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We are in beta testing right now for our brand new forum application. We would like you to sign in and answer the following question.

We want to hear from you. Tell us in 500 words (not less than 300 please) what impact does U2 have on rock music today.

Now is your chance to share you thoughts on U2 and win your very own copy of ‘From the Sky Down” You can include for bonus how U2 has affected your life ?

Our forum is designed to allow you to share your passion of U2 music and the band. Sign in and under promotions you will see the contest for U2 Rock Music Impacts -

U2tober is for U2 Authors

October has been a music industry month. Releases from all your favorite bands have been scheduled for October. You have heard the term Rocktober. What’s so special about October.

U2 fans know that October has some special meaning. We thought we would celebrate October with a new selection. 

October will be U2 authors month. Yes if you have written a story about U2, U2 fans or about your experience and have a published book we want to share your work with U2 fans around the world.

Contact us this week September 26 - 28th to be selected. You will be offered a weekly or daily byline where you can share your work and gain some new found support for your work.

Currently we are interested in the written word, however we will consider photo collections, audio collections for the next phase of the project. We request all work to be submitted by the orginal writer. You will retain all rights to your book, story.

Don’t worry if you don’t have images, or web skills our crafty team will create everything for you. All you need to do is write. We look forward to reading your submissions and wish you all a very happy U2tober.  

Please send all submissions to our editor in chief directly.  We will do our best to contact every submission. However we will be contacting approved submissions first. Please submit all work during the week of September 26th -

Guidines: Submissions should be no more than 5000 englsh words or translated into english with the orginal lanaguage included.  All work needs to be provided by the orginal writter. 

Writters with a agent or part of a publishing house will need to have approval from their team prior to submissions. 

Indpendent writters can submit without publishing house or agent engagements. If you have questions please submit them.

This is not a contest, no prizes will  be awarded and all web content will be copy right retained by the author.

Who the "F" is Tom Meighan ?

Tom Meigham/Kasabian Kasabian star Tom Meighan hated touring with Irish rockers U2, and he has branded the gigs “horrible” and the “worst ever”.

The British band joined forces with the superstar group to open for them on a number of their 360 shows, but Meighan wishes they had never agreed to join the tour.

He tells News.com.au, “I didn’t take in anything supporting them, them gigs (sic) were horrible. Worst ever. U2 fans are cardboard cut-outs. Can you imagine supporting U2? Their fans are probably into one band and one album - Joshua Tree. I didn’t learn anything ‘cos that’s just a f**king different level. It was amazing to watch and meet them, but I didn’t learn anything apart from just get the f**k out.”

Meighan is now adamant he will never agree to be an opening act ever again, adding, “I hate supporting bands, we’re not a support band. So that’s never gonna happen again.”

Melissa From San Diego Loves U2

We have been collecting U2 fans stories for a couple of years. We thought about how we would want to share them with you.  Here is a storie of  “Mel from San Diego” she claims that U2 is “not her music era” However one song turned her world upside down and changed her views of music forever. Do you have a U2 story you want to share ? Send your story, photo’s and video to “fanmail at u2tourfans dot com”

Melissa Take it away

“I am 26, born in 1984. As you can imagine, U2 is not definetely NOT my music era. I have 2 older sisters. Cynthia, who is 12 years older than me, and Melina who is 6 years older. I am the youngest. I never imagined liking U2 so much.

I remember, the first song I heard of U2 was “One”. This was @ 1992, 1993 I believe, when Acthung Baby came out. I was around 8 or 9.

The song that stuck in my head, after hearing my sister play that album over and over again all night was “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses”. That “hey hey sha la la ” chorus stuck.  The song rocked me to sleep. 

I remember that a couple of days later I sneaked into my sisters room and looked desperately for the cassette. Bon Jovi’s “Bad Medicine” cassette was in one tape recorder.

I didn’t even know what the cassette looked like, not even who sang it.

I finally found the cassette that had the song ONE on it so it felt right to play it. I listened to the whole tape till my “Sha la la” came out. I haven’t stopped listening to U2 since then.

I consider myself one of the biggest U2 fans out there. I eat, breathe, dream U2.

I can finally die in peace knowing I had Bono like 2 meters away from me at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena. I was walking with my husband to the entrance ti the gate when I suddenly hear sirens.

I saw a convoy of Black Cadillacs coming my way. I stopped. My heart pounding. Suddenly, Bono rolled down his window, made the peace sign and drove in.

OMG I felt I was having a heart attack. Why didn’t I take pictures? Don’t know. But somebody got in on tape.”

“and see that fat girl jumping up and down with the white shirt, you’ll imagine WHY she is so happy…..those 3 seconds of my life that he passed by me seemed eternal….. That fat girl is meeee.. :)”



Comment:  U2 Fans come in all sizes, ages, colors, reglions and most of all they are just like you and me.

U2 Rarities To Be Played On The Vinyl Experience

U2 fan and author John D. Luerssen will bring his extensive collection of U2 rarities to New York’s WRXP this Sunday when he is the special guest of “The Vinyl Experience” host Paul Cavalconte.

Among the goodies that NYC area listeners can hear on 101.9 FM (and stream live via www.1019rxp.com) this Sunday include U2’s 1978 demo “Street Missions,” a 1979 track from the group’s CBS Eire debut EP Three, the band’s long disowned 1982 A-side “A Celebration” and more.

In a special segment of “The Vinyl Experience” dedicated to Luerssen’s new 450+ page book, U2 FAQ: Anything You’d Ever Want To Know About The World’s Biggest Band And More (Backbeat), Cavalconte and Luerssen talk at length about the accomplishments of U2 and the impact the Dublin band has had on the rock world since it first came together at a non-secular arts high school in Dublin in 1976. The show airs Sunday at 9 a.m.

“This is a rare opportunity for me as a fan to highlight some of the awesome lesser known songs in the U2 catalog,” says Luerssen, a Westfield, New Jersey resident who listens to the radio station loyally. “What a thrill to visit the ‘RXP studios and chat with Paul.”

Other rare songs from U2’s catalog slated for the segment include the original version of “Sweetest Thing,” a 1987 Joshua Tree B-side that the band reworked into a massive hit in 1998, U2’s rendition of Lou Reed’s