A healthly 360 Tour and Rider Sample

Whatever happened to sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll? U2 are preparing for their next world tour by hitting the treadmills and healthy eating buffets.
Bono, 48, is so determined to keep trim, a private gym, footy pitch and healthy eating restaurant will be built at every venue.

And the band have already undertaken a grueling fitness regime so they can roll back the years for some of their most energetic performances ever.

A source revealed: “The lads used to demand piles of booze. But they’ve realised they have to eat the right foods and live a healthy lifestyle.

“This time around they have top health food chefs to prepare them low-carb snacks and high energy protein shakes.

“Bono and the lads know they can’t get away with eating and drinking like they used to. So they are pulling out all the stops to turn this into the healthiest tour ever staged.”

Before each gig — which includes three nights at Croke Park on July 24, 25 and 27 — the band will warm up by hitting the treadmill.

The insider added: “They will have gym equipment and a sports area complete with pool tables and even a mini football zone.

“It’s going to be like a big kid’s playground.

But when you consider they will be on the road for over a year it’s important they have some way of killing the time while they are away.”

The band was reportedly asked to shed the pounds before releasing their new album.
The source added: “The boys have been told to start exercising all the summer weight off.

They are a bit out of shape and they need to tone up and look the part again.”

2001 Rider Highlights

• Champagne
• Jack Daniels
• Curries
• Burgers
• Fries
• Cheese selection
• Guinness
• Expensive wine

2009 Tour Rider Highlights:

• Protein shakes
• White egg omelettes
• Low-carb chicken salads
• Energy drinks
• Stir-fried vegetables
• Treadmills

Magnificent Released on Yahoo Video -

A video footage showing the filming process of U2's music video for single "Magnificent" has come out. It gives a sneak peek at what will be seen in the band's forthcoming video, showing them making a performance inside a local riad in Fez, Morocco.

In addition to providing fans with the video's sneak peek, the footage also follows the band's members while they are walking out for sight-seeing in the North African city. Along with their crew, they mingle with traders in the market and even play soccer with local kids.

"Magnificent" music video is expected to make its debut on Tuesday, May 5 on Yahoo!. The soon-to-be-released video is directed by Alex Courtez, who previously helped the band making "Get on Your Boots" video.

"Magnificent" itself is the second single coming from U2's 2009 studio album "No Line on the Horizon". Originally titled "French Disco", the song penned by U2, Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois revolves around "two lovers holding on to each other and trying to turn their life into worship."

Packed News Monday

Lots of great stories out today, Lets start with Bono nd George

U2 frontman Bono has interviewed actor George Clooney for an upcoming CNN special, entitled 'The World's Most Influential People.'

The one-hour presentation will be a special edition of the news network's Anderson Cooper 360°, according to TV Guide.

The show, anchored by Cooper, will be aired in tandem with the release of Time magazine's 100 special issue. The programme will incorporate interviews with the publication's recipients conducted by fellow influential honorees.
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Time magazine asked Bono to write the profile, and CNN shot the interview for the special.

"You recently slept with someone that I have a crush on. Tell me about that?", was reportedly one of his first questions Bono put to George Clooney and it apparently set the tone of their nearly 40 minute interview.

The show airs in the US today.

The Edge and his wife Morleigh Steinberg started looking for a site to build a custom home in the Malibu area during the summer of 2004.

The result of that search was the discovery of land above Sweetwater Mesa for sale with pre-existing entitlements for five homes. After initially disregarding it as too much for their needs, they finally bought this land with a view to bringing a number of friends together as partners in the project.

AWF AUCTIONING U2 360 TICKETS

CALLING ALL SET LISTS
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A Break from U2

Have you had a chance to check out the Oasistria Blog ? NO !, what are you waiting for. If your fan of Oasis this really a great blog. I enjoyed the video,comments and stories. I'm a fan - Maybe worth a visit.

Beatiful Day - Thoughts

Good Day ! As we are getting closer to the the tour I thought the theme for next week will be live videos. Yup I will be selecting videos from around the world from the last U2 tour. Lots of choices so lets kick off the new week with U2 Beautiful Day - Live @ Slane Castle.

1. Set building has begun. This looks to be massive. I am checking a couple of sources for photos to be able to post something shortly.
2. The Edge still has issues with his home in Malibu (USA) It seems the concept of green space has caused issues with his new home.
3. No Line: So we have been asked to list our fav's in order. Not yet I say. How about you guys tell me first.
4. Tour set list. Now this is one that we have to really think about. What are the songs we want to hear? Can we really go all the way back to the beginning? You tell me
5. What was that “Third Kodak moment. 1987
6. How Old is Adam ?
7. Punters ? Who are they ?
8. Donate ? Sure we are non profit and trying to build a great site with your help
9. Visit our sponsors, why not. Free swag is just that free.
10. Eat an Apple a day - ( click the link >>>>>)

U2 could be no more ?

Could this tour be the last for U2? Despite the fact that U2 Tickets are hard to come by - they recently sold out 90000 seats in Barcelona in 54 minutes - some in the band feel that going out on top is preferable to going out on a downward curve.

Bono stated recently that he and his bandmates - guitarist The Edge, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton - are determined to enjoy their upcoming world tour because they fear it could be their last.

He noted, “We want to play for each other as much as we want to play for the crowd this time. You just don’t know how long you are going to be doing this. When we walk out on stage, the hairs on people’s necks go up - but what people don’t know is that the hairs on our necks go up too.”

Drummer Mullen is also concerned their fans won’t want to part with their money to watch them, due to current economic conditions… even though tickets have been priced reasonably.

He said: “Will we sell it out? Who knows? Will the economic situation have an impact? Probably. But that’s not going to stop us.”

Mullen admitted he wants the group to retire while they are still at the top.

He said: “There will be a time when it’s like, ‘It’s time to go.’ I would like that to be on a high when you’re still achieving as opposed to the curve down. That’ll be sad for me. I think it’ll be a more dignified time to go.”

Free Stuff - and More

Yea we got the free tune of the week from our friends at APPLE more importantly we noticed some great buys on U2 music from the Itunes section. Anyway I am not here to plug them other than to say hey if your downloading from Itunes why not click here first and let us get a couple of buckets of love from Apple :)

Summer tour season coming up very soon. We are looking for some key players. You must be willing to write in your expereince, share some pics, video or sound if possible from your show. If your selected your going to have a chance to share your dream with all of us. So snap a pic of your ticket to prove your going a little write up about you - and send it over to us.

1987: Bullet the blue sky

"Bullet the Blue Sky" is the fourth track from U2's 1987 album, The Joshua . Although never released as a single, "Bullet the Blue Sky" has been played at nearly every one of the band's live concerts since its first performance at the opening night of the Joshua Tree Tour on April 2, 1987. The song is one of the band's most overtly politically toned songs, with live performances often being heavily critical of war and guns.

Amazing when you think about the fact that they released this ablum as a CD and it jumped way up in sales.