Virtual View from Larry's Seat

Tweet Check out this amazing virtual tour of what Larry sees during a U2 show. Seems that what the fans deem as beautiful from outside The Claw, is just as beautiful from within.

Click here for the link

U2 Changes Date for NY Show

Tweet

Image by wallyg via Flickr

Reposted from crush-monkey.vox.com

U2 change dates for Giant Stadium

• Aug 27, 2009 at 10:30 AM

The U2 concert previously scheduled for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, 2009 at Giants Stadium in New Jersey has been moved to WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2009. The performance on Thursday, September 24th will proceed as scheduled.

The change was necessitated by the rescheduling of the New York Jets football game on Sunday September 27, 2009 from 4:15pm to 1pm out of respect for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which starts that evening. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year.

The spectacular staging installation for the U2 360° tour requires up to 2 days to disassemble. The original 4:15 PM game time scheduled by the NY Jets provided enough time for the band to load out the set. The change to 1 PM was logistically impossible for U2. In order to accommodate the New York Jets, the NFL and the state of New Jersey, which owns the stadium, and out of respect for U2 and Jets' fans of Jewish faith, U2 agreed to move their show rather than pursue other options.

'We regret any disruptions this may cause U2 fans.' said Dennis Robinson, President and CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and Thad Sheely, Executive Vice President - Stadium Development and Finance of the New York Jets. 'Out of respect for the religious holiday it was critical that the game time was changed. The NJSEA, along with the Jets, want to thank U2, their management staff, their fans and Live Nation for their immediate response in helping us remedy this situation.'

Tickets for the Friday, September 25th performance will be honored at the newly announced show date of Wednesday, September 23rd. Refunds, if necessary, will be available starting Friday, August 28th (through September 22nd) at point of purchase for U2 ticket holders of the September 25, 2009 show who cannot make the September 23rd date.

The U2 360° Tour scheduled for Thursday, September 24th is not affected and will proceed as scheduled.

U2 & Theology

Tweet

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

Found this interesting article for U2 fans who are interested in their faith.


Click here to read it.

U2 Lighting

Tweet

From Techietalk.com

Nova Flower 2Ks on U2

PRG Lighting’s newly purchased Nova-Flower 2Ks are being utilised on the phenomenal U2 “360″ world stadium tour, as part of show director/designer Willie Williams’ amazing lighting design.

Seven of the fixtures – specially developed by Italian manufacturer Novalight for the tour and now in full production – are positioned around the stadiums in the audience bleachers, pointing back at the stage. Say’s PRG’s group asset director Paul Weaver, “They are an incredibly powerful effect, even contending with all the other lighting and LED screens, we’re really impressed with their effect”. He also reports that they are withstanding the rigours of touring extremely well.

The fixtures were sold to PRG, U2’s main lighting contractors, by Lightfactor Sales, Novalight’s exclusive UK distributor.

Ahead of the tour, Williams initially examined the original 1.2K Nova Flowers among other products, as he wanted a powerful ‘dominator’ style effect for specific sections of the show. He liked the build quality of the units, and the Nova Flowers also had the benefit of colour mixing and various effects, but he needed something brighter than the 1.2K unit for U2.

Novalight responded by producing the 2K version. These 8 units (7 plus a spare) are the first Nova-Flower 2Ks production units out of the factory in Viterbo….. and the first in the world to go on the road.

Weaver says they were confident of Novalight products being rugged enough for an arduous tour as PRG had previously used the High Ground sister product very successfully on Robbie Williams’ 2006 tour.

Lightfactor’s Peter Coles says, “Novalight are a very creative company and passionate about their work. They were extremely keen to accommodate Willie’s specific requirements, and it’s great to work with a manufacturer who has the attitude and flexibility to deliver solutions like this on demand”.

Nova-Flower is a unique product and ideal for numerous high-impact, dramatic lighting effects like back-lighting and silhouetting of performers. It is also the first fully programmable moving yoke ‘flower effect’ with DMX controllable pan, tilt, colour and shutter, plus other standard features. It has CMY type mixing, a rotating reflector (in both directions), pan/tilt and remote lamp re-strike.

For rapid rigging onto a truss, these Nova-Flowers have been supplied to PRG in the new two way flightcase. The units can also be used in stand alone mode programmed via the display buttons on its base. It has a weather-resistant IP 43 rating.

The U2 fixtures are being tech’d on the road by Andy Beller. The PRG “360″ account handlers are Robin Wain (UK & Europe) and Tim Murch (US) and the tour’s awesome “Claw” set was designed by Mark Fisher of Stufish.

U2 tour the US for 2 months from mid September.

U2 Will Spend 2 Million Dollars in Dallas

Tweet

Found this on @U2. Click here to see it on the @U2 blog.

U2’s Next Brush with the NFL will be Spendy

U2 has performed at the Super Bowl … they’ve done a pro football-themed music video for “Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” … and now they’re apparently going to have another brush with the NFL at a cost of two million dollars. (Say that like Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies….)

See, the Dallas Cowboys just spent $1.2 billion (with a B) on a new stadium, and U2 will play there on October 12. One of the new gizmos in this football palace is the biggest HD video screen ever made. It’s 60 yards long (it runs from one 20-yard-line to the other) and takes up most of the interior of the stadium. Here’s a pic taken Friday night by Flickr user CamMan that shows how enormous this thing is:

It’s not only enormous, but it’s also intrusive. During the first pre-season game played in the stadium on Friday night, a punt hit the video screen (which is way too low). Have a look at the video to see how low the video screen hangs:

It doesn’t take a genius to look at that photo and then the video and realize that there ain’t no way U2’s claw is gonna fit in that stadium. NFL teams, understandably, want the video screen raised, but this TV news report says the Cowboys won’t raise it until right before the U2 concert.

Why? Because U2 has apparently promised to pay $2 million to have the job done so The Claw can fit inside.

Crazy, isn’t it?

Admit You Are Weak

Tweet From Bible Dog Man:

I just ordered my copy of Bono and will get it in a few days. A couple hours later, I discovered this post on Bible Dog Man. For U2 fans who are spiritual and have faith in God, you might find it an interesting read and interpretation:

Admit You’re Weak!

August 25, 2009 Featured, Life Experience

I started reading ‘Bono’ the other day, and came across this really interesting part of the book. Early own Bono was very angry about having to rely on Edge, his guitarist and a very gifted one at that, to get the melody from his head onto paper. It was hard for Bono to admit he was weak in this area, and even harder to seek help. He goes on to say that our weaknesses can be great things. If we accept them we can use your weakness to grow closer to those around us. You see to overcome our weaknesses we must trust and empower people around us to be our strength where we are weak. This is true for our friends, coworkers, spouse, and God.

As a guy I struggle admitting my weaknesses. I either push them aside, not admitting them, or do my best to hide them. Growing up I always felt admitting my weaknesses was not part of being a man. The truth is quite the opposite. Admitting your weaknesses and inviting people into your life to provide reinforcement is the sign of not only a man, but a great leader.

Here are a few steps you can take this week to make your weaknesses a strength.

1. List your top 5 weaknesses, then ask those closes to you to give tell you what they see as your top 5 weaknesses. Use this time to discuss those areas with them.
2. List people in your life that provide strength to your weakness. If you don’t have anyone in an area who might be a possible candidate. Invite them into your life, and empower them to pour back into you.
3. Call out your weaknesses whenever they arise. This is a great exercise to help you identify when you try to hide your weaknesses. This will also acknowledge to those around you that you are not blind, because remember, they already know your weaknesses.

U2360 Wrap-Up from The Examiner

Tweet

Taken from The Examiner

August 23, 8:15 PMU2 ExaminerJill Marino

It’s official. The European leg of U2’s massive world tour, “U2 360”, has finished its galactic run. And what a run it was!

From Barcelona to Berlin, Dublin to London, and completing it in Cardiff, the band entertained their enchanted audiences with classics, new tracks, surprise tunes, and tributes to family, friends, as well as cities that played an important role in shaping their history as one of the biggest rock acts in music today.

Thursday night’s show in Sheffield saw “Stuck in a Moment” in the setlist, as well as “Walk On” and “Elevation”. Sheffield is also the birthplace of the man behind “The Claw”, show designer Willie Williams. Williams was serenaded by the crowd with “Happy Birthday” as his was that night.

Saturday night was the final show of the European leg and Cardiff was indeed a special place for this show. The Edge paid tribute to his Welsh parents with a Welsh dragon t-shirt and Bono acknowledged them for helping the band out in their early days. On my favorite song from the Slane Castle CD, “Out of Control”, Bono also did this, giving thanks to all of their parents.

“Bad” made its way onto the setlist, which is really great because it’s been absent for a while. “Mysterious Ways” creeped its way back in and also a personal favorite, “Stay (Faraway So Close)”, was performed as well.

Now that Europe is done and the band is resting up for their trip to Chicago on September 12th, I think we’ve all come up with opinions and suggestions about the tour, which is awesome because it’ll give us all something to ponder about before U2 hits North America.

After going through all of the setlists U2 came up with on this leg, I’m really curious if they are going to come up with something totally different for North America, or use this same template and add in different songs occasionally for each city. Here are my hopes for not just the New York/Raleigh shows I’m going to, but for this upcoming leg.

Keep “Breathe” as the opener, no doubt about that. Larry’s drum opening practically screams anticipation for the crowd to burst with excitement. Keep “Ultraviolet” as a part of the encore because after watching clips of it on YouTube, it’s perfect for a closing set because it’s gentle yet still leaves the crowd wanting more.

As far as new songs go, inject “Fez: Being Born” somewhere or another favorite of mine, “White As Snow”. Maybe even “Cedars of Lebanon” as part of the encore? And as for classic U2, “City of Blinding Lights”- I definitely would love to hear that live again. Hell, even “Love and Peace or Else” or “Miracle Drug” would be a pleasant surprise! “Electrical Storm”, “Stay”, and I’m HOPING, they pull “A Sort of Homecoming” out of the archives. Everyone- what’s your ultimate setlist?

Now that Europe is done, let the countdown begin. 20 days until North America!

Here’s “Bad” from the final show in Cardiff:

U2 Experience

Tweet Click this link to read a great review of U2360 from a fan!

AllU2 Calendar Updated

Tweet I have added new information to my U2 "On This Day" calendar at the bottom of the blog. This is a work in progress and in its infancy as I post this. As I begin to fill it in, the calendar will show you tour dates of all U2 live shows with the setlist of each one, along with U2 news such as album releases, birthdays, and special events in the history of the band.

In each case, click on the event to open it up. Many events will have additional notes for you to read. Just click the event to see them. However, the formatting on Google Calendar is a bit weird, so just click "more details" to advance to a full page with proper formatting.

Hopefully that makes sense. To recap:

1. Click the event.
2. Click "more details" and enjoy the notes.

It is a work in progress, and potentially a massive undertaking, so expect it to continually be updated with new events and dates. I hope you enjoy the journey and find it worth your while to check out regularly.

As always, my fellow U2ter, thanks for reading the blog!

U2 - Cardiff

Tweet

Cover of No Line On The Horizon

Here's what U2 played in Cardiff:

Breathe
No Line On The Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Mysterious Ways
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Stay
Unknown Caller
Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride (In The Name of Love)
MLK
Walk On
Where The Streets Have No Name
One
Bad
--------
Ultraviolet
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender

Videos:

Intro/Breathe:



No Line On The Horizon:


Magnificent:



I Still Haven't Found...


Stay:


Unknown Caller:


City of Blinding Lights:


I'll Go Crazy Remix:


Vertigo:


Mysterious Ways:


Pride/MLK:


Streets:


One:


Bad:




Ultraviolet:




With Or Without You:


Moment of Surrender:

Ali vs. Stella - The Fight Is Over

Tweet

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

From Bloomberg.com:

By James Lumley

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Nude Brands Ltd., a cosmetics company founded by the wife of U2’s Bono, Ali Hewson, lost a London court bid to block fashion designer Stella McCartney from introducing a new perfume this weekend.

Stella McCartney Ltd., a unit of L’Oreal SA, plans to begin selling the fragrance named “STELLANUDE” in the U.K. on Aug. 22, according to the judgment. Hewson’s Nude Brands has a European Union trademark on “nude” in capital letters and asked the London court for an order delaying sales of the perfume pending a full trial on trademark issues.

McCartney, daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney, has been designing clothing since 1995. Paris-based L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics maker, bought PPR SA’s YSL Beaute unit last year and gained the exclusive right to negotiate an accord to make fragrances under the Stella McCartney brand.

While Nude Brands might “ultimately prevail at trial,” the “massive disruption” that would be done to L’Oreal’s business if the order was wrongly granted would outweigh the damage to Nude Brands by refusing to grant it, Justice Christopher Floyd said today.

Delaying the sale of the product would cost the company “many millions of pounds in lost investment,” a witness for Stella McCartney Ltd. said at a hearing earlier this week.

The deadline for canceling advertisements has passed and 26,000 bottles of the product were delivered to stores, according to the judgment.

‘Reluctant’

Courts are “more and more reluctant” to grant orders such as the one sought by Nude Brands, Kirsten Gilbert, a partner and trademark specialist at Marks & Clerk Solicitors LLP in London, said by telephone. “There is so much at stake.”

“This does not in any way say whether or not there was trademark infringement,” Gilbert said. “Bono’s wife now has the right to continue with her case in a full trial and if she can demonstrate that there’s been trademark infringement, she’s entitled to damages.”

A full trial will take place next year, Nude said in a statement on its Web site.

“Nude considers the launch of ‘Stella Nude’ by L’Oréal to be a clear infringement of Nude’s trademark,” the company said. “Nude was forced to take the matter to the English High Court.”

Fresh & Wild

The company was co-founded by Hewson and Bryan Meehan, the founder of a chain of U.K. organic-goods stores called “Fresh & Wild.” Irish rock-star Bono’s given name is Paul Hewson.

L’Oreal said in an e-mailed statement that it was “pleased with the decision of the High Court.” The company “will be proceeding with the launch of STELLANUDE as planned.”

The case is Nude Brands Ltd. v. Stella McCartney Ltd., 09- C02715, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division.

To contact the reporter on this story: James Lumley in London at jlumley1@bloomberg.net.

AllU2 Calendar

Tweet I am testing out a U2 "On This Day" calendar at the bottom of the blog. This is a work in progress and in its infancy as I post this. As I begin to fill it in, the calendar will show you tour dates of all U2 live shows with the setlist of each one, along with U2 news such as album releases, birthdays, and special events in the history of the band.

In each case, click on the event to open it up. Many events will have additional notes for you to read. Just click the event to see them. However, the formatting on Google Calendar is a bit weird, so just click "more details" to advance to a full page with proper formatting.

Hopefully that makes sense. To recap:

1. Click the event.
2. Click "more details" and enjoy the notes.

It is a work in progress, and potentially a massive undertaking, so expect it to continually be updated with new events and dates. I hope you enjoy the journey and find it worth your while to check out regularly.

As always, my fellow U2ter, thanks for reading the blog!

U2: Sheffield

Tweet

Image via Wikipedia

U2.com members were treated to a live stream of this show. Here's what they played:

Breathe
No Line On The Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Elevation
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Stuck In A Moment (You Can't Get Out Of)
Unknown Caller
Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride (In The Name of Love)
MLK
Walk On
Where The Streets Have No Name
One
Mysterious Ways
--------
Ultraviolet
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender


Click here to see a photo stream of gorgeous pictures taken by @mbehartley on Twitter.

Videos:

Thanks to all who uploaded videos. Sharing U2 amongst U2ters is an amazing way to experience the band together:

I Still Havent Found:


City of Blinding Lights:


Streets:

U2's Spidey Stuck?

Tweet

Image via Wikipedia

From Chart Attack.

U2's Spider-Man Money Crunch

08/10/09 2:58pm

by Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack)

And we thought Bono was as rich as Oprah.

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, the musical written by the U2 frontman and bandmate The Edge that's scheduled to hit Broadway in March, is allegedly having financial difficulties.

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark features words and music written by Bono and The Edge and will be directed by Julie Tamor (who also directed the stage version of The Lion King). The show is expected to be one of the most elaborate musicals ever produced, but has been held up due to investment problems.

"The halt is attributed to cashflow obstacles that producers… are working to resolve," Variety reports.

Estimated costs for the production are between $30 and $45 million U.S. (about $33 and $49 million Canadian).

Those backing the musical maintain it is still set to open, Variety reports.

So far, no one has been cast in the production's title role. Evan Rachel Wood — Marilyn Manson's former girlfriend, who has a musical of his own in the works — has been chosen to play love interest Mary Jane Watson, and Scottish actor Alan Cumming will play The Green Goblin.

Tickets for the show go on sale Sept. 12.

U2 will support this year's No Line On The Horizon in these cities:

Aug. 10 Zagreb, Croatia @ Maksimir Stadium
Aug. 14 London, England @ Wembley Stadium
Aug. 18 Glasgow, Scotland @ Hampden Park
Aug. 20 Sheffield, England @ Don Valley Stadium
Aug. 22 Cardiff, Wales @ Millenium Stadium
Sept. 12-13 Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
Sept. 16-17 Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
Sept. 20-21 Foxborough, MA @ Gilette Stadium
Sept. 24-25 New York, NY @ Giants Stadium
Sept. 29 Landover, MD @ FedEx Field
Oct. 1 Charlottesville, VA @ Scott Stadium
Oct. 3 Raleigh, NC @ Carter-Finley Stadium
Oct. 6 Atlanta, GA @ Georgia Dome
Oct. 9 Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium
Oct. 12 Dallas, TX @ New Cowboys Stadium
Oct. 14 Houston, TX @ Reliant Stadium
Oct. 18 Norman, OK @ Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Oct. 20 Phoenix, AZ @ University Of Phoenix Stadium
Oct. 23 Las Vegas, NV @ Sam Boyd Stadium
Oct. 25 Los Angeles, CA @ Rose Bowl
Oct. 28 Vancouver, BC @ BC Place Stadium

Related articles by Zemanta

• The Spider-Man Musical Is Dunzo! (pinkisthenewblog.com)
• BREAKING: 'Spider-Man' Musical Producers Confirm Production Suspended, Insist Show Will Debut In February (splashpage.mtv.com)
• The Spider-Man Musical Is Put On Hold (pinkisthenewblog.com)

AllU2 Going Through More Changes

Tweet Why does the blog always look different?

I am trying out new templates and if you catch it during one of those moments, you may find the blog is constantly changing appearance. I apologize for any inconvenience.

You may also find incomplete links or test text here and there, and again, if you can bear with me, it will be adjusted when I get the template I like.

Thanks for helping AllU2 grow these past few months. It's been a pleasure to meet fellow U2ters here and on my twitter account. I hope you enjoy your time here and keep coming back to share the Greatest Rock Band In The World with me.

U2: Glasgow

Tweet

Image by Norma Desmond via Flickr

Here's what they played:

Breathe
No Line On The Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Elevation
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Stuck In A Moment (You Can't Get Out Of)
Unknown Caller
Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride (In The Name of Love)
MLK
Walk On
Where The Streets Have No Name
One
Mysterious Ways
--------
Ultraviolet
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender


Videos:

Thanks to all who uploaded videos. Sharing U2 amongst U2ters is an amazing way to experience the band together:


Glasvegas opening for U2:


U2 arriving:


Space Oddity/Band Walks By:



Intro/Breathe:


Get on Your Boots:


Magnificent:




Beautiful Day:


Elevation:


I Still Haven't Found:


Stuck In A Moment:


Unknown Caller:


The Unforgettable Fire:


City of Blinding Lights


Vertigo:



I'll Go Crazy:


Sunday Bloody Sunday:



Pride:


Streets:




One:


Ultraviolet:


With Or Without You:


Moment of Surrender:

The Edge defends U2360's carbon footprint

Tweet

The Edge via last.fm

From The Edge in Toronto (One of my fav stations of all-time!)

U2 Guitarist Defends Tour Against Charges Of Environmental Damage


LaunchDaily
8/18/2009

U2 guitarist The Edge defended the elaborate production on the band's current U2 360 tour against charges that it is having a negative impact on the environment. Environmental activist Helen Roberts claimed last month that to offset the trek's carbon footprint, U2 "would need to plant 20,118 trees." Talking to BBC 6 Music, The Edge responded, "I think anybody that's touring is going to have a carbon footprint. I think it's probably unfair to single out rock 'n' roll. There's many other things that are in the same category but as it happens we have a program to offset whatever carbon footprint we have."

The Edge added, "We're spending the money on our fans, I don't think there's a better thing you could spend it on."

U2 was slammed by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne last month, with Byrne saying about the production, "Those stadium shows may possibly be the most extravagant and expensive (production-wise) ever . . . It could be professional envy speaking here, but it sure looks like, well, overkill, and just a wee bit out of balance given all the starving people in Africa and all."

The entire tour, which encompasses 100 dates in 18 months, will see the Irish rockers travel 70,000 miles in their private jet alone. The band is utilizing a staff of 200 and the same number of trucks to cart around three copies of its massive, stadium-straddling stage set known as "The Claw."

According to the New York Times, U2 is buying carbon offsets to make up for the potential damage the tour is doing.

U2 - London II

Tweet U2's second night in London gave the fans a changed setlist. Check back to get a full report later tonight. I'll post videos and pics as soon as I am able to. Thanks to AllU2 fans and U2ters for the help tonight, as I was not able to tweet the show on Twitter.

Setlist:

Breathe
No Line On The Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Until The End of the World
New Year's Day
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Stay
Unknown Caller
Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride (In The Name of Love)
MLK
Walk On
Where The Streets Have No Name
One
(Bad)
--------
Ultraviolet
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender

Videos, with thanks to U2gigs and all who uploaded them!!

Intro/Breathe:


Beautiful Day:


I Still Haven't Found...


Sunday Bloody Sunday:


Pride:


With Or Without You:

U2 - London

Tweet

Welcome to London! U2 has rehearsed on stage and gotten fans excited for tonight's show. One of the surprises of the soundcheck was the performance of "Your Blue Room", from the Passengers album. They also went through the regulars, such as Pride, Magnificent and Until The End Of The World.

Setlist:

Breathe
No Line On The Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Elevation
I Still Haven't Found...
Stuck In A Moment
Unknown Caller
The Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride
MLK
Walk On
Streets
One
Mysterious Ways

Ultraviolet
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender



Credit to the owners of any pic I post is given when you click the pic to see it on it's original site:












Videos: Thanks to all who uploaded the following videos!

The GA queue:


Breathe:



No Line On The Horizon:


Get On Your Boots:


Magnificent:


Beautiful Day:


Elevation:


I Still Haven't Found:


Stuck In A Moment:


Unknown Caller:


The Unforgettable Fire:



City of Blinding Lights:


Vertigo:


I'll Go Crazy:




Sunday Bloody Sunday:


Pride:


Streets:


Mysterious Ways:


Ultraviolet:


With Or Without You:


Moment of Surrender:

Ali vs. Stella

Tweet From Radar.com:

Bauer-Griffin / Splash News

In one of the more bizarre celebrity feuds, fashion designer Stella McCartney and Bono’s wife Alison Hewson are engaged in a down and dirty fight over the word “nude.”

Hewson, 47, and her business partner Bryan Meehan, 40, founder of organic food chain Fresh And Wild are suing McCartney’s company over the use of the word nude in her new fragrance Stella Nude.

Unfortunately, Newson and Meehan also have a company called Nude Skincare which boasts model Helena Christensen among its devotees.

"Nude Skincare is suing for compensation, not with anything to do with the new scent but because of branding and the use of the word nude,” an insider told The UK Daily Mail newspaper.

“It would be quite funny if it weren’t being taken so seriously – there are other perfumes with similar names after all,” adds the insider.

But the nude theme is a large part of 37-year-old McCartney’s fashion brand and she has already created a collection of designs based on nude flesh tones which will feature models parading in them from head to toe.

A writ has already been issued but McCartney’s company is hoping to settle the matter out of court and with the new scent coming-out in September the bottle is a nude color to go with the theme.

The case will come before the Chancery Division in London which deals in infringement and copyright claims -- let’s hope Sir Paul and Bono can get around the peace table and thrash out a deal before then!

U2 Zagreb Review

Tweet

From Javno.com

U2 have conquered Zagreb, Croatia. Unprecedented and original spectacle in Maksimir stadium was thrown by Bono Vox and his good Irish lads of U2. Over 60,000 people sang along with the band for over two hours, including both older hits and songs from the latest album “No Line On The Horizon”.

- Oh beautiful, oh dear, oh sweet liberty – Bono Vox quoted Croatian author Ivan Gundulic to the delight of the sold-out stadium. He thanked everyone for hosting the group in the beautiful country of a thousand islands. So many emotions poured down at this point along the space stage and stadium into “Beautiful Day”.

Take a look at the attached photo gallery: U2 Hold Spectacle Of The Decade In Zagreb.

- This song means many things to many people and now I dedicate it to all of you who have had cold moments break your warm hearts – Bono said announcing “Beautiful Day”.

The singer greeted the audience with many Croatian words and made an effort, learning many words. At one point, the big screen on the stage displayed a souvenir in front of Bono – Zagreb`s Cathedral.

Watch the attached video of U2`s performance: U2 Hold Spectacle Of The Decade In Zagreb.

Proven humanitarian and musician, he could not miss the opportunity to remind his fans of the problems in Africa, Asia and all over the world.

The entire stadium sang “Happy Birthday” for guitar player Edge`s 48 th birthday, while after singing the verse for the second time, Bono opened a bottle of champagne and toasted to his friend (who was born on August 8).

Writer Miljenko Jergovic was in the crowd, watching the concert with his wife, singing and dancing, just like the whole stadium.

- This has to be experienced, heard and seen. A beautiful concert and excellent U2 – Miljenko Jergovic said.

Take a look at the attached photo gallery: U2 Thrill Zagreb`s Sold-Out Stadium.

After the concert, sounds of U2 resounded in the night, while fans continued soaking their throats with beer and singing the band`s greatest hits in many cafes near the stadium.

U2`s set list included: Breathe, No Line On The Horizon, Get On Your Boots, Magnificent, Beautiful Day, Elevation, One, Until The End Of The World, Stay (Faraway, So Close!), Unknown Caller, The Unforgettable Fire, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride (In The Name Of Love), MLK, Walk On, Where the Streets Have No Name.

Three encore songs were Ultraviolet (Light My Way), With Or Without You and
Moment Of Surrender.

Maksimir Stadium Before U2 Show 1

Maksimir Stadium Before U2 Show 2

U2: Zagreb

Tweet Here's what they played:

Breathe
No Line On The Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Elevation
One
Until The End of the World
Stay (Far Away So Close)
Unknown Caller
Unforgettable Fire
City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride (In The Name of Love)
MLK
Walk On
Where The Streets Have No Name
--------
Ultraviolet
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender

U2: Chorzow

Tweet

Image by Tiger Pixel via Flickr

It was Edge's Birthday and the band felt energized in Chorzow, asking the crowd to sing Happy Birthday twice to The Edge.

Here's what they played:

Breathe
No Line On The Horizon
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Beautiful Day
Elevation
New Year's Day
I Still Haven't Found
Stuck In A Moment
Unknown Caller
The Unforgettable Fire
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride
MLK
Walk On
Desmund Tutu
Streets
One

Ultraviolet
With Or Without You
Moment of Surrender

Video Setlist:

Get On Your Boots:


New Year's Day:




Happy Birthday Edge:


I Still Haven't Found:


Stuck In A Moment:


One: