We have been working on the final touches to be able to launch in time for the tour. Its now ready. Check out Connect U ! Its all about connecting U2 fans around the world. Download today via the Apple store.
Bono On A Bike in NYC Video
Bono and the boys happen to be in New York working on some skits for the Tonight show. This video was posted on instagram by Ron Grady.
It looks to be a skit where Jimmy rides up to Bono who happens to be on a bike outside of 30 Rock.
We have a couple of more images that we will post to our Facebook page.
If you spot the boys in NYC send in your images to concertphotos at u2tourfans dot com and we will share them.
Or use our new mobile app and just click and send.
U2 Confessional Time !
“My U2 sin: Sometimes I will purposely set up my favorite part of a specific U2 song on my car cd, so that whomever goes into my car will get to hear me belt out my favorite line every time they enter my car. Needless to say, my entire family is so sick of hearing the lines, “Cymbals crashing, Bibles smashing,” that they are ready to shove Leviticus up my a**. For you Bible readers, that last statement is so ironic, it hurts. 😉”
Our friends over at U2RADIO.com have a great promotion that has relaunched. We wanted to be sure you had a chance to jump in or frankly get on your knees and confess your U2 sin. Tell your sin and make sure you follow the rules.
Win a copy of the U2 fan club North Side Story
Register at U2radio.com & post your confession, the best confession wins a very limited U2 fan club North Side Story book.
You must be a register member of U2radio.com & post your original confession in the comment/forum area to be entered to win the North Side Story book. Only one book will be awarded. The best confession wins. The winning confession will be chosen by the U2 Radio staff.
All confessions must be posted no later than 12:00am EST Wednesday May 6th 2015.
*Posting your confession to Twitter or Facebook will not be considered.*
Download today U2TOURFANS app and listen to U2RADIO all day at work or where ever you are.
U2 coming to The Tonight Show
U2 is scheduled to appear on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon next week. We checking in with our sources. We will update as we get more information. (May 8th)
Connected U2 Fans
The connected U2 fan has choices! We have been working for many years to be able to provide U2 fans with the tools to be connected to other fans around the world. Its about the experience and sharing with your friends, family and even strangers to engage the conversation about U2 and the music that brings us together.
For us U2TOURFANS has always been about the experience. Today all of our tools are now available directly from our website. The connected community starts with you. You have some ideas on how we can provide a better experience ? Share them with us directly. Now lets take a spin around the block.
Youtube
We offer a complete Youtube channel with concert videos provided by our team as well as fans like you. Download the app from our store and you can upload your video direct to us anytime anywhere. All rights and credits reserved to the owner. That's right we give you credit for your images or video.
Instagram has been around for sometime we have not been updating as much as we would like. However that has changed, now that we have the ability to upload direct from field. Our interface allows our field team to upload direct so who knows what we will see. Its all U2 all the time.
Connected U
The mobile app connects you to other fans around the world. You can view images, videos and listen to our favorite online station U2 RADIO which provides 24 hour U2 music. The app is designed to provide you a complete show experience and more. Download today.
Tweets just a little bird updating you on information you want to know about. U2TOURFANS twitter with connect to Facebook provides a complete rounded fan experience.
If its social engagement your looking for check out our Facebook page that connects U2 fans with other U2 fans from around the world. Brazil ? South Dakota ? Paris ? Africa ? just a few of the fans that we see often engaging.
We have more tools and ways for you to connect. Our header has all of the mini icons to the resources available.
U2 Fan Community
The newest area of our platform was designed to allow fans to communicate and start the conversation. Any conversation as long as it's related to music and of course U2. Fans this area has launched and currently has been growing. Your welcome to join in the conversation or start one.
Our mission
To connect fans around the world and to create a positive experience for all. To always remember the community has choices and that our goal is to provide the best possible experience for all those that visit our platforms.
We thank you for your support and look forward to a successful tour season.
Another Time, Another Place
Bono's recorded a special contribution to the upcoming vinyl release 'Another Time, Another Place'.
The double 10" album, produced for U2.com subscribers, captures the band playing live at London's Marquee Club in 1980, as they took early songs on the road across Ireland and the UK.
On Side 4 of the the limited edition set, Bono looks back to September 1980, and four consecutive Mondays that the band played the famous Soho venue.
'The first Monday it was half full, the second Monday nearly full, the third Monday they had to turn people away, the fourth Monday, there were queues round the block, across the road and Wardour Street looked like an A-bomb had landed on it – we thought of it as "The Irish Invasion" – it’s incredible what a few hundred people believing in you does for your self confidence...'
Here's the track listing.
- The Ocean
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- I Will Follow
- An Cat Dubh - Into The Heart
- A Day Without Me
- The Electric Co.
- Things To Make and Do
- Stories For Boys
- Boy Girl
- Out of Control
- Another Time, Another Place: U2 At The Marquee Club, September 1980 by Bono
'Another Time, Another Place' is now in production and we'll be emailing qualifying subscribers with dispatch details in the next few weeks. In May U2 also start making the tracks available to download.
U2 Concert Ready with New Sound System, Improved Health For Bono
Bono/ U2TOURFANS
May 14th can't get here any faster for some U2 fans. Bono has been on recovery since last falls bike accident. The boys have been in Vancouver working on the new tour.
Its different for sure, with no opening band, we have to wonder what will be the walk in music however lets talk more about what we have learned over the last few days. The New York Times has had access to the boys over the past week to give us some insight to what we can expect.
The concert will be two sets with an intermission with the first half pretty much as fixed set and the second set to be a bit more flexible with arbitrary selections.
U2 has always been on the cut edge side when it comes to technology not only from a sound prospective, stage and lights too. The band has been working on a new audio system that will suspend the speaker arrays from the ceilings pointing down, this will provide a complete immersive experience across the area floor.
The sound will be intense for everyone with no gaps within the house. Its considered to be uniformly transparent with the volume to be constant.
Now the stage will feature three risers, one "I" shaped one for "innocence" a round one shaped like lower case "e" for "experience and walkway called the divider stage to signify the "passage from innocence to experience. Designed by Es Devlin.
Remember the band promised another album while don't worry about the tour interference they the finest mobile recording studio heading out with them.
Bono has been writing songs with a few titles almost ready "Red Flag Day", "Civilization" and "Instrument Flying" We should expect the next album to be within the moment, which could mean more POP music.
So how is Bono you ask? Well within the TIMES report Bono stated that the recovery is going well however "It feels like I have somebody else's hand," the singer said. He likened the feeling to rigor mortis. "They say that nerves heal about a millimeter a week, so in about 13 months I should know if it's coming back." We should not expect Bono to be playing guitar.
So we are about 14 days out from the start and it sure looks to be another amazing tour. Be sure to download your mobile app today to be apart of the experience.
U2 Rehearsals
The boys have been focusing on getting ready for the show. This tour promises to be different and in fact we might been getting a little insight to how different based on what some fans have been capturing around the venue. Remember while they rehearsal a lot of songs only a few may appear in the set list and remember that venues that have multiple shows can expect to have different set lists from night to night.
A fan posted this online today with of course by now you have seen the video (its on our facebook page ) of Bono talking and a couple of choice words. We have been getting a couple of bits and bites however we really want to try to hold on posting every detail of the rehearsal. Let the boys have their time. Its going to be here and gone within a few minutes.