U2 in Australia in December?

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Published: June 25th, 2010
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U2 Aussie Tour For December? Dave-O 25 June, 2010 - 11:36 AM

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Here's some good news for U2 fans. Sources have revealed that U2 will bring their 360° tour to Australia in December.

The Music Network said the band will officially confirm the news we've all been waiting for when they announce new dates of their cancelled US tour.

U2’s manager Paul McGuinness told one newspaper, "We've nearly done it (rearrange the dates) so I hope we'll be able to announce that shortly."

Not that we're one to brag (oh, what the heck, maybe we are) but as we reported in August last year, U2 have always been scheduled to tour here in December (see the amazing footage from their world tour above). So it looks like their cancelled US tour hasn't really affected when we were always going to see them.

This week, McGuiness said that Bono was “making a full recovery, he’s pretty fit” and he confirmed that their European tour will begin in Turin, Italy on August 6.

Bono on Stage in Weeks

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Source: The Herald
Published: June 23rd, 2010

By Aoife Anderson

Wednesday June 23 2010

BONO will be back on stage in a matter of weeks despite his recent emergency surgery, according to U2's manager Paul McGuinness.

The Irish rocker (50) was operated on after becoming temporarily paralysed -- forcing the band to cancel the start of the US leg of their 360° Tour and their headline slot at Glastonbury.

An optimistic McGuinness told the Diary: "He's making a full recovery. The doctors told me he's going to be fine. It was serious surgery but we expect him to make a full recovery. He's pretty fit."

McGuinness said there was no reason to believe the tour's massive stage production had anything to do with the singer's injury.

"It's a big stage to run around, but no," he said. "I'll be very relieved when I see him running around the stage again. The European leg of the tour starts in Turin on August 6 and that has not been postponed.

"Rescheduling the American leg is quite difficult because it is an outdoor show; we can't do it in the winter because it's the northern hemisphere.

"So what we're doing now is trying to seek availability of the buildings that we had already pretty much sold-out, so we're getting availabilities and routing a coherent tour for next summer in the US and Canada. We've nearly done it so I hope we'll be able to announce that shortly."

McGuinness insisted the rest of the band hasn't been enjoying an impromptu holiday while Bono recovers.

"No not really, they're doing some work and planning to do some recording. It never stops really," he said.

- Aoife Anderson

Bono In Recovery: Latest Photos

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The amazing people at @U2NT posted some great new pics of Bono with Lance Armstrong & family. Bono looks good in many of the pics, but is it me, or does he just look tired? I can't imagine what it's like to recover from back surgery, but it can't be easy.

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO SEE THEM:

U2- LARRY ADAM EDGE BONO--NOW & THEN!'s Photos - Bono in recovery, latest photos

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Lunch with Paul McGuinness

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You may enjoy the following post on its original website here. (FT.com)

Lunch with the FT: Paul McGuinness

By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

Published: December 4 2009 15:28 | Last updated: December 4 2009 15:28

“I figured out bad wine costs the same as good wine, so why not learn about it,” says Paul McGuinness as he orders a $69 bottle of Oregon pinot noir. “I probably imposed that on the young U2. We had a practice when we were first touring. We’d economise on hotels but go to good restaurants.”
More than three decades and 140m records after McGuinness, now 58, started managing four Dublin teenagers, the world’s most successful band stay in rather better hotels and he has been able to put his money where his mouth is, as an early investor in the Michelin-starred Manhattan restaurant where we now sit.
It has taken us three hours to get to our corner table in the Spotted Pig, which feels more of a village inn than the London gastropubs it is supposed to resemble. McGuinness had suggested we meet first at Madison Square Garden to watch U2 rehearse for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th anniversary show.
In an almost empty arena, I have been granted a private concert and a glimpse of why McGuinness is one of the few people in the miserable modern music industry to be noted for their business acumen.

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Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen’s manager since 1974, approaches as we watch U2 warm up. “The thing I dislike about Paul is, before he came along, I liked to think I was the best manager in the world,” he jokes. “Now Bruce likes to say, ‘I call my manager the American Paul McGuinness.’”
Elvis had Colonel Tom Parker, and John, Paul, George and Ringo had Brian Epstein. McGuinness is U2’s fifth Beatle. He claims no creative role but can take credit for a series of eye-catching deals that have led to U2-branded iPods, 3D concert films, a 12-year touring deal with Live Nation, sponsorship from BlackBerry and, just before we meet, the first concert streamed live on YouTube, which was seen by 10m people around the world. Most importantly, Landau adds, McGuinness locked down the band’s master recordings and lucrative publishing rights.
On stage, I have watched Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen run through a lengthy set with guests including Springsteen and Patti Smith. Mick Jagger, the only man who competes with U2’s stadium-filling ability, has prowled about the stage with Fergie, the lead singer with the Black Eyed Peas. She has floored everybody with a scorching assault on the opening bars of “Gimme Shelter”.

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