“Let the U2 set with surprise guests roll”
Running order of U2 and guests’ performance at the Rock Hall of Fame’s 25th anniversary show at Madison Square Garden, as tweeted by MSG staff.
U2 to perform at Berlin Brandenburger gate, November 5
U2 are set to perform a ‘free ticketed’ gig in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate next Thursday, November 5.
The gig will be part of of the 16th MTV Europe Music Awards, as a part of it will be beamed into the awards show, held at the O2 World in Berlin.
Paul McGuinness on U2.com:
‘It’ll be an exciting spot to be in, 20 years almost to the day since the wall came down.’ said Paul McGuinness, U2′s manager. ‘Should be fun.’
Tickets to attend ‘MTV EMAs present U2 at the Brandenburg Gate’ will be free of charge and available here from 0900 (CET) on Wednesday 28 October 2009.
Berlin welcomes U2, February '09
Live Nation announces new 2010 US dates for U2360 tour
During an unprecedented live web broadcast of the U2360 Rosebowl show in Pasadena CA, U2 & Live Nation have ‘adapted to the new media’ even more by announcing new 2010 US dates for the U2360 tour via Twitter. This (third?) leg of the tour will kick off in Anaheim on june 6th and will take the band back to places around the US and Canada.
For those of you who missed out on the webcast, a rebroadcast is running now (only to be seen in its entirety as it seems).
U2 360 Pasadena Rose Bowl Live on YouTube
U2 will be streaming their Rose Bowl show live from Pasadena on YouTube (youtube.com/U2) tonight at 8:30 p.m. (PT). Contrary to early reports regarding country restrictions, U2.com states the show will be available to you ‘wherever you are in the world’. The concert will also be archived on YouTube for on demand viewing.
Time zones:
USA: 8.30 pm (PT) Sunday evening
Europe: 4:30 am (CET) Monday morning
UK & Ireland: 3.30 am (GMT) Monday morning
Australia: 2.30pm (AEDT) Monday afternoon
U2 Rose Bowl 360 to be filmed for DVD release
U2.com has just sent out an e-mail informing fans that this Sunday U2′s 360° Show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena will be filmed for DVD release. The show will also be streamed live on YouTube.
Bono and The Edge on Elvis Costello’s TV Show “Spectacle”
Pitchfork reports that Elvis Costello’s TV Show ‘Spectacle’ will be shown on The Sundance channel later this year. Bono and The Edge recorded their episode on September 15th. AtU2.com has details on what they recorded.
This second season of “Spectacle” will start on December 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, and it’ll run for seven episodes. Other guests will include Bruce Springsteen, Neko Case, Nick Lowe, Levon Helm, Richard Thompson, and Allen Toussaint, among others.
The first season of Spectacle is available on iTunes and will be out on DVD in November.
Moving Stars and Earth for Water event coming up
As reported a couple of weeks ago, U2 will participate in the Moving Stars and Earth for Water event (from their Tampa U2360 show) tonight.
The “cities & personalities” page for U2/Tampa mentions a chat and a performance:
Guy Laliberté has a space-to-earth conversation with very good chum Bono and U2. They will discuss the uniqueness and beauty of the Earth in the solar system. U2′s performance will be supported by images of our blue planet, taken from the International Space Station.
The 2 hour event starts at 8:00 P.M. EDT and can be viewed online.
U2 kick off new season of Saturday Night Live
U2 played four songs on the Megan Fox hosted Saturday Night Live season premiere last night, three of which were broadcast: Breathe, Moment of Surrender and Ultraviolet. The fourth song, With or Without you, was played after the credits – high five to the band for not mollycoddling the viewers at home. Moment of Surrender was a little shorter than normal and spiced up with some New York/SNL-inspired free form rap.
The Edge tweeted two pictures while at the SNL studios
Hal Willner, who will be working with the band again next week at Gavin Friday’s birthday gig at Carnegie Hall, is SNL’s music director.
Further details on ‘An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends’
The actress and singer Scarlett Johannson has been added to the bill of ‘An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends’, the Carnegie Hall event we reported on earlier this week.
Fans should note that U2 will not perform as a band. The individual band members will play with other performers in a one-off collaborative setting.
Tickets for the show go on-sale Wednesday, September 16 at 11am EDT (EST).
U2360 North America ‘EPK’
An electronic press kit (EPK) has been released presenting the tour/production at the kick off of the North American leg of U2360.
Watch 10 minutes of HD to see:
- pre-show soundbytes (and hear Bono sing along to Space Oddity…)
- birdseye view of first Chicago show
- reflections of the screen in front of Larry’s kit (what’s on there?)
- Live footage of Unknown Caller, Unforgettable Fire, City of Blinding Lights and Crazy Tonight remix
- some new merchandise items (baseball jacket to the right and ‘crazy faces’ shirt to the left)…
In the mean time, over at U2.com, they’ve been busy updating their splash screen shots: 1 2
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