European Tour Leg Needs Language Support

U2TOURFANS August 3, 2015

New York City: Do you speak Italian, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese or Spanish ? We are looking for some support on our sites for those languages.

If you are able to read, write and speak in more than one language that's even better.

Right now we are gearing up for the European Leg and would to offer our news and setlist information in country in language. Complete the following information and we will be in contact with you.

New York City : Heeft u spreekt Italiaans, Nederlands , Duits , Frans of Spaans ? We zijn op zoek naar enige steun op onze sites voor die talen . Als u in staat zijn om te lezen , schrijven en spreken in meer dan één taal dat is nog beter. Op dit moment zijn we klaar voor de Europese Been en zou om onze nieuws en setlist informatie aan te bieden in het land in de taal . De volgende gegevens en wij zullen contact met u .

Ciudad de Nueva York : ¿Habla italiano, holandés , alemán , francés o español ? Estamos en busca de un poco de apoyo en nuestros sitios para esos idiomas. Si usted es capaz de leer , escribir y hablar en más de un idioma que es incluso mejor . Ahora mismo nos estamos preparando para la gira europea y lo que ofrecer nuestras noticias e información setlist en el país en el lenguaje. Complete la siguiente información y nos pondremos en contacto con usted.

New York City : Você fala italiano, holandês, alemão, francês ou espanhol? Estamos à procura de algum apoio nos nossos sites para esses idiomas . Se você é capaz de ler , escrever e falar em mais de uma língua que é ainda melhor . Neste momento estamos a preparar-se para a perna européia e gostaria de oferecer nossas notícias e informações setlist no país em idioma. Preencha as seguintes informações e estaremos em contato com você.

New York City : Parlez-vous italien, néerlandais , allemand , français ou espagnol ? Nous cherchons un certain soutien sur nos sites pour ces langues. Si vous êtes capable de lire , écrire et parler dans plus d'une langue qui est encore mieux . À l'heure actuelle , nous nous préparons pour la partie européenne et nous d'offrir à nos nouvelles et des informations setlist dans le pays dans le langage. Remplissez les informations suivantes et nous serons en contact avec vous .

New York : Parli italiano, olandese , tedesco , francese o spagnolo ? Siamo alla ricerca di un po 'di sostegno sui nostri siti per quelle lingue . Se si è in grado di leggere , scrivere e parlare in più di una lingua che è ancora meglio . In questo momento stiamo preparando per la tappa europea e sarebbe di offrire le nostre notizie e informazioni scaletta in paese nel linguaggio. Completare le seguenti informazioni e saremo in contatto con voi .

U2 And The Daunting Challenge of The Innocence and Experience Tour

Admin May 18, 2015

Will The Spirit Still Walk Through The Room?

U2 And The Daunting Challenge of The Innocence and Experience Tour

Nashville: JB Brookman

The age of the internet has backed the greatest band on the planet into a corner…

The Beatles, Johnny Cash and the Stones never had to deal with the backlash that a band of U2’s caliber is currently toe to toe in a death-match with. In this day and age, it’s hip to be a hater and the land of Facebook and Twitter is dominated by them. When U2 and Apple put together a brilliant (26 U2 titles shot on to the iTunes top 200 albums chart at once) and fan-friendly marketing strategy to give Innocence and Experience away for free, the naysayers swung with all their might and did so in droves.

The media jumped on the backlash and painted a negative image of an album that had nothing to do with the music. The “5th member of U2” Paul McGuinness left as the band’s manager, leaving them in unchartered territory.

Many feared that this could be the end of U2. Had they become irrelevant? Had Bono’s earnestness and political fighting's for Africa become an image-killer? Had manufactured music, boy bands and sex selling female vocalists completely taken over the landscape in 2015?

The first time this writer saw U2 live (1985 Unforgettable Fire Tour- Sports Arena, Los Angeles), Bono was able to scream out notes in full register and recklessly climb up speaker clusters, wrapped in an Irish flag to confront and demand the attention and respect of fans. Now, it is some 30 years later and the challenges of life have battered Paul Hewson’s 55-year old body. A serious and possibly life-threatening back injury delayed the 360 Tour in 2009 and Bono’s recent New York bicycle accident has left him with permanent arm/hand damage that has even stolen his ability to strum a guitar (Larry Mullen has also dealt with injury in the past and Adam Clayton has dealt with addiction and depression issues).

“God is in the room… It feels like there’s a blessing on the band right now. And I don’t know what it is, but it feels like God walking through the room, and it feels like a blessing, and in the end, music is a kind of sacrament; it’s not just about airplay or chart positions.”

— Bono (Heath, Rolling Stone, May 10, 2001)

Needless to say, the next 6 months are the pivot point in the career of U2. They will either fade gently into that goodnight or ascend and re-take their place as the greatest live band in music history. They have always found a way to fight through new ground, in a live show. Rumors of the new tour include a state of the art sound system and a show that takes over the entire span of arena floors. Bono has always said that there is a special time in each U2 show where “the Spirit walks through the room” and a certain magic happens. Can the band tap into that same life force this Summer?

The truth is this… U2 are a scrappy, hard-nosed crew with a monster work ethic. They are at their best, when it’s time to change… time to burn down what they were, reinvent themselves and rise again from the ashes. They battle and innovate and are willing to take risks that other groups have never taken.

Whether it was putting their financial futures in check with the gigantic, groundbreaking Zoo TV and PopMart Tours or tearing down the Joshua Tree and making a new sound with Achtung Baby, this has been true. The Irishmen are the first ones to the scene of the fight and they aint going down until you put them in the dirt.

A month after the Apple roller coaster, Rolling Stone named I & E their Album of the Year and the band has entered the ring for their North American Tour that opened this weekend in Vancouver. As “Volcano” from the latest album says: “The world is spinning fast tonight, You can hurt yourself tryin’ to hold on, To what you used to be. I’m so glad the past is gone” Yes, U2 have a legendary past. But, now is their time to create a new powerful and relevant future.

JB Brookmam

Rock and Roll Celebrity Concert Photographer Founder/Editor of Nashville Live Magazine and Hollywood Icon Magazine Concerts & More: www.jbbrookmanphoto.com

Can we define U2 fandom?

Admin September 7, 2012

In my excitement of finding this pic, I posted the image on my Facebook page, dedicated to my U2 fandom. I clearly stated that I had never seen the photo, which is true. Within a few hours of the posting, someone made a comment that me not seeing a previously released image of Bono didn’t make me fan enough of U2.