Posted by SPun2U on Nov 29, 2004 in Audio, Featured Concert, Video | Comments Off
46664 – The Concert
This concert was originally scheduled for February, 2003, and will now take place November 29. Bono is one of the confirmed participants.
Posted by SPun2U on Nov 23, 2004 in Reviews/Commentary | Comments Off
U2′s new album has nothing to do with nuclear arsenals, yet its title couldn’t be more fitting.
Disarming and explosive, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (* * * * out of four) has the radiating energy of a reactor meltdown and the potential half-life of uranium. U2 is the new U-235, white-hot and untouchable.
Bomb, out today, is a blast, as quickly established by the spiking voltage of “Vertigo” and warped glam-rock of “Love and Peace or Else.” It’s also the band’s most emotionally absorbing work, riding on great swells of optimism and faith occasionally darkened by a chilly undertow of grief and anxiety.
Bomb’s majestic sweep owes much of its verve to the sparkle, thrum and roar of Edge’s bold guitar. Larry Mullen Jr. excites and fattens the songs with a pugnacious thump, spiced by the steady, seductive bass of Adam Clayton.
Bono, in peak form vocally and lyrically, sweats and bleeds passion, whether marveling at the human spirit in “Miracle Drug,” mourning shattered innocence in “City of Blinding Lights” or offering a healing prayer in the closing “Yahweh.” (more…)
Posted by SPun2U on Nov 22, 2004 in HTDAAB Promo Tour | Comments Off
Setlist:
N/All Because Of You, I Will Follow, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Vertigo, All Because Of You, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own, City Of Blinding Lights, Original Of The Species, She’s A Mystery To Me, Beautiful Day. Encore(s): I Will Follow, Out Of Control, Vertigo.
Remarks:
U2 throw a surprise concert in Brooklyn but not before the first three songs are performed on a moving flat bed truck on the streets of New York’s Manhattan as U2 shoots a music video for ‘All Because Of You’. The song is performed several times for the shoot, and Bono later sings ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’ for the crowd that has gathered for the shoot. A fan is brought on the truck to drum during ‘I Will Follow.’ Later in the day, they perform a brief concert under the Brooklyn Bridge which begins and ends with ‘Vertigo’. The performance is taped by MTV for a future broadcast.
Posted by SPun2U on Nov 20, 2004 in HTDAAB Promo Tour | Comments Off
Setlist:
Vertigo, Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own, I Will Follow, All Because Of You, Vertigo.
Remarks:
U2 make their second appearance on the long-running NBC comedy show. Unlike most acts which perform on SNL, U2 are allowed to do three full songs, rather than the usual two and the end credits of the show roll over ‘I Will Follow’. The opening notes of a fourth song were heard as the show finished after Bono had announced they would do ‘One more’ – they continued on to play ‘All Because of You’ and an encore of ‘Vertigo’ after the broadcast had finished. All in all, an unheard of total of 5 songs are performed tonight.
Posted by SPun2U on Nov 16, 2004 in HTDAAB Promo Tour | Comments Off
Setlist:
Vertigo, All Because Of You, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own, Beautiful Day.
Remarks:
U2 perform a live set at Hanover Quay studios which airs live on BBC Radio 1. A small crowd of about 20 fans are in the audience after winning tickets from Radio 1. Bono introduces Miracle Drug by telling the story of a former Mt. Temple student named Christopher Nolan who overcame cerebral palsy, used medical and scientific advancements to be able to write, and is now a published poet and novelist. Bono changes the words in Beautiful Day to mention tonight’s radio event.
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