From: http://www.tvlatina.info/newscurrent.php?filename=telehit328.htm

Loose translation:

“Telehit will broadcast the beginning of Irish band U2’s world tour live tonight from San Diego. The broadcast will include songs from the concert, interviews, and images from the arena screen.”

So … anyone able to watch/record this tonight?

Update: A couple folks have emailed to let us know that Telehit is available as Ch. 868 on the DishNetwork’s Spanish language channel package.

U2 - Vertigo Tour merchandise booth
Originally uploaded by mattmcgee.

The @U2 gang has sent back a set of photos showing some of the merchandise being sold today outside the ipayOne Center in San Diego.

Tourbook = $20
T-shirts = $25 to $90
- long-sleeve “retro” shirts with old album covers (War, UF) are $90
- blue “baby-doll” shirt with JT cover = $80
- Vertigo tour shirts (with spiral logo and/or red “V” logo) are generally = $35
Black “hoodie” = $65
Vertigo cap = $25
SD concert poster = $10

You can see the full set in @U2’s Flickr Group. More to come later today and tonight from San Diego….

As of shortly after 2:00 pm PT, U2 has arrived in their small caravan of vehicles, with Bono and Larry riding together in the front vehicle. One guess which of them was waving to fans??? (Yeah, Bono.)

Steve Lillywhite made his arrival shortly thereafter, apparently in a convertible Mustang. Niiiice.

On a completely unrelated note, it appears the Audioblogger system is slowly coming back to life. Sherry’s audio recap of the dress rehearsal, which she phoned in on Saturday night, just now made it to the blog! Yikes! So don’t be alarmed if a bunch of additional, outdated audio posts also show up soon — we’ve been testing and notifying support that it needs to be fixed. Hopefully that’s happening.

We’ve received official confirmation from U2’s publicity staff on the procedure being used for the GA lineups:

“There are 2 lines: one for U2.com, one for the others. The U2.com line will be allowed in first, tickets scanned, and random selection will determine if the ticket holder gets into the ellipse or not.

Once the fan club line has been exhausted, the other GA line will go through the same process.”

Now you know….

At 8 a.m. PST, there were over 400 people already in line for GA. As of 9:30 PST, no word of wristbands yet. Word from folks in the GA line - this is the line for those who DON’T get into the egg.

M2 stepping in for a moment… — What seems to be happening is that fans’ tickets are being scanned by security on arrival, and based on that scan, fans are being sent to one of two lines. Perhaps it’ll be U2.com members getting into the egg? That’s how most bands do it — fan club members get the best “seats”.

M2 again, 11:25 am - a U2 spokesperson in San Diego tells us “Someone will go outside later on today and make an announcement as to how people will get into the ellipse.” That’s all we’ve been told officially.

More updates to come….

Thank you to EVERYONE who came out to support our sold-out event at the San Diego Hard Rock Cafe! We were able to raise $3500 with your help in support of the African Well Fund’s “Build a Well for Bono’s Birthday campaign.”

Your generosity will allow for at least 2 wells to be built in neighborhoods where clean water is not available. Your support of our event will help thousands of people with the gift of clean water. What a great way for fans to celebrate the start of a tour, Bono’s upcoming birthday, and our 10th Anniversary of @U2 being on the web!

If you were unable to join us at the party - don’t fear! Show up outside of the Tower Records across the street from the iPayOne Center off of Pacific Highway starting at 3:00 - The Joshua Tree will be performing from the back of a flat-bed trailer from 3:00 - 7:00 (sponsored by 91X - local San Diego radio station).

Special thanks go out to The Joshua Tree for donating their services - and for playing for close to 3 solid hours! Thanks also to Julie Cook and the rest of the African Well Fund volunteers. And….especially to Ken R., Steve L., Dan E., and Phil R. - our fabulous foursome for helping at the door and at various points in the night. The event couldn’t have been done without the four of you!