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Crushgen24/88 · #**161** 09-25-2009, 07:47 AM

http://www.u2.com/news/title/giant-numbers-in-jersey
That's pretty cool, though apparently someone fell from Section 301-101 after the show ended.

ticos_stick · #**162** 09-25-2009, 09:07 PM

It amazes me that U2 had Muse as support.

Muse are clearly the better live band.

mo_rizwan · #**163** 09-27-2009, 04:10 AM

Roger Friedman Review of Giants Show:
http://showbiz411.blogs.thr.com/bono...avaganza-show/

mo_rizwan · #**164** 10-26-2009, 02:43 PM

Did anyone else catch the LIVE show on YouTube?

It was Bloody Awesome!

milomom · #**165** 10-27-2009, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by mo_rizwan

Did anyone else catch the LIVE show on YouTube?

It was Bloody Awesome!

I watched/listened to some of it. I'm not a U2 fan (Bono gives me a pain), but the streaming was very well done. Spectacular event to toss out there for one and all!

Kathleen · #**166** 10-27-2009, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by milomom

I watched/listened to some of it. I'm not a U2 fan (Bono gives me a pain), but the streaming was very well done. Spectacular event to toss out there for one and all!

Agreed - a very nice thing to do for the fans. I'm also not a big U2 fan - I don't hate 'em - I just don't love 'em. But this was well done.

Someone could make a very nice DVD from it if they so chose

Crushgen24/88 · #**167** 06-23-2011, 11:42 PM

Considering this is easily my favorite album/era of U2, this news makes me friggin giddy:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...issue-20110623

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On the most recent dates of U2's 360° Tour, the band members have been showing grainy footage of themselves hanging out in Berlin during the recording of Achtung Baby — a rare moment of unabashed nostalgia that also hints at what's next from U2. This fall, the band will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album that hit the reset button on its sound — along with the LP's accompanying Zoo TV Tour and its 1993 follow-up, Zooropa — with ambitious reissues, complete with unseen video footage and rare recordings.

"I'm blown away listening to some of the rough mixes and the outtakes," says the Edge. "There's some very interesting alternative versions that we discovered of songs that wouldn't have seen the light of day, alternative lyrics, different arrangement styles — it's like Achtung Baby out of focus."

It's likely there will be separate reissues of Achtung Baby and Zooropa, along with a deluxe box set that incorporates both albums as well as video and/or audio from Zoo TV. "There will be multiple formats," says U2's manager, Paul McGuinness. "If you pile a lot of extra material and packaging and design work into a super-duper box set, there are people who will pay quite a lot for it, so you can budget it at a very high level and pump up the value." The band is also working on a U2 app for the iPad and other tablets that could be involved with the releases.

The group recently filmed a new performance of songs from the period in a Canadian theater, reportedly for use in a documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim, who worked with the Edge on the guitar doc It Might Get Loud. The band has also discovered substantial unseen footage from the early Nineties. "We were filming everything," says McGuinness. "There's a lot of material that has never really been seen, and seeing it will be quite startling."

TwinFan · #**168** 06-23-2011, 11:57 PM

Meh. U2 is bland to me. I can probably count the number of songs I like from them on my fingers. Bono annoys me. He needs to decide whether he is a singer, politician, motivational speaker, or whatever. And he's got an ego larger than the size of their monstrosity stage.

One is brilliant, however.

Neurotica80 · #**169** 06-24-2011, 01:00 AM

Think it's safe to say that Bono's preaching annoys most people but they have dome amazing timeless songs. I've seen them live twice now and you def get value for money in a u2 show.

ticos_stick · #**170** 06-24-2011, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by TwinFan

Bono annoys me. He needs to decide whether he is a singer, politician, motivational speaker, or whatever. And he's got an ego larger than the size of their monstrosity stage.

Y'know what, that's a fuckin' lazy opinion right there, and I'm sick of hearing the same old shit coming from people.

Why should Bono stick to one thing? Do you know how much debt he has wiped out and the amount of relief he has given to Africa? Billions, that's how much.

Then he goes out and makes music and tours, which brings joy to millions.

So it seems this Bono chap is bringing a lot of light into people's lives. But people like yourself hate him for it.

BTW, I'm not even a U2 fan, as you can see up the page.

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