U2 Fan Alert:Super Delux 360 Tour DVD is on its way. Reports claimed it was removed from Amazon. Has been just been proven wrong. ‘U2360° At The Rose Bowl’ will be released in the UK on DVD and Blu-ray by Mercury Records on June 7, and in the US on June 3, 2010. #U2 We will posta link to where you can purchase as soon as we know.
U2's Best Supporting Act
Lenny Kravitz, Interpol, Snow Patrol, Kasabian, Razorlight, The Fray, One Republic: depending on where you’re seeing U2 this year, you’ll also get to see one of the above. Last year you might have caught Kaiser Chiefs, Glasvegas, The Hours, Elbow or Muse.
And over the years some pretty fine bands have rocked the house just a few minutes before the main attraction took the stage - sometimes long before they became household names themselves.
Anyone see The Kings of Leon or The Killers on the Vertigo Tour ? Or Garbage or Stereophonics on the Elevation Tour? Public Enemy on ZOO TV ? BB King on Lovetown ? How about The Pretenders or Los Lobos or Lou Reed on The Joshua Tree Tour in the 1980’s? Or Lone Justice when the band were touring The Unforgettable Fire. And, come to think of it, what about The Pixies, PJ Harvey, Patti Smith…
Was there an act you first discovered when they came out on stage before U2? Who was the best act you ever saw with them… and why? (Don’t forget to include the tour or year of the show.)
U2 Social Awareness Awakens
Two-time Grammy winning group Soweto Gospel Choir has collaborated with international group U2 on a world cup project. The artists have created music for a series of inserts about South Africa that will be featured on sports channel ESPN during the big tournament. From June 11, ESPN will use music that has been specially recorded by Soweto Gospel Choir and U2. “This is something very exciting for the choir considering U2 is such a big rock band,” said the choir’s Lucas Bok.The collaboration will appear in every program throughout ESPN’s presentation of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. The choir first sang with U2 on stage at the inaugural 46664 concert.
African Well Fund’s
U2 live photo auction, with all proceeds going toward the AWF’s “Build A Well For Bono’s Birthday” fund raiser. There are 30+ photos available, ranging in size from 5x7 to 16x20 and covering U2’s career from the War tour until today. You can preview of the photos here or go to eBay to start bidding. All auctions end next Sunday, April 25th 2010
Scams
We had to spend a few minutes this morning to alert you of this latest scam. If your on Facebook and Twitter your aware of the thousands of Fan sites that have appeared over night. The new scam is simply to be able to get your agree to some kind of application game from facebook, which is not endorsed by them to be loaded on your page. Warning this is the first step of gaining your personal information. Next item we noticed is tickets. You can either purchase from Ticketmaster or choose purchase from a reseller. We have checked into TicketsNow they are an official company of TicketMaster so the scalping ticket prices you have seen are not available from them. In full disclosure yes they do have a adveristment on the main U2TOURFANS site. We comfirmed their practices and we believe that they are a good secondary choice for ticket purchases. As we get closer to the tour start you will see all types of U2 stuff appear just check carefully and if your still concerned pass on it and save your money.
Congratulations U2.com
The peoples voice ! U2.com is one of five sites nominated for ‘Best Celebrity/Fan Site’ at the 14th Annual Webby Awards - and the votes are now being cast.
There’s four other sites nominated alongside us and U2.com is eligible for two awards: The Webby Award and The Webby People’s Voice Award. Voting is easy.
Visit the Webby site here.
When you register with a username and password, they instantly send you a link to confirm your account.
Click on that and you’re in: look for the Celebrity/Fan category and vote for U2.Com.
U2.com has also been made an ‘Official Honoree’ in the Music category - selected from 8,000 entries. The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet and presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
U2 has thousands of unoffical U2 fan sites around the world in many lanuages. However there can only be one offical U2 site. U2.com - Congratulations and U2 Fans lets get voting !
Inspired by U2, Bono and or God ?
Saturday Afternoon, listening to some music a mix of U2 and well the 80’s and of course a mix in of current music. I began to think about how U2 has sifted through various images of religion, what does that mean to you and me? Our team posted the question this week. “U2 Music inspires you to do what? Give us some ideas. What does U2 music mean to you?” Inspired by U2 or is it inspired by Bono? At this point the lines are blurred, Bono is the ultimate front man, and yea we heard that Laim was voted the best front man in the latest issue of RS.
Interesting if you label them a Christian rock band you have people from the right screaming how you can even think of them in such a fashion however a few churches are turning to U2. USA Today reports that the U2 Eucharist is a “traditional Episcopal liturgy” that refers to some of U2’s best-selling songs such as “Beautiful Day” and “Pride (In the Name of Love)” as hymns. We shared stories about this concept before it involves combining U2 songs with related religious montages. Reverend Paige Blair, a parish priest in York Harbor, Maine, incorporated some of U2’s lyrics during a sermon in July 2005. Since then, she’s gone on to assist 150 churches with their own U2 Eucharists, and the idea are spreading like wildfire across 15 states and seven countries. They’re not worshipping Bono, but choosing to use him and the band’s work as an example of spreading the word.
I thought about the question myself this week and as the editor of U2TOURFANS I wondered if I should share my personal thoughts. The team all agreed that I should at least share something with you the reader.
So here goes. “Well the God I believe in isn’t short o’ cash, MISTER!!” Think about that line for second, Churches all around the world ask you for a donation. Ask you to put faith in…. Fill in the blank.
I put my faith in God, Inspired ? Sure I am inspired daily by lots of images, music, and words. I can say that U2 has created a place for me to express and share my views with like minded people.
The bottom line; you don’t have to like my views, agree or believe however you should respect one another. It’s really that simple.
U2’s music is a vessel to which we all could use to take a ride on. Bono has been blessed by the
I don’t see denomination. I generally think religion gets in the way of God.
“I am just trying to figure it out. Everybody wants to make an impact with their life, whether it’s small scale with friends or family—that’s really big, is the truth—or whether it’s on a grand scale, in changing their communities and beyond.
I just want to realize my potential.” He recalled one pastor’s recent advice: Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed. “That’s what I want,” Bono said. “I want to align my life with that.”
What do you want to align your life to? Post your comments.
U2 Manager Hails Irish Court Decision
Editor Comment: Normally its better to stay away from commenting on items like this one. However just to be clear what the high court decision did not reference “Bootleg” concerts. Which we think that most U2 fans have atleast one concert that they would share - Remember the keyword here is share. NOT Sell. Wethink the best place to share U2 music wold have to be U2START.com.
The High Court has cleared the way for the Irish Recorded Music Association and Eircom to implement their graduated response to illegal filesharing, which was agreed in February 2009 but held up by a legal objection.
Agreeing with IRMA’s assertion that “an IP address refers solely to the network address of a computer and is not personal data when in IRMA’s possession”, Mr. Justice Charleton said in his ruling: “The right to be identified with and to reasonably exploit one’s own original creative endeavour I regard as a human right. It is completely within the legitimate standing of Eircom to act, and to be seen to act, as a body, which upholds the law and Constitution. That is what the Court expects of both individuals and companies.
“The internet is only a means of communication,” Justice Charleton continued. “It has not rewritten the legal rules of each nation through which it passes. It is not an amorphous extraterrestrial body with an entitlement to norms that run counter to the fundamental principles of human rights. There is nothing in the criminal or civil law which legalises that which is otherwise illegal simply because the transaction takes place over the internet.”
One of the first people to react to the ruling is U2 manager Paul McGuinness who comments: “This is a landmark decision. The judge’s emphatic and eloquent words will be reported around the world, and be welcomed by musicians, composers, filmmakers and actors everywhere.”
Echoing those sentiments, IRMA Chairman Willie Kavanagh adds: “The whole music industry, including performers, composers and record labels, has been decimated by illegal peer to peer traffic and our losses amount to over €60m per annum. Our industry has lost 40% in sales value between 2005 and 2009 with devastating effects on Artists and creativity. Today’s decision is the first step back towards allowing Artists to make a living again.”
OneRepublic Are 'Freaked Out' By U2
“I have a Bono rash”
If you’re a hitmaking machine like OneRepublic, you generally don’t agree to open for anyone. But when two of the biggest acts in the business extend offers to serve as curtain-jerkers, you have to at least think twice. And say yes, apparently.
Because this summer, OneRepublic will open for both Bon Jovi and U2, and one of those gigs will see them perform with Jon Bon at the brand-new Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey, a slot akin to opening for the Pope at the Vatican. ( See our story if Bono was the POPE)
“We just got asked to open up the first musical performance at the new Meadowlands Stadium, in New Jersey … so that’s going to be crazy,” OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder laughed. “Something like 70-80,000 New Jerseyans, opening up for Bon Jovi in his home state. So we have to do something special for that. I’m not sure just what, but it’ll be something. Maybe we’ll work a Bruce Springsteen cover into the set.”
And since they’ve agreed to two high-profile tours, the guys in OneRepublic know they have to step up their game. A Boss cover just isn’t going to cut it.
“The U2 stuff, I mean, that’s kind of why we started a band. … I’m still kind of freaked out about it. And I’m not a guy who takes a bunch of pictures and video, but I’m going to be filming the whole thing. [We’ll be like] one of those idiots, backstage, Twittering our rosy little fingers off,” he laughed. “For all those kids out there, it’s kind of like how you feel about Bieber. Bono is Bieber to us. I have a little bit of Bieber fever too, but not as much as Bono fever. I have a full-on rash. A Bono-sized rash.”
2010 World Cup as ESPN picks U2 for promos
As we reported before U2 has been choosen for the world cup commericals. Whats interesting not that the boys where choosen, the songs selected. Its the fact the the Irish will not be going to the world cup. Karma ? Who knows, Henry ( player) did not do his part to insure the team a spot this time around.
U2 has ads are already on the air and the ads which will run through the World Cup itself will feature footage from U2’s Pasadena concert.We have posted a couple of them.
The five songs are:
“Where the Streets Have No Name” (with the Soweto Gospel Choir)
“Magnificent”).
“Out of Control” - weyhey! You rarely hear this song on the radio anymore
“Desire”
“City of Blinding Lights.”
“Desire”
“City of Blinding Lights.”