While at the Denver concert this past Saturday, I took a few photos of the U2 360 merchandise booths. If you’re planning to do some shopping, it looks like there are a few new items for your consideration this time around. Here they are in pics — enjoy!
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VIDEO: Bono teases fans with talk of indoor tour, b-sides played live
This video is about a month old, but we’re just catching up to it now. A fan shot the video in Sao Paulo last month as Bono signed autographs. At about the 28-second mark, a fan asks Bono to play “Love Comes Tumbling,” and that prompts Bono to start talking about possibly doing some indoor […]
U2 360 Roadie & Photographer, All Rolled Into One
Our friends at U2tour.de have posted an interesting interview with Arne de Knegt, who’s not only one of the U2 360 tour roadies, but also a darn good photographer, too. What you see at right is a clipped version of one of Arne’s photographs last week from Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo. You can see […]
PROSHOT VIDEOS: U2 in Sao Paulo, April 13
Not sure exactly where these came from (possibly Brazilian TV?), but the folks at U2News have uploaded proshot videos of the first three songs that U2 played Wednesday night in Sao Paulo. Enjoy! There are some more great videos in their YouTube account.
U2, Arcade Fire and Who?
There has certainly been plenty of talk in recent months in our forum about Bono and Edge’s involvement in the Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark production on Broadway. Maybe too much talk (U2 pun intended here). I’m not here to continue those discussions. I just happen to notice that a few forum members were discussing […]
Willie Williams Shares New U2 Concert Videos
If you read Willie Williams’ excellent tour diaries on U2.com (members only), you may remember him talking about some new/updated video clips that he and the team have been using on the recent U2 360 shows. He went into some detail about a new “Moment of Surrender” clip featuring “passers by” that was shot in […]
Paul McGuinness on Opening Acts & Concert T-Shirts
What impact does an opening act have on concert merchandise sales? Apparently, it can have a lot. Paul McGuiness spoke Thursday at the Billboard Touring Conference during a panel called “A 20/20 View of the Concert Business.” And, according to Billboard’s coverage of the panel, he talked about why it’s smart to pick a good […]
What's the point of a U2.com membership?
For years, U2 fans around the world have paid for a U2.com membership for one primary reason: to get the first chance to buy concert tickets in the members-only pre-sales. But … how many U2.com members know that they’re not always getting the first crack at buying U2 tickets? Check out this screenshot from an […]
If U2 play Dublin in 2011, where will they play ?
There has been a drip feed of new gig announcements in recent weeks, and South America is probably the next announcement along with a few additional U.S. dates. As the last few pieces of the 360 tour jigsaw puzzle come together, it’s time to take a look at the possibility of U2 playing Ireland to […]
5-Day Trip to Seville & Coimbra – Part 6
Part 6 , part 5 can be found here. Oct. 3: Our 5 seconds of fame on the way back home. It was another early start for the trip that never stops. Up today at 7:00, breakfast was a welcome relief. We packed and got a taxi to the train station at Coimbra B. From […]
