75K Fans Go Crazy In Rome

ROME - The claw grabbed Rome: a summer night in nearly 75,000 flocked from all over Italy and abroad for the grand finale of this part of the tour 360 °, around the world in the name of the rock, they say experts, is poised to become the most successful tour in history.

  Bono called it a A “magical evening” in the words (in Italian),along with the rest of the band gave one of his best concerts of recent years. Upon entry into the Roman stadium, the followers of Bono and company were found in front of him ‘The Claw’, the claw, the huge stage and hyper one that seems to many of the aliens of the ‘War of the Worlds’, or a spider above the band.

Below, the fortunate of the ‘golden circle’, literally within the structure (the central part of the wheel, the top 50 for 58 yards in diameter), with the musicians that are just a few meters. Open dances Interpol has fallen to the Americans, with their ‘indie rock’ stylish (they will be in Italy with their tour November 17 at Palasharp Milan), but the public’s attention was low, given that the expected spasmodic U2 was obviously all for years now the biggest rock band on the planet.

And, like any self-respecting global band, their show but also offers music - especially on this tour came from No Line On The Horizon - massive visual stimuli. But tonight, in Rome, was the music to become the main protagonist. U2 have appeared in the form as often in recent seasons.

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Bono, incredibly inspired, he found his voice from legend, the group played compact and powerful than ever. Introduced by Space Oddity by David Bowie, the former Irish boys attacked with a explosive Beautiful Day, then I will follow the classic, followed by Get on your boots, Magnificent, Mysterious Ways.

Among the thrilling moments and tears, a wonderful Miss Sarajevo. Above them, change the color of the claw, the cylindrical screen changes shape in incredible ways through the songs. “We are in love with Rome’s Flaminio stadium when we played many years ago (1987). Thanks for having kept close to your heart for all this time - says Bono - And tonight we are here with the last date of a European tour that many judged impossible. And I feel very lucky to be here with my three best friends: Larry, Adam and The Edge.

Then he paid tribute to Roberto Saviano, the students of Tehran who struggle for democracy (for them there is a devastating Sunday Bloody Sunday) and, as always, the notes of Walk On, part of the appeal for solidarity with Aung San Suu Kyi , Democratic leader for many years under house arrest in Burma.

Vertigo And then, I’ll go crazy if I do not go crazy, In a little while, I Still Have not Found What I’m looking for. All perfect for an audience in raptures authentic. Spectacular scenery in the stands, which stands on the Tiber was at one point ready to form the word One, while the curves became two huge flags, Italian and Irish.

And the grand finale party with its classical burst with One, and Where the Streets Have No Name, With or without you and enveloping Moment of Surrender.

U2 Could Play Vanderbilt

Rumors have begun to circulate that U2 will be returning to Nashville this summer for a July 2nd show at Vanderbilt Stadium. According to U2Gigs.com, “U2 are going to return to Tennessee for the first time since the Popmart Tour and perform in Nashville. The rumour suggests that the concert will take place on 2 July 2011 at Vanderbilt Stadium. There is a sufficient gap in the schedule between the Miami show on 29 June 2011 and the Chicago show on 5 July 2011. Furthermore, since Nashville is on the way from Miami to Chicago, this rumour seems pretty plausible. A somewhat weaker rumour hints that tickets for this show could go on sale as soon as the 30th of October.”

M&T Bank Stadium won't confirm 2011

U2’s blockbuster 360 Degree tour could come to Baltimore next year, but nothing has been locked in yet.

Representatives of the band and the venue will not comment on the show.

Earlier this week, U2.com accidentally revealed a previously unannounced date at M&T Bank Stadium on June 22. In the post, the Baltimore date was not in question; instead it was a performance at the Glastonbury Festival the band is trying to sneak in between Baltimore and East Lansing shows.

The post was taken down soon after, but not before a fan site captured a screen shot.

On Wednesday, Rob Muller, a spokesman for promoters Live Nation issued a stern “no comment” on the tentative performance at M&T. He also wouldn’t discuss if negotiations are happening.

The stadium took the same course of action, but vice president of marketing Gabrielle Dow said the act would be a major get for the stadium. 

“I can’t imagine any arena that wouldn’t want U2,” she said. The last headliner at the stadium was Kenny Chesney in 2009 2008.

Ravens president Dick Cass has tried to book the band before, but it conflicted with the team’s schedule. 

In 2011, though, the date could work out because it would happen in June. The stadium’s website so far lists one special event for next year: Baltimore Lacrosse. Its championship will be held over memorial day weekend, in late May.

75,000 Fans Ready in Rome

Fans in Rome have some great expectations of a massive show. The countdown for Friday’s show at the “Stadio Olimpico” has been sold out for months. The 360 Tour drops the “The Claw” which compares now to a monstrous spider, interesting the boys wrote some tunes for a broadway play with the same name. 

The stadium gates will open tomorrow (to 16.30) as the music starts (at 19.30) with American indierock band Interpol. At 21, U2 will play on stage.

U2 has been on a roll since Bono has come back to the stage. Most cities have been sold out or close to a sell out. Rumors are rising that the boys will hit South America and have some extended North Ameican dates.  So far the recovery of the lost shows has not proven to hurt the boys, only added more dates, which is standard in the tour business.

U2 Fans are asked to send videos and photo’s of the show directly to fanmail at u2 tourfans dot com.

Irish Times Misquote U2 Producer

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U2 producer Steve Lillywhite has accused The Irish Times of misquoting him, in the headline on an article which appeared in the run-up to his appearance at The Music Show.

The news story was headlined “Producer admits last U2 album was a failure” — but the man who produced Boy, October and War, and later co-produced both How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb and No Line On The Horizon for the band, with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, insists that this is not what he said.

“I never called U2 a failure,” he told the audience at the panel ‘Are Producers The Real Stars?,’ where he appeared alongside Van Morrison and Waterboys producer Mick Glossop and Julie Feeney.

“It was said that I said No Line On The Horizon was a failure. That is a complete misquote, I never said the word ‘failure’ to that journalist.”

In fact the words do not appear in quotes in the article and so the headline — presumably tagged on during production — is totally unrepresentative of what was written by Irish Times reporter, Ronan McGreevy.

“I just wanted to clarify what I said (here),” Lillywhite continued. “I was saying that with albums like The Joshua Tree, which is set in the desert, the album and the sound invokes this mood as a whole, you just feel it. I just said that I didn’t think No Line On The Horizon did that as well. It was meant to invoke the whole feel of north Africa, of Morocco, and I didn’t think that was achieved as well as on other albums, where the atmosphere hits you. I would never call any of U2’s work a failure, and I did not.”

A sub-headline on the news story says that the album sold only “a fraction” of previous albums, by which one would normally understand that sales were well down on previous efforts. In fact the record has gone to No. 1 in at least 14 countries. outperforming even Achtung Baby. Its sales of over 5 million copies, against the 9 million sold by its predecessor How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb have to be seen in the wider context of shrinking record sales — and so represent a relatively good result for the band in a diminishing market.

Lillywhite is currently seeking a retraction from the newspaper.

“You’d expect better of The Irish Times,” he said afterwards. “They’re supposed to be a newspaper of record.”

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U2 Fans Go to Broadway

U2 fans if your in NYC anytime soon and subscribe to U2.com you have a promo code in your email waiting for you. You can get to see Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the musical featuring a score by Bono and The Edge for half price.

“Some specially priced seats have been made available if you’d like to see the show and hear the new songs ahead of everyone else,” read the message, which offers the discount for preview shows running from Nov. 17 - December 20.

The musical officially opens on Dec. 21.



U2 performs first song from 'Spider-Man' musical

That’s one way to resuscitate the buzz around your new Broadway musical.

Over the weekend in Portugal, U2 reportedly performed the first song from the superhero show “Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark,” the Bono/The Edge/Julie Taymor production that begins previews next month in New York. The first tune — featured recently on the morning talk-show circuit — is titled, “Boy Falls From the Sky.”

The long-hampered, mega-million-dollar production announced last month that it will begin previews Nov. 14 and open Dec. 21. After a much-publicized casting call, Reeve Carney was cast as Peter Parker.



U2 at Heinz Field in 2011

KDKA-TV is reporting that sources have told the station that U2 will close out its 2011 tour at Heinz Field on July 26. The report says that former Steelers chairman and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney is a fan of the band and has been working to get a concert here. U2 was forced to cancel shows earlier this summer due to Bono’s back surgery, but is back in action now.