80K U2 Fans head home for a weekend of live music
FANS heading for the first Irish show of U2's world tour in Croke Park tonight have been promised the band's most spectacular performance yet.
Singer Bono told fans via a link-up on their website that all the gigs they've done so far have just been a warm-up for the Dublin dates.
He joked: "The 'rehearsals' have been going really well. We've been rehearsing in Barcelona, Milan, Nice, Berlin and Amsterdam. But we expect that the main event in Dublin will be better than any of them."
The Edge spoke of the "magic" they always experience of playing a hometown date, whether it's in Croke Park, the RDS or Slane Castle.
He said: "It's not just another show, for us or for the fans. They travel from all over the world to see us perform in Dublin. Most of them believe it's the best gig for them to attend.
"You do your best at every gig, but playing Ireland is different. I remember how the Phoenix Park Racecourse was one of the first big gigs we ever did. There was a huge level of excitement for everybody involved. There was a physical reaction from the audience like nothing we'd felt before.
"Every time we go onstage there's a certain chemistry between the four of us. But in Dublin the crowd actually take us to another level. It's incredible. It's never just another show for us."
From this afternoon 80,000 fans will begin to descend on Croke Park.`
Que Starts Early Morning
The boys are due to arrive in Dublin today, the photo pool shot of the line forming early morning suggests that the crowds will only grow.
Welcome home boys
Videos, Photos and Comments provided later today.
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Good Day Dublin ! Can you clear a path we have 250 Trucks coming !
U2's ‘Claw' was beginning to make its mark on the north Dublin skyline ahead of the band's three concerts in Croke Park, the first of which takes place tomorrow.
Crews of workmen, teams of cranes and legions of forklifts busied themselves on the Jones's Road pitch, which has been uprooted for the concerts, as the distinctive set began to take shape at GAA headquarters.
Although not yet complete, and without its distinctive wraparound video screen and inner and outer stages, the main stage almost reached above the main stands in the stadium and looks certain to do so once its central ‘antenna' is attached.
The figures are by now familiar: it's 50 metres high, weighs 390 tonnes, costs €100m and requires 180 trucks to move it from venue to venue. It is also a triplet, and while one claw is being put through its paces by the band (as one was in Amsterdam last night), another is being constructed at a different venue and a third is being transported to a different venue again.
“The show itself is probably the most sophisticated show we've gone on the road with,” the Edge said.
He told RTE 2FM’s Gerry Ryan that the latest 360 tour was about breaking down barriers between the band and their audience.
“That sort of spirit and that wish to make a connection ... because that's what this band has always attempted to do, to break down the barrier,” he said.
“And this production is particularly helpful for us in doing that. A U2 show is really about creating that connection and, so far, that's been one of the real features of these shows — that communal sense within the building.”
He jokingly said they had been “playing a few warm-up shows before Dublin” that had been “terrifying but compelling”.
The band are not due to arrive in Dublin until Friday and they are not expected to go through a full rehearsal at Croke Park.
The build-up to the concert has not been entirely controversy-free. Some fans were disappointed that the full 360 show will not be put in full effect over the three Dublin dates. Hill 16, which forms a backdrop to the stage, will remain empty for the concerts.
Residents in the Croke Park area have also been angered by extensive late-night works at the stadium to get it ready.
U2 to play Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame party
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U2 360 Tour Amsterdam Second Show Videos
Amsterdam second show was the one that will have fans talking for a long time. The boys sounded great. The mix was tight, they looked like they where having fun and the crowd was right in with them. Live updates from around the world about U2's up coming concert event. Real time chats, news from the tour, and much more. U2 Music, Tour and Events. Follow twitter.com/u2tourfans
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Bad
Unknown Caller
Elevation
One
Desire
Until the end of the world
Passing Notes
July 21, 2009 Amsterdam, Major Set Change
Nothing like shaking things up a bit. The boys have had some major set changes for this second show. We have yet to clear the videos. Once we do you know we will post them. Sign up below and follow. Cheers
Main Set:
Breathe
No Line On The Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Elevation
Desire
Stuck In A Moment
One
Until the End of the World
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride
MLK
Walk On - You'll Never Walk Alone
Where the Streets Have No Name
Bad
Encore(s): Ultraviolet, With or Without You, Moment of Surrender
Elevation, Until the End of the World, and Bad are played for the first time this tour
U2 - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - Official
U2's new single, I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight, will be released on August 17th by Mercury. This is the third single from No Line On The Horizon which debuted at No.1 in 28 countries when it was released in March.The talented Irish animation film-maker David O'Reilly has been commissioned to create a video for I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight. David O'Reilly won the 2009 Golden Bear at Berlinale for his animated short film Please Say Something.
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