U2 In Their Own Words, Manchester Radio
Editor Note: We found this site and thought it might be a great filler for a few weeks as we wait for the second leg to kick off. Please check out their interviews. Orginal story posted on June 14th 2008
Originally recorded on or about November 10th, 1984 and recorded by taper Rick14. Believed to be first broadcast, December 31st, 1984.
for East Rutherford shows:
U2 has announced ticket details for its July 19 concert at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford. Tickets, priced at $33, $58, $98 and $253, will go on sale Monday, Nov. 9 at 10 a.m., with a pre-sale starting today at noon. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit Ticketmaster.com.
The New Meadowlands Stadium, which will replace Giants Stadium next year as the home of the Giants and Jets, will present its first concerts, by Bon Jovi, on May 26, 27 and 29.
U2 performed at Giants Stadium Sept. 23 and 24, with the second concert drawing the biggest crowd — 84,472 — in the stadium’s history.
On November 5, Irish rock group U2 will perform a free concert to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The band will play in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate during the MTV Europe Music Awards, which take place at Berlin’s O2 World arena. The wall separating east from west came down on November 9, 1989.
With the re-release of U2’s fourth album, The Unforgettable Fire, the group has decided to share rarely seen before video footage with their fans. The video showcases frontman Bono speaking on the recording process of the breakthrough album and flashes back to some of the most historical songs ever written.
The special edition release of The Unforgettable Fire marks 25 years since the album’s original release in October 1984. Recorded at Slane Castle, Ireland, The Unforgettable Fire was the first U2 album to be produced by Brian Eno and Danny Lanois, and spawned two top 10 UK
singles - “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” and “The Unforgettable Fire.”
The Unforgettable Fire is available now in four different formats, with deluxe editions that feature two previously unheard tracks from the Slane Castle sessions: “Yoshino Blossom”, and “Disappearing Act” as well as a limited edition Super Deluxe package which includes a DVD featuring music videos, a documentary and unreleased live footage from the Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope Tour in 1986.
U2’s The Edge, directed the remastering from the original audio tapes, this release is a must have for any U2.
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Global-straddling super-group U2 will perform a bunch of their biggest hits in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate as part of this year’s MTV EMAs.
The Oirish four-piece will put on a free ticketed gig as a prelude to the Fall of The Wall celebrations in the famous city and the show will be beamed into the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards.
The band’s manager Paul McGuinness said: “It’ll be an exciting spot to be in, 20 years almost to the day since the wall came down. Should be fun.”
Tickets to attend ’MTV EMAs present U2 at the Brandenburg Gate’ are free of charge and available by registering on www.u2.com and www.mtvema.com.
Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis and will be restricted to a maximum of two per applicant.
Executive VP of Music Brands, MTV Networks International and Executive Producer for the MTV Europe Music Awards, Antonio Campo Dall’Orto, said: “The exceptional musical heritage of this year’s EMAs spans genres and generations and we are extremely proud to be bringing U2 to Berlin for this extraordinary performance.
“This year’s Awards will be remembered as the night when the world’s major music players came together against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall to celebrate music, freedom and the birth of a new age in Europe.”
Green Day. Leona Lewis. Kings Of Leon and Jay-Z are among an array of top artists who’ll play on the night.
We can’t wait!
The 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards will premiere on MTV Australia, Friday November 6 from 4:30pm(AEDT).
It’s a big week of 2010 presales for subscribers in North America this week.
Some people have been reporting problems seeing their presale codes when they log-in. This is a temporary problem which will be fixed by the time the presales open.
Rest assured that if you have a presale code in an email from us as a subscriber - and it has not been used for tickets - it will definitely work in the presales this week.
The presales this week for Anaheim, Denver, Chicago, Miami and New York:
Horizon Group - Tuesday 10AM local
Breathe Group - Tuesday 3PM EST/2PM CST/1PM MST/12PM PST
Boots Group - Wednesday 10AM EST/9AM CST/8AM MST/7AM PST
Magnificent Group - Wednesday 3PM EST/2PM CST/1PM MST/12PM PST
Presale ends - Thursday 5PM local
If you did not use your code 2009 it will work for 2010 - However if you did use it no matter if you purchased 2 tickets - You can not use it again. You can not buy a membership now and be in on the Horizon Group. Don’t delay.
Bono and company continued their record breaking ways last week. U2’s Oct 25 Rose Bowl performance has set a new US attendance record.
Billboard reports that the legendary Irish rockers have smashed their own attendance record for the best-attended single concert performance at a U.S. venue by a headliner.
The “With or Without you” hitmakers brought their 360° tour to Pasadena, CA’s. Rose Bowl last Sunday and played to a record breaking sellout crowd of 97,014.
U2 set their previous record during their Joshua Tree tour back on Sept. 25, 1987 at the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, playing to a soldout crowd of 86,145
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Earlier this week, YouTube announced that the simulcast coverage of the Pasadena concert was watch by 10 million fans from 188 countries, making it the video site’s largest streaming event ever.
After playing their final show of the 2009 North American leg of their tour in Vancouver, BC on Wed, U2 headed east to headline the 2nd night of the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at New York’s Madison Square Garden show this past Friday (10/24).
The “Beautiful Day” hitmakers will play a free show in front of the Brandenburg Gate on Nov. 5 that will be beamed into the MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony at Berlin’s O2 World arena and will bring their 360° tour back to Canada and the US in the summer of 2010.
See U2’s official website for more tour details.
For the latest info on the band, check out “U2 heads back to North America in 2010” “U2 concert sets record on YouTube”
Did you know? U2 holds the top 3 positions among the top 5 single-concert attendances on record in the U.S.,
U2 star The Edge got to play one of the most distinctive electric guitar riffs in history this weekend when the band covered a Rolling Stones classic.
The Irish rockers were appearing at the second night of this year’s Rock and R
Jagger stuck around for another song to duet with Bono on U2’s Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of.
This was one of several collaborations to take place at the gig, as Aretha Franklin and Lenny Kravitz joined forces on Think, while Metallica played with ex-Kinks frontman Ray Davies on You Really Got Me and All Day and All of the Night.
Metallica also performed Black Sabbath’s classic Paranoid with Ozzy Osbourne, as well as Iron Man.
The first night of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame also saw a number of artists joining forces, with Stevie Wonder for example performing with acts such as Jeff Beck and Smokey Robinson.
In addition, music fans were treated to the sight of Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon taking to the stage together to play Bridge Over Troubled Water.
