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Thursday, January 30, 2014
U2 at Fenway? Who else could it be?
U2 at Fenway? Who else could it be?
THE BOYS ARE BACK: Due for new sounds are, U2, above, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica and Interpol. Wednesday, January 29, 2014 By:
Jed Gottlieb
UPDATE: The plot thickens. Or thins. I have a source with decent info saying it's back-to-back Billy Joel and Zac Brown Band. Thoughts?
Tomorrow Live Nation will announce a 2014 Fenway concert. I'm betting (and hoping) it's U2. Here's why:
If you subtract Fenway veterans, acts that always play Gillette and artists on the 2014 TD Garden schedule, you're left with a very small list of acts that could fill the ballpark for multiple nights. I estimate we are down to:
Fleetwood Mac (provided Christine McVie tours with them)
Garth Brooks
Prince
Billy Joel
Metallica
Pearl Jam (with a great opener, let's say Soundgarden)
Eminem (with somebody up-and-coming, Kendrick Lamar?)
U2
Who am I missing? Bon Jovi is pals with the Pats. Paul McCartney has played the place a few times already. Aerosmith can't sell it out two nights. Maybe we get a repeat of Bruce Springsteen or a Pink Floyd reunion, but that's unlikely. I'm going U2.
Need another reason: U2 and Live Nation might be getting might cozy.
What's your guess? source bostonherald
THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY - JANUARY 30
THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY: The day of Bloody Sunday / TV Gaga / Stoppt den Hass! / U2´s first show in São Paulo / After the show in Sao Paulo / WholeWorldBand set for Music Show / How U2's masterful New Orleans performances for NFL almost never happened !
"Bloody Sunday" - january 30, 1972. British paratroopers shoot 13 Catholic demonstrators dead at a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland.
U2 on TV Gaga - january 30, 1986. U2 appear on an Irish TV program called TV Gaga, performing a song called "Womanfish" for the first and only time. They also perform a very early version of "Trip Through Your Wires," which would appear on The Joshua Tree album more than a year later. Larry and Bono give the band's first major interview in several months to RTE's TV Gaga.
Bono and Edge at Festival Against Racism - january 30, 1993. Bono and Edge participate in the two-day Festival Against Racism in Hamburg, Germany which begins on this day. Bono is one of a few artists invited to speak, and his 5-minute-plus comments include: "We started the century with so many competing ideas as to how we should live together. We ended with so few." On the second day, Bono and Edge perform "One" with Jo Shankar on violin and a drummer from a local German band.
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"POPMart" tour - january 30, 1998 - São Paulo, Brazil - Morumbi Stadium. The PopMart Tour moves on to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Introducing "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," Edge mentions that it is the 26th anniversary of the 1972 Bloody Sunday attack in Derry. Bono thanked the Brazilian fans (in Portuguese) for waiting for so long and said that they also have beeing waiting the opportunity of playing there. During "Bullet the Blue Sky" he add the words "Brazilians, don't run!" (To the arms of America) as an encouragement to the Brazilian Youth that lives at the present time a huge lack of opportunities and jobs in a country that had been careless to the needs of College Education. As a curiosity only, is fair to say that not even one bad incident ocurred before, during or after this show, actually this is a trademark of U2 fans, we are worldwide unique and special just like our favorite Rock and Roll Band. Look for Bono and Edge during Staring At The Sun, here. Read about this show from Folha de Sao Paulo **** The fan who danced with Bono during 'Mysterious Ways' - Sao Paulo1-1998 - Adriana Fontenelle Brito, 14 years old (in 1998), came from Goiania, arrived at the stadium at 4:00 p.m. (on jan 30, the day of the 1st show). She was the second to dance with Bono. After, Bono sung "One" for her. "Bono pointed to me. My cousin puts me on stage and I started to dance." says Adriana. "I don´t dance, normally. I didn´t know what I was making." On Saturday, jan 31 (the 2nd show), Adriana received another present. Bono gives her a glass (a recipient) with half quantity of water. Look for the scan, with her photo on Folha de Sao Paulo - feb 2, 1998 **** 1998: U2 stayed 7 days in Rio (one show) and 2 days (two shows) in Sao Paulo - Adam and Bono arrived on jan 24, 1998, the first time in Brazil, in Rio. Edge and Larry arrived, exactly 6 years ago, on jan 25, in Rio de Janeiro. That time, U2 stayed in Rio, until, jan 30, so 7 days and arrived to the first show in Sao Paulo flying direct from Rio. At 4:50 p.m. they disembark at Congonhas aeroport, and the fans which were waiting for them didn´t see them, cause they went to the helicopter and flew to the Morumbi stadium. After to fly over the stadium and vicinity, they disembarked at 5:50 p.m. in a field near the pools. With some polices and the security they walked so calm, among few curious who were passed there. Very nice and just only smile, Bono talked with some journalists of Jornalda Tarde and he with Edge were praising Rio de Janeiro. "Everything is wonder, since we arrived in Brazil" affirmed Edge. "We arrived just now in Sao Paulo, cause we would like to get the good time in Rio until the last minute," said Bono. "We are very excited, too, to play here in Sao Paulo," announced Edge.
There´s a famous photo of U2 in a balcony showing all of them a yellow shirt. Behind Bono is the major, in 1998, of the Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Paulo Conde, which presented the band with Romario´s shirt, signed by him. When Larry was leaving Rio in direction to Sao Paulo, he told that he would like, only good things to Sao Paulo´s shows, with a face very very upset (cause the chaotic traffic-car in Rio before the show, and many many fans didn´t see the full concert); Bono said, that Rio has the beautiful girls and the ugly men, of course, in reference to the bad organization of Rio´s show. source: Showbiz in Brazil
look for this scan here - Listen to this show: (you must logg in) here - Some great pics by Henry Wagner
After the show, on jan 30, 1998, Edge, Adam and Larry have a dinner at 'Leopoldo restaurant'; they arrived at 3:00 a.m., met Pele, which that time was the Minister of Sports. Edge danced Axe music (typical rhythm from northeastern Brazil, where they stayed, at Gilberto Gil´s mansion, in 2006). When started play 'É o tchan' (a very erotic music), Edge stopped. Adam Clayton went to a party at B.A.S.E club, organised by the Brazilian production of the shows at that time. Still at the dress room of Morumbi stadium, Edge invited a fan, Lilian Vituzzo, to go with them to the B.A.S.E.´s party, but an aunt of her was dead and she had to deny. So, Edge and Larry, didn´t go to the party. Adam stayed at the party for 20 minutes. - source: O Estado de Sao Paulo - feb 1, 1998 and ShowBizz magazine. Look for Edge in front of Leopoldo here
WholeWorldBand set for Music Show - January 30, 2012 - A revolutionary new interactive tool for iPhone 4/4s and iPad2, the App lets you create music with other musicians and music fans around the world in both sound and pictures. The app will be available to download from the iTunes store across the world from March 2012. A number of major recording artists including The Edge (U2), Ron Wood (Rolling Stones), Gavin Friday, Gemma Hayes, Cathy Davey, Mik Pyro (Republic of Loose) and Liam O’Maonlai (Hot House Flowers) are currently creating performances for WholeWorldBand and will be uploading new or collaborating on existing tracks in the near future. Attendees at the Hot Press-run Music Show will be able to check out the WholeWorld Band App over the weekend and collaborate on tracks from some of these artists at the show. Musicians and music fans from all over the world will be able to contribute and combine a selection of video performances, including their own, from the WholeWorldBand library to create their own favourite band line-up. And they will also have the opportunity to earn money from their performance. Kevin Godley said “WholeWorldBand is a revolutionary new online music tool that provides a new platform for distribution while offering the opportunity of new revenue streams for up and coming and established musicians and bands and, in fact, anyone.” The WholeWorldBand App allows you to originate a track or add yourself to performances by well-known artists and bands by playing along with them, or substituting yourself for any member of a band. WholeWorldBand lets musicians record and film while playing or singing along to any track on the menu using the microphone and cameras on their iPhone or iPad then upload a unique mix of yourself plus other users to Facebook and YouTube etc. In WholeWorldBand, musicians can upload their own original tracks and earn money when other users download and share them. The more performances that are downloaded, the more musicians can earn. "It's fantastic that The Music Show is the first place that people will get to see this great project in action," Hot Press editor Niall Stokes said. "Kevin Godley is a real visionary – exactly the kind of ambitious genius to carry off something special like the WholeWorldBand idea. And he has found the perfect partner for his grand scheme in Andy Wood, who founded Hypergallery as a portal where you can buy all the great cover artwork. Between them, they have created an app that has amazing long term potential. People will see just how much at The Music Show. It is a really exciting development that we're proud to be part of." More will be revealed shortly on www.wholeworldband.com. The Music Show 2012, presented by Hot Press in association with RTE 2fm, runs from February 25 to 26 in the RDS, Dublin. Tickets (€12 one day, €16 for the weekend) are available on TicketmasterTicketmaster. For more info see The Music Show's website www.themusicshow.ie. hotpress
How U2's masterful New Orleans performances for NFL almost never happened
- January 30, 2013
NEW ORLEANS – They are not American men, though some of them have American homes and the most prominent among them has shouted: "I am an American!" on national television. They were not raised in American culture, yet they have become such a part of it that many forget they were never American to begin with. ... full: yahoo
"Bloody Sunday" - january 30, 1972. British paratroopers shoot 13 Catholic demonstrators dead at a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland.
U2 on TV Gaga - january 30, 1986. U2 appear on an Irish TV program called TV Gaga, performing a song called "Womanfish" for the first and only time. They also perform a very early version of "Trip Through Your Wires," which would appear on The Joshua Tree album more than a year later. Larry and Bono give the band's first major interview in several months to RTE's TV Gaga.
Bono and Edge at Festival Against Racism - january 30, 1993. Bono and Edge participate in the two-day Festival Against Racism in Hamburg, Germany which begins on this day. Bono is one of a few artists invited to speak, and his 5-minute-plus comments include: "We started the century with so many competing ideas as to how we should live together. We ended with so few." On the second day, Bono and Edge perform "One" with Jo Shankar on violin and a drummer from a local German band.
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"POPMart" tour - january 30, 1998 - São Paulo, Brazil - Morumbi Stadium. The PopMart Tour moves on to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Introducing "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," Edge mentions that it is the 26th anniversary of the 1972 Bloody Sunday attack in Derry. Bono thanked the Brazilian fans (in Portuguese) for waiting for so long and said that they also have beeing waiting the opportunity of playing there. During "Bullet the Blue Sky" he add the words "Brazilians, don't run!" (To the arms of America) as an encouragement to the Brazilian Youth that lives at the present time a huge lack of opportunities and jobs in a country that had been careless to the needs of College Education. As a curiosity only, is fair to say that not even one bad incident ocurred before, during or after this show, actually this is a trademark of U2 fans, we are worldwide unique and special just like our favorite Rock and Roll Band. Look for Bono and Edge during Staring At The Sun, here. Read about this show from Folha de Sao Paulo **** The fan who danced with Bono during 'Mysterious Ways' - Sao Paulo1-1998 - Adriana Fontenelle Brito, 14 years old (in 1998), came from Goiania, arrived at the stadium at 4:00 p.m. (on jan 30, the day of the 1st show). She was the second to dance with Bono. After, Bono sung "One" for her. "Bono pointed to me. My cousin puts me on stage and I started to dance." says Adriana. "I don´t dance, normally. I didn´t know what I was making." On Saturday, jan 31 (the 2nd show), Adriana received another present. Bono gives her a glass (a recipient) with half quantity of water. Look for the scan, with her photo on Folha de Sao Paulo - feb 2, 1998 **** 1998: U2 stayed 7 days in Rio (one show) and 2 days (two shows) in Sao Paulo - Adam and Bono arrived on jan 24, 1998, the first time in Brazil, in Rio. Edge and Larry arrived, exactly 6 years ago, on jan 25, in Rio de Janeiro. That time, U2 stayed in Rio, until, jan 30, so 7 days and arrived to the first show in Sao Paulo flying direct from Rio. At 4:50 p.m. they disembark at Congonhas aeroport, and the fans which were waiting for them didn´t see them, cause they went to the helicopter and flew to the Morumbi stadium. After to fly over the stadium and vicinity, they disembarked at 5:50 p.m. in a field near the pools. With some polices and the security they walked so calm, among few curious who were passed there. Very nice and just only smile, Bono talked with some journalists of Jornalda Tarde and he with Edge were praising Rio de Janeiro. "Everything is wonder, since we arrived in Brazil" affirmed Edge. "We arrived just now in Sao Paulo, cause we would like to get the good time in Rio until the last minute," said Bono. "We are very excited, too, to play here in Sao Paulo," announced Edge.
After the show, on jan 30, 1998, Edge, Adam and Larry have a dinner at 'Leopoldo restaurant'; they arrived at 3:00 a.m., met Pele, which that time was the Minister of Sports. Edge danced Axe music (typical rhythm from northeastern Brazil, where they stayed, at Gilberto Gil´s mansion, in 2006). When started play 'É o tchan' (a very erotic music), Edge stopped. Adam Clayton went to a party at B.A.S.E club, organised by the Brazilian production of the shows at that time. Still at the dress room of Morumbi stadium, Edge invited a fan, Lilian Vituzzo, to go with them to the B.A.S.E.´s party, but an aunt of her was dead and she had to deny. So, Edge and Larry, didn´t go to the party. Adam stayed at the party for 20 minutes. - source: O Estado de Sao Paulo - feb 1, 1998 and ShowBizz magazine. Look for Edge in front of Leopoldo here
WholeWorldBand set for Music Show - January 30, 2012 - A revolutionary new interactive tool for iPhone 4/4s and iPad2, the App lets you create music with other musicians and music fans around the world in both sound and pictures. The app will be available to download from the iTunes store across the world from March 2012. A number of major recording artists including The Edge (U2), Ron Wood (Rolling Stones), Gavin Friday, Gemma Hayes, Cathy Davey, Mik Pyro (Republic of Loose) and Liam O’Maonlai (Hot House Flowers) are currently creating performances for WholeWorldBand and will be uploading new or collaborating on existing tracks in the near future. Attendees at the Hot Press-run Music Show will be able to check out the WholeWorld Band App over the weekend and collaborate on tracks from some of these artists at the show. Musicians and music fans from all over the world will be able to contribute and combine a selection of video performances, including their own, from the WholeWorldBand library to create their own favourite band line-up. And they will also have the opportunity to earn money from their performance. Kevin Godley said “WholeWorldBand is a revolutionary new online music tool that provides a new platform for distribution while offering the opportunity of new revenue streams for up and coming and established musicians and bands and, in fact, anyone.” The WholeWorldBand App allows you to originate a track or add yourself to performances by well-known artists and bands by playing along with them, or substituting yourself for any member of a band. WholeWorldBand lets musicians record and film while playing or singing along to any track on the menu using the microphone and cameras on their iPhone or iPad then upload a unique mix of yourself plus other users to Facebook and YouTube etc. In WholeWorldBand, musicians can upload their own original tracks and earn money when other users download and share them. The more performances that are downloaded, the more musicians can earn. "It's fantastic that The Music Show is the first place that people will get to see this great project in action," Hot Press editor Niall Stokes said. "Kevin Godley is a real visionary – exactly the kind of ambitious genius to carry off something special like the WholeWorldBand idea. And he has found the perfect partner for his grand scheme in Andy Wood, who founded Hypergallery as a portal where you can buy all the great cover artwork. Between them, they have created an app that has amazing long term potential. People will see just how much at The Music Show. It is a really exciting development that we're proud to be part of." More will be revealed shortly on www.wholeworldband.com. The Music Show 2012, presented by Hot Press in association with RTE 2fm, runs from February 25 to 26 in the RDS, Dublin. Tickets (€12 one day, €16 for the weekend) are available on TicketmasterTicketmaster. For more info see The Music Show's website www.themusicshow.ie. hotpress
How U2's masterful New Orleans performances for NFL almost never happened
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
THIS DAY - u2'S HISTORY - JANUARY 29
THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: Bad to some girls / U2 play soccer in Brazil / U2 ask for wine and fruits to the hotel in 1998, in Brazil / U2 fight for HQ / BONO VISITS WITH RABBI ARTHUR SCHNEIER AND GREETS DAY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PARENTS / Celebrating 10th anniversary of The Global Fund / Bonus Points !
"October" tour - january 29, 1981 - U2 perform in Northampton, England at the Iron Horse. A few songs into the set, someone comes onstage with an announcement for the audience: "Could you go back a little bit, we´ve got a very weak stage!"
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - january 29, 1985 - U2 perform in Offenbach, Germany at the Stadthalle. Bono sings part of "wooden Heart" during "Electric Co." and again dedicates the song "Bad" to the girls he had met on January 27, 1985.
U2´s members play soccer in Rio de Janeiro - january 29, 1998. When in Brazil, U2 marked the day jan 25th to a soccer game at Bebeto´s home (former player-soccer of Brazilian national team). But their travel to Buzios had clouds and winds, then Edge and Bono stayed at Ilha Rasa; Adam and Larry in Copacabana Pallace hotel in Rio. Two days after the 1st show in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (jan 29th), Edmundo openned his home (with a soccer society field) to celebrate Romario´s birthday. No journalists, no photographs. U2 were invited. Bono was wearing his black shades and his traditional black shirt to POPMart era. Romario brings the beer. Edmundo offers the uniform of Juventus (from Italy) to U2´s members. They were very excited, Edge was trainning the goals. Edmundo and Romario asked U2 to play in front head of the time, while both were at the defense. And the team (Edmundo, Romario and U2´s members) play against another team, the guys from jiu-jitsu. The U2´s members made their goals, inclusive Guggi.
U2 ask for wine and fruits to the hotel in 1998, in Brazil - january 29, 1998 - Different of the majority of the rock´s stars, which make some crazy requirement to the hotels, U2´s members were considered 'simple persons' by the workers of the hotels Copacabana Palace, in Rio and Renaissance, in Sao Paulo. The unique request to the hotel in Sao Paulo: mineral water, fruits, sandwichs, natural juices and red wine. In the contract between the band and the hotel, the stay of the band will be in total 'anonymous way'. The band were registered with false names, and occuped the presidential suite at 25 floor, and other suites 'Stanford' at 23 and 24 floor. In Rio de Janeiro, the band behave as normal persons. Despite, they had their own cooks, Bono and the band eat at the restaurant of the hotel, without any restriction. In Sao Paulo, the worry was the security; they twice the security to try obstruct the invasion of fans and the uproar. Under the area of the presidential suite there are 3 living rooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms and a balcony with a view to Paulista Avenue and a jacuzzi to 6 persons. read here
U2 fights plans to demolish its recording studio - january 29, 2002. U2 offers formal objections to a plan to demolish its Hanover Quay recording studio at a hearing of Dublin's planning commission, An Bord Pleanala. The band's lawyer called the studio a "landmark" during the hearing and argued that the studio where it has recorded four albums and has started recording new material this year should not be demolished. The Dublin Docks Development Authority (DDDA) has issued a compulsory purchase order on the building as part of a development plan in this area of the city.
Bono visits with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and greets day school students and parents
- January 29, 2010
On Friday, January 29th Paul David Hewson, better known as Bono, the lead singer of U2, visited Rabbi Schneier at Park East Synagogue. Through the work of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, Rabbi Schneier and Bono have developed a friendship as they both work for the cause of human rights around the world. Day School students and parents were treated with the opportunity to meet Bono at an assembly was held in the Synagogue. Bono delighted a very excited audience by singing "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and everyone joined in the chorus. Bono's visit capped a busy week for our Day School students who also had the opportunity to meet the Consuls General of Brazil and Austria. These visiting dignitaries offer our Day School students a unique way of learning geography and social studies. PICS: interference.com - /numbview
Celebrating 10th anniversary of The Global Fund - January 29, 2012 Appear alongside Bono, Bill Gates, and more! At our tenth anniversary celebration, we'll be projecting huge images of some of the leading lights in the fight against epidemic disease -- Bono, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, and more. We want to show you right next to them. theglobalfund - video: youtube
Bonus Points
- January 29, 2013
When you subscribe (or resubscribe) to U2.com as well as the 15 live tracks on Edge's Picks, the CD that comes inside the bespoke edition of 'From The Ground Up', you can also instantly download five bonus tracks. You've been asking us where and when these tracks were recorded. Maybe you were there...
SPANISH EYES
Recorded at Estadio Anoeta, San Sebastian, 26th September 2010
PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
Recorded at Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, 3rd August 2009
NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
Recorded at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 20th August 2009
DESIRE
Recorded at Subiaco Oval, Perth, 19th December 2010
ANGEL OF HARLEM
Recorded at Stade de France, Paris, 12th July 2009 - u2.com
"October" tour - january 29, 1981 - U2 perform in Northampton, England at the Iron Horse. A few songs into the set, someone comes onstage with an announcement for the audience: "Could you go back a little bit, we´ve got a very weak stage!"
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - january 29, 1985 - U2 perform in Offenbach, Germany at the Stadthalle. Bono sings part of "wooden Heart" during "Electric Co." and again dedicates the song "Bad" to the girls he had met on January 27, 1985.
U2´s members play soccer in Rio de Janeiro - january 29, 1998. When in Brazil, U2 marked the day jan 25th to a soccer game at Bebeto´s home (former player-soccer of Brazilian national team). But their travel to Buzios had clouds and winds, then Edge and Bono stayed at Ilha Rasa; Adam and Larry in Copacabana Pallace hotel in Rio. Two days after the 1st show in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (jan 29th), Edmundo openned his home (with a soccer society field) to celebrate Romario´s birthday. No journalists, no photographs. U2 were invited. Bono was wearing his black shades and his traditional black shirt to POPMart era. Romario brings the beer. Edmundo offers the uniform of Juventus (from Italy) to U2´s members. They were very excited, Edge was trainning the goals. Edmundo and Romario asked U2 to play in front head of the time, while both were at the defense. And the team (Edmundo, Romario and U2´s members) play against another team, the guys from jiu-jitsu. The U2´s members made their goals, inclusive Guggi.
U2 ask for wine and fruits to the hotel in 1998, in Brazil - january 29, 1998 - Different of the majority of the rock´s stars, which make some crazy requirement to the hotels, U2´s members were considered 'simple persons' by the workers of the hotels Copacabana Palace, in Rio and Renaissance, in Sao Paulo. The unique request to the hotel in Sao Paulo: mineral water, fruits, sandwichs, natural juices and red wine. In the contract between the band and the hotel, the stay of the band will be in total 'anonymous way'. The band were registered with false names, and occuped the presidential suite at 25 floor, and other suites 'Stanford' at 23 and 24 floor. In Rio de Janeiro, the band behave as normal persons. Despite, they had their own cooks, Bono and the band eat at the restaurant of the hotel, without any restriction. In Sao Paulo, the worry was the security; they twice the security to try obstruct the invasion of fans and the uproar. Under the area of the presidential suite there are 3 living rooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms and a balcony with a view to Paulista Avenue and a jacuzzi to 6 persons. read here
U2 fights plans to demolish its recording studio - january 29, 2002. U2 offers formal objections to a plan to demolish its Hanover Quay recording studio at a hearing of Dublin's planning commission, An Bord Pleanala. The band's lawyer called the studio a "landmark" during the hearing and argued that the studio where it has recorded four albums and has started recording new material this year should not be demolished. The Dublin Docks Development Authority (DDDA) has issued a compulsory purchase order on the building as part of a development plan in this area of the city.
Bono visits with Rabbi Arthur Schneier and greets day school students and parents
Celebrating 10th anniversary of The Global Fund - January 29, 2012 Appear alongside Bono, Bill Gates, and more! At our tenth anniversary celebration, we'll be projecting huge images of some of the leading lights in the fight against epidemic disease -- Bono, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, and more. We want to show you right next to them. theglobalfund - video: youtube
Bonus Points
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Bono and The Edge visit our U2 Exhibition
Bono and The Edge visit our U2 Exhibition
source: littlemuseum.ie
Rock stars usually arrive with a bang. But when Bono and The Edge decided to visit our new exhibition about the story of U2, they turned up unannounced – and we failed to recognize the stars!
Bono and The Edge – arguably the two most famous Dubliners alive today – made their way up to the third floor of the museum to visit a new exhibition that celebrates the success of the band over the last four decades.
The exhibition has drawn record crowds to the Little Museum, and it’s thought that the stars may have been confused for particularly eager fans. Bono and the Edge visited the museum over Christmas, but it was only last week that their autographs were discovered in our visitors book. The signatures were then authenticated by Professor Scott Calhoun, an expert on the band and one of the curators of our exhibition.
“Awesome!” is Bono’s verdict on the exhibition, which features never-seen photography, a Trabant designed by Maser, many rare recordings and a life-size statue of, eh, Bono.
According to our director Trevor White, “We’d like to say everyone was too cool to acknowledge the presence of Bono and the Edge. The truth is that we didn’t recognize them. They must have come the morning after our Christmas party.”
“It wasn’t the welcome we were hoping to give them,” says museum curator Simon O’Connor, “but at least they liked the exhibition.” U2: Made in Dublin remains on view at the Little Museum of Dublin source: littlemuseum.ie
source: littlemuseum.ie
THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY - JANUARY 28
THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: "Bad" to the girls from red-lights district of Hamburg / U2 rest after Rio's show / The cover of Get On Your Boots / Bono in Davos!
"October" tour - january 28, 1981 - U2 perform in Norwich, England at the University of East Anglia.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - january 28, 1985 - U2 perform in Hamburg, Germany at the Congress Centre. Bono mentions his walk through the red-light district of Reeperbahn the night before. Bono dedicates "Bad" to "some people I feel in love with last night, some girls...some very nice and very pretty girls. This song is for them...this is called 'Bad'". Bono also referes to the Rockpalast concert at which the "Under A Blood Red Sky" version of "40" was recorded: "This is a song that sort of belongs to you people -- you put it ont he record...it's your voices..." Support is "Belfegore".
U2 rest after Rio´s show - january 28, 1998. Bono, The Edge and Adam Clayton rest all the day in the hotel, while Larry makes fitness at Ibeas Top Club. After the show (january 27), U2´s members flew by helicopter from Jacarepagua autodrome to the heliport at Rodrigo de Freitas lake, then they came to the hotel by car. They arrived at the hotel at 0:30 a.m. Adam and Larry drunk something and went to their suites; during a party at the hotel to the MTV US, with 50 persons, which finished at 5:00 a.m. Edge and Bono weren't there, they went directly to their suites. They were tired. Some scans: Bono in Buzios.
The cover of Get On Your Boots - january 28, 2009 - Look at your 'Boots' here
Bono in Davos
- January 28, 2011
U2 Lead Singer Bono gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 28, 2011. Organisers and CEOs at the annual Davos meeting projected cautious confidence in the global economy as the event opened on Wednesday, pointing to numerous risks which could yet derail a still-fragile recovery. source: yahoo.com
"October" tour - january 28, 1981 - U2 perform in Norwich, England at the University of East Anglia.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - january 28, 1985 - U2 perform in Hamburg, Germany at the Congress Centre. Bono mentions his walk through the red-light district of Reeperbahn the night before. Bono dedicates "Bad" to "some people I feel in love with last night, some girls...some very nice and very pretty girls. This song is for them...this is called 'Bad'". Bono also referes to the Rockpalast concert at which the "Under A Blood Red Sky" version of "40" was recorded: "This is a song that sort of belongs to you people -- you put it ont he record...it's your voices..." Support is "Belfegore".
U2 rest after Rio´s show - january 28, 1998. Bono, The Edge and Adam Clayton rest all the day in the hotel, while Larry makes fitness at Ibeas Top Club. After the show (january 27), U2´s members flew by helicopter from Jacarepagua autodrome to the heliport at Rodrigo de Freitas lake, then they came to the hotel by car. They arrived at the hotel at 0:30 a.m. Adam and Larry drunk something and went to their suites; during a party at the hotel to the MTV US, with 50 persons, which finished at 5:00 a.m. Edge and Bono weren't there, they went directly to their suites. They were tired. Some scans: Bono in Buzios.
The cover of Get On Your Boots - january 28, 2009 - Look at your 'Boots' here
Bono in Davos
Monday, January 27, 2014
"We'll make our own rules."
24 January 2014
"We'll make our own rules."
Following our interview with Hot Press Editor Niall Stokes about North Side Story, here's some edited highlights of his introduction to the book... which (if you've subscribed for 2014) should be landing in your mailbox any day now. (Not signed up for another year with U2.com ? Resubscribe here for $40 and we'll send you this limited edition publication.)
NORTH SIDE STORY - PART 1
Derek Rowen, a painter and sculptor by trade, is one of the most successful artists of the modern generation in Ireland. He grew up on Cedarwood Road in Ballymun, on the North side of Dublin, where he lived throughout the 1960s and into the '70s. One of his neighbours and close friends was Paul Hewson.
As teenagers, the two youngsters painted together in the garage of Paul's house, relishing that first taste of the pleasures of self-expression. Later, when the punk era dawned, they also became part of a local posse who hung out together and who - by way of social glue - formed an imaginary world, which they called Lypton Village. In this parallel universe, with its echoes of Lord Of The Flies, they adopted distinctive new identities: Derek was renamed Guggi; Paul was given the name Bono; another friend, David Evans, was rechristened The Edge; and Fionán Martin Hanvey became Gavin Friday. It was as if, towards the end of what in many ways had been a cruel decade, they were desperate to disassociate themselves from everything they knew about Irish society: the compromises of their parents' generation, the violence that was raging in Northern Ireland, and the conventional, low expectations in relation to work and careers that likely lay just around the corner unless they found a different way.
As the impact of punk rock spread into Ireland, Bono and Guggi got involved in separate bands. Bono joined an outfit which started as Feedback, briefly became The Hype and finally settled as U2. Derek linked up with Gavin Friday in The Virgin Prunes. But he and Bono remained close friends, hanging out together and occasionally sharing the stage at gigs. Guggi even stood in for the young U2 drummer Larry Mullen, when he couldn't attend a photo session that had been organised for the band.
Looking back at that time in Ireland, Guggi says now that he remembers everything in black and white. It was as if Ireland was still stuck in a 1950s time-warp - which in many ways it was. And yet, all was not irredeemably bleak. While the atmosphere of stagnation was profound for boys growing into, and becoming, young men, underneath all that, currents of far-reaching change were swirling. Gradually clawing their way out of the anonymity of their Northside suburban upbringing, U2 and their cohorts would in many respects come to embody what that change was all about...
From the 1960s on, more children than ever before were being born in Ireland. There was an explosion in the youth population. More houses were needed. The capital city, Dublin, began to sprawl. Planning in Ireland had always been haphazard at best. Shops, parks and other amenities may have been written into the plans for the new suburban estates that were spreading out to the North, South and West of the city, but unscrupulous builders frequently got the houses up and moved shadily on, turning many of the new areas into what, as Gavin Friday observes, felt like endless wastelands of identical housing, populated by hordes of restless youth. And in those wastelands, violence was never far from the surface.
Over the years, attempts to clean up the inner city had seen people being moved from the run-down urban tenements to new estates on the outskirts of town, beginning in the 1950s and continuing into the '60s, when the now infamous seven towers of Ballymun were built. Further out, more affluent neighborhoods were constructed during the '60s and into the '70s, including better quality enclaves in places like Portmarnock, Malahide and Bayside in Sutton. Gradually, the city was spreading all the way out to Howth on the North side and Dun Laoghaire on the South. This was where the new music would come from.
Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats, the first Irish band to capitalise on the upsurge of punk, were based on the South side. Something's coming, you might have said. And indeed it was. There was a need for a band that would tell the North Side Story. Even as the Rats were boarding the plane to leave, an even bigger phenomenon, its hour come at last, was slouching towards Sutton to be born...
NORTH SIDE STORY - PART 2
As the 1970s wore on, there was still a very high level of emigration among 18 to 25 year olds, with thousands waving goodbye to Ireland never to return. And rock musicians, in particular, seemed to believe that to have any hope of making it internationally, you had to get out of here. Through the 1960s, Van Morrison, Rory Gallagher and Thin Lizzy had all gone. Horslips, who released their debut album in 1972, were the exception, choosing to base themselves in Ireland throughout the decade of their success: their stance was emblematic of a difference in attitude that was becoming more and more evident among the new generation that was pushing through, often against the odds, in the arts and in music, which could be expressed in a simple credo: "We'll make our own rules."
Now and then, events take on a momentum of their own: this was one of those moments. Ireland was on the cusp of an extraordinary convulsion, which would see the influence of the once all-powerful Catholic Church being permanently curtailed. Afterwards, nothing would ever be the same again.
It's hard to spot the influences when you are in the middle of them. For a start, the launch of RTÉ television at the beginning of the 1960s led inevitably to a far greater number of people being exposed to British television programmes and to the less pious, more liberal ethos that prevailed generally in the UK.
Largely through television, too, Irish people had been made aware of the emergence of the counter-culture, of the more widespread use - for better or worse - of psychotropic drugs, of student protests, of opposition to the war in Vietnam and of the challenges to authority which, in all sorts of diverse ways, were being voiced through rock music.
Similarly, by the 1970s, the Women's Movement, which had become such an important force internationally, was finally gaining traction in Ireland: for the first time, all the tired old assumptions about male supremacy were being exposed. Liberal voices on sex and sexuality were finding a platform through the work of the Irish Family Planning Association. And in places like the Project Arts Centre, a less conventional breed of artists and activists - painters, poets, playwrights, actors and musicians - had gathered in a spirit of experimentation and adventure. The culture of silence and looking the other way which had dominated in Ireland since the inception of the State, was under pressure like never before. The old authoritarianism was no longer acceptable...
As the 1970s ground on, the explosion of the punk scene in the US first and then the UK triggered an acceleration in the pace of change here. Hot Press arrived on the scene in 1977, and quickly established a reputation for iconoclasm. We had a photo of the outgoing Irish cabinet, with Taoiseach (the Irish Prime Minister) Liam Cosgrave to the fore, on the front cover of our launch issue, surrounded provocatively by a cast of rock 'n' roll reprobates, including Rory Gallagher, Keith Richards, Bob Marley, Bob Geldof and Patti Smith, among many more. The summer of ‘77 was a watershed for music in Ireland. Rory Gallagher played the first Macroom Festival in June and among those in attendance was David Evans, who read his first copy of Hot Press there. In August, Thin Lizzy topped the bill at a festival in Dalymount Park, that also included Irish new wave outfits The Boomtown Rats and The Radiators (both returning from the UK for the show) in the lineup, as well as Graham Parker and The Rumour. Bono, Gavin Friday and Guggi attended the gig. The feeling that Ireland was finally coming of age in rock 'n' roll terms was irresistible.
Over the months that followed, Hot Press became a rallying point for political dissenters and musical visionaries alike. Among those who wrote for us in the early days were Bill Graham, who first brought U2 to the attention of the world, Máirín Sheehy, Dermot Stokes, Liam Mackey, Declan Lynch, Karl Tsigdinos, John McKenna and Dave Fanning, as well as writers who had been involved in the formation of the Irish Writers' Co-op, like Neil Jordan, Desmond Hogan and Jim Sheridan. Neil McCormick joined the staff shortly afterwards. Tara Winter, Barry McIlheney, Peter Owens, George Byrne, Jackie Hayden, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, Nick Kelly, Fiona Looney and Damien Corless would all come through the ranks. Colm Henry started taking pictures.
During 1977, we covered early Irish gigs by The Clash, The Stranglers, The Ramones and The Jam. We interviewed The Sex Pistols, The Damned, Patti Smith and Television. But we also had Van and Rory and Philo on the cover, making the link across the rock 'n' roll generations, in a way that the more fad and fashion conscious UK music press often struggled to. Equally, we celebrated the DIY spirit of punk and helped to give it legs here. Suddenly the shibboleths imposed by the ageing, Church-approved, artistic old-guard had lost all of their power to control: under the new dispensation, like Lou Reed, David Bowie or Iggy Pop, you did creatively what the fuck you wanted.
The initial response of the new wave of Irish punk bands was still to cut and run. The Boomtown Rats were first to go, having signed a big deal with Ensign Records, a subsidiary of Phonogram (now Universal). Even as he headed for the airport, lead singer Bob Geldof was shouting the kind of imprecations that would culminate in the vicious put-down of ‘Banana Republic', a couple of years later. It was a song in which he lampooned the image of Ireland as the land of saints and scholars, branding it instead a ‘septic isle'. The Radiators From Space were next up, with Philip Chevron declaring bitterly in their debut single ‘Television Screen', released in 1977: "I'm gonna put my Telecaster through the television screen/ ‘Cos I don't like what's going down..." They too headed for London, where Chevron completed the powerful ‘Song of the Faithful Departed' for the Ghostown album. "This graveyard hides a million secrets," he sang about Dublin. "And the trees know more than they can tell/ The ghosts of the saints and the scholars will haunt you/ In heaven and in hell."
Up north, The Undertones from Derry and Stiff Little Fingers from Belfast both hightailed it to London as well. It seemed like this was what you had to do. But in truth there was another way...
NORTH SIDE STORY - PART 3
I remember, on a cold autumn afternoon, sometime early in the 1970s, retreating to the back garden of the three bedroomed house in Rathfarnham, on the South side of the city, that our family of ten occupied. Out the back was a vacant field in which cattle occasionally grazed. To either side were houses the same as ours, strung endlessly this way and that. Looked at coldly, it was the proverbial Dead End Street about which Ray Davies had written. And yet I saw and felt something transcendent in the simple fact of just being there. This was the reality I had grown up with. It was what I knew. And I thought: someone has to write the story of this thoroughly unremarkable place, the story of the suburbs of Dublin and the confused and conflicting emotions experienced by young men and women growing into, or striving to grow into, adulthood here. I felt strangely empowered, caught up in a moment that was suddenly ripe with as yet unarticulated possibilities.
As it turned out I was not alone in that feeling.
All over the city voices were rising. It was a little bit later, in the spring of 1978, that U2 began to make their presence felt. Even then it seemed premature: some of the band were still at school and so there was a period during which they were forced into a holding pattern, before they could really commit to it collectively. But once they did, there was no stopping them.
In some ways they were fortunate, to have landed at a time when all bets were truly off. Punk rock empowered people, here as well as in Britain, in a way that 1970s pub rock never could have. It didn't matter whether you were able to play guitar or not, you could get up on stage and perform. You could spike your hair, stick safety pins through your nose and slather on the make-up if that was what turned you on. You could divest yourself of your past, change your name and take on a different identity. Nothing was sacred anymore. But those new freedoms were not enough in themselves. It was what you did with them than counted. That was where Hot Press came in. That was where the Project Arts Centre came in. That was where Steve Averill, Bill Graham, Paul McGuinness, Jackie Hayden, Ian Wilson, Mannix Flynn, Jim Sheridan and others who were getting up off their arses and agitating to create the space in which new music, new art and new thinking could flourish, all came in.
In a sense, that is what this book is about: it is the story, as told in Hot Press at the time, of four young men from the suburbs on the North side of Dublin - Adam, David, Larry and Paul - who seized the day, rose above the barriers on which so many of their contemporaries became snagged, reimagined their own world individually and collectively and started to make a noise that would ultimately capture the hearts and minds of millions of people all over the planet. And it is about the city which provided the backdrop for that remarkable uprising.
To deepen our understanding of the story, we have added a number of pieces written about the band, in those early days, in the UK, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Sweden. And we have also spoken to many of the key participants in the rise of the young U2. What emerges is an extraordinary, and hugely fascinating, Portrait Of The Artists As Young Men.
Looking at it now, though, and listening to the fresh testimony of their friends and colleagues from the early days, many of whom are speaking about U2 publicly for the first time, something else emerges about the band and their place in Irish history.
Following the War of Independence in Ireland, which ended in 1922, two separate and essentially sectarian States, south and north of the border, were founded on the island of Ireland. The sectarianism and isolationism which gripped the country for the next 50 years had a shockingly negative, repressive effect. Held in place as it was by authoritarianism of one kind or another, that sectarianism could sustain itself for just so long - and it did. But there were too many conflicting forces at work for it to last beyond that moment when modern communications opened us up to the world - and the world up to us. The past was another country. And it was doomed.
In many ways, the personnel who - almost by accident - clustered to form U2, themselves reflected the inevitability of change. In 1978, what did it mean to be Irish? That was a more open question than ever before and the members of U2 were primed to know that better than most. Adam Clayton had been born in England of English parents and moved to Dublin at the age of five. David Evans was born in England of Welsh parents and moved here at the age of one. Though they might not have made a big deal of it, the background of both families was Protestant. Born in Ireland of Irish parents, Paul Hewson was the son of a Catholic father and a Protestant mother. Larry Mullen's parents were both Irish and Catholic.
U2, in other words, were as close as you could get at the time, in an Ireland that was monocultural to an extraordinary degree, to a licorice all-sorts of nationalities and faiths. They attended Ireland's first interdenominational school, Mount Temple Comprehensive. And they discovered their true identity, finally, in the shamanistic rituals of rock ‘n' roll. They were Irish. But they were much more than that too...
The memories gathered throughout the following pages, from those who knew them in the early days, are revelatory. Almost everyone agrees that Bono in particular was convinced from the outset that U2 could become the biggest band in the world. He was not wrong.
History shows that these four young men from the North side of Dublin struck a chord, captured the zeitgeist, created a unique sound and went on to make some of the richest and most resonant records in the annals of rock music. And they proved themselves, again and again, through a series of tours of ever escalating ambition, as one of the consummate live acts.
But how and why did it all come about? What drove Adam, Bono, Edge and Larry? And how come they are still together after all these years? That's what we are here to explore in North Side Story. Now, let's take it from the top.
One, two - one, two, three, four! source: u2.com
THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY - JANUARY 27
THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: U2 walk in the red-light district of Hamburg / U2 play at first time in Brazil / Bono at WEF / Pics of the video to Get On Your Boots / 'Hope for Haiti Now' CD debuts at No. 1 on Billboard chart; 1st digital-only album to hit spot / Brazil night club fire kills 242 in Santa Maria / Videos: Mensch and Stuck In A Moment from DVD: "Herbert Grönemeyer: I Walk Live"!
"Boy" tour - january 27, 1981 - U2 perform in Manchester, England at the Polytechnic School.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - january 27, 1985 - U2 walk through the heart of Hamburg, Germany and stop in the Reeperbahn, the central part of the red-light district. Bono meets a few street walkers and talks to them about their lives. Bono will dedicate the next two nights performances of "Bad" to them.
"POPMart" tour
- january 27, 1998 - U2 play in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The usual 30 minute ride to the stadium takes 3 hours due to a massive traffic jam; almost a tragedy, the organization of Rio´s concert was very very bad, but the band haven´t guilt (fans are still arriving as U2 start the encore). Edge and Bono take their guitars to play "Desire," when the guys of Salgueiro (samba's club) join them at the stage. In an interview to MTV after the show, Edge explained: "We had only one first contact
with the the guys of Salgueiro and we did not have time to the rehearsal. The guys arrived only one hour before the show, and we decided play with them." The band wear yellow shirt #10 (Brazilian soccer team)* Listen to the show: HERE.
Bono attends the World Economic Forum - january 27, 2005. Bono attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today. He takes part in the "G8 and Africa" panel discussion with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo .
Pics of the video to Get On Your Boots
- January 27, 2009
photos: interference.com
'Hope for Haiti Now' CD debuts at No. 1 on Billboard chart; 1st digital-only album to hit spot - Associated Press - Last update: January 27, 2010 - 12:01 PM - NEW YORK - The all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" album has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the first digital-only album to hit the top spot. Nielsen SoundScan says the compilation CD of performances from last week's charity telethon sold 171,000 units over the weekend. The CD features performances by U2, Beyonce and Madonna, among others. More than 80 million people tuned in for Friday's telethon, which organizers have said raised $57 million. The event, which also streamed live online, featured appearances by former President Clinton, Muhammad Ali, Brad Pitt and other stars who encouraged donations for Haiti, hit by a devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. On the Net: http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/ - startribunestartribune
Brazil night club fire kills 242 in Santa Maria - January 27, 2013
(this pic was taken few minutes before the tragedy) - Gary Duffy reports: ''It seems that they had great difficulty getting out'' - At least 242 people have died in a fire that swept through a nightclub in a university city in southern Brazil, police and officials say. Local media say the fire began when a band let off fireworks at the Kiss club in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Many victims reportedly inhaled toxic fumes or were crushed as panicking clubbers tried to escape. Bereaved families have gathered at the scene where the fire is out and bodies are being removed. President Dilma Rousseff, who cut short a visit to Chile, has been visiting survivors at the city's Caridade hospital along with government ministers. She said earlier that everything possible would be done to help the injured and the families of the victims. ... bbc.co.uk
Videos: Mensch and Stuck In A Moment from DVD: "Herbert Grönemeyer: I Walk Live" - The concert happened on August 21,2012 - Postdam, Germany - source: noticierou2
"Boy" tour - january 27, 1981 - U2 perform in Manchester, England at the Polytechnic School.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - january 27, 1985 - U2 walk through the heart of Hamburg, Germany and stop in the Reeperbahn, the central part of the red-light district. Bono meets a few street walkers and talks to them about their lives. Bono will dedicate the next two nights performances of "Bad" to them.
"POPMart" tour
with the the guys of Salgueiro and we did not have time to the rehearsal. The guys arrived only one hour before the show, and we decided play with them." The band wear yellow shirt #10 (Brazilian soccer team)* Listen to the show: HERE.
Bono attends the World Economic Forum - january 27, 2005. Bono attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today. He takes part in the "G8 and Africa" panel discussion with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo .
Pics of the video to Get On Your Boots
'Hope for Haiti Now' CD debuts at No. 1 on Billboard chart; 1st digital-only album to hit spot - Associated Press - Last update: January 27, 2010 - 12:01 PM - NEW YORK - The all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" album has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the first digital-only album to hit the top spot. Nielsen SoundScan says the compilation CD of performances from last week's charity telethon sold 171,000 units over the weekend. The CD features performances by U2, Beyonce and Madonna, among others. More than 80 million people tuned in for Friday's telethon, which organizers have said raised $57 million. The event, which also streamed live online, featured appearances by former President Clinton, Muhammad Ali, Brad Pitt and other stars who encouraged donations for Haiti, hit by a devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. On the Net: http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/ - startribunestartribune
Brazil night club fire kills 242 in Santa Maria - January 27, 2013
Videos: Mensch and Stuck In A Moment from DVD: "Herbert Grönemeyer: I Walk Live" - The concert happened on August 21,2012 - Postdam, Germany - source: noticierou2
Sunday, January 26, 2014
THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY - JANUARY 26
THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: the first time of "Tomorrow" /U2´s press conference in Rio (see the photos) / Bono gives iPod to Japanese PM for aid / "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)," which was performed by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna during the Haiti concert is now the most downloaded song on iTunes and a CD version of the concert is the biggest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history. Hope for Haiti will continue accepting donations for another six months at http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/. ) / U2 drummer loses $480Gs lawsuit / Bono: Micro Bill is my biggest idol / "Follow Larry into movies? Only if I get to play a psychotic guitarist.", says Edge !
"Boy" tour - january 26, 1981 - U2 perform in York, England at York University.
"October" tour - january 26, 1982 - U2 perform in Dublin, Ireland at the Royal Dublin Society Hall. Attendence is a 5000 person sellout. One reviewer writes of the first rock concert held at RDS, "U2 transformed this massive cowshed into an uninhibited exhibition of joy which has to be experienced to be believed." "Tomorrow" is performed for the first time accompanied by Vincent Kilfuffon uillean pipes. RDS is used for the first time to a rock concert. U2 play for the first time in a hall this size in their own right.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - january 26, 1985 - U2 perform in Gothenburg, Sweden at the Scadinavium.
U2´s Press Conference in Rio de Janeiro - january 26, 1998
- Having the four members in Rio de Janeiro, U2 made the soundcheck and happened the press conference at the evening, this day. The band were very funny, very enthusiastic to play after their vacations. They talked about the stage, their first experience in South America and about some errors which happen during the concert...look for them: U2 arriving at the stage / Edge and Bono / Edge's hands... / Adam looking for Larry / U2 seated / Edge's hand, again... / Edge's chin / Edge and Bono.
Bono gives iPod to Japanese PM for aid - January 26, 2008 - Rock star Bono bowed deeply and gave Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda an iPod at the start of a meeting Saturday to try to get more Japanese support for the fight against poverty in Africa. The gift broke the ice as Fukuda sat down with Bono, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other major supporters of more aid for Africa. Fukuda asked the U2 frontman if his music was on the red recording device. "No, but you can download it," said Bono. "My son has some of your music," Fukuda told him. After the private meeting, Fukuda told government and business leaders at the World Economic Forum that African development would be one of the three major themes of the G-8 meeting he is hosting in Japan this July. Part of the proceeds from sales of the special-edition red iPod go directly to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Africa. Earlier this week, Bill Gates said the Red-branded products have generated $50 million for the fund in the last year and a half.
"Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)," which was performed by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna during the Haiti concert is now the most downloaded song on iTunes and a CD version of the concert is the biggest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history. Hope for Haiti will continue accepting donations for another six months at http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/. ) - 01.26.10, 01:00 PM EST - Sometimes celebrities are the best people to rally donors. LOS ANGELES -- Friday night's Hope for Haiti Now concert was a huge success, raising $57 million so far for organizations like Oxfam America, the Red Cross and UNICEF that are working to help victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake. Organized by actor George Clooney and musician Wyclef Jean, the event was a star-studded, bicoastal concert featuring performances from U2, Alicia Keys and Bruce Springsteen, among others. We've come to expect celebrities to rally with a big concert event in the wake of a tragedy. Benefit concerts have been in vogue since 1985's Live Aid, which raised $245 million for famine relief in Ethiopia. At the same time, it's natural to feel a bit cynical watching Madonna in a fancy leather jacket, with a face seemingly improved by thousands of dollars' worth of plastic surgery, singing and asking viewers to donate small sums to help people in Haiti who are hurt, homeless and starving. She's clearly rich (according to our last Celebrity 100 list, Madonna earned $110 million between June 2008 and June 2009). Why doesn't she just donate some of her own millions to those suffering in Haiti? According to Paul Schervish, director of the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College, by appearing in the Hope for Haiti Now concert a star like Madonna can raise more money and create more happiness than she could have by just donating on her own. Schervish calls this kind of fundraising catalytic philanthropy: Instead of just opening their own wallets, celebrities can inspire hundreds of thousands of others to give. "They are not able to call up the 20 wealthiest philanthropists, but they can get their colleagues together to perform and get people to attend concerts," says Schervish. "That's emotionally satisfying, and it creates happiness for the celebrities and the people who are donating." In other words, a benefit concert gives the celebrities the feeling that they are using their particular skills to do something good, and it makes donors feel good because they become a part of a bigger pool of giving. It also obviously helps the people who will receive the aid money. "People get to see a concert, they get to pool their money and do something big," says Schervish. Benefit concerts are also a good way to raise money quickly. It doesn't take much work to get artists to perform together as long as the organizers can find the right venue. The recent concerts for Haiti in New York and Los Angeles took place just 10 days after the earthquake struck. Plus the charities can continue to raise money even after the concert is over. An original song called "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)," which was performed by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna during the Haiti concert is now the most downloaded song on iTunes and a CD version of the concert is the biggest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history. Hope for Haiti will continue accepting donations for another six months at http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/. It remains to be seen whether donations will eventually top the biggest charity concert events like Live Aid and America: A Tribute to Heroes, which raised $150 million in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. source: forbes.com
U2 drummer loses $480Gs lawsuit
- January 26, 2011 - U2's Larry Mullen Jr. has reportedly lost a seven-year-old civil battle with a South American promoter. Website Spinner.com reports the drummer and two others have been ordered to pay $480,000 in damages after claiming Brazilian concert promoter Franco Bruni failed to pay U2 for two gigs in 1998. Mullen went public with his remarks during an interview in 2000, prompting Bruni to sue him, insisting the rocker was mistaken. Bruni stated he paid U2 the full amount and possessed the documentation to prove it. Mullen's bandmate Bono was acquitted of charges. The journalist who conducted the charges, Mario Marques Pereira Neto, and Brazilian media company InfoGlobo were also found guilty. source: torontosun.com
Bono: Micro Bill is my biggest idol - January 26,2013 - ROCK God Bono reckons Bill Gates has changed the entire world TWICE. He showed tycoon pal Bill around Dublin this week — and was full of praise for the billionaire’s giving nature. Bono said: “Bill didn’t just change the world once with Microsoft. He’s changed it twice, because what they are doing with vaccinations is a giant thing if you live in certain parts of the world — saving countless lives.” Bono and Bill enjoyed a few late night tipples at the plush Westbury hotel, with the U2 frontman revealing: “He’s a good friend and it was terrific to have him here in Ireland.” The rock star appeared alongside Bill and his wife Melinda on the cover of Time when the trio were named the magazine’s People of the Year in 2005. Bono added: “There’s now 160 people working in two charity organisations I am involved with — Red and One — and that’s because of Bill and Melinda.” Bono and his wife Ali, accompanied by The Edge and his wife Morleigh, supported pal Guggi at the launch of his latest exhibition in Dublin on Thursday. The Edge revealed U2’s new album is well on its way. He said: “We’re looking at having it out around the end of the summer.” source: thesun.ie
"Follow Larry into movies? Only if I get to play a psychotic guitarist.", says Edge
- January 26, 2013 - U2 star The Edge could soon be following his bandmate into the world of movies – but only if he gets to play a psychotic guitar player. Larry Mullen Jr swapped his drum kit for the big screen recently with a starring role in new Irish film Man On The Train. And now The Edge (51) is thinking over such a move, although the musician was not giving much away. "I'd never say never," The Edge told the Herald. "Larry has been doing great so you never know. "Maybe Jim (Sheridan) could be my director and I would play a psychotic guitar player." And In America director Jim, who has received six Oscar nominations for his work, has also reacted well to such a collaboration, saying he would "absolutely" consider working with the musician in the future. U2 are currently busy in the studio as they continue working on their 13th studio album. The band recently revealed that the new album could be called 10 Reasons To Exist, but there is still a long way to go. "I'm not sure when exactly it will be out, but things are going very well," The Edge said. It's all still in development," he added. U2 – now on the road for 36 years – have spent the past few years recording in NEW BEAT: Larry Mullen Jr and The Edge at the screening of Larry's film Man On The Train in Dublin Ireland and are expected to release a new album by the end of the year. They are hoping to follow this up with a second album soon after. If The Edge does decide to venture into the world of film he will be hoping to recreate the success of pal Larry after the release of Man On The train. His new film, A Thousand Times Good Night, was shot in Dublin and Morocco. - Eimear Rabbitte - independent.ie
"Boy" tour - january 26, 1981 - U2 perform in York, England at York University.
"October" tour - january 26, 1982 - U2 perform in Dublin, Ireland at the Royal Dublin Society Hall. Attendence is a 5000 person sellout. One reviewer writes of the first rock concert held at RDS, "U2 transformed this massive cowshed into an uninhibited exhibition of joy which has to be experienced to be believed." "Tomorrow" is performed for the first time accompanied by Vincent Kilfuffon uillean pipes. RDS is used for the first time to a rock concert. U2 play for the first time in a hall this size in their own right.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - january 26, 1985 - U2 perform in Gothenburg, Sweden at the Scadinavium.
U2´s Press Conference in Rio de Janeiro - january 26, 1998
Bono gives iPod to Japanese PM for aid - January 26, 2008 - Rock star Bono bowed deeply and gave Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda an iPod at the start of a meeting Saturday to try to get more Japanese support for the fight against poverty in Africa. The gift broke the ice as Fukuda sat down with Bono, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other major supporters of more aid for Africa. Fukuda asked the U2 frontman if his music was on the red recording device. "No, but you can download it," said Bono. "My son has some of your music," Fukuda told him. After the private meeting, Fukuda told government and business leaders at the World Economic Forum that African development would be one of the three major themes of the G-8 meeting he is hosting in Japan this July. Part of the proceeds from sales of the special-edition red iPod go directly to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Africa. Earlier this week, Bill Gates said the Red-branded products have generated $50 million for the fund in the last year and a half.
"Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)," which was performed by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna during the Haiti concert is now the most downloaded song on iTunes and a CD version of the concert is the biggest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history. Hope for Haiti will continue accepting donations for another six months at http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/. ) - 01.26.10, 01:00 PM EST - Sometimes celebrities are the best people to rally donors. LOS ANGELES -- Friday night's Hope for Haiti Now concert was a huge success, raising $57 million so far for organizations like Oxfam America, the Red Cross and UNICEF that are working to help victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake. Organized by actor George Clooney and musician Wyclef Jean, the event was a star-studded, bicoastal concert featuring performances from U2, Alicia Keys and Bruce Springsteen, among others. We've come to expect celebrities to rally with a big concert event in the wake of a tragedy. Benefit concerts have been in vogue since 1985's Live Aid, which raised $245 million for famine relief in Ethiopia. At the same time, it's natural to feel a bit cynical watching Madonna in a fancy leather jacket, with a face seemingly improved by thousands of dollars' worth of plastic surgery, singing and asking viewers to donate small sums to help people in Haiti who are hurt, homeless and starving. She's clearly rich (according to our last Celebrity 100 list, Madonna earned $110 million between June 2008 and June 2009). Why doesn't she just donate some of her own millions to those suffering in Haiti? According to Paul Schervish, director of the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College, by appearing in the Hope for Haiti Now concert a star like Madonna can raise more money and create more happiness than she could have by just donating on her own. Schervish calls this kind of fundraising catalytic philanthropy: Instead of just opening their own wallets, celebrities can inspire hundreds of thousands of others to give. "They are not able to call up the 20 wealthiest philanthropists, but they can get their colleagues together to perform and get people to attend concerts," says Schervish. "That's emotionally satisfying, and it creates happiness for the celebrities and the people who are donating." In other words, a benefit concert gives the celebrities the feeling that they are using their particular skills to do something good, and it makes donors feel good because they become a part of a bigger pool of giving. It also obviously helps the people who will receive the aid money. "People get to see a concert, they get to pool their money and do something big," says Schervish. Benefit concerts are also a good way to raise money quickly. It doesn't take much work to get artists to perform together as long as the organizers can find the right venue. The recent concerts for Haiti in New York and Los Angeles took place just 10 days after the earthquake struck. Plus the charities can continue to raise money even after the concert is over. An original song called "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)," which was performed by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna during the Haiti concert is now the most downloaded song on iTunes and a CD version of the concert is the biggest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history. Hope for Haiti will continue accepting donations for another six months at http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/. It remains to be seen whether donations will eventually top the biggest charity concert events like Live Aid and America: A Tribute to Heroes, which raised $150 million in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. source: forbes.com
U2 drummer loses $480Gs lawsuit
Bono: Micro Bill is my biggest idol - January 26,2013 - ROCK God Bono reckons Bill Gates has changed the entire world TWICE. He showed tycoon pal Bill around Dublin this week — and was full of praise for the billionaire’s giving nature. Bono said: “Bill didn’t just change the world once with Microsoft. He’s changed it twice, because what they are doing with vaccinations is a giant thing if you live in certain parts of the world — saving countless lives.” Bono and Bill enjoyed a few late night tipples at the plush Westbury hotel, with the U2 frontman revealing: “He’s a good friend and it was terrific to have him here in Ireland.” The rock star appeared alongside Bill and his wife Melinda on the cover of Time when the trio were named the magazine’s People of the Year in 2005. Bono added: “There’s now 160 people working in two charity organisations I am involved with — Red and One — and that’s because of Bill and Melinda.” Bono and his wife Ali, accompanied by The Edge and his wife Morleigh, supported pal Guggi at the launch of his latest exhibition in Dublin on Thursday. The Edge revealed U2’s new album is well on its way. He said: “We’re looking at having it out around the end of the summer.” source: thesun.ie
"Follow Larry into movies? Only if I get to play a psychotic guitarist.", says Edge
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Bono thanks his bandmates
Bono to U2: 'What you did was the sweetest thing'
25 Jan 2014 - 11:00
The U2 singer thanks his bandmates for donating all the cash from their new single to his charity
Bono has said he’s grateful to his bandmates for allowing their new single to be downloaded for his Red charity.
The U2 frontman revealed the organisation he set up to fight Aids and HIV will be given $1 by the Bank Of America for every download of the new U2 track Invisible over 24 hours during the Super Bowl.
And he said he was delighted when Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jnr and The Edge agreed to the project.
Speaking to Pat Kenny on his Newstalk show, Bono said he hoped to see HIV-free countries in 2015.
He added: “I’m certain in some countries we can have the first HIV-free generation by 2015 – it might be 2016 in others but it is a real, achievable goal.
“Red is really pushing for this HIV-free generation and U2 has been a big supporter of Red.”
Bono said that during U2’s last tour the band agreed to have a number of different sections dedicated to the charity and have been quietly backing his efforts.
He added: “Though the band don’t like talking about it they did give €11million to Red and they are very strong on it.
“I was very delighted and surprised when they agreed to give a sneak peak into the new album to Red.”
Red initially approached the Bank Of America in the hope of doing a charity drive with them during the Super Bowl and Bono said the bank really wanted U2 to be involved.
The single will be made available for free on iTunes for the first 24 hours following the Super Bowl, and for each download during that time the Bank Of America will donate $1 (73c) up to a maximum of $2million (€1.4m) to the Global Fund To Fight Aids.
Bono said: “The band agreed and I am really delighted they did. The song Invisible will be free and the Bank Of America will contribute $1 for every download to the global fund.”
The bank has promised Red another $8million (€5.8m) over the next two years. Bono said this pushes the amount raised in the past seven years to a quarter of a billion and added it “is kind of unbelievable and I am really grateful to them”.
Bono is at the World Economic Forum in Davos and he gave Enda Kenny and Michael Noonan a glowing report over their IDA pitch.
Bono said: “Jobs, jobs, jobs was the theme last night and the two of them made me very proud of the Irish.
“The Taoiseach spoke extremely well without notes – really beautifully about the country and I was struck by how these two men speak very immodestly on our behalf yet are actually very modest men themselves.” source: irishmirror.ie
'Invisible' during Super Bowl
Super Bowl Ad Chart: Who's Buying What in Super Bowl 2014 From AB-InBev to Wonderful Pistachios, With Many, Many Marketers In Between By: Ad Age Staff - January 24, 2014 ... Bank of America Buy: One 60-second commercial between the first and second quarter to introduce a partnership among Bank of America, U2 and Red, the group co-founded by Bono to enlist brands in fighting disease, particularly HIV/AIDS. Creative: The commercial will feature Bono and the rest of U2 performing a new song called "Invisible," which will be available free on iTunes during the game and over the next 24 hours. Bank of America said it will donate $1 for every download in that time, up to $2 million.Agency: Hill Holliday in Boston and Mad Agency London source: adage.com
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THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY - January 25
THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: Edge, the remarkable guitarist / Edge and Larry the first time in Brazil / Adam and Bono at Salgueiro / Bono sings with The Corrs / Vertigo Tour ticket presale fails before it starts / Bono in Davos / Adam and Susie in London, Burns' Night - VIP Fundraising Party !
"Boy" tour - january 25, 1981 - Edinburgh / Valentino´s Club. Support is Altered Images.
"The Unforgettable Fire" - january 25, 1985 - U2 perform in Stockholm, Sweden at the Ice Stadium. Mans Ivarson reviews the concert for a Swedish newspaper: "A your-arms-around-me dance on the stage of the Isstadion in front of 10,000 overcome fans as the singer Bono asked a girl from the crowd for a dance. That was the highlight of Irishmen's U2 rock mass yesterday. Rock mass! Yes, there was such an overflow of traditional rock symbols and gestures that it almost looked like a religious ritual. The fans had lighters, sparklers, flags and an enormous enthusiasm. U2's skill to caress and bait a rock crowd is not far removed from Bruce Springsteen's. Bono makes a big effort for the people in the bad seats and he occasionally is almost down in the crowd, flattering us fro our good English and thanking us deeply for coming. Sing for John Lennon, sing for Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix -- Bono and U2 not even for a moment let us forget that they represent the good guys in rock. Sure they are pleasant even if it can get a little bit too cute. But the music is hardly cute.
Edge and Larry in Brazil - janaury 25, 1998 - Edge and Larry arrived, exactly 16 years ago, on january 25, in Rio de Janeiro.
Edge came the first time in Brazil, on january 25, 1998 - at 11:15 a.m., Rio de Janeiro, and says (during this photo): "I´m waiting some passion of the fans during the shows." When he arrived at Copacabana hotel, there were around 70 fans and he was greeting them with a nice smile. 15 security guards block the advancement of the fans over the guitarist...
Adam and Bono go to Salgueiro-School of Samba - January 25, 1998 - This night Adam and Bono go to Salgueiro school-samba in Rio de Janeiro, they were seating in a VIP area, then Bono jumps to the floor where he dances with the people, while Adam (now, with moustache) is seating. A Very hot night!
Bono: "I´m virgin in the samba. I´m trying to dance samba" - Sunday night, january 25, 1998. Adam Clayton and Bono had a dinner at Churrascaria Porcao, in Ipanema. With them there were around 20 persons and another tables around them with security. No confusion at the restaurant. From there they went to Salgueiro, a schooll (club) of samba, in Vila Isabel district, to see the rehearsals. Bono was at the balcony of the rhythm tamborine. He was so enthusiasm and jumped to the lower floor, with the support of the security and danced with the people (porta-bandeiras and mestres-salas). He was enjoying himself and during 5 minutes, to the gladness of his fans. Backing to the balcony, he changed his black shirt to another red (it was writen: Salgueiro). He said: "I´m virgin in the samba. I´m trying to dance samba," said him shaking his body. Their night finished at Hippopotamus dance club, in Ipanema, from where Bono and Adam Clayton out before 4 a.m. Before their entrance Bono gave US$20,00 to a little boy Marco, 8 years-old, who were salling some groceries in the street. Backing to Copacabana Palace hotel, Bono was received by 10 fans who were waiting for him. He signed autographs and made poses to photos with fans. To Marcelo Guimaraes, the meeting was a dream come true. "They are the best band on the planet," said him celebrating his 'The Joshua Tree' signed, after waiting for 15 hours... look for this scan Folha de Sao Paulo - jan 26, 1998 - Adam and Bono arriving at Copacabana Palace hotel - Bono wearing Salgueiro-shirt
Bono sings with The Corrs - january 25, 2002. Bono performs two songs with The Corrs, who are taping a live TV special for the U.S. in a studio outside Dublin. He duets with Andrea Corr on Ryan Adams's "When the Stars Go Blue" and on "Summer Wine," originally made famous by Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra. The Corrs' performance is recorded and will be released as a CD and TV special in March. Both songs with Bono are included.
Vertigo Tour ticket presale fails before it starts - january 25, 2005. What should be a time of joy for U2 fans around the world almost immediately becomes a nightmare as the online presale of Vertigo Tour tickets to paid U2.com members is a dismal failure. Tens of thousands of fans try to buy tickets via Ticketmaster and other official ticket outlets worldwide, but very few are able. Web sites crash and ticketing systems fail leaving most fans unable to even get a chance at buying tickets. The few U2.com members who are able to get past technical problems find that what were marketed as "some of the best seats in the house" are most commonly tickets in the upper levels of arenas, or far away seats at stadiums. Making matters worse is that thousands of General Admission tickets -- the actual "best seats in the house" -- are immediately listed for sale on auction and ticket broker web sites. The failure is a marketing disaster for U2, whose U2.com web site had charged members up to $40 for the opportunity to take part in the presale, selling the memberships with promises of "guaranteed priority booking" of concert tickets, and telling members of the now-defunct Propaganda offline fan club that they'd "go to the front of the line" during today's presale. Almost immediately, internet mailing lists and message boards are filled with the anger of thousands of fans who feel cheated out of $40 by the band they love. Some fans go so far as to suggest legal action against the band. U2.com itself remains largely mum on the issue, at first brushing off the problems as the result of incredible demand for U2 tickets. The uproar continues for a week, as U2 fan web sites continue to report on all the developments and push for the band to rectify the situation. It takes five days for Ticketmaster, acting at the request of U2, to begin making amends to U2 fans whose presale ticket purchases were killed by technical problems. And finally, a week after the presale failure, U2.com issues an apology for "inadvertently" giving the impression that U2.com members were guaranteed tickets. They offer a refund of U2.com membership fees to anyone who didn't use the presale password to purchase tickets.
Bono in Davos - january 25, 2006 - Bono has launched Product RED, a global brand which will raise funds to fight AIDS in Africa. It's not philanthropy, he said, but 'doing good, will turn out to be doing good business.' The launch of RED took place in Davos, Switzerland today, when Bono joined with American Express, Gap, Converse and Giorgio Armani to unveil the T-shirts, shoes, sunglasses and credit card which are the first items in the new line. A portion of profits from the sale of RED products will support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tubercolosis and Malaria, particularly programmes in Africa with a focus on women and children.
Adam and Susie in London, Burns' Night - VIP Fundraising Party - 25th January 2006: here / here / here
My ugly city totay completes its 460th anniversary
Viva Sao Paulo
"Boy" tour - january 25, 1981 - Edinburgh / Valentino´s Club. Support is Altered Images.
"The Unforgettable Fire" - january 25, 1985 - U2 perform in Stockholm, Sweden at the Ice Stadium. Mans Ivarson reviews the concert for a Swedish newspaper: "A your-arms-around-me dance on the stage of the Isstadion in front of 10,000 overcome fans as the singer Bono asked a girl from the crowd for a dance. That was the highlight of Irishmen's U2 rock mass yesterday. Rock mass! Yes, there was such an overflow of traditional rock symbols and gestures that it almost looked like a religious ritual. The fans had lighters, sparklers, flags and an enormous enthusiasm. U2's skill to caress and bait a rock crowd is not far removed from Bruce Springsteen's. Bono makes a big effort for the people in the bad seats and he occasionally is almost down in the crowd, flattering us fro our good English and thanking us deeply for coming. Sing for John Lennon, sing for Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix -- Bono and U2 not even for a moment let us forget that they represent the good guys in rock. Sure they are pleasant even if it can get a little bit too cute. But the music is hardly cute.
| It's hard, hypnotic rock with [The] Edge, the remarkable guitarist, as the leader. I don't understand how he does it, but his tones are like a never ending shooting star, forever glittering against a dark and cold backdrop." |
Bono sings with The Corrs - january 25, 2002. Bono performs two songs with The Corrs, who are taping a live TV special for the U.S. in a studio outside Dublin. He duets with Andrea Corr on Ryan Adams's "When the Stars Go Blue" and on "Summer Wine," originally made famous by Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra. The Corrs' performance is recorded and will be released as a CD and TV special in March. Both songs with Bono are included.
Vertigo Tour ticket presale fails before it starts - january 25, 2005. What should be a time of joy for U2 fans around the world almost immediately becomes a nightmare as the online presale of Vertigo Tour tickets to paid U2.com members is a dismal failure. Tens of thousands of fans try to buy tickets via Ticketmaster and other official ticket outlets worldwide, but very few are able. Web sites crash and ticketing systems fail leaving most fans unable to even get a chance at buying tickets. The few U2.com members who are able to get past technical problems find that what were marketed as "some of the best seats in the house" are most commonly tickets in the upper levels of arenas, or far away seats at stadiums. Making matters worse is that thousands of General Admission tickets -- the actual "best seats in the house" -- are immediately listed for sale on auction and ticket broker web sites. The failure is a marketing disaster for U2, whose U2.com web site had charged members up to $40 for the opportunity to take part in the presale, selling the memberships with promises of "guaranteed priority booking" of concert tickets, and telling members of the now-defunct Propaganda offline fan club that they'd "go to the front of the line" during today's presale. Almost immediately, internet mailing lists and message boards are filled with the anger of thousands of fans who feel cheated out of $40 by the band they love. Some fans go so far as to suggest legal action against the band. U2.com itself remains largely mum on the issue, at first brushing off the problems as the result of incredible demand for U2 tickets. The uproar continues for a week, as U2 fan web sites continue to report on all the developments and push for the band to rectify the situation. It takes five days for Ticketmaster, acting at the request of U2, to begin making amends to U2 fans whose presale ticket purchases were killed by technical problems. And finally, a week after the presale failure, U2.com issues an apology for "inadvertently" giving the impression that U2.com members were guaranteed tickets. They offer a refund of U2.com membership fees to anyone who didn't use the presale password to purchase tickets.
Bono in Davos - january 25, 2006 - Bono has launched Product RED, a global brand which will raise funds to fight AIDS in Africa. It's not philanthropy, he said, but 'doing good, will turn out to be doing good business.' The launch of RED took place in Davos, Switzerland today, when Bono joined with American Express, Gap, Converse and Giorgio Armani to unveil the T-shirts, shoes, sunglasses and credit card which are the first items in the new line. A portion of profits from the sale of RED products will support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tubercolosis and Malaria, particularly programmes in Africa with a focus on women and children.
Adam and Susie in London, Burns' Night - VIP Fundraising Party - 25th January 2006: here / here / here
My ugly city totay completes its 460th anniversary
Friday, January 24, 2014
Bono: Invisible and new album
BONO CALLS 'INVISIBLE' A 'SNEAK PEEK' OF NEW U2 ALBUM - January 24, 2014 - By: Matt McGee. Bono is in Davos today for a variety of appearances at the World Economic Forum -- more on that in a moment.
He did a radio interview from there with Pat Kenny on Ireland's Newstalk FM, and the bit we're most interested in surrounds the new song, "Invisible." When Kenny asked about it, Bono called the song a "sneak peek into the new album" and went on to thank the rest of the band for giving permission to use it for this (RED) fund raising effort on Super Bowl Sunday. Bono didn't exactly say that "Invisible" will be on the album, but his words and tone of voice sure make it sound that way. The audio is available on Newstalk's website, and the conversation about "Invisible" begins at about the 13:00 mark. For what it's worth, today's Guardian.com article about the song also says it'll be from the new album.
There's also a new Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) interview on Rolling Stone's website, in which he mostly sidesteps the U2 album question with this answer:
Yeah, I mean, I can't really discuss it so I can't really quote anything about it but it's still ongoing and that's all I can really say, to be honest.
In Davos, meanwhile, Bono spoke on a WEF panel session today that's available in full on ONE's website. It runs about an hour and, if you don't have time to watch, the Irish Times has this session recap. Lastly, the Independent has a short interview with Bono as he was headed into a dinner appearance where he'd be promoting Ireland to WEF attendees.
UPDATE: @U2 reader Kevin S. mentioned on Twitter that, in this Thursday interview from Davos, Bono specifically says the song is "from" the new U2 album. source: atu2
Bono - challenge to leaders.
Bono lays down challenge to world business leaders - January 24, 2014 - Singer calls for businesses to raise ethical standards to help fight against world poverty
Bono: “Some of the criminals around here are not wearing ski masks, they are wearing skis.” Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/EPA.
Bono has challenged world business leaders assembled in Davos to boost the fight against world poverty by raising ethical standards in their respective sectors.
The Irish activist participated in a discussion with British prime minister David Cameron and others who have drafted a successor to the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDG), which end in 2015.
The MDG included targets for reducing poverty, hunger and child mortality and combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases. The new goals, known as the sustainable development goals, aim to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030 by renewing targets not achieved in the first round and adding new proposals, such as fighting corruption.
The U2 singer admitted yesterday the MDG was a “shite name” that put people off and that the proposed new name - “Sustainable Millenium Goals” - sounded like “a bad heavy metal band”.
Even his own band, though “really supportive” of his campaigning against poverty, had only to hear MDG and “you can see their eyes rolling”.
He suggested worldwide competitions to find a better title for the new programe.
“We want ownership from the wider population,” he said.
The Davos panel agreed that the success of the new goals, in particular the fight against corruption, would hinge on western leaders gathered in Davos acknowledging a need for greater transparency in how they do business.
“Some of the criminals around here are not wearing ski masks, they are wearing skis,” said Bono. “Capitalism can be a great creative force but it can be a destructive force. It is not immoral but it is ammoral, we need to give it some instructions.”
British prime minister David Cameron, who co-chaired the UN panel which drafted the new goals, agreed that fighting corruption in poor countries required rich countries to improve business transparency.
He said he was confident the new goals to tackle poverty were complementary and not contradictory to business and enterprise.
“The two things people want is a job and a voice,” said Mr Cameron.
Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was also involved in drafting the new goals through a public consultation with the world’s poor.
She expressed optimism that the new goals would be embraced because they address universal issues.
“Gender rights are not just about people at bottom end of scale,” she said. “Corruption and governance may be more of a problem in countries of the south but accountability for it has a north and south end of it.”
Save the Children International CEO Jasmine Whitbread said she hoped the last 700 days of the existing MDG would see a redoubled push to complete goals not yet met, such as eliminating infant mortality
“It is always easier to do the first half and that is what we are facing now,” she said, “but with a redoubled effort we can manage it.” source: irishtimes.com
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THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: january 24
THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: "Twilight" to Peter Rowen / some autographs before the show / penthouse in The Clarence / Adam and Bono the first time in Brazil / Bono in Washington / Bono, Bill Gates and Michael Dell announce Dell + Windows (PRODUCT) RED / Gore, Bono warn World Economic Forum / David Guetta Dishes On U2 Collaboration / Artist Guggi draws U2 pals to his new collection (pics: Edge&Morleigh - Bono&Ali - Adam) !
"Boy" tour - january 24, 1981. U2 perform in Glasgow, Scotland at Strathclyde University. Before 'Twilight" Bono points to the "Boy" backdrop, explaining the different sleeve of the album in Europe and USA. Bono dedicates "Twilight" to Peter Rowen.
"October" tour - january 24, 1982. U2 perform in Cork, Ireland at City Hall. Before the show a group of fans approach Bono for his autograph: "They didn't want to talk; they wanted bits of me. They wanted me to write my name down on scraps of paper. Incidents like that make me think about the whole thing -- we're not into that gladiators, dinosaur rock thing," he would later say in an interview in Hot Press Magazine.
Clarence Hotel...january 24, 1998. Billy Joel and Elton John both book the luxury penthouse suite in the Clarence Hotel, which has become Dublin's top hotel suite. Former guests in the suite include Jack Nicholson, Tina Turner, Noel Gallagher, Naomi Campbell and "The BackStreet Boys".
Adam and Bono in Rio - january 24, 1998 - Adam and Bono arrived the first time in Brazil, in Rio.
Bono in Washington, january 24, 2007:
Senator Lautenberg meets with U2's Bono to discuss the role that the U.S. government can play in combating the global threat of HIV/AIDS and other deadly diseases.
Bono, Bill Gates and Michael Dell announce Dell + Windows (PRODUCT) RED - January 24, 2008 - Bono, co-founder of (RED); Bill Gates, founder and Chairman of Microsoft; and Michael Dell, founder and Chairman of Dell; together at the World Economic Forum announce that Dell and Microsoft are joining (RED) to help fight AIDS in Africa, with the introduction of a series of Dell (PRODUCT) RED personal computers powered by Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED.
Gore, Bono warn World Economic Forum - January 24, 2008 - DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Former Vice President Al Gore and U2 front man Bono offered measured praise Thursday for efforts in tackling climate change and global poverty, but warned the World Economic Forum that conditions were not improving as much as they could. photos: interference.com
David Guetta Dishes On U2 Collaboration - January 24, 2011 - source: mtv.com - read: reginaonumbblog.zip.net
Artist Guggi draws U2 pals to his new collection (pics: Edge&Morleigh - Bono&Ali - Adam)
January 24, 2013 - A HOST of famous friends have gathered together to celebrate internationally acclaimed artist Guggi's first exhibition in Ireland in four years – and leading the way was best friend Bono. There was a glowing turnout as Guggi unveiled his latest collection at the Kerlin Gallery in Dublin last night. Showing his continued support for the creative visionary, the U2 frontman, who arrived with wife Ali Hewson, told the Irish Independent of his delight to see his close friend's work come to fruition. "Normally I get to enjoy a preview of the pieces beforehand in the studio, but things have been so busy this time I didn't get a chance. He's just getting better and better every time, we're all so proud of him. He's extraordinary." The superstar said he'll definitely consider adding to his growing collection by purchasing a painting. Bono and Hewson were accompanied by The Edge and his wife, Morleigh Steinberg. While he has shown in the UK, US and Argentina in recent months, guest of honour Guggi told the Irish Independent that it was particularly special to see his 21 pieces hang on the walls in Dublin again. "This is my home town, I come from here and it's always particularly special when an exhibition is here. "I'm surprised and flattered by the turnout, it's fantastic. It means everything to have my friends and family here." It was also a family occasion for Guggi, who arrived with his wife, Sibylle, and their four boys, Noah, Eliah, Caleb and Gideon. - Laura Butler - source: independent.ie - pics: interference.com - interference.com
"Boy" tour - january 24, 1981. U2 perform in Glasgow, Scotland at Strathclyde University. Before 'Twilight" Bono points to the "Boy" backdrop, explaining the different sleeve of the album in Europe and USA. Bono dedicates "Twilight" to Peter Rowen.
"October" tour - january 24, 1982. U2 perform in Cork, Ireland at City Hall. Before the show a group of fans approach Bono for his autograph: "They didn't want to talk; they wanted bits of me. They wanted me to write my name down on scraps of paper. Incidents like that make me think about the whole thing -- we're not into that gladiators, dinosaur rock thing," he would later say in an interview in Hot Press Magazine.
Clarence Hotel...january 24, 1998. Billy Joel and Elton John both book the luxury penthouse suite in the Clarence Hotel, which has become Dublin's top hotel suite. Former guests in the suite include Jack Nicholson, Tina Turner, Noel Gallagher, Naomi Campbell and "The BackStreet Boys".
Adam and Bono in Rio - january 24, 1998 - Adam and Bono arrived the first time in Brazil, in Rio.
Bono in Washington, january 24, 2007:
Bono, Bill Gates and Michael Dell announce Dell + Windows (PRODUCT) RED - January 24, 2008 - Bono, co-founder of (RED); Bill Gates, founder and Chairman of Microsoft; and Michael Dell, founder and Chairman of Dell; together at the World Economic Forum announce that Dell and Microsoft are joining (RED) to help fight AIDS in Africa, with the introduction of a series of Dell (PRODUCT) RED personal computers powered by Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED.
Gore, Bono warn World Economic Forum - January 24, 2008 - DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Former Vice President Al Gore and U2 front man Bono offered measured praise Thursday for efforts in tackling climate change and global poverty, but warned the World Economic Forum that conditions were not improving as much as they could. photos: interference.com
David Guetta Dishes On U2 Collaboration - January 24, 2011 - source: mtv.com - read: reginaonumbblog.zip.net
Artist Guggi draws U2 pals to his new collection (pics: Edge&Morleigh - Bono&Ali - Adam)
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Invisible - Free for RED
Invisible - Free for RED - January 23, 2014 - The band have given a new track, 'Invisible', to (RED) for a free download on iTunes next week - for 24 hours only.
The song, produced by Danger Mouse and mixed by Tom Elmhirst, launches a partnership with (RED) and Bank of America to fight AIDS.
Every time the track is downloaded, anywhere in the world, a $1 donation will be made to (RED) by Bank of America - up to a total of $2m. All the funds will go to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
'Invisible' will be available on iTunes for 24hours from Feb 2nd - 'Super Bowl Sunday'. A commercial during the Super Bowl will feature the band performing the track, from a forthcoming video directed by Mark Romanek.
Since Bono and Bobby Shriver founded (RED) in 2006, to engage business in the fight against AIDS, it's generated more than $240 million for the Global Fund. (RED) and its partners – from Bank of America, to Starbucks, Apple and others – are working to end mother-to-child transmission of the deadly HIV virus by 2015, in line with the UN Millennium Development Goals.
More in the FT here. source: U2.com
Video of Bono and Brian Moyniban discussed about the donation: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101358699
Read:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101358699?__source=yahoonews&par=yahoonews
Video:
https://red.bankofamerica.com/the-goal/in-bonos-words.html#fbid=q8lQ_4CLByp
Video of Bono and Brian Moyniban discussed about the donation: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101358699
Read:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101358699?__source=yahoonews&par=yahoonews
Video:
https://red.bankofamerica.com/the-goal/in-bonos-words.html#fbid=q8lQ_4CLByp
THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY: January 23
THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: 4 songs to BBC Northern Ireland TV / after 5-week break / Norway´s fans sing along during the encore / TV3 in Ireland / Edge models in Dublin / 'Hope for Haiti Now' Telethon Raises $57 Million / 'Back In The Van Again' / Bono sings, fond memories flow at Shriver funeral !
"Boy" tour - january 23, 1981(exact date is unknown) - U2 and "Stiff Little Fingers" perform together in Belfast's Queen's University for a BBC Northern Ireland TV special. Four songs from their set are eventually broadcast on August 12 (The Ocean / 11 O´Clock Tick Tock / Cry-Electric Co. / Out Of Control). Towards the end of the month, they embark on a short UK tour, with "Altered Images" opening.
"October" tour - january 23, 1982 - U2 perform in Galway, Ireland at Leisureland, after 5-week break. The "October" tour resumes with three shows in Ireland. A concert in Belfast is cancelled because of the bad state of the venue´s floor.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - january 23, 1985 - U2 start the European leg of "The Unforgettable Fire" tour with a concert in Drammen, Norway at Drammenshalle. The audience aren´t all that familiar with the songs, but during the encore the crowd actually sing along and the band seem to have attained their goal.
TV3 in Ireland - january 23, 1998. Paul McGuinness along with several others and several companies, announce TV3 in Ireland. It is due to launch in the fall of 1998.
Edge models for charity - january 23, 2003. The Edge takes to the catwalk tonight to model at the Brown-Thomas International Fashion Show in Dublin. The event at Dublin's Point Theatre benefited charities including the Chernobyl Children's Project, ISPCC and The Christina Noble Foundation. The band's drummer Larry Mullen said: "I think the Edge was brilliant on the catwalk tonight."I did it last year and I jumped off the stage. Now I'm banned. "But as much as I love the boys here tonight, you can't beat the girls." Edge modelled having Elvis Presley´s "A Little Less Conversation'" at backing.
'Back In The Van Again' - January 23, 2011 In the late 1970's this is how U2 got from one show to another - sound man Joe O'Herlihy would drive one van, with two band members in it, while manager Paul McGuinness would drive the other, with another two band members. The kit was rammed in all around them. Thirty two years since Joe started work with U2, he says it's changed a little: 'e have an aircraft and 186 trucks on this tour'. But in another way it hasn't changed at all. 'It's all about the same thing - communication - and on this tour the design concept was to shrink the huge stadium to be back in the van again and I believe we've achieved that.' In the first of a two-part interview for U2.com subscribers, Joe describes how the band took their music into bigger and bigger venues - and how technological advances enabled them to retain intimacy in shows in the biggest stadiums in the world. VIDEO: u2.com
Bono sings, fond memories flow at Shriver funeral - January 23, 2011 POTOMAC, Md. (AP) -- His 19 grandchildren read short remembrances, U2 frontman Bono led mourners in singing "Forever Young" and fond memories and laughter filled a funeral service for R. Sargent Shriver, the 95-year-old statesman laid to rest this weekend. Shriver, the Peace Corps' first director who also ran the 1960s War on Poverty and served as a running mate on an ill-fated Democratic presidential ticket, was buried Saturday evening in a Massachusetts cemetery just hours after his funeral in suburban Washington. Shriver, who had Alzheimer's disease, died Tuesday in his native Maryland where a funeral Mass was held in Potomac. At Shriver's service, mourners from Bono to Vice President Joe Biden to former President Bill Clinton paid tribute to the man affectionally known as "Sarge," talking of a life spent serving others. First lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey attended. Wyclef Jean played the piano and sang "All the Ends of the Earth" as guests - and Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington - clapped along. Later, Vanessa Williams performed "Soon and Very Soon." Bono and Glen Hansard, who starred in the movie "Once," sang "Make Me a Channel of Your Peace." "I was a student really of the Sarge way of doing things," Bono told The Associated Press after singing at the service. U2's lead singer founded the Red Campaign with Shriver's eldest son Bobby to fight AIDS in Africa. "It's a rare combination of grace and strategy," Bono said of Sargent Shriver. Clinton spoke of Shriver's legacy of public service. "Fifty years ago, President Kennedy told us we should ask what we can do for our country," Clinton told the crowd at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. "A whole generation of us understood what President Kennedy meant by looking at Sargent Shriver's life." Shriver grew up during the Great Depression, attended Yale University on a scholarship and served in the Navy in World War II. Then, he fulfilled his brother-in-law John F. Kennedy's campaign promise by developing the Peace Corps into a lasting international force. One by one, many of Shriver's 19 grandchildren read brief remembrances about their grandfather, recalling his passion for helping people, his hugs and his love of baseball. Maria Shriver, the former NBC reporter and wife of former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said her family took comfort in "knowing that Daddy is in heaven with God and with Mummy." Shriver was buried later Saturday alongside his wife Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of Special Olympics. The private burial was held at a cemetery in Barnstable, Mass., where family members carried candles as they stepped off a bus under a darkening sky. Sargent Shriver was a businessman and lawyer descended from a prominent Maryland family. He had suffered from Alzheimer's disease for the past eight years. His wife died in 2009 at age 88. Mark Shriver recalled some of his father's final years in the Potomac funeral service. "Alzheimer's robs you of so much. In Dad's case, it stripped him to the core," he said. Still, he "would shake your hand and smile, look you in the eye and tell you you were the greatest and that he loves you." Sargent Shriver was former Sen. George McGovern's running mate in the 1972 presidential election, but the Democrats lost in a landslide to President Richard M. Nixon. Still, Shriver campaigned until the end, even when it was most difficult. "Sargent Shriver was going to go out with his head held high," Clinton said. Biden credited Shriver for helping him win his own Senate seat in Delaware during a tough race the same year. A last-minute visit from Shriver put him over the top in a heavily Republican state at the time. "That's when the sun rose for me," Biden said. In 1994, Shriver received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. His son Anthony recalled the day his father received that honor, addressing Clinton. "I'll never forget him there in the White House and you looking at him and giving him one of those big Bill Clinton hugs," he said. "Wow was he high that day." Associated Press writer Russell Contreras in Barnstable contributed to this report. Online: Sargent Shriver Peace Institute: http://www.sargentshriver.org/ - source: News from the Associated Press
"Boy" tour - january 23, 1981(exact date is unknown) - U2 and "Stiff Little Fingers" perform together in Belfast's Queen's University for a BBC Northern Ireland TV special. Four songs from their set are eventually broadcast on August 12 (The Ocean / 11 O´Clock Tick Tock / Cry-Electric Co. / Out Of Control). Towards the end of the month, they embark on a short UK tour, with "Altered Images" opening.
"October" tour - january 23, 1982 - U2 perform in Galway, Ireland at Leisureland, after 5-week break. The "October" tour resumes with three shows in Ireland. A concert in Belfast is cancelled because of the bad state of the venue´s floor.
"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - january 23, 1985 - U2 start the European leg of "The Unforgettable Fire" tour with a concert in Drammen, Norway at Drammenshalle. The audience aren´t all that familiar with the songs, but during the encore the crowd actually sing along and the band seem to have attained their goal.
TV3 in Ireland - january 23, 1998. Paul McGuinness along with several others and several companies, announce TV3 in Ireland. It is due to launch in the fall of 1998.
Edge models for charity - january 23, 2003. The Edge takes to the catwalk tonight to model at the Brown-Thomas International Fashion Show in Dublin. The event at Dublin's Point Theatre benefited charities including the Chernobyl Children's Project, ISPCC and The Christina Noble Foundation. The band's drummer Larry Mullen said: "I think the Edge was brilliant on the catwalk tonight."I did it last year and I jumped off the stage. Now I'm banned. "But as much as I love the boys here tonight, you can't beat the girls." Edge modelled having Elvis Presley´s "A Little Less Conversation'" at backing.
'Back In The Van Again' - January 23, 2011 In the late 1970's this is how U2 got from one show to another - sound man Joe O'Herlihy would drive one van, with two band members in it, while manager Paul McGuinness would drive the other, with another two band members. The kit was rammed in all around them. Thirty two years since Joe started work with U2, he says it's changed a little: 'e have an aircraft and 186 trucks on this tour'. But in another way it hasn't changed at all. 'It's all about the same thing - communication - and on this tour the design concept was to shrink the huge stadium to be back in the van again and I believe we've achieved that.' In the first of a two-part interview for U2.com subscribers, Joe describes how the band took their music into bigger and bigger venues - and how technological advances enabled them to retain intimacy in shows in the biggest stadiums in the world. VIDEO: u2.com
Bono sings, fond memories flow at Shriver funeral - January 23, 2011 POTOMAC, Md. (AP) -- His 19 grandchildren read short remembrances, U2 frontman Bono led mourners in singing "Forever Young" and fond memories and laughter filled a funeral service for R. Sargent Shriver, the 95-year-old statesman laid to rest this weekend. Shriver, the Peace Corps' first director who also ran the 1960s War on Poverty and served as a running mate on an ill-fated Democratic presidential ticket, was buried Saturday evening in a Massachusetts cemetery just hours after his funeral in suburban Washington. Shriver, who had Alzheimer's disease, died Tuesday in his native Maryland where a funeral Mass was held in Potomac. At Shriver's service, mourners from Bono to Vice President Joe Biden to former President Bill Clinton paid tribute to the man affectionally known as "Sarge," talking of a life spent serving others. First lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey attended. Wyclef Jean played the piano and sang "All the Ends of the Earth" as guests - and Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington - clapped along. Later, Vanessa Williams performed "Soon and Very Soon." Bono and Glen Hansard, who starred in the movie "Once," sang "Make Me a Channel of Your Peace." "I was a student really of the Sarge way of doing things," Bono told The Associated Press after singing at the service. U2's lead singer founded the Red Campaign with Shriver's eldest son Bobby to fight AIDS in Africa. "It's a rare combination of grace and strategy," Bono said of Sargent Shriver. Clinton spoke of Shriver's legacy of public service. "Fifty years ago, President Kennedy told us we should ask what we can do for our country," Clinton told the crowd at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. "A whole generation of us understood what President Kennedy meant by looking at Sargent Shriver's life." Shriver grew up during the Great Depression, attended Yale University on a scholarship and served in the Navy in World War II. Then, he fulfilled his brother-in-law John F. Kennedy's campaign promise by developing the Peace Corps into a lasting international force. One by one, many of Shriver's 19 grandchildren read brief remembrances about their grandfather, recalling his passion for helping people, his hugs and his love of baseball. Maria Shriver, the former NBC reporter and wife of former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said her family took comfort in "knowing that Daddy is in heaven with God and with Mummy." Shriver was buried later Saturday alongside his wife Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of Special Olympics. The private burial was held at a cemetery in Barnstable, Mass., where family members carried candles as they stepped off a bus under a darkening sky. Sargent Shriver was a businessman and lawyer descended from a prominent Maryland family. He had suffered from Alzheimer's disease for the past eight years. His wife died in 2009 at age 88. Mark Shriver recalled some of his father's final years in the Potomac funeral service. "Alzheimer's robs you of so much. In Dad's case, it stripped him to the core," he said. Still, he "would shake your hand and smile, look you in the eye and tell you you were the greatest and that he loves you." Sargent Shriver was former Sen. George McGovern's running mate in the 1972 presidential election, but the Democrats lost in a landslide to President Richard M. Nixon. Still, Shriver campaigned until the end, even when it was most difficult. "Sargent Shriver was going to go out with his head held high," Clinton said. Biden credited Shriver for helping him win his own Senate seat in Delaware during a tough race the same year. A last-minute visit from Shriver put him over the top in a heavily Republican state at the time. "That's when the sun rose for me," Biden said. In 1994, Shriver received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. His son Anthony recalled the day his father received that honor, addressing Clinton. "I'll never forget him there in the White House and you looking at him and giving him one of those big Bill Clinton hugs," he said. "Wow was he high that day." Associated Press writer Russell Contreras in Barnstable contributed to this report. Online: Sargent Shriver Peace Institute: http://www.sargentshriver.org/ - source: News from the Associated Press
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