47th Grammy Awards

Larry's speech at the 47th Grammy Awards

Few people will have missed taking note of the 47th Grammy Awards this year. As it turned out, they ended up being a real treat for U2 fans. The band bagged the awards for all of the three categories the hit single Vertigo was nominated in: Best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal, best rock song (songwriters award) and best short form music video


The band also performed “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own”, the new single which went straight to the number 1 position in the UK charts.

But the real treat were the heartfelt speeches. Heartfelt by the members of the band, heartfelt by the fans and heartfelt by those that normally don’t give a toss about U2, but now ended up thinking “Well, that was rather touching…”

Edge dedicated the award to his daughter Sian, while Bono said he was genuinely surprised. Larry topped it all off, by mentioning the uncertainty they had all been in, as well as offering an apology to their fans regarding the recent ticket sales. An apology that hit home in many hearts.

We at U2log are duly impressed by this grand gesture, and despite all the recent troubles and negative publicity regarding the ticket sales, we are sincerely hoping this will be the start signal for a wonderfully carefree summer for all those involved. Band, management, fans, oh hell, we’ll even throw in the people at Ticketmaster.

Video of U2’s live performance is available at U2exit.com

32 thoughts on “47th Grammy Awards”

  1. Did anyone else notice that Larry seems to have the same hairdresser Bono has these days?

    Oh, and and and… Is that a smile on Adam?!

  2. Did anyone else notice that Larry seems to have the same hairdresser Bono has these days?

    Oh, and and and… Is that a smile on Adam?!

  9. From @u2: “[Sian is] reportedly suffering from leukemia, according to a Reuters article tonight…”
    Why can U2exit ever upload anything that is of a decent sound and picture quality? They are so quick to upload the latest but rarely is it worth holding onto because the files are so over-compressed… A larger file-size/longer waiting for downloads to finish is only a small sacrifice for higher quality files!
    Man, that was a good performance…!

  10. From @u2: “[Sian is] reportedly suffering from leukemia, according to a Reuters article tonight…”
    Why can U2exit ever upload anything that is of a decent sound and picture quality? They are so quick to upload the latest but rarely is it worth holding onto because the files are so over-compressed… A larger file-size/longer waiting for downloads to finish is only a small sacrifice for higher quality files!
    Man, that was a good performance…!

  11. Just for the record… we have chosen to respect Edge’s privacy in this sensitive matter and to completely stay out of it. If other sites have a different view on this, that’s their decision, but we’d rather not see a discussion about this take place here on U2log.

    Hopefully you can all respect that.

  12. Just for the record… we have chosen to respect Edge’s privacy in this sensitive matter and to completely stay out of it. If other sites have a different view on this, that’s their decision, but we’d rather not see a discussion about this take place here on U2log.

    Hopefully you can all respect that.

  13. Offcourse I will respect that. I totally agree with you. The information allready provided here by posters provided is more than enough.

  14. Offcourse I will respect that. I totally agree with you. The information allready provided here by posters provided is more than enough.

  17. j’adore travis bon-bon

    i love this photo of Bono doing Travis Bickle. what more could i want, than this perfect, dual obsession alignment? even if he does appear to be driving a golf cart, and not a taxi. but i digress. also:…

  18. j’adore travis bon-bon

    i love this photo of Bono doing Travis Bickle. what more could i want, than this perfect, dual obsession alignment? even if he does appear to be driving a golf cart, and not a taxi. but i digress. also:…

  19. I think if U2 is really sorry about the mess with the tour and the tickets, they should fight against Ticketmaster. I know Ticketmaster is so powerful but U2 is powerful enough to fight against this stupid monopoly called ticketmaster

  20. I think if U2 is really sorry about the mess with the tour and the tickets, they should fight against Ticketmaster. I know Ticketmaster is so powerful but U2 is powerful enough to fight against this stupid monopoly called ticketmaster

  23. I’ve fallen in love with Larry Mullen Jnr years ago… He’s so utterly sexy, I think if he would wear a bin bag he still would be the sexiest man alive. I won’t bother you with the thoughts racing through my head right now – I think kids read this website as well 😉 I can only cite Boy George’s words here: “Bono, if you still haven’t found what you’re looking for, look behind the drumkit.” Larry, you look great especially with this haircut!

  24. I’ve fallen in love with Larry Mullen Jnr years ago… He’s so utterly sexy, I think if he would wear a bin bag he still would be the sexiest man alive. I won’t bother you with the thoughts racing through my head right now – I think kids read this website as well 😉 I can only cite Boy George’s words here: “Bono, if you still haven’t found what you’re looking for, look behind the drumkit.” Larry, you look great especially with this haircut!

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