Aww :\ Well, let's hope they record and put out a new album soon so they'll be back around for all of us! :D whoo!

 

 

Wow... it's been nearly one year since I last saw them in Hartford, on December 7th. I remember it was the night before Lennon's 25th anniversary of his death and Bono gave a little speech about how much of a hero he was for all of us..... It brought me to tears. :heart: Miss them so much...

i wish i was at the U2 auckland shows

 

Really? so do I ! I feel a need to be jumping up and down, surrounded by 40 or 60,000 people listening to U2, it is what I have been acustomed to the fast three weekends!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Hey I did post the audio of Saturdays show on the page before this. . also Friday's audio should be up REAL soon

 

http://www.u2newzooland.com/

 

join us here.

I just bought U218 Deluxe edition. It took so friggin long to come out here in Canada but the DVD is awesome so it was well worth the wait.

u2 was in Japan yesterday' date='it was a pity I didn't have chance to see them.:cry:[/quote']

why?

why?

 

well...I live in another country, so...:cry: but if their concert was at winter or summer vacation. I might have chance to see them.

ou,i see Taiwan :) another time

A most impressive U2 site, with over 500 live concerts to download (audio) . . .

 

http://www.u2start.com/

 

join . . and enjoy . .

Oh god... you totally just opened a can of worms for me... :wideeyed: I'll have to get on that...... :laugh4:

 

 

 

Man, my mom bought U218 but she got the regular CD version and not the one with the DVDs. I was all pissy with her because of that :laugh4:

Man' date=' my mom bought U218 but she got the regular CD version and not the one with the DVDs. I was all pissy with her because of that :laugh4:[/quote']

 

And the problem is? YOU GOT IT FOR FREE GIRL!!!!!!!!!!

 

Although the Milan DVD is rather cool . . . .

 

Have you checked out the live performances of Windows to the Skies?? form Japan?

I'm envy..too envy...I mean I'm happy because it seems they're really enjoying playing in Japan..but god they're changing the setlist every night and also presented Windows in the skies live, it's not fair :bigcry:

And the problem is? YOU GOT IT FOR FREE GIRL!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

WHOA seriously??? I thought there were two versions! :laugh4: I didn't even bother looking at the one my mom bought!

 

 

oh that's fucking awesome, then! I'll have to watch it today! :dance: I'm so scatter brained sometimes!

WHOA seriously??? I thought there were two versions! :laugh4: I didn't even bother looking at the one my mom bought!

 

 

oh that's fucking awesome, then! I'll have to watch it today! :dance: I'm so scatter brained sometimes!

 

So you did get the DVD? :confused:

A most impressive U2 site, with over 500 live concerts to download (audio) . . .

 

http://www.u2start.com/

 

join . . and enjoy . .

 

I just found that site this week, it is very cool.

WHOA seriously??? I thought there were two versions! :laugh4: I didn't even bother looking at the one my mom bought!

 

No wait yes oh I don't know!

great page

U2 kite fetches $1230 on Trade Me

 

06 December 2006

A kite released by U2's lead singer Bono during one of the band's Auckland concerts last week has fetched $1230 on Trade Me, with proceeds being donated to development agency Oxfam New Zealand.

Two of the 40,000 U2 fans, Claire and Hayden Keam, caught the kite as it floated above them during the last song and promptly put it on the online auction site in a bid to raise money for Oxfam.

The auction closed at 2.20pm yesterday and a bidder by the name of "paitid" will hand over their cash in a three-way exchange with Oxfam and the Keams.

"I'm stoked that we've been able to raise some money for Oxfam," Mrs Keam said.

"I'll miss having the kite on our wall, but knowing that the sale of it will mean that the money will be used to help people that are so much less fortunate than us is brilliant."

Mrs Keam said the Tauranga couple had decided to sell the kite on Trade Me and in honour of Bono's own campaign to end world poverty, they decided to give the proceeds to charity.

"We talked around and looked on the Internet and we did our own research and Oxfam is one of the organisations he supports," Mrs Keam said.

Executive director of Oxfam New Zealand Barry Coates said he was looking forward to showing the Keams how the funds they raised will make a huge difference to people living in poverty.

Mr Coates said a large portion of Oxfam New Zealand's income came from members of the public and all of them had their own story of commitment to poverty reduction.

"This is a particularly delightful story of how an individual can seize an opportunity to fight for better lives for the world's poor," he said.

"We want to thank not only Claire and Hayden, but the thousands of New Zealanders who support our work," he added.

"The change we see throughout the world because of the commitment of individual Kiwis is inspiring."

 

 

However, Bono's kite fell short of the $22,800 one Trade Me buyer spent on the handbag former All Black captain Tana Umaga walloped a team mate with to calm him down during a night on the town in Christchurch last year.

Bono the Warrior rocks Auckland with U2

 

25 November 2006

Bono and the boys rocked Auckland as U2 played to a 45,000-strong Mt Smart Stadium crowd at the first of two sold-out shows. Phil Taylor soaked up the atmosphere.

Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullin Jr became warriors for a night.

The foursome - with Bono proudly displaying a New Zealand Warriors jacket - were heroes to all on a night that shone with stars, cellphones and glow sticks.

With lighting razzamatazz to rival Time Square, downtown Tokyo or Amsterdam at New Year's, U2 once again dynamically claimed Auckland as their own, renewing the special bond that goes back to the Irish super group's beginnings.

Bono had combed hair in a new wave cut when U2 first delivered I Will Follow to the masses, New Zealand being the first vinyl nation to put it top of a singles chart. The Edge had fluffy hair when he first came to town. He was in his customary dark beanie and goatie, this time round.

They brought the love and peace then and now, but these days they also carry it in three jet aeroplanes and a load of shipping containers.

The Vertigo tour is as spectacular as any rock show this country has seen. Fans heading to Mt Smart Stadium for the second night should get excited.

Twenty years on after those early Aotearoa OEs, I Will Follow still lifts the soul and heels, played with a commitment that shows U2 are still into it as much as ever. The fire inside burns on.

Then again, who wouldn't enjoy playing to 45,000 enthusiastic, hand-waving fans around the world every night? This Auckland audience, who Mexican waved under house bulb towers before U2 opened with City of Blinding Lights, was ready for some payback.

The group knew. It's been eight months since they understandably had to postpone the original dates. Then the heavens dumped rain on everyone up until U2 hit the stage.

As good as Kanye West and his supporting performers were opening - especially the strings and selection of classic samples - the rain, wind, crowd chatter and rising buzz was distracting.

Thankfully, U2 have Auckland the party it was well in need of after two months of World Cup Rugby 2011 stadium wrangling.

And those believing a new "inflatable dinghy" stadium will take first offers of music tours after 2011 were clearly shown that Mt Smart can still rock with the best of them. It has a crater. And earthly acoustics.

Bono, described by a female friend as a man who knows how to endear himself to a crowd, immediately reaffirmed the home fans' loyalty, keeping the faith by wearing a Warriors' emblem on his back.

The jacket was gone after half a dozen numbers, but his sweetest move came later as he plucked a young strawberry blonde from the audience for dancing, snuggling and serenading.

Another friend called her "hot chick." What she had was charm, style and poise, as well as the hearts and minds of Bono's swooning admirers.

The tenderness in which he delivered With Or Without You to her on bended knee was genuinely gorgeous, a moment to stop an uptight city.

To the purists, there may have been one or two missing, but the two-hour show also included Vertigo, an energising Beautiful Day, Elevation, The Fly, Mysterious Ways, Miss Sarajevo, Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year's Day, an awesome Angel of Harlem, Where The Streets Have No Name, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Kite, Pride and In the Name of Love.

At a time when we're divided on so many things, Bono reminded us that it's unfortunate there's no tree been planted on One Tree Hill.

It's sound advice, as the way the anthem tribute united everyone as it always has shows the feeling could be repeated by seedlings being nurtured and grown on the summit of Maungakiekie. Kia kaha, U2.

 

JOHN SELKIRK/Dominion Post

DOUBLE HEADER: Guitarist The Edge joins singer Bono on the microphone as Irish band U2 rock Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland.

U2 ON TOUR GALLERY http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,0a19875a267373,00.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crazy Kiwis!

Bono makes emotional plea to NZ

 

27 November 2006 By CATH BENNETT

 

U2 front man Bono made an emotional plea for One Tree Hill to be replanted after visiting the spot that sparked one of the band's most famous songs.

His Irish supergroup became passionate about the Auckland landmark after their Kiwi roadie Greg Carroll took them there in the early '80s.

When the Wanganui sound engineer died in a motorbike accident, Bono wrote the song One Tree Hill in his honour and dedicated the album on which it appeared, The Joshua Tree, to Greg.

Bono was gutted to return more than a decade later to find the tree gone.

The 125-year-old Monterey pine was felled in October 2000, six years after Maori activist Mike Smith attacked it with a chainsaw.

Standing where the tree once dominated the Auckland skyline, Bono said: "Somebody plant a tree on that beautiful hill.

"Someone take some seeds up there."

U2's return to New Zealand - for packed concerts on Friday and Saturday at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium - coincided with the 20th anniversary of Greg's death.

Reminiscing about the Kiwi roadie he loved like a brother, Bono told fans: "We spent some time here when our friend was lost in a car accident.

"We went to the tangi - the funeral for Greg.

"It was a really important and very moving occasion to be with him and his family.

"I've often thought that if in Ireland we had that, I'd have been there for a few weeks when my father Bob died."

 

 

U2 played One Tree Hill at both their Mt Smart Stadium gigs.

The band's manager Paul McGuinness, whose sister Katie dated Greg, said it would not be possible to play Auckland without the song.

"We asked Greg's family to come as our guests. We've kept in touch with them."

Greg hooked up with U2 when they were in the country in 1984 on their Unforgettable Fire tour.

He joined as a soundman, and became Bono's personal assistant, touring Europe and North America.

Greg, nicknamed G-Dub, was knocked off his motorbike by a drunk driver and killed in Dublin in 1986. He was 26.

A devastated Bono, drummer Larry Mullen and several members of the U2 entourage brought his body back to New Zealand for his tangi at Kai iwi Marae, near Wanganui.

The three-day tangi was led by Greg's uncle, Maori music legend Dalvanius Prime. Bono read a poem and sang.

Dalvanius' sister, Barletta Prime, said: "It was just so fabulous of the band to bring him home."

Greg's aunt Barletta said he loved the time he spent with U2.

Greg was a devoted member of the Ratana Church, and after the tangi Bono and Larry visited the religion's temple, Te Temepara, before heading back to Auckland to visit One Tree Hill which Greg loved.

At the time, Bono said: "In the short time we had together Greg became flesh and blood, he felt like my brother.

"He was one of those guys of whom you say, 'He's too good for this world.'

"We haven't and I don't think we will ever get over his loss."

Thanks for all the articles and pictures! I especially liked the last one :heart:

interresting news

nz w00t, wish i was at teh concert, pix l00k good :D

It's totally unrelated but..I love your sig..that banana is hilarious :laugh3: :laugh3:

lol me too:D

well...I have a question that i want to ask for a long time...in the album of "The best of 1980-1990" the last song"All I Want Is You"...in the last couple minutes I can hear another song?is it a hidden song? what is the song's name?