U2 to reissue 'Achtung Baby'?

U2 could be set to reissue their 1991 album ‘Achtung Baby’.

According to singer-songwriter John Vanderslice, the Irish group’s seventh studio effort was being remastered in the next room to his in a Los Angeles studio.

“They’re remastering ‘Achtung Baby’ in next room,” he said on his Twitter page - Twittter.com/JohnVanderslice, before later asking his followers. “Any suggestions for witty opening salvos to drop on U2 crew when I barge in on ‘Achtung Baby’ remastering session?”

Confirmation on the reissue has yet to be announced, but a 2011 remastered edition of the LP would coincide with the 20th anniversary of it’s release in November 1991.

Peru, Argentina and Brazil Expect U2 in 2011

Peruvian fans are crossing their fingers and keeping hopes high about actually attending a U2 concert in Lima, since many rumors say that the famous Irish band may perform in Chile and Argentina during their Latin American tour.

As we have stated rumors keep coming in about next years possible shows in South America, we have yet to hear anything offical. The rumor suggests that March 31st could be the date for Argentina.  Which than makes way for a South American tour that would include Brazil, Chile and possible Peru.

U2-Konzert in München

U2 Concert the Irish rock band U2 has thrilled thousands of fans in Munich on Wednesday with the 360-degree stage. Bono thanked extensively with his German doctors and nurses that he had emergency surgery about four months after a herniated disc in Munich. This has become part of the show, remember “I’ve been rebuilt by German engineering “

“They have made it possible that we can make the show,” he called to the 75 000 fans at the sold out Olympic Stadium. He then voted “I still have not found what I’m looking for” and showed the audience with show and dance that is left of his back pain anymore and he is doing well.

During the two-hour remake of the 2009 launched “360 degree tour” which already is considered one of the most successful ever, U2 also played hits like “Beautiful Day,” “Miss Sarajevo” and “Sunday Bloody Sunday”. The band members were fans from all sides on the round stage in the middle of the Olympic stadium. Bridge connected the main stage with an outer ring on which Bono, guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Junior running around. About the musicians floated a circular video screen and through the curved beam saw from the stage set like a giant octopus. At the end of the elaborate stage show, Bono thanked his fans - and showed up with red FC Bayern Munich jersey. dpa

360 ° Tour Degree: Yesterday was the Munich Olympics and the station has attracted a lot of music fans from near and far. While were at the Allianz Arena football fans visiting it said in the Olympic Stadium U2 Live. There, U2 gave their final concert of the current 360-degree tour.

U2 en Argentina

Rolling Stone Argentia is reporting the following

As part of the controversy by the power of the stages of the City of Buenos Aires to carry out rock shows, confirming the arrival of U2 to Argentina for the March 31, 2011. The visit of the Irish led by Bono and The Edge, which involves a scenic display that would affect the state of the pitch of the seat in question, opens again the debate about where the show should be: the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata is presented as a the possibilities before the dreaded suspicion that River does not meet the necessary conditions.



Although their official website the dates were not yet published, U2 would come under the 360 ° Tour, with a setting that lifts the grass and put a stage on center court and whose assembly and disassembly disqualify the stadium to be used host football for almost a month.

Will be the third time the band stepped on the show floor opens argento and the list of international hits (hopefully) arrive during 2011.

Are you going to see U2? What do you think it is in La Plata? 

Bono and Mrs Bono fashion mission

He has set himself up as a champion of the poor and dispossessed in the developing world.

But U2 singer Bono has now raised eyebrows after he and his wife’s ethical fashion house moved production to an undisclosed location in China.

About 15 per cent of Edun’s clothes will be made in the Communist country after African orders proved to be of poor quality.

But by doing so Edun, which is the brainchild of Bono’s wife Ali Hewson and had financial backing from the U2 frontman, appeared to be going back on its own mission statement to ‘encourage trade with Africa and celebrate the possibilities and the people of the continent’.  

Factory owners in China are notorious for paying workers low wages and forcing them to work long hours in sweatshop conditions.

Bono and Mrs Hewson launched Edun in 2005 to ‘put our money where our mouths were’ to improve the lives of those in developing nations and make clothing manufacturing more sustainable.

Alongside Sir Bob Geldof, Bono, 50, is the most high-profile musician-turned-advocate for developing countries and has lobbied world leaders at G8 summits to axe Third World debt.

Mrs Hewson, 49, became Edun’s public face and driving force, with Bono taking on a more advisory role.

The company made much of its agreements with farmers in Northern Uganda and production bases in Tunisia, Tanzania and Kenya as a sign it was committed to Africa.

But it soon ran into problems with sourcing and delivery: shipments arrived late and retailers complained about the fit and design.

Edun also felt the pinch of the recession and, from a peak of hundreds of stores in 2006, its shirts, jackets, bags and T-shirts were sold at just 67 shops around the world last year.

Mrs Hewson considered closing but worked out a deal with a Chinese manufacturer and sold a 49 per cent stake last year to luxury goods maker LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton for about $7.8million (£5.08million).

According to U.S. reports, almost all the items at Edun’s New York Fashion Week show were made in China, not Africa. 

“We focused too much on the mission in the beginning,’ she said in an interview. ‘It’s the clothes, it’s the product. It’s a fashion company.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1311422/U2-singer-Bonos-African-fashion-line-moves-China.html#ixzz0zPIXNFMx

Zurich Take 2

Second show in Zurich, Switzerland updated setlist posted. This was the first time the boys performed 2 outdoor concerts in the same Swiss city, hum we may want to check the database on that one. Sound checks from yesterday include Mercy, Mothers of the Disappeared, Walk On and North Star with the full band.

Mercy did make its debut, right after North Star. The audience had a chance to see a totally different show.  The rain fell upon the crowd U2 started the show off with Return of the Stingray Guitar with the mix in of “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb and some Joshua Tree  We have some interesting Adam photos for the fans that we will be posting later.

It was the first time that the new stadium was used Letzigrund for a major concert. For eight days it takes for the huge stage is being set up and broken down:50 meters high, 60 meters wide, 400 tons in weight is the giant octopus, the screw 360 degrees in the sky.



U2 Loves Zurich

Nearly 45,000 fans flocked to the U2 concert stage Saturday night at the Letzigrund in Zurich. The city police has reported positive results because everything went well. The rock band has to give a second concert on the same site Sunday night.

By late afternoon, traffic was congested in the area without turning into chaos. It seems that many fans have focused on public transport, told the ATS a spokesman for the municipal police of Zurich.

The end of the concert caused neither specific incident or traffic jams. This is the first time the new stadium Letzigrund hosted a big concert. U2 will perform again on tonight evening and is expected to attract 45,000 people again.

Setlist can be found here