In anticipation of their upcoming world tour, here’s a fan made video compilation of Where the Streets Have No Name, using pro-shot footage from seven concerts including Rattle & Hum, ZooTV, PopMart, Elevation, Slane Castle, Vertigo tour, SuperBowl halftime show and U218. Eat that, Hamish.
Month: February 2009
Daily U2 News Digest for 2009-02-26
U2 on Fridaynight with Jonathan Ross
U2 recording their performance for the BBC’s Fridaynight with Jonathan Ross, as posted to Twitpic by Ross (@wossy) That’s actor Clive Owen in the foreground.
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And here’s Bono fixing Clive’s tie.
According to Ross they played Get On Your Boots and Breathe. A U2log contributor in the audience let us know the band also recorded Boots for their Comic Relief appearance in March.
Daily U2 News Digest for 2009-02-25
Video of U2 rehearsing at Canal+
U2 rehearsing in the Canal+ studios on Monday. Bono does his best Elvis impersonation.
U2 live on French TV – U2log.com was there
The French TV channel Canal + had been preparing for this for a week: the welcoming of U2 as very special guests of the daily show “Le Grand Journal”. This show has become a reference for political and cultural events, a talk show offering one of the most state-of-the-art musical set.
Monday evening’s show was an exceptional event, since U2 had never done any live performance on any French television set before. Canal + was totally themed around U2 for the night, even broadcasting their advertising jingles under the colors and design of U2.
Daily U2 News Digest for 2009-02-23
7:49pm | BBC rolls out the red carpet for U2 | |
7:58pm | Stills from Anton Corbijn’s film for NLOTH: "Linear" | |
12:29am | Favorited a video on YouTube. | |
2:14am | Le Figaro: U2, un groupe toujours au diapason | |
5:24am | Irish Times reviewer and readers pissing on their own as usual | |
6:08am | Irish Times offers 60-second previews of NLOTH tracks | |
6:35am | Last.fm reponds to U2/Riaa/data accusation: "Techcrunch are full of shit" | |
6:37am | Posted a photo on U2log. | |
9:39am | NME: The Superleague of Extraordinary Gentlemen | |
10:34am | Posted a photo on U2log. | |
11:51am | Listen to the U2 interview at NRJ radio on U2france.com | |
12:58pm | Video: Zane Lowe interviews U2 (UK only) | |
2:43pm | U2 Get on your boots (new single) |
World live premiere of U2’s “Breathe”
U2 played “Breathe” live for the first time on Le Grand Journal on Canal+ in France on Monday evening. The tallest Frenchman in the world followed Bono, singing his heart out, back onto the stage after a brief trip into the audience. (Get an mp3 of this song at U2exit.com)
Guess the title of U2’s upcoming tour
Live on French radio station NRJ on Monday night, U2 were asked what the title of their upcoming tour will be. Bono replied – excusez his French:
“It’s something to do with kissing the future and fucking the past…”
Details of U2 and Anton Corbijn’s film “Linear” revealed
U2 has released details on Anton Corbijn’s film Linear, starring French actor Said Taghmaoui (Three Kings, Lost), which accompanies the album No Line on the Horizon. Linear’s credits are available from nolineonthehorizon.com and include the running order of the songs as featured in the film.
01. UNKNOWN CALLER
02. BREATHE
03. WINTER
04. WHITE AS SNOW
05. NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
06. FEZ-Being Born
07. MAGNIFICENT
08. STAND UP COMEDY
09. GET ON YOUR BOOTS
10. MOMENT OF SURRENDER
11. CEDARS OF LEBANON
Corbijn reveals:
“As U2 never do anything in half measures, the record that emerged from the studio in late December 2008 was a very different one than the one I’d made images for. Not only had the running order changed, now there were completely new songs on the record while another song had gone, new lyrics without the characters had emerged, and different sounds dominated the songs I had worked on. Disaster!”
If you buy the hardback book box format, magazine format or digipack format of No Line On The Horizon, you will be able to access and download the film from the website by entering your details, and unlocking the download by entering the cd into your computer’s dvd/cd-drive.
Stills from the movie can be found on suckingrockandroll.com.