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Was it lost?

One option: www.u2mp3s.com 2006-11-12 Bono and Kylie Minoque - Kids.mp3 http://www.sendspace.com/file/eztlkh Runtime 2:19 or try http://rapidshare.com/files/10719808/2006-11-12_-_Sydney__Australia_-_Entertainment_Centre.rar.html From U2start.com . . .dont know which one is better sorry . . .

Just go the the website in that pic and you can make your own signs . . . Here's one I prepared earlier . . .

I think it was our two Melbourne shows that were filmed . . . maybe if I look real hard i might be able to see me. . . . where were you at the shows? Eclipse? or seated?

All by yourself? Wow!! and it took you all day eh? I am still working on it myself . . . You'd never see Chris Martin trying to eat Johnny Buckland's shoes. . . That's why U2 are better. It's all about the shoes.

Ultra Violet :love: My favorite at the moment (not all time mind you) Peace on Earth. @ ég-elska-Thom :sleeping: Thanks for your contributon.. .. .. thank you, please come again .. .. .. ..

I love listening to the demos. . . . you get a real understanding of how they craft a song. . . . the Achtung Baby demos were the best, you can see how one demo song become three songs, and how they evolve. . . . I can understand the band not wanting them stolen and such . . but they are just so interesting. . . . in U2 by U2 they talk about recording all their practise and recording sessions . . . I can't help thinking PLEASE let me loose in the vault! but then Edge talks about if they are in a plane crash they want to the tapes burnt!!! arrgh. . . look at the interesting stuff that surfaces from the Beatles! anyway. . I do go on . . . . . . I should stick to reading the lyrics about God.. .. .. or was that look at pics of Larry Mullen Jnr. with out a shirt. . . . not .. .. . I have got some of the ATYCLB & HTTAAB demos they are great, even the Golden Eye demos are interesting to listen to . . .and no one would have ever heard of "Be there" if it was not for these demos being leaked. . . . I recently got the Joshua Tree demos as well off U2mp3s.com as well . . mad for it!

Er. no, wrong . . back of the class. They are a country band, stuck in the body of a kick arse rock band. To be a christian rock band, I would have thought each and every song would need to be about God. That isn't the case. Although being at a U2 show can and is a religious exerience. Amen.

Larry Mullen with no shirt, the girls round here will go mad!!!

Oh Kaycee, loving the annoying security guard pic!! . . . . here are a couple of my favorite annoying security guard moments. . .

They are there to be downloaded, if you have high speed internet connection. . . .

Dont know whether to laugh or cry. . . . the rather rare Pride (ver 3 "Faces " video) . . well I dont know how rare it is . . . I have been in U2 since 1986 and this is the first time I have seen this!. . . dont know much about it except to say . . . what were they thinking? http://rapidshare.com/files/7756048/Pride____faces___video_.rar As found here (and some other goodies too): well worth a peek at. http://www.u2-thespiralstaircase.blogspot.com/

Check the last paragraph . . YAY . . . New Album. . new tour!! well eventually. . . U2: From joshua trees to palm trees Billboard, December 31, 2006 Jonathen Cohen You can't blame U2's concert promoter for wondering just how big the band's Vertigo world tour could have been if it had simply kept on playing. After all, not one ticket went unsold for the 131 shows on the trek, which began March 28, 2005, in San Diego and wrapped December 9 in front of 47,000 fans at Honolulu's Aloha Stadium. Having been on the road in fits and starts since March 2005, U2 was clearly in a celebratory mood in Hawaii, as Bono danced onstage with a woman from the crowd during "Mysterious Ways" and even pulled a lucky guy out of the audience to play piano with the band during "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses." Whether waving the American flag high above his head amid opener "City of Blinding Lights" or writhing on the stage blindfolded for "Bullet the Blue Sky," the frontman was holding nothing back. When all was said and done, Vertigo clocked in as the second-highest grossing tour of all time: $389 million from an astonishing audience of 4,619,021, second only to the Rolling Stones' concurrent A Bigger Bang trek, which may continue into 2007, and has grossed more. "I sometimes try and visualize, what would be the universe?" promoter Arthur Fogel told Billboard. "In other words, what if you could just play and play and play? We sold over four-and-a-half million tickets on this tour, but we still underplayed basically everywhere we've gone." Vertigo visited arenas in North America through late May 2005, then played stadiums in Europe throughout that summer. In the fall, it was back to North America for a run that included six shows at Toronto's Air Canada Center and six at New York's Madison Square Garden. February and March took U2 to South America, which was originally to be followed by dates in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Those shows, however, were postponed until the fall due to a serious illness that struck within the immediate family of a band member. Details have never been publicly disclosed. Getting Vertigo back on track was the final hurdle for Fogel. He and U2 manager Paul McGuinness say they're in contact all the time, even a year before the first fan has filed into a venue. "As the record develops, the production develops," McGuinness said. "And depending on when the record is finished, we have an imaginary start date. That's subject to change, but the thinking about the production is always simultaneous with the making of the album." The Vertigo stage set featured an ellipse-shaped extension that allowed band members to travel far into the general-admission crowd on the floor. It required 30 semi trucks to get from place to place, according to stage manager Rocko Reedy. On a good day, it took two-and-a-half hours to assemble, but that duration could nearly double depending on weather and venue configurations. After being loaded post-show onto the trucks, the stage was packed onto three 747s to travel to the next venue. Early in the tour, U2 performed in front of seven see-through LED curtains, onto which images and patterns were projected. Later, a giant, super high-tech LED screen was used instead to form the backdrop. "All the stuff we use is always serial number 001," Reedy said. "The first time they create this type of technology, it's U2 that uses it. Then everybody else under the sun goes out and gets it, so we just have to come up with something new." That said, Vertigo has not been without its share of drama. The tour got off to a rocky start after a disastrous presale for paid members of u2.com in January 2005, when demand far exceeded the ticket allotment, prompting shut-out fans to blast management and even band members themselves on Internet forums. "The demand was artificially stimulated because, quite honestly, a lot of ticket scalpers had joined u2.com planning to trade the tickets," McGuinness said. "It was clear very early those tickets would have a higher resale value than face value. We got caught by that, and we certainly underestimated the demand that would arise through the fan club. We did the best we could to meet it. But we'll be a little more careful next time." Then, in the wake of the Asia-Pacific postponements, Fogel spent months dealing with insurance issues. "That process took a very long time and was very difficult in complex, but ultimately resulted favorably," he says. "That probably was a much greater challenge than the actual logistics of bringing the production and personnel back together. "We had a few venue issues (rescheduling) in Japan, because originally we were playing outdoors at Yokohama Stadium," he added. "Given we were now in early December, the weather is such that we had to then look to go indoors. So, we had to basically refund 60,000 tickets and then resell for three shows at an arena." But, to the surprise of nobody, the fans were still right there waiting to attend the makeup dates. "In Australia, even though we were postponing the shows by six months or so, almost no customers asked for a refund," McGuinness said. And indeed, the time off allowed U2 to rejigger the tour set list, as well as record "The Saints Are Coming" and the new song "Window in the Skies" with producer Rick Rubin. Both were released on the compilation U218 Singles in November. While it may have been tempting to entertain adding still more shows to the itinerary after the fall leg, McGuinness said this was "a logical point to stop. We're obviously aware we could go on and on and on, but selling out (venues) is actually more important to us than the gross." So where does the U2 go from here? The first destination is the recording studio, sometime in 2007, with an eye on releasing a new album by the end of the year. McGuinness predicted the next tour would then begin in 2008. "All I can say is it will be completely different the next time, but it will be big," he said. "I think our audience expects very big productions. We've become good at doing that, and I think it is part of U2's reputation." The band may even experiment with commercially releasing select concerts as downloads shortly after their completion. "That's something we're exploring," McGuinness acknowledged. "In the future there will be more what we call 'band-to-fan activity."'

Happy New Year to you all! . . a bit late, and a bit hung over, I said I would never do it again. . . maybe another new years resolution. . . . . Anyway. . . . .PLEASE a new U2 album!!!

Man Citeh . . . I wish

No one can refuse the lure of the Hoff.

Meerry christmas from the Hoff!

Loving the U2 pics!

Awesome Kaycee. . . . thanks for sharing the pics! Here is a link to the audio from the show: http://www.u2start.com/bootlegs/2006-12-09/Honolulu,%20Hawaii%20-%20Aloha%20Stadium/

CD2, Track 3 . . I can't believe I was there!! you'll probably hear me singing!!!! From U2.com 'Oh, Can't You See...' Here's the sleeve for 'Window in the Skies', the new U2 single set for release on January 1st. The b-side will feature Tower of Song with Leonard Cohen. In case you missed us mentioning this earlier, the track is an all-new U2 song which the band recorded with Rick Rubin at Abbey Road Studios in London in September. You can also find it on the new album U218 Singles The band performed the track live for the first time in Japan last week and also played it on Japanese TV which you can view here. Window In The Skies will be released as a 2 track CD, maxi CD, and as a DVD single. B sides include Tower of Song, a collaboration with Leonard Cohen, taken from the film ‘Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man’. Formats as follows: CD 1 1. Window In The Skies 2. Tower of Song - U2 and Leonard Cohen - from the motion picture soundtrack ‘Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man’ CD 2 1. Window In The Skies 2. Zoo Station - live from Buenos Aires, March 2006 3. Kite - live from Sydney, 11th November 2006 DVD 1. Window In The Skies 2. The Saints Are Coming video - U2 and Green Day 3. Tower of Song video – from the film ‘Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man’

Krazy Kids.......... U2 Community Of Fans Camp Out For Concert KITV, December 08, 2006 Fans started lining up on Thursday afternoon for Saturday night's U2 concert at Aloha Stadium. The group bought general admission tickets for the field at Aloha Stadium and get no chance of reserving a seat. The group in line by 9 a.m. spanned more than 100 people long. KITV spoke with the man wearing wristband No. 118. "There's some guys next to us from Colombia. We're the first people from the islands that are in line," said Sinclair Anderson, of Waimea. "We got in yesterday. We started traveling from South America on Tuesday," said Jaime Rodriguez, of Bogota, Colombia. The fans were from all over the world. One couple is in line in Hawaii on their honeymoon from Vancouver, Canada. Most of them have seen each other before, before other U2 concerts in similar lines. They issue their own wristbands, with their names and numbers recorded in a book by someone -- in this case, by No. 3. They are serious U2 fans. KITV asked one fan how many times she has seen U2 in concert. "Since 'Joshua Tree,' I'd say over 30 times, maybe even 40, 50,"said Cindy Carde, of New York. The prize goes to fan Donna McClain from Port Hueme, Calif. "This will be 102," she said. McClain even has pictures of herself with U2 frontman Bono. "I met him the first time in 1987, and this one about four years ago," she said flashing her photos. You may be asking yourself: Do these people have a real life? KITV asked wristband No. 2. "I've heard of real life, but I'm not sure I've ever been there," Tanya Ensom, of London, said laughing. "No, I work, and obviously you have to save up money to do things like this, but that's not important."

Well there you go. . . . I must get out more! so obsessed by U2 these days!

Loretin . . Hey are Coldplay actually touring next Febuary, or is your signature a p*ss take?