"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
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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
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