U2 in Argentina Fans Love It

The mega show in Argentina last night started with over 60 thousand screaming fans in LA Plata which was the first of  three concerts.

Just after 21:30 on Wednesday the earger audience wait was over the boys started the show different that most nights, electing to open with Even Better Than The Real Thing, The boys finaly returned after three years. Going back a couple of years with a classic  “I Will Follow”.

The beast was already unleashed. Bono and his band (The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr) had turned the field at Estadio One of La Plata in a scene from another planet. The circular structure of 400 tons simulated a huge ‘claw’ from which the group was delirious fans.

U2 has a long romance with the Argentine public, which began in 1998 with his first appearance in that country with the PopMart Tour. The next visit was in 2006 when they presented the Vertigo Tour and the latter with “360 °

With the band on stage, the majesty of the structure and the first two issues and interpreted, little was needed for the show was on wheels: Magnificent, Mysterious Ways, and Elevation remained in the repertoire.

“After a gasp tired, Bono says (in Spanish) that Argentines” are the most ‘, “said the journalist on Twitter at full recital. Bono, the soul of the band, squandered thanks and winks to the Argentine public. Lover football, the Irish did not hesitate to include one of the greatest passions of the Rio de la Plata in his show. He introduced his band with the names of white and blue team players and won the name “Apache Carlitos,” referring Carlos Tevez, Manchester City Idol (Britain).

The stage with the play of light and screens operated. The crowd overflowed from fanaticism and U2 gave a dose of rock than expected: I Still Have not Found What I’m Looking For, Beautiful Day, Miss Sarajevo, City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, and I’ll Go Crazy If I Do not Go Crazy Tonight. No missed Sunday Bloody Sunday, Scarlet and Walk On.

These feared the end, but came the encores. One, With or Without You and the closure Moment of Surrender. “I do not give more by emotion,” Bono said after the show. Grateful fans.



U2 Rocks 58K Fans in Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES- After five years without coming to light blue and white ground, U2 returns to appear tonight in Argentina in the first of three concerts that will provide in the Estadio Unico de La Plata (the other two will be on 2 and 3 April) as part of their tour called “Tour 360 º.”  

Fans of the group began to enter the premises and nearby recorded long queues.

Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, promised to provide a spectacle never seen before, generating feelings for all the senses.

It is expected that the group, which sold over 190 million records worldwide, with emphasis on his latest album, “Songs of Ascent”, without forgetting its iconic themes such as “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, “With or Without You “” One “and” City of Blinding Lights, “among others.

The group U2, formed in 1976, was twice in the country until this series of concerts. Both played at the Monumental de Nuñez. The first was in 1998 and the second under the “Vertigo Tour” in 2006. Wearing a jacket with the colors of the flag of Argentina, Bono became delirious crowd at both dates.

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Argentina Ready?

Tonights show is the first of three shows the boys have planed for Argentina. The stadium de la Plata is ready to host the crawl and give way to some 70 thousand expected fans. Tonight doors open at 16:00 and the show starts at 19:30 with Muse warming up for U2. The next two shows are  april 2nd and apirl 3rd. With thousands of fans already outside waiting near the entrance its just a matter of time before we get to see our boys someone screams from the crowd.

Third visit

U2 in Argentina took place in 1998, River, when they were in full Popmart tour. At that time, Bono invited the leader of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo to the stage, a gesture that is expected to repeat. The second time on Argentine soil was in 2006, also in the Monumental, during the  the Vertigo Tour .For the third visit to our country, the band consists of Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton promises an outstanding show, a show that some do not hesitate to describe as the most ambitious in the history of rock.

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La Plata Fans Camp Out

La Plata Fans 2011U2 fans started to camp outside the stadium as the boys get ready to launch a couple of dates in Argentina, U2 has not played in here in over 5 years. Early numbers suggest about 70,000 fans will be attending the show.

The chance to hear “With or without you”, “Moment of Surrender”, “One”, “Beautiful Day”, “I Will Follow” and “Pride“are some of the 23 songs the band addressed in these shows that offer in the country , which was introduced 11 years ago under the “Pop Mart Tour” and for five of its “Vertigo Tour “.

Fans arrived with sleeping bags, tents and chairs as they await the start of the show.

Meanwhile, about 1,200 workers continue working in the vicinity of the stadium to mount the revolving stage, called “The Claw”, which weighs over 180 tonnes.

After the 2,000 seats were sold out hotel, La Plata 243 families enrolled in a municipal register in order to welcome into their homes to the thousands of tourists who come to the city.

Next Up Estadio Unico de La Plata City

U2 will arrive in Argentina with crews already working on buildingthe stage. About 1,200 people are currently working on getting it right. This will be the third time the band has played Argentina. This Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. The group has sold out all three shows. Hundreds of people worked on Sunday to overhaul the city Estadio Unico de La Plata, 50 km south of Buenos Aires, where they will be next Wednesday the Irish band U2 in the first of three concerts that will take place in Argentina.

The band go on stage with a 140 m2 screen mounted in the center of the stadium, one of the most modern in Latin America and the only roof in the country. Towering cranes worked on Sunday in the assembly of structures in the field which has the advantage of having a removable system to protect the grass, which allowed large-sized machinery.

U2 will be playing on a structure of more than 180 tons of weight with a cylindrical screen and the stage setup at 360 degrees which allows the public located around its perimeter, in the center of the field. The Irish band will perform on Wednesday 30 and on 2 and 3 April as part of his world tour “U2 360 º tour that kicked off his Latin American tour Friday in Santiago de Chile, where he was delirious 75,000 people.

After three concerts in Argentina will be playing in Brazil, where the first 80,000 tickets put on sale sold out in just eleven hours. The Irish band will play in Argentina with the band Muse as a guest.
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U2 Provides Song 4 Japan

Available today on Tunes, the 38-track idigital disc includes U2’s “Walk On ( Radio Edit) Nicki Minaj’s “Save Me,” Eminem’s “Love the Way you Lie (ft. Rihanna),” Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable” and Cee Lo Green’s “It’s Okay.” The download is $9.99; a physical double disc was released  released this week. The charity album is a joint effort between Universal Music Group, Sony Entertainment Music, Warner Music Group  and EMI Music.

Music from the hottest artists around has been compiled into Songs for Japan, an all-star album created to raise money for earthquake relief efforts.

More than 10,000 people have been declared dead, according to Japan’s National Police Agency. Proceeds from Songs for Japan will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society to assist survivors.

Full tracklist:
John Lennon, “Imagine (Remastered)”
U2, “Walk On”
Bob Dylan, “Shelter From the Storm”
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Around the World (Live)”
Lady Gaga, “Born This Way (Starsmith Remix)
Beyonce, “Irreplaceable”
Bruno Mars , “Talking to the Moon (Acoustic Piano Version)”
Katy Perry, “Firework”
Rihanna, “Only Girl (In the World)”
Justin Timberlake , “Like I Love You”
Madonna, “Miles Away (Live)”
David Guetta, “When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland)”
Eminem, “Love The Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna)”
Bruce Springsteen, “Human Touch”
Josh Groban, “Awake (Live)”
Keith Urban, “Better Life”
The Black Eyed Peas , “One Tribe”
P!nk, “Sober”
Cee Lo Green, “It’s OK”
Lady Antebellum, “I Run to You”
Bon Jovi, “What Do You Got?”
Foo Fighters, “My Hero”
R.E.M., “Man On the Moon (Live)”
Nicki Minaj, “Save Me (Clean Version)”
Sade , “By Your Side”
Michael Buble, “Hold On (Radio Mix)”
Justin Bieber, “Pray (Acoustic)”
Adele, “Make You Feel My Love”
Enya, “If I Could Be Where You Are”
Elton John, “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me”
John Mayer, “Waiting On the World to Change”
Queen, “Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)”
Kings of Leon, “Use Somebody”
Sting, Steven Mercurio & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, “Fragile (Live in Berlin)”
Leona Lewis , “Better In Time”
Ne-Yo , “One In a Million”
Shakira, “Whenever, Wherever”
Norah Jones, “Sunrise”

79K Chilean Fans Surrender Under U2

U2 360 Tour Chile 3/25/11SANTIAGO - A stunning scenery and an enthusiastic audience.

That’s what you see in the opening minutes of the third concert of U2 in Chile, which began at 21:30 in National Stadium. 

The hugh structure knowen as “The Claw” featuring a 360 ° stage that allows the boys to be view from all angles. “Allows us to get closer to the fans, Bono saiid”

Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen made their to the stage and started the night off with a piece of the song by Violeta Parra “Thanks to life, ” whose chorus was joined by singer Francisca Valenzuela.

Then it gave way to “Beautiful Day” and “I will follow. ” ( Set List Udpated )

79 000 people surrendered at Bono’s feet , according to figures released by the show’s production. As announced Valenzuela, Bono shared the stage with the Chilean singer singing the song “One Tree Hill. “
The show ended at 23:47 hours on the track “Moment of Surrender” by U2 song chosen to leave Chile.

“We are very happy to be back, this is one of our favorite places in the world, “ Bono said on his arrival in Santiago.

According to reports, before traveling to Argentina, the band plans to visit other cities of Chile. Suggestions of production are La Serena and exclusive resort The Tacas, in the north, and Pucón and Villarrica, in the south.
 
The next stop on the tour will be in Buenos Aires, where the Irish will be presented in the newly roofed Estadio Unico de La Plata on 30 March, 2 and 3 April.

We have updated the set list and will be posting photos and videos and we review them.