aung San Suu Kyi, paid tribute to victims of the massacre in Realengo and reminded that one billion people living in poverty, citing Brazil as a model to follow. “Brazil is a serious country, is the country of the moment, is the country now.”

For 35-year career, the Irish quartet has performed for more than 7 million people in 30 countries, paying an average of 63,600 per show. All tickets for the final show  in Morumbi, on Wednesday, are sold. After ending this leg of the tour, the band takes the biggest tour in history en route to Mexico, the United States and Canada.