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It’s official! At last we can confirm the rescheduled Vertigo//2006 shows. U2 will hit the road again in November. Starting in Brisbane on November 7th , U2 will play further dates in Australia, New Zealand and Japan before finishing in Hawaii on December 9. Kanye West will join the band in Australia and New Zealand while Special Guests, Pearl Jam will join Rocco and the Devils for December 9 in Honolulu.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - U2 has rescheduled a host of dates in Australia, New Zealand and Japan that were postponed this spring due to an unidentified serious illness within the immediate family of a band member.

Pearl Jam and Kanye West will share support duties at the shows, which get underway November 7 in Brisbane.

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12" Vinyl 12" vinyl promo with picture sleeve and interior printed sleeve.  Produced in a heavy weight vinyl compared to other vinyl releases throughout the years.  Contained two tracks, one is the 12" mix by Jacknife Lee, and the other is the instrumental version of the same track.

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Vertigo (Jacknife Lee 12"): Music by U2.  Lyrics by Bono with The Edge. Remix and additional production by Jacknife Lee.  Random Moog and Nord attacks by Betsey and Esme Lee. - U2wanderer.org

Vertigo (Jacknife Lee Instrumental): Music by U2.  Lyrics by Bono with The Edge. Remixed by Jacknife Lee.  Random Moog and Nord attacks by Betsey and Esme Lee.  - U2wanderer.org

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City of Blinding Lights - 4 Strings Remix. Um, Check it out and see what you think. To quote our guy in the UK “Its a full on cheesetastic trance remix so be warned.” and “There is no vocals. Just the basic tune laid over a pumping dance groove” we agree! [Windows Media Audio]

U2’s sweetest tour
From:  By Kathy McCabe
December 01, 2005

BONO, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen step off stage after their
first concert at the Oakland Arena and straight into black limousines.

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Q100 host Bert Weiss’ weeklong plot to meet U2’s Bono for his wife, Stacey, succeeded, but in the end, it didn’t involve any covert operations.

Weiss had received a boatload of tips from listeners, so he knew which hotel the band was at, where the late-night party was going to be, and even where Bono was going to eat breakfast Saturday morning. The plan was to "accidentally" show up at one of these locales to get a photo and exchange words with the singer. "It was sickly weird," Weiss said on air Monday, speaking of his own obsession. Instead, Trey Feazell, bookings vice president for Philips Arena, hooked them up to a pre-show hospitality party Friday night. There, backstage, Stacey said, "I started chickening out."

But Weiss, determined not to let this moment slip away, nabbed Bono so they could get the coveted photo. As Bono turned away, Weiss offered this odd platitude: "Thanks for the music you’ve brought to my family." He said Bono looked at him curiously, then turned to leave. Stacey then came up with a more touching thought: "I really admire your wife." Bono, looking surprised, responded, "That’s really, really cool. Thanks."

Speaking of U2 . . . Philips spokeswoman Katie McLennan noted the celebrities who showed up to the Irish band’s two sold-out shows, including Mike Mills of R.E.M. and Rick Wright of Pink Floyd on Friday night, and birthday boy Ted Turner, producer and ATL’s theme song writer Dallas Austin, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and members of Third Day on Saturday night. How do you know you’re really somebody? When Bono interrupts a concert to sing you "Happy Birthday." The frontman urged the sold-out crowd Saturday night to join him in wishing a "great American" a happy birthday, then led them in a singalong for Turner. (The Atlanta media mogul turned 67 Saturday.)

-Atlanta Journal