Who broke U2's Grammy award?

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Found this post on The Mirror. As a huge U2 fan, I can only imagine what it was like for this lucky fan to get a call from Bono. Read below, and tell me what you'd do if Bono called you?

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3/03/2010

Lifelong U2 fan was thrilled when the band called - and asked him to mend a broken Grammy award.

The trophy, for 1987 album The Joshua Tree, was smashed in three pieces with its iconic gramophone broken.

So band managers Googled 'trophy craftsmen' and found Stuart Allcock in Taunton, Somerset. Stuart, who went to his first U2 gig in 1987, felt "dizzy" on the phone. He said "I thought it might be a joke and said: 'Is this Bono?'."

But he was disappointed to find it was made of iron and had to be welded, glued and re-sprayed gold. He said: "I think someone dropped it. It was a bit nerve-wracking, but the result was pleasing."

Asked how much it was worth, he said: "If it wasn't a U2 Grammy, I wouldn't pay a fiver. But it's priceless."

U2 - Setlist for U2360?

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From Rolling Stone:

U2

Openers On Select Dates: Snow Patrol, Muse, Black Eyed Peas

Tickets $30-$253

WHAT TO EXPECT:
Other artists may be scaling down for the recession, but not U2: Their first U.S. stadium tour since 1997's PopMart will be dominated by the largest set ever built for a rock concert, a monstrous stage nicknamed the Claw that will allow them to play in the round. "The crowd will be all around us," says the Edge, on a break from tour planning. "That energy will just make the performances fly." The band is selling some seats for as cheap as $30, as a nod to tough times and to make the shows accessible to young fans.

"We're talking about resurrecting songs we haven't played in a long time," Edge says. "I have a list of every U2 song — some I can't remember anymore — even some of the B sides that we've never played live. We were thinking how much fun it would be to play something like [Joshua Tree outtake] 'Luminous Times.' Certain songs from the last couple of tours, we may not play again. We want to find songs that feel fresh and valid."