“Who was the DJ mixing songs before U2’s Dreamfest show??!!” That was a common question a couple weeks ago right after U2 played at the Cow Palace in San Francisco as part of the Salesforce Dreamfest event. The DJ was Bella Fiasco and she had the whole audience smiling and singing and getting ready for […]
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For the love of money, money, money
Friday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, U2 opened with a fiery version of “Desire.” Halfway through the song, confetti cascaded down from the rafters on a delighted and energized audience. The last time we saw a confetti drop at a U2 show was during “Until The End Of The World” on the […]
EXTRAS FOR YOUR U2 WEEK IN DUBLIN
If you’ll be in Dublin next week for the U2 shows and are looking to enhance your U2 experience, I know you’ve got a lot of choices for what to do, but may I suggest putting these on your itinerary? 1. Visit The Little Museum of Dublin. Take the highly entertaining and informative 20-30 minute […]
Frank Schaeffer Sees The Beauty In U2’s I+E Tour
I took a pause today while working on my “Ecce Bono” presentation for next week’s Fandom and Religion Conference, in which I plan to talk a lot about Bono the artist and the art of U2, and yes, Bono’s HMTMKMKM rebuttal to, oh, tens-of-thousands (?) of 1980s fans — “They don’t know what you’re doing / Babe […]
U2 DIY Project: Hanging Your Own Light Bulb
The Innocence + Experience tour has inspired me to carry out a little home improvement project. Yup, that’s right—we’re talking about U2 DIY! One of my best memories of the tour is from the concert’s first few minutes, when Bono invites the audience into his bedroom to sing and howl the opening chorus of “oh-oh-oh-ohs” […]
A Party on the U2 Stage: Where The Streets Have No Name
Tonight’s concert in Montreal ended up being the grandest of celebrations for a packed audience, but even more so for some fans who got to join U2 on the main stage. As the band neared the end of the concert, following another impassioned plea from Bono — this time aimed at Canada’s top politicians — […]
New Graffiti Wall on U2’s I+E Tour
On Sunday night, May 31, U2 debuted a new feature on the Innocence + Experience tour. It’s kind of graffiti wall. What used to be a plain yellow wash on the giant screen during the beginning of “Invisible” is now a collage of scribbles, drawings and quotes in multiple languages. One quote, appearing in […]
Stocki Reviews I+E Opening Night From 4400K Miles Away
Talk about having vision over visibility! Steve Stockman weighs in on opening night … from Belfast.
This is NOT a stage design for U2’s tour
If you saw a post on Facebook, or perhaps in a forum, about what U2’s stage will look like and what sort of experience to expect in the arena for this year’s Innocence + Experience tour, don’t believe it. As far as we know here at @U2, no one is sharing reliable facts just yet about what’s […]
(VIDEO) French U2 Fan Makes a "Baby Claw"
This is just too cool. A U2 fan who goes by the name “Hitoz” and is a regular in the U2Achtung.com forums (a French fan site) has just finished what he calls the “Baby Claw.” The project began in April 2010 and was completed earlier this month. According to U2Achtung.com, Hitoz spent more than 300 […]