U2!!!

Their last concert was the Sydney Footy Stadium as part of the Achtung, Baby tour.

The Joshua Tree is STILL the best studio album I've ever heard (honourable mention to The Cowboy Junkies "The Trinity Session"). Not a bad song on the album, and several pieces of brilliance which remain, for me, timeless. I don't think that their recent stuff rates as well, but with a back catalogue that includes War, Boy, October and Under a Blood Red Sky, this is understandable.

Bit of trivia to leave you with; my boss here at UTS used to manage the Divinyls. They were support to U2 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado in the early 80's, where "Under a Blood Red Sky" was recorded.

Many of you will have heard Bono say these words "This song is NOT a rebel song; this song is Sunday, Bloody Sunday". My boss was standing 30 metres way on a side stage when that happened. The crowd went ballistic. All I could say when he told me was, "Wow"!!

Cheerio,

AM

I don't really have a favourite album, but my two favourite songs by U2 would have to be 'Sunday bloody Sunday' and "Beautiful day'

Here's some random trivia:
-Achtung means attention in German, i don't know how many people knew that already but i just found out the other day so i thught id share it with you al!

And some random quotes:
-"He's a poet. He's a philosopher. And last night, I think I saw him walking on water."
Mick Jagger introducing Bono as he received his MTV Free Your Mind award, November 1999.
-"Stop the traffic - Rock and Roll"
Graffiti which Bono wrote on a statue in San Francisco during the "Save The Yuppy" concert in 1987.
-"Actually '78 was a really exciting time for U2. We had just discovered F sharp minor. So we had the fourth chord and we'd only had three up to then."
Bono on the days when U2 truly were a three chord wonder.
-"I don't think people should ever look like their hair has been ironed. "
Bono comments on the mullet, 2002
-"What ever you do, do not get into a car with Bono. He's not great at the old driving."
Edge on the dangers of a ride with Bono, 2001
-"It's a tough life being a pop star. You know, at the end of the day when you've paid all the bills and put the kids through college and that, you know, there's only enough left for a small island off the South Pacific."
Larry pleads poverty, 1997.
-"I joined a band to hit things."
Larry's reason for being in U2

that song, Californication is great, havent heard it in ages though.

Little Cloud & the Apple Eye is something I'm urgently awaiting (16/3/06) may have to put Stadium Arcadium on the future to buy list.

I managed to get tickets to the 2nd gig...standing GA....so stoked! Hope they live up to the hype, which i have no doubt they will.
Will be hard to beat Oasis in November though!

The last time I tried to get tickets to a U2 concert, I had no problems. It was inside as well. (Entertainment Centre).
Eat your hearts out. Top concert. Basically "Under a Blood Red Sky".
Auburn could tell you the date.
And yes even then I was the oldest one in the audience.

D class seats, first show - my sister didn't think she'd be tall enough for standing tickets.

Can start getting excited about this now! 3 weeks on Friday

A link to what the playlists have been to date on the Vertigo tour hanoverquay.info/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=14


Then just 11 days later...gotta back up and do the Stones

watching rockwiz saturday night and it was mentioned that bono stands for bono vox which is latin for good voice

what a tosser