We have been asked to include our Canada partner in this promotion. As of 4/13/201 3:00 PM - All North American venues are open to this promotion. Follow the links for promotion information and terms and conditions.
Read more about the Promotion on facebook
Yesterday U2TOURFANS launched a U2 Ticket give away for 2010 concerts within the U.S.A as questions poured in all afternoon it became clear to us that the contest needed to be explained in greater detail. We will skip today concert news update and provide this simple update to the concert ticket give away.
Q: What does the U2TOURFANS logo look like?
A: The U2TOURFANS logo simply put is a set a block letters “U2TOURFANS” behind a white back ground/with black letters - or the reverse if the back ground is black.
Q: What other things needed to be included with the logo?
A: We asked that you be creative. Take a photo anywhere you would like wiht the U2TOURANS name within the image.
Q: Can anyone win the contest ?
A: Yes as long as the terms and conditions are met.
Q: Free tickets means what ?
A: You will win two tickets to the concert location of your choice. Sorry no hotel, air or anything else. Just two tickets.
Q: How often can I enter ?
A: As often as you would like.
U2TOURFANS.com presents: “Photos for tickets”! U2TOURFANS.com is giving away one pair of tickets to U2 360 Tour 2010 through an online giveaway that starts on April 11th 2010. U2 360 is set to touch down in a new set of stadiums next summer including stops in Anaheim, Denver, Oakland, Seattle, Edmonton, East Lansing, Miami, Philadelphia, and Montreal; finishing the North American leg in New York at the New Meadowlands Stadium.
U2TOURFANS.com, on the top U2 Fan social media experience sites has launched a promotion so that some lucky fans will be able to attend the show of their choice on the U.S leg of the tour. There is only one way to enter.
First Stage: Enter your best photo using the U2TOURFANS.com logo, you pick the location. The photo must have the U2TOURFANS.com name within the picture somewhere. You can write in sharpie, paint it, spray paint, flash mob photo, your choice, just be creative. U2 fans just like you will vote on the best photo and the top 12 fan voted photos will win a U2TOURFANS.com prize package and entered into the grand prize. Do worry random entries that do not make the top 12 will get a U2TOURFANS.com promotional package.
Second Stage: Top 12 photos entered will be voted on by U2 fans and one lucky winner will win the grand prize 2 tickets to the U2 concert of your choice. (U.S venues only)
Submission Process: All photos must be entered into the U2TOURFANS Facebook Photo section marked U2TOURFANS contest (http://www.facebook.com/u2tourfans) Enter as many times as you would like. Each entry must include your location where the photo was taken.
Voting will take place the week of May 1st 2010 - All entries must be submitted by April 30, 2010
There are five ways to follow U2TOURFANS and be part of the experience and no purchase or transaction is necessary. To enter, you can do the following:
Terms and Conditions do apply for all details http://www.u2tourfans.com/promotion/
With 12 studio albums under their belts, it’s hard to imagine U2’s humble beginnings – or even the lead singer Bono without his trademark sunglasses on.
A new exhibition, U2: The Early Years, by photographer Colm Henry, captures the band before they were even signed.
The photographer met them in 1979, at one of their first gigs at Dublin’s Baggot Inn. “They were one of about 600 bands around Ireland at that time and there was high unemployment. Everyone felt that someone had to make it and it turned out to be U2,” recalls Henry, who worked for Irish music magazine Hot Press.
U2, who are headlining Glastonbury this summer, are shown in a new light, long before they became megastars.
Having formed in Dublin in 1976 as teenagers at school, they signed to Island Records and released their debut album, Boy, in 1980. Recording The Unforgettable Fire in 1984 with Brian Eno, at Slane Castle, made a change from the cramped conditions of their previous albums in Windmill Lane, Dublin.
Bono abandoned the cowboy style for a more classic rock star look in 1987, when “With or Without You” became their first American No 1. “Soon they became international celebrities and became somewhat remote, which was necessary for their survival,” adds Henry.
‘U2: The Early Years’, Proud Camden, London NW1 (Proud.co.uk) 14 April to 6 June
Their massive world tour set to start its second act in two months, U2 are indeed getting ready to ride their “360” wave once again. And now they’ll have a little spring in their steps knowing that they are the band of choice for “Hot Press” readers.
@U2 reports that the results for the magazine’s Readers’ Poll has U2 at the top of five categories! That’s definitely rewarding, since they were completely shut out of wins at the Grammys this year. U2 were honored with being named “Best Irish Group”, “Best Polling Act”, and “Best Live Act”. “360” was named the “Love of the Year” while “No Line” was recognized as “Best Irish Album”.
Thats a pretty cool category name: “Love of the Year”. I’m really happy “360” won that because whether you liked it or not, it really was an experience. You definitely had to be there to see it in all of its glory. And the amount of work put into creating a show like that is incredible. So U2 and Willie Williams definitely deserve that honor.
U2 didn’t take first prize in all categories though. “Crazy Tonight” placed second in the “Best Irish Single” category and frontman Bono also received second place honors as “Best Irish Male”. What, Larry couldn’t be recognized? He’ll always be the Best Irish Male to me!
So big congratulations to U2 for their well-deserved wins! It’s nice to know they got some joy in winning this time, unlike on this occasion!
For anyone who didn’t get the chance to see the epic film “U2 3D” or if you’re a fanatic who would like to see it again for the millionth time, it’s your lucky day!
The film, which featured U2 on their “Vertigo” tour, will be showing at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, reports @U2 (via the “U23D” Facebook page). And the best part is, it’s going to run for about a year!
Here is a link to the R&R Hall of Fame website about the film.
How about all of you? Favorite “U2 3D” moment”? Anyone interested in checking out the film at the R&R Hall of Fame?
There is a U2 photo exhibition about to happen in the UK.
Proud Camden presents U2: The Early Years by award-winning photographer Colm Henry: an exclusive, never -before -seen photographic exploration of popular music’s most commercially successful and critically acclaimed group.
Set to run over lead singer Bono’s 50th birthday, this exhibition charts the group’s beginning from their first gigs and photo-shoots, up until the filming of Rattle & Hum.
A freelance photographer working on emerging Irish music magazine Hot Press, Colm Henry came across a young and unsigned U2 when they were featured in the publication. Gaining the band’s trust Henry was asked to photograph them on a regular basis, and was afforded a unique insight as they grew from an enthusiastic local band into one of the world’s most recongnised names in music.
Henry says: ‘We were both learning together really, honing our trades. I was just starting out and so were they. I wasn’t a pushy kind of person, I think they appreciated that. They trusted me to get a good shot.’
Presenting a cross section of unseen work, this specially selected exhibition is set to shine new light on a band that continues to take the world by storm. See all the photos
14th April – 6th June 2010
Proud Camden
The Horse Hospital
The Stables Market
Chalk Farm Road
London
NW1 8AH
Editor Comment: During our editor meeting this morning this article came up. We are going to share the whole article with you. Of course we never thought of our boys to be anything close to “crack” or powder however the writer that posted this artical in the Wisconsin Law Journal makes an interesing case. Its a bit of a long read. Please share your thoughts with us via facebook, twitter or even right here.
