THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: for the first time in France / it´s difficult locate Bono at the balcony / crazy crowd during show for Amnesty International / a fan refuses to leave the stage / Mexico´s show is aired live to USA!

"London Club" tour - december 3, 1979 - U2 perform in Clapham, England at the 100 Club.

"Boy" tour - december 3, 1980 - U2 perform in Paris, France at the Baltard Pavilion, the last as support for the "Talking Heads". It was the first performance in France.

"Pre-War" tour - december 3, 1982 - U2 perform in Leicester, England at De Montfort Hall. During "A Celebration" fans clamour for the stage, and security pushes them back. During "Electric Co." Bono climbs to the balcony, the spotlight operators have trouble locating him. Support is "The Set".

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - december 3, 1984 - U2 perform in New York City, New York at Radio City Music Hall. The 6000 tickets available for the venue sell out in 18 minutes--a record for the Radio City Music Hall. Proceeds from the show got to Amnesty International (Stop Tortue Week), a group dedicated to supporting human rights through out the world. Many celebrities and Amnesty International officials are in the audience. The excited crowd quickly leave their seats, and security, not used to handling rock concert audiences, start to rough up the crowd. During "I Will Follow", a fan is being beaten by two security guards, and when Larry notices, he jumps up from behind his drum kit and walks over to the edge of the stage. The Edge follows Larry to prevent him from entering the fracas. Bono shouts, "Where the hell are we? The last time we were here, this city just began for us. We won't have it spoiled now, aor any mistreatment to our people. These are our people! And if anybody spoils it, it's our fault, we make the music...it's rock and roll--not cabaret!" When the fighting stops, the band return to their positions, and The Edge discovers that when he dropped his guitar, it broke into two pieces. The band restart "I Will Follow" after The Edge gets another guitar. During "Gloria", the crowd is in a state of absolute mayhem. About 20 fans get hurt, and fans try to escape the crowd by jumping up on the stage. Bono stops the song and yells at the crowd to calm down. U2 re-start "Gloria" and again, Bono is forced to shout down a few fans in the front rows who won't stop pushing the crowd: "Why are you here/ You're not here for the same reason I'm here if you wont' move back. Because only one thing will be destroyed tonight--and that's the barrier between the stage and the audience!" The house lights are turned on by the head of security of the Radio City Music Hall, and security move onto the stage to push the crowd back. Bono stops "Gloria" yet again and yells, "We don't want any security people on the stage!" and attempts to get the crowd to calm down, "If you move back the guards are going to leave! Move Back!". The band again start "Gloria" and after a quick version of "40" leave the stage quickly. Support is "The Waterboys".

"The Joshua Tree" tour - december 3, 1987 - U2 perform in Miami, Florida at the Orange Bowl. There are three video screens in the stadium, one on each side of the stage and one behind the lighting tower. A guy called Joe plays along on "People Get Ready"and refuses to leave the stage by holding on to Bono. Support is Buckwheat Zydeco, and "Los Lobos".

"POPMart" tour - december 3, 1997 - U2 perform in Mexico City. This second of U2's two shows in Mexico City is aired live in the U.S. -- the first hour is shown on MTV while the entire concert shows on cable channel Showtime. During the second night's concert, a camera man falls off the stage and into a special VIP area. Bono publicly recognizes Internet fans by saying good-bye to "POPMartians" at the end of the concert.

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: U2 play for only 25 people / 2nd, supporting Talking Heads / Edge takes his guitar off /Jerry Mele / ends "Elevation" tour!

"London Club" tour - december 2, 1979 - U2 perform in Earl's Court, England at the Nashville Rooms, as support for "Secret Affair". Only 25 people show up for the gig.

"Boy" tour - december 2, 1980 - U2 play the second support gig to "Talking Heads" in London, England at the Hammersmith Palais.

"October" tour - december 2, 1981 - U2 perform in Nashville, Tennessee at Vanderbilt University.

"Pre-War" tour - december 2, 1982 - U2 perform in Manchester, England at the Apollo Theater. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is cut short after the band realize they can't figure out what comes after the second verse. "New Year's Day" is dedicated to the people who have been following the tour around(these same people were allowed to sit in for the soundcheck). After the encore of "A Celebration", The Edge takes his guitar off and hands it to a roadie. Bono yells at The Edge, "We're not done yet!", and after The Edge straps his guitar back on, the band perform "I Will Follow" for the second time that evening. Support is "The Alarm".

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - december 2, 1984 - U2 perform in Worcester, Maryland at the Centrum. The 11,000 tickets for this concert sell out quickly, and hundreds of fans remain outside the venue. Bono thanks the crowd for their support over the years, and before "40", he mentions that "Last year when we came here, we were very firghtened of playing in places like this. It was because it was our ambition to just turn this place into a living room and I think we have done that here tonight. I hope it worked out for you, it really worked out for us." Support is "The Waterboys".

"POPMart" tour - december 2, 1997 - Mexico City - Mexico - Atodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Edge sings "Sunday Bloody Sunday".
U2's first of two PopMart shows in Mexico City is marred by an off-stage incident -- the teenage son of Mexico's President attends the concert, and tries to leave through a restricted area of the stadium while the show is still in progress. A security guard brings the son to the ground shortly before he would've been hit by a large TV crane. That starts a fight as the President's son's bodyguards draw guns and go after security, not knowing they were only trying to save the teenager. As the President's son and his bodyguards get in their car to leave, U2's security chief, Jerry Mele, tries to stop them. The car moves slowly and Mele is dragged along as they go. He suffers severe injuries and will not be with the band when PopMart visits South America, Australia, Japan, and South Africa in the new year.

"Elevation tour - december 2, 2001 - Miami / Fl - American Airlines Arena. The Elevation World Tour ends tonight in Miami, just down the road from where it began (in Sunrise, Florida) back in March. Larry plays drums on 'Only Happy When It Rains', the last song of Garbage's opening set. 'In God´s Country' is complete with harmonica tonight. Bono stops to thank a bunch of people, including Sheila Roche, Paul McGuinness, and Chris Blackwell before 'One'. Bono ends the show by leading the crowd in the '40' chorus and singing 'Honey, I'm coming home!' Early estimates suggest the 113-concert tour has sold more than 2 million tickets and grossed some $160 million, half of that in U.S. receipts.

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: Edge plays with his hand in plaster / U2 support Talking Heads / starts Pre-War tour / on the 22nd floor of the Parker Meridien hotel / "Slow Dancing" for the first time / U2 releases Night and Day / "One Tree Hill" is played in New Zealand / MTV Brazil airs Edge´s message to World Aids Day / "Please" to Elvis Costello.

"London Club" tour - december 1, 1979 - Having borrowed 3000 Pounds from family and friends to finance a short English tour, U2 play their debut London gig as support for "The Dolly Mixtures" in the Moonlight Club in West, Hampstead. In a Sounds magazine review, Dave McCullough writes: "U2 are about four people. Their music has minimum distortion and their songs reflect the strength of the four individuals. There's a kind of naive, rushing feeling about their music." Edge plays with analgesic, cause his hand is in plaster followed a car crash

"Boy" tour - december 1, 1980 - "Talking Heads" start a tour--support by U2. The first gig is in London, England at the Hammersmith Odeon. Melody Maker reviewer Paolo Hewitt writes, "Easily the finest display of awe-inspiring rock that I've witnessed in a long time. It contained just about every emotion...from anger to savagery, beauty and that indefinable essence where mere words become useless."

"October" tour - december 1, 1981 - U2 perform in Atlanta, Georgia at The Agora.

"Pre-War" tour - december 1, 1982 - U2 perform in Glasgow, Scotland at Tiffany's. U2 perform several songs off the as of yet unreleased "War" album including "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Surrender"(which is introduced as the album's theme song), and "New Year's Day". During "New Year's Day", The Edge's guitar fails and Bono invites people on stage if "they have something to say". No one moves for a few seconds, until one man jumps on stage and swears. Another person jumps on stage and does the same thing. Bono reiterates that people should only get on stage if they have something to say. Finally a woman gets on stage to wish her friend luck in some unknown venture. During the encore, Bono recieves a bottle of Champagne from "Simple Minds", and pours glasses for the audience. The band perform "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" during the encore of "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" as they will do for the rest of the December tour.

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - december 1, 1984 - U2 begin the American leg of "The Unforgettable Fire" tour at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia. The shows on this part of the tour are set to generate interest for the arena dates next year. A few days before, while U2 is in New York preparing for the start of the American Leg, Bono gives an interview on WBCN radio in Boston. Bono explains his pensiveness, "I'm on the 22nd floor of the Parker Meridien hotel, there's alot of people downstairs. I can't walk out on the street because people are pushing up against us. So, as I say, I'm on the 22nd floor, in this hotel room, and I wish i was on stage. I don't like this waiting around." Immediately, the hotel manager was on the line to their room, explaining that the hotel switchboard was hopelessly jammed with calls. This nights concert could have been sold out many times over, and it is generally felt in the U2 camp that these dates will be the last small venue dates the band will play. Support is provided by "The Waterboys".

"LoveTown" tour - december 1, 1989 - U2 perform in Osaka, Japan at the Castle Hall, finishing a three night performance at the venue. The third night in Osaka features a completely different set list than was performed all along the "LoveTown" tour. This night fans get the message and leave their seats and make their way down to front row--one fan is particularily rowdy. During "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", Bono announces, "At a U2 concert people do not push each other around! I don't care if you bought the front row or the back row...we're all the same in here!" U2 switch the set mid-concert and play "People Get Ready" in hopes that it will calm the crowd down. The fan is still rowdy, and Bono shouts, "Listen guy: One more piece of shit out of you, and you're out of here!" Bono sings "Slow Dancing" on stage for the first time B.B. King joins the band for "Angel of Harlem" in which parts of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" are included. This is the last "LoveTown" show in Japan. U2 now travel to Europe to perform in four cities--Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin and Dortmund, Germany.

U2 releases Night and Day - december 1990 - U2 releases "Night and Day" as 12-inch promotional-only single, taken from Cole Porter tribute album Red, Hot, and Blue.


"ZOOTV: New Zooland/ Japan" tour - december 1, 1993 - U2 perform at the first stop of the two "New Zooland" concerts in Christchurch, New Zealand at Lancaster Park. "One Tree Hill" is played acoustically by Bono. Dring "Streets" hundreds of people manage to sneak into the stadium for free.

December 1, 2000 - MTV Brazil airs Edge´s message to World Aids Day, speaking to the necessity to have condoms, when the sexual life is active. Edge recorded it few days earlier, during U2´s ATYCLB promo tour in Rio.

"Elevation" tour - december 01, 2001 - Tampa, FL - Ice Palace. Bono dedicates 'Please' to Elvis Costello, who is in attendance tonight. (Costello has covered 'Please' in the past.) Bono wears an 'I (heart) NY' shirt for the entire second encore. Seats behind the stage are not sold for tonight's show, and a cloth screen showing the male/female 'Elevation' symbol hangs behind the stage.

NOVEMBER 29:

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: a hundred calls requesting U2 / "Beautiful Day" / Edge and Bono perform in South Africa -46664!

"Boy" tour - november 29, 1980 - U2 perform in Stoke, England at Keele University

"October" tour - november 29, 1981- U2 perform in San Francisco, California at the Warfield Theater. During the show, Bono jokingly asks the crowd to request U2 on radio stations next day. The next day, several stations report a hundred calls requesting U2. Support is Garland Jeffreys.

"War" tour november 29, 1983 Tokyo Japan Sun Plaza Hall.

Recording in Sun Studios - november 29 /December 2, 1987 - U2 record in Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. "Cowboy" Jack Clement sits at the mixing desk, and "The Memphis Horns" sit in on the recording session. U2 record several songs, including "Angel of Harlem", a song about legendary African-American blues artist Billie Holiday, and "She's a Mystery To Me", the song they wrote for the late Roy Orbison--the song remains unreleased.

"LoveTown" tour - november 29, 1989 - Osaka Japan Castle Hall. The second night features a rowdy audience, and the show is somewhat better.

"U2´s Beautiful Day" - CBS television - november 29, 2002 - U2 puts up low numbers for CBS. CBS television airs the 1-hour concert special U2's Beautiful Day in its 10 pm time slot tonight, the day after Thanksgiving. The show manages just a 1.5 rating and a 5 share. It's by far the lowest-rated concert special of the week on any network, and is beaten by specials from Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Paul McCartney, and an Elvis retrospective earlier in the week.

"46664" concert - november 29, 2003 - Cape Town, South Africa - Greenpoint Stadium. American Prayer / 46664 / One - Unchained Melody / Amandla. Bono and the Edge perform at the 46664 concert in South Africa. They appear early in the show to perform American Prayer with Beyonce and David Stewart, and 46664 with David Stewart and others. They return to the stage late in the show to perform One which finishes with Unchained Melody. Anastasia, Queen, David Stewart, and Beyonce then join them (during the song Edge leaves the stage, and only Bono finishes the song with the other) on stage for Amandla.

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: "ZOOTV Live From Sydney" is aired and recorded / 'When I Look at the World' is sung for the first time!

"Boy" tour - november 27, 1980 - U2 perform in London, England at the Marquee Club. Support is "Jerry Floyd & Friends".

"War" tour - november 27, 1983 - U2 perform in Tokyo, Japan at the Sun Plaza Hall.

"ZOOTV - New Zooland/Japan" tour - november 27, 1993 - U2 perform in Sydney, Australia at the Football Stadium. This second night is aired live to America on Thanksgiving on pay-per-view TV, and is broadcast in 46 other countries in the weeks to follow. Titled "ZOOTV Live From Sydney", the show is released commercially on home video in april 1994. Adam is back but looks a bit pale and doesn´t smoke as many cigarettes as he normally does. MacPhisto announces his time among us is about to end and that ZOO Tv must dscend to take its place with all the other satellites.

Bono and Larry attend funeral of Corr´s mum - november 27, 1999 - Bono and Larry attend the funeral of Jean Corr, the 57-year-old mother of Ireland's The Corrs, in Dundalk, Ireland.

"Elevation" tour - november 27, 2001 - Kansas City, MO - Kemper Arena. Bono brings a female fan on stage and sings 'Happy Birthday' to her. 'When I Look at the World' is sung for the first time as a snippet added to the end of 'Bad.' Bono sings at the tip of the heart while Edge plays guitar on the main stage. An estimated 14,500 fans are in attendance, leaving the show about 1,000 tickets shy of a sellout.

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: "Smoke On The Water" / U2 videotape a promotional video clip for their performance of "Christmas(Baby Please Come Home)" / Adam Clayton misses the show / The tributes to Michael Hutchence continue / 99th 'VERTIGO' show: 5,000 multi-colored flashing light sticks / Daniel Lanois joins the band to play 'Bad'!

"Boy" tour - november 26, 1980 - U2 perform in London, England at the Marquee Club. Support is "Jerry Floyd & Friends".

"War" tour - november 26, 1983 - U2 perform in Tokyo, Japan at the Sun Plaza Hall. During the first show, Bono invites an audience member on stage to play guitar during "I Fall Down". The Japanese crowd, not used to this type of behaviour at concerts, look on in surprise as a member of the audience jumps up on stage. Instead of playing "I Fall Down", the man tears into Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water" and a few other hard rock songs. Bono sings the lyrics to the chorus of "Smoke On The Water" before going back into "I Fall Down".

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 26, 1987 - U2 perform in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the Louisiana State University Assembly Center. In the afternoon, U2 videotape a promotional video clip for their performance of "Christmas(Baby Please Come Home)" which they had recorded in Glasgow for Jimmy Iovine's "A Very Special Christmas". Bono points out Phil Joanou during the show: "This guy here--when we get out of bed in the morning he's at the end of the bed. When we open the door, he's there too. he's omnipresent, this man! You may have heard we're making a movie. We're going to make a little film clip from in here. This is a gospel song which is perfect for tonight," he explains and starts "People Get Ready". The scene does not make it into "Rattle & Hum". Support is "The BoDeans".


"LoveTown" tour - november 26, 1989 - Tokyo - Japan - Tokyo Dome.

"ZOOTV - New Zooland / Japan" tour - november 27, 1993 - U2 perform in Sydney, Australia at the Football Stadium. U2 plays the first of two shows in Sydney, Australia, but bassist Adam Clayton misses the show, marking the first time U2 has ever played a show without one of its members. Long-time bass technician Stuart Morgan fills in during the concert. The band originally explains that Adam is ill, but Adam would reveal in later interviews that he was unable to perform because of a severe hangover. The incident isn't taken lightly within the U2 camp, as other members of the band and management impress upon Adam that his lifestyle is jeopardizing the band's future. In some reports, Adam is given an ultimatum to clean-up his act, or the band will call it quits.


"POPMart" tour - november 26, 1997 - U2 perform in Atlanta, Georgia. The tributes to Michael Hutchence continue at a show in Atlanta as Bono dedicates "One" to the late INXS lead singer. U2 finishes the show with "40," played for the first time since the Lovetown Tour ended nearly 8 years ago. U2 throw a post-concert part at the "Mumbo Jumbo" restaurant, and were joined by members of "R.E.M", members of "Pylon", "Olivia Tremor Control" and actor Lukas Haas ("Witness"). The party is a wake for the late Micheal Hutchence.

99th 'VERTIGO' show - November 26, 2005 / Montreal, Canada - Bell Centre - The Arcade Fire. 5,000 multi-colored flashing light sticks / Daniel Lanois joins the band to play 'Bad'! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day, Original of the Species, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday - Rock the Casbah, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore(s): Until the End of the World - Instant Karma, Mysterious Ways, With or Without You, Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Yahweh, Bad - The Maker - 40. Arcade Fire takes the stage with 'Where the Streets Have No Name' on the PA, a tip to U2 taking the stage to their song, 'Wake Up.' The Montreal crowd, which is well-known for being LOUD, doesn't disappoint tonight. A local radio station has given out 5,000 multi-colored flashing light sticks, and the audience holds them up during 'Sometimes.' Clearly moved by the sight, Bono changes a lyric during the song to describe what he sees. A stunning version of Bad ends the show with Daniel Lanois joining U2 on stage. During the song, they sing bits of Lanois' song 'The Maker' and a bit of U2's '40', before picking 'Bad' back up and closing out the show. Photos: cyberpresse

NOVEMBER 24:
THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: "When Love Comes To Town" (rehearsal and performance) was recorded / Free Your Mind / "In America" the movie.

"Boy" tour - november 24, 1980 - U2 perform in Coventry, England at the Polytechnic School.

"October tour - november 24, 1981 - U2 perform in Passaic, New Jersey at the Hitsville North Nightclub.

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 24, 1987 - B.B. King supports U2 at a gig in the Tarrant County Convention Centre in Forth Worth, Texas. The second night also features an incredible performance of "Bullet The Blue Sky", and tonight, Bono launches into a commentary about television evangelists: "I see Jerry Falwell and I know he's looking just at me. I said Jerry, 'What do you want from me, Jerry--my MONEY?' Oral Robers, 'What do you want from me, my MONEY?' And I see this hand coming out of the TV screen into the houses of the sick and the old, opening their bags, emptying their life savings. And I see those dollar notes disappearing back into the TV screen so it can build some glass cathedral. FUCK THAT! We don't need a glass cathedral from you! You're already a see-through soul!" For the second encore, B.B. King and his band are introduced. "I wrote this song for him," Bono confesses and introduces "When Love Comes To Town". The footage of the rehearsals and performance this evening end up in the "Rattle And Hum" rockumentary.


ZOOTV - Outside Broadcast" tour - november 24, 1992 - perform in Mexico City, Mexico at the Palacio De Los Deportes. ZooTV makes one last North American appearance with arena size shows.

Bono accepts award for Amnesty International - november 24, 1994 - Bono accepts the "Free Your Mind" award on behalf of Amnesty International at the MTV European Music Awards in Germany. Bono tells the crowd, "Free your mind and your ass will follow."

Bono sees "In America" - november 24, 2003 - Bono attends the premiere of Jim Sheridan's new film, In America, in New York city. Bono co-wrote the theme song for the film, "Time Enough for Tears."

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: sold-out at the Ritz / rain with great spirit / finishing POP / U2 sing for Omagh victims / Dalla´s b-day!

"Boy" tour - november 20, 1980 - U2 perform in Blackpool, England at the Polytechnic School.

"October" tour - november 20, 198 - U2 perform in New York, NY, USA at the Ritz. A sign of their growing popularity, tonight is the first of three consecutive sold-out shows at the Ritz in New York City.

"ZOOTV - New Zooland/ Japan" tour - november 20, 1993 - U2 perform in Brisbane, Australia at Anz Stadium. It rains throughout the show but it doesn´t dampen spirits among the cheerful crowd.

"U2 wraps recording on new album" - november 20, 1996. U2 completes recording of its new album. Mixing is still to take place, with a March release date scheduled. The band's "studio-cam" closes down with a shot of a markerboard which reads, "Elvis Has Hacked His Way Out Of The Building."

"U2 sing for Omagh victims on Irish TV" - november 20, 1998. U2 appear on a special edition of Irish TV program "The Late Late Show." The show is a tribute to the victims of the Omagh bombing earlier this year. U2 open the show with "North and South of the River," their first live performance of the song, and close the show with "All I Want Is You."

"Elevation" tour - november 20, 2001 - Sacramento / CA - Arco Arena. Bono dances on stage with a female fan during 'Angel of Harlem.' Gwen Stefani joins in singing 'What's Going On.' Before 'One,' Bono tells the crowd it's Dallas Schoo's birthday. Bono gives the mic to a fan who leads the crowd in singing 'Happy Birthday' to Edge's longtime guitar tech.

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: last night in Australia / Edge and Bono sing "Wild Honey" to a young girl which is on stage / 95th 'VERTIGO' show: Members the family of Dr Martin Luther King were at the attendance / "MLK" / U2 confirms Vertigo dates down under ! !

"Boy" tour - november 19, 1980 - U2 perform in Wolverhampton, England at the Polytechnic School. Support is "Medium Medium".

"LoveTown" tour - november 19, 1989 - Sydney / Australia / Entertainment Centre. The third night is the last night in Australia, "Thank you so much," Bono addresses the crowd, "We've been here for over two months now. You have worn us out! Somebody, somewhere, please make sure it's not five years 'till we're next back in Australia..." Anne Louise Kelly of the U2 management team brings champagne on stage during "Party Girl". All three shows are filmed by Australian filmmaker Richard Lowenstein and are aired in a documentary that airs in Australia and Europe later in the year. Two female singers, Cheri and Zan, provide backing vocals for all three nights' encores

"Elevation" tour - november 19, 2001- Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center. 'Out of Control' includes a couple of lyrics from 'Into the Heart.' A young girl is brought on stage for 'Wild Honey,' and Bono and the Edge sing the song to her. During 'Bad,' Bono takes a cell phone from the audience and sings the 2nd half of the song into it. During 'Streets,' Bono takes an American flag from the audience, and runs a lap around the heart with the flag trailing behind him.

95th 'VERTIGO' show - November 19, 2005 / Atlanta, GA - Venue: Philips Arena - Opening Act(s): Institute - Members the family of Dr Martin Luther King were at the attendance / "MLK"! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Beautiful Day, Happy Birthday, Original of the Species, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday - Rock the Casbah, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One, MLK. Encore(s): Until the End of the World, Mysterious Ways, With or Without You, The First Time (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Bad. MLK is added after One tonight. Members of the King family are at the show. Photos on Interference

U2 confirms Vertigo dates down under - november 19, 2005. U2 confirms a set of Vertigo Tour dates today for Australia and New Zealand. The 4th leg of the Vertigo Tour will begin in Auckland on March 17, 2006, and continue for two weeks in Australia. Additional dates in other countries are still to be announced.

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: tightness in his chest /...We got Luke Dalton(The Edge) on guitar, ladies & gentlemen!.../ a bomb during a concert / "Achtung Baby" is released / Elvis impersonator / 94th 'VERTIGO' show: Happy B-Day Joe O´Herlihy / Bono gave one shout to New Orleans clean-up volunteers!

"Boy" tour - november 18, 1980 - U2 perform in Reading, England at the University. Support is "Medium Medium".

"October" tour - november 18, 1981- U2 perform in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Ripley's Music Hall. During "I Will Follow", Bono feels tightness in his chest and starts singing, and during the bridge he sings "I need some air...I can't breath...", and a roadie turns a fan on him, and Bono: ...Ahhh, thank you...

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 18, 1987 - U2 perform in Los Angeles, California at Memorial Coliseum. The Olympic Torch at the Coliseum is lit before the encore begins with "Star Spangled Banner," marking only the fourth time the torch fire burns -- it had burned twice for the Olympics and once for a visit by the Pope. U2 open for themselves: Wearing cowboy hats and wigs, they fool the crowd into believing that they are the "Dalton Brothers". On the second night, "The Dalton Brothers" return to stage, this time however, some in the crowd get the joke. "Right," Alton Dalton/Bono calls out, "we play two kinds of music: country and western. This is a little tune I wrote back in the south, a tune I've labelled 'Lucille'. Hope you like it..." During the song, Alton/Bono introduces the remaining 3 members of the band, "We got Luke Dalton(The Edge) on guitar, ladies & gentlemen! This is my sister Betty Dalton(Adam, still wearing that awful wig), behind me here on the drums we got Duke Dalton(Larry). My name is Alton Dalton, don't you forget it!" The crowd seem to be in disbelief, and only a few applaud when the song is done. Luke(The Edge) comes to the microphone, "Well, before we start my song," he explains, "I'd just like to say it really is great to be back in Los Angeles, and whenever we come back to Los Angeles, my brother Alton, he says to me: 'Luke, it's great to be back in Los Angeles!' So here we go...This is a little tune we learned from Hank Williams...," and the band go into "Lost Highway". During that night's performance of "Bad", Bono accepts some balloons and releases them as he sings, "Let it go..." Ali Hewson brings champagne on stage during "Party Girl". support is "The Bodeans", "The Dalton Brothers" and "The Pretenders".

"LoveTown" tour - november 18, 1989 - Sydney, Australia Entertainment Centre. On the second night, a bomb threat shortly before the U2 set, forces an evacution of the building. Steve Ireldale makes the announcement, and assures everyone that U2 will perform that evening: "The band are going to play, don't worry about that. So, can people go towards the exit in a n orderly fashion please? It's very important. There is no need to panic whatsoever, but please take this seriously..." After the 12,500 fans leave the building, and a ninety minute search, nothing is found. Once the fans return, U2 hit the stage with "Hawkmoon 269" and Bono says, "Turn on the house lights Willie[Williams]! Let me see who we're dealing with tongith! Let me tell you: everybody gets out of here ALIVE!" The anger at the bombthreat is turned into energy for the show. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" is particularily emotional, and Bono also adds in more on the demonstrations in the Eastern Bloc and in China. During "40" he also adds in parts of John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance".

November 18, 1991 - U2's seventh album, "Achtung Baby", is released to widespread critical acclaim, but little fanfare.

"Elevation" tour - november 18, 2001 - Las Vegas, NV - Thomas and Mack Center, UNLV. A female fan is pulled onstage to play 'People Get Ready' with the band. Gwen Stefani once again joins in on a full band version of 'What's Going On?'. Bono takes a cross from a fan and puts it on. 'One' is dedicated to Quincy Jones who is sitting in the crowd. An Elvis impersonator is seated in the first row at Adam's side of the stage, and Bono makes several references to his presence throughout the show.

94th 'VERTIGO' show - November 18, 2005 / Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena - Institute - Happy B-Day Joe O´Herlihy / Bono gave one shout to New Orleans clean-up volunteers! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, Beautiful Day, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Mysterious Ways, Original of the Species, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday - Rock the Casbah, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - Ol' Man River. Encore(s): Until the End of the World, The Fly, With or Without You, Happy Birthday, Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Yahweh, All Because Of You, 40. Happy Birthday is sung for Joe O'Herlihy, U2's longtime sound engineer. Bono donned a blindfold and pretended to be a political prisoner. He gave one shout out to America's military, another to New Orleans clean-up volunteers.

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: songs and ideas from this soundcheck / a quick conversation with a winner / U2 MTV Europe Awards / a fan takes part on the duel ...End Of The World / U2 perform to BBC Radio and 20 fans on HQ / 93rd 'VERTIGO' show: A young girl near Larry´s drum kit for OOTS / the young boy during Yahweh shines the spotlight around the arena and on each band member / U2 at Johnny Cash tribute and premiere "The Wanderer"!

"War" tour - november 16, 1983 - U2 perform in Honolulu, Hawaii. The band are on their way to perform in Japan, and took a short vacation and a one-off concert. Already deep into the work for the next album, they try a few new songs and musical ideas during the soundcheck. Planned concerts in Australia and New Zealand have already been cancelled.

"ZOOTV Zoomerang" tour - november 16, 1993 - U2 perform in Adelaide, Australia at the Football Park. Ticket sales have picked up in the last few weeks after a slow start. The winner of the MTV Australia U2 contest is beamed into the show after "The Fly" for a quick conversation.

"ATYCLB" promo tour - november 16, 2000 - Stockholm, Sweden Globe Arena. Beautiful Day .U2 performs live at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

"Elevation" tour - november 16, 2001 - Oakland, CA - The Arena in Oakland. Bono brings a female fan on stage during '...End of the World' and she takes part in the 'duel' with Edge. Bono brings fan Scott Perretta on stage to play guitar - Scott begins 'A Sort of Homecoming' before Bono and Edge realize what he's playing. They soon join in and play a spirited version, even though Bono doesn't remember many lyrics. Gwen Stefani sings during 'What's Going On.' Bono reads some of the victims' names that scroll behind the band during 'One.'

"U2 performs live for BBC Radio" - november 16, 2004. U2 plays a 5-song set at their own Hanover Quay studios which airs live on BBC Radio 1. A small crowd of about 20 fans are in the audience after winning tickets from Radio 1.

93rd 'VERTIGO' show - November 16, 2005 /'Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum - Institute. A young girl near Larry´s drum kit for OOTS / the young boy during Yahweh shines the spotlight around the arena and on each band member. City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, Mysterious Ways, Until the End of the World, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day - Many Rivers to Cross, Original of the Species, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday - Rock the Casbah, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - Ol' Man River. Encore(s): The First Time (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment, With or Without You, All Because of You, Yahweh, 40. Bono brings a young girl on stage and has her sit near Larry's drum kit for Original of the Species. He brings a young boy, Joey, on stage during Yahweh and the boy stays on stage through 40. As the song is ending, Bono gets Joey to help shine a spotlight around the arena. As Bono leaves, Joey takes the spotlight and shines it on Bono, then also shines it on each band member, one at a time, before returning to the crowd. Photos: flickr / on U2tours.

U2 at Johnny Cash tribute and premiere "The Wanderer" - november 16, 2005. CBS. Edge told to U2.com: U2 appeared in last night's CBS tribute to Johnny Cash. The band performed 'The Wanderer' a song they originally wrote for Cash and recorded with him for the 1993 album Zooropa....Incidentally,a little while back Edge spoke at length about the day Cash came to Dublin and recorded The Wanderer with U2. 'I think like so many of our best ideas, 'The Wanderer' happened almost by magic. We were working on the song, Bono got on the mic to sing and he was going, 'I dunno quite how I'm gonna approach this one.' And out of the blue he said, 'Hey, y'know, I think Johnny Cash is in town, maybe we could get him to come and sing on this, with me or instead of me.' I don't know quite what he was trying to put over; at that moment I think we all thought, 'Aw, Bono's just trying to create some sort of distraction from the fact that he really has no idea what he wants to do on the song, this is just one crazy idea too far.' 'But whenever something like that happens I've learned to bite my tongue somewhat, because those crazy ideas often turn out to be the ones that come to pass, and indeed this was one of those. We got on the phone pretty much immediately to try and get through to Johnny, and he said he'd love to come down just to say hello, and, y'know, if it was something he could sing on, great, he'd be up for it. 'So then Bono went in and did a sort of faux Johnny vocal and it was eerie, suddenly this track just clicked into place. And Eno at the time was going, 'That's it! We don't need Johnny, you've done it, this is exactly what we need!' And Bono said, 'No, no, this is just half what this song would be.' 'So anyway, almost against Brian's advice, we had Johnny come down and he sang on the song and it was unbelievable the way it came to life. It got a bit surreal. Everyone completely got into the spirit of what he was doing. He did two vocals, that was it, we didn't even get into, 'Could you try it this way?' it was literally a case of, 'I can't quite believe what's going on!' There was a little element of giddiness in the room. 'After he left and we'd said our goodbyes, everyone just looked at each other and went, 'What just happened?!'
......"I went out walking, with a bible and a son?" and "under an atomic sky" 'Out walking under an atomic sky'

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: "A Sort Of Homecoming" to the EP / Rene Castro on stage during JTtour / a young girl on stage / U2.com members asked to renew !

"Boy" tour - november 15, 1980 - U2 perform in Bristol, England at the Polytechnic School.

"October" tour - november 15, 1981 - U2 perform in New Haven, Connecticut at Toad's Place. crowd: 600 people sellout.

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 15, 1984 - London England Wembeley Arena. During the soundcheck of the second show, U2 perform "A Sort Of Homecoming", and it is this version that eventually appears on the "Wide Awake In America" EP. The song is remixed with crowd noise, to give it the appearance of being recorded in front of a live audience. "A Sort Of Homecoming" also appears on the B-side of the "Unforgettable Fire" EP released in May 1985. Support is "The Waterboys".

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 15, 1987 - U2 perform in Oakland, California at Oakland Stadium. Even though the first night sells out quickly, almost 16,000 tickets are unsold for the second show. Bono introduces another artist, Rene Castro, whom he had met during the "Conspiracy of Hope" tour, and who had encouraged him to tour Central America. Castro comes on stage accompanied by 20 artists called Placa and they set about spraypainting U2's stage. "And with any luck," Bono points out, "we should be able to show Mayor Feinstein the difference between an act of vandalism and graffiti art." The artists paint a huge dove of peace, and the message "Peace in Central America". At the end of the show, Bono again invites Castro and Placa on stage to sing along. They arrive carrying wooden crosses, simulating the dead of strife-torn Central and South America. He stops when he says the word 'DISAPPEARED': "[It's] a euphemism that death squads use for taking you out in the middle of the night, putting a bullet through your head and not telling anyone about it." Support is "The BoDeans" and "The Pretenders".

" Elevation" tour - november 15, 2001 - Oakland, CA. The Arena in Oakland. During 'New Year's Day', Bono brings a young girl (maybe 8-10 years old) on stage and carries her on his shoulders as he finishes the song. No Doubt's Gwen Stefani joins Bono again to sing 'What's Going On.'

U2.com members asked to renew - november 5, 2005. U2.com members are asked to renew their memberships via emails that arrive today. The main draws for renewing are a 20% discount off the $40 (USD) regular price, and a -disc audio and CD-ROM set called U2.Communication, which will include eight live songs. After the Vertigo Tour ticket presale disaster early in the year, the most notable thing about membership renewals at U2.com is the lack of any ticket presale guarantees: "There will not be any ticket guarantees as part of the re-subscription package...We continue to look for fair ways in which we can distribute tickets to our fans on future tours but any solution will not be tied to this re-subscription."

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: WBCN radio in Boston / Bono apologizes to Vaillancour / the 100th ZOOTV´s show / "Goldeneye" / "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in Miami / Bono speaks to Canadian Liberals / 92nd 'VERTIGO' show: 'A Day In The Life Of Edge' / Edge and Bono´s interview with fans / Bono films Edge on a part of COBL / Chile´s concert? / NO 'Miracle Drug' / Terry Lawless joins U2 for 'Original Of The Species'! !

"Boy" tour - november 14, 1980 - U2 perform in Kidderminster, England at the Town Hall.

"October" tour - november 14, 1981 - U2 perform in Boston, Massachusetts at the Orpheum Theater. The show is broadcast live on WBCN radio in the Boston area. When the band leave for the dressing room after Out Of Control, the DJ addresses the radio listeners. 'Pandemonium at the Orpheum Theater tonight, the crowd´s going crazy . U2 are leaving the stage but you know they´ll be back. This is absolutely incredible, the responses here...Well, U2 consider Boston their home away from home, really. The place is going nuts! The crowd is on their feet, and I hope you´re diggin´ it at home. Listen to the clapping hands, people who appreciate good music...that´s Boston, Massachustts for ya. They´re coming back onstage! I see The Edge...'

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 14, 1984. U2 perform in London, England at Wembley Arena. U2 play two crowds of 20,000 people each.

"The Joshua Tree" tour november 14, 1987 - U2 perform in Oakland, California at Oakland Stadium. In two shows, U2 will perform in front of 119,000 fans. On the first night, Bono addresses the crowd about his little spray-painting escapade on November 11, 1987. "As you know i've been getting into a little bit of trouble here in San Francisco. A policeman called me up in my hotel room--he said he was collecting evidence concerning an 'act of violence' down at Vallancourt Fountain. They said, 'Mr. Hewson, we take this thing very seriously in this city.' I said, 'I take it very seriously too, but have you picked up a rock & roll band.' I mean, this is U2. We're the Batman and Robin of rock & roll for God's sake. Anyway, I think it should be explained that there's a difference because Armand Vaillancourt, himself, spraypainted his own scuplture, a few year's ago, when he opened it." Bono is clearly worried about the situation, and wants to prove he didn't do anything malicious. He introduces the aritist in question, Armand Vaillancourt, who walks out on stage and says that he is glad to be at the show, and that he regrets the grafitti has been washed off of his work. Bono apologizes to Vaillancourt, and hands him a can of spraypaint, with which Vaillancourt spraypaints "STOP THE MADNESS!" on U2's stage.

"ZOOTV - Outside Broadcast" tour november 14, 1992 - U2 perform the final(and 100th!) show of the ZooTV Outside Broadcast Tour in Anaheim, California at Anaheim Stadium. The show is added at the last minute when the tour organizers get together and realize they could sell out another show in the Southern California area. During the show, the upper part of the stadium shakes violently. At future concerts city officials respond by posting signs asking fans to not dance during shows. Larry dedicates "Dirty Old Town" to the "people [who] aren't going to make it; truck drivers, bus drivers, caterers...I want to sing this for their heavy duty work...hard to believe this is the last time I'm going to sing this in the US...I know how disappointed you'll all be..." Bono takes a few minutes to thank the crew for their hard work as the names of the various cities the band has played pass by on the vidi-screens. "...thanks to Paul McGuinness for helping to keep it together all these years, and Ellen Darst, his right-hand lady. Most of our organisation is run by women. A sort of work for them, really! We love them all. it's just too many names to mention..." Bono makes his last phone call of the Outside Broadcast and to George Bush, "That's 1-202-456-1414," he reminds the audience. "Hi, can I speak to George Bush please? What? George isn't available? But it's our last night! Can I leave a message for George? I just want to say that I won't be bothering him anymore from now on....I'm going to be bothering Bill Clinton now..." Support is B.P. Fallon, "The Sugarcubes", and "Public Enemy". The 42 Outside Broadcast dates are attended by 1,847,971 fans, an average of more than 43,000 a night. Only 79,329 tickets remain unsold. The tour grosses $53,913,608US.

"Goldeneye" - november 14, 1995 - Tina Turner releases "Goldeneye" - the theme to the new 007 movie of the same name - written by Bono and The Edge on Capitol records. Edge performs on the record.

"POPMart" tour - november 14, 1997. U2 perform in Miami, Florida. A sentimental rendering of 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' by The Edge, who stood alone under a spotlight, singing, and playing guitar. The Edge's cowboy hat was a suitable affection; he wrangled a range of guitar sounds effectively, whether blowing out blues-rock noise on Discotheque or streaming ambient chords through If You Wear That Velvet Dress.

"Bono speaks to Canadian Liberals" - november 14, 2003 - Bono speaks tonight at the Liberal convention in Toronto for incoming Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. He begins his 25-minute speech by telling the gathered crowd "I'm not a supporter of any political party." And the focus of his speech is not on one party or another, but on the need to relieve Third World debt and raise money to fight the AIDS crisis in Africa. To the incoming PM, Bono promises "I'm going to become the biggest pain of his life! Paul Martin thinks he likes me. He doesn't know what he signed on for -- more lobbying about debt, begging for letters, petitions for unfair trade, phone calls about money for the global health fund."

92nd 'VERTIGO' show - November 14, 2005 / Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena - Institute. 'A Day In The Life Of Edge' / Edge and Bono´s interview with fans / Bono films Edge on a part of COBL / Chile´s concert? / NO 'Miracle Drug' / Terry Lawless joins U2 for 'Original Of The Species'! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, The Electric Co., I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Beautiful Day - Blackbird, Original of the Species, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday - Rock the Casbah, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - Ol' Man River. Encore(s): Until the End of the World, The Fly, With or Without You, All Because Of You, Walk On, Bad. Bono and Edge shoot a playful video with fans outside the arena in the afternoon, which includes Bono interviewing fans about The Edge. As the show starts, Bono takes the stage with a handicam and focuses on Edge for the first half of Blinding Lights. During Elevation, Bono takes a Chilean (we think) flag and says 'Coming soon to a stadium near you!' Terry Lawless is on stage for Original of the Species, U2's new U.S. single. It replaces Miracle Drug, which isn't played for the first time this year. The arena sings most of the songs louder than Bono, and security struggle for much of the show to control the crush outside the ellipse.
**** A Day in The Life of Edge: Edge and Bono were caught on camera in Miami yesterday afternoon and evening. Guitarist and singer were spotted on South Beach Miami singing In A Little While at a life guard tower. Crowds gathered and fans were delighted to be part of the filming of A Day In The Life of Edge. Filming continued outside the American Airlines Arena before the show last night where Edge led the crowd in a rousing version of 'Streets' and then, using a megaphone, a repeated chant of 'Bono, Bono, Bono'. To add to the excitement and intrigue, City of Blinding Lights opened with Bono and the camera filming the very loud Miami audience. Whats it all about? Watch this space. U2.com **** "What are your thoughts on The Edge?": @U2.com **** U2 Perform On Miami Beach - 'In A Little While' - Bono on the beach: yahoo - Photos: flickr

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: U2 start a tour after 3 members agree to be in r&r / "queen" for "Dame" / Amigo Awards / No Doubt's Gwen Stefani joins U2 / 91st 'VERTIGO' show: Dutch fans - Bob Hewson B-Day - mic during 'Bullet' - 'Wild Horses' to Patti - young boy and a female fan - Happy B-Day to a crew member - The strange and mysterious tale of the origins of The Edge!

"Boy" tour - november 13, 1980 - U2 perform in Sheffield, England at the Limit Club.

"October" tour - november 13, 1981- U2 start a 20-date American tour in Albany, New York at J.B. Scott's. The tour almost falls apart as Bono, The Edge, and Larry tell McGuinness that they could not reconcile their religious views with being in a rock'n'roll band. McGuinness points out how hard American Frank Barsalona had worked in organizing the concerts, and asks them to consider the countless others whose efforts would be ignored if they quit. The tour goes on, after the 3 band members agree to perform on the dates.

"ZOOTV - Zooropa" tour - november 13, 1993 - Melbourne - Australia - Cricket Ground. MacPhisto tries to phone the Queen Mother, and the woman talks with him: 'Are you the popular singer?'. As the conversation progress, appears Dame Edna Everage. MacPhisto sings a stanza of God Save The Queen, but substitutes queen for Dame. Before the song is over, Dame Edna gets in a quick plug her upcoming shows in town.

November 13, 1997 - Bono appears in the 1998 Pirelli Calendar.

"ATYCLB" promo tour - november 13, 2000 - Madrid, Spain - Palacio de Congresos - Beautiful Day. U2 perform at the Amigo Awards. Bono's vocals are sung live, but the music was recorded during rehearsal the day before.

"Elevation" tour - november 13, 2001 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center. Just as she did a night earlier, No Doubt's Gwen Stefani joins U2 on stage to sing 'What's Going On.' Edge wears blue shirt Born Free.

91st 'VERTIGO' show - November 13, 2005 / Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena - Institute. Dutch fans / Bob Hewson B-Day / mic during 'Bullet' / 'Wild Horses' to Patti / young boy and a female fan / Happy B-Day to a crew member! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, Mysterious Ways, Until the End of the World, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day - Here Comes the Sun, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday - Rock the Casbah, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore(s): Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, With or Without You, All Because of You, Yahweh, Happy Birthday, 40. A loud crowd greets U2 as they play in Florida for the first time since 2001. Still Haven't Found is dedicated to Section 105, which includes a big group of Dutch fans who traveled to see tonight's show. During Sometimes..., Bono mentions his dad's birthday. Bob Hewson would have turned 80 today. While blindfolded, Bono needs help from crew member AJ Rankin to guide him to the mic during Bullet. Bono wears a fan's cowboy hat during Wild Horses, which is dedicated to 'Patti, the punk rocker.' A young boy is brought on stage during Sunday Bloody Sunday; a female fan dances with Bono during With or Without You. Bono leads the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to a member of the band's crew. The strange and mysterious tale of the origins of The Edge! 'Some people don't know that The Edge is from the future. It's important to understand our band, to understand him. Not only from the future, but from the future on a very different planet. Larry and I were standing on a corner on the north side of Dublin and we heard these notes...' (Let the reader understand: Edge is playing the opening four notes of Miracle Drug as the singer digs deep in the imaginative well that is his memory.) 'We looked up to see a spaceship, I guess it was a time-travelling device. It landed on the north side of Dub. We weren't scared. We walked up and a door opened and The Edge walked out.
'I said: 'Who are you?'
'I am The Edge.'
Adam said: 'Where are you from?'
Edge said, 'I'm from the future.'
Larry said: 'What's that like?'
To which Edge replied by citing the price of fuel. ' It's $39.00 a gallon but its much better.... much better.' **** Gavin Rossdale, former Bush frontman.....Institute opened with a heavy jam, then I recognized it was Gavin from Bush that was the lead vocalist and sure enough they played some Bush songs like Everything Zen which was also good fun **** Some photos on: flickr / U2-vertigo-tour

NOVEMBER 12
THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: "Bad" (Wide Awaike In America-EP) is recorded / Adam´s bass breaks / ...'his duchess'.../ Lemon / Jacksonville Jaguars football team / Edge´s fan plays "People Get Ready"!

"Boy" tour - november 12, 1980 - U2 perform in Bradford, England at the University.

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 12, 1984 - U2 perform in Birmingham, England at the National Exhibition Centre. With 11,000 fans in attendance the shows, the show is the biggest hall date U2 have played. The version of "Bad" performed this evening, eventually appears on the "Wide Awake In America" EP. Support is "The Waterboys".

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 12, 1987 - U2 perform in Vancouver, B.C., Canada at B.C. Place. The show was originally planned for Seattle, Washington, but is moved to Vancouver, B.C. because of ticket demands. To compensate fans in Seattle and Portland, Oregon, twenty thousand tickets that include a bus ride to Vancouver are sold. During "Trip Through Your Wires", Adam's Bass cuts out and the concert is momentarily stopped so that he can grab a new one. Support is "The BoDeans" and "Los Lobos".

"ZOOTV - Outside Broadcast" tour - november 12, 1992 - U2 perform in Las Vegas, Nevada at Sam Boyd Silver Bowl. It's a uncharacteristically cold night in Las Vegas and Bono thanks the crowd for coming out. "This place is even more ZooTV than ZooTV...," Bono notes about the city with the large casinos and 24 hour wedding chapels. "Last night, Steve Iredale who's worked with us since the very beginning, and is basically running the whole show here tonight...well, he took his babe down to a little desert church and got married there last night!" Bono dedicates "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" to Steve and "his duchess". Support is B.P. Fallon, "The Sugarcubes", and "Public Enemy".

"ZOOTV - Zoomerang" tour - november 12, 1993. The final leg of the ZooTV tour - dubbed Zoomerang - opens with performances in Melbourne, Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds. Bono does flamenco dance moves to the swinging beat of Lemon, which he sings faultlessly in the high-pitched fat lady voice as on the record. Edge sings along with the Talking Heads-style backup vocals that is played from tape.

"PopMart" tour - november 12, 1997. U2 perform in Jacksonville, Florida. The crowd for tonight's PopMart show in Jacksonville in estimated at only 20,000 (rain showers). At one point, Bono asks the crowd, "Those of you in the back, can you hear us? Both of you?" As U2 descends from the lemon, all four band members are wearing jerseys of the Jacksonville Jaguars football team, which plays its home games in the same stadium. Bono showed why he still is one of the best vocalists and the Edge, with his solo effort on Sunday, Bloody Sunday, surprised the fans.

"Elevation" tour - november 12, 2001 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center. Bono brings a girl (guitarist from EXIT band, called Captive) on stage to play guitar during 'People Get Ready.' No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani joins Bono in singing 'What's Going On.' Bono sings a brief snippet from 'Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses' during 'Bad.'

NOVEMBER 9
THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' was born in Manchester / Berlin Wall is torn down / a fan plays piano at stage / 90th 'VERTIGO' show: Two girls on stage / "Gloria" / a Rwandan or Senegalese flag!!

"Boy" tour - november 9, 1980 - U2 perform in London, England at the Moonlight Club.

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 9, 1984 - U2 perform in Manchester, England at the Apollo Theater. During the first show, Bono mentions that 11 O´Clock Tick Tock was brorn in Manchester and this city was one of the first in Britain to support U2: 'We drove up in a van from London and played in a little room. You couldn´t have been there, there was only about three people there. Oh you were the three. I see...'

"Berlin Wall and Communism collapse" - november 9, 1989 - The Berlin Wall is torn down. Communist governments in Eastern Europe collapse.

"Elevation" tour - november 09, 2001 - Salt Lake City, UT - Delta Center. A fan is brought on stage to play piano as U2 covers Curtis Mayfield's 'People Get Ready.' Bono sings a brief snippet from 'Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses' during 'Bad.'

90th 'VERTIGO' show - November 09, 2005 / Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena - Damian Marley. Two girls on stage / "Gloria" / a Rwandan or Senegalese flag! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, Gloria, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore(s): The First Time (acoustic), Stuck In a Moment, With or Without You, All Because of You, Fast Cars, Bad - People Have the Power. Bono sings a bit of 'Rockaway Beach' during Vertigo and some of 'Exodus' during I Still Haven't Found.... The 'pixel panel' curtains aren't working during Streets, and remain in the 'up' position trhoughout the song, leaving the arena bathed in red and green lights, but without showing the African flags. **** Two girls on stage / a Rwandan or Senegalese flag! Bono dancing with the girl during "With or Without You." Another girl brought up to play tambourine during "Fast Cars." Bono asked for what was either a Rwandan or a Senegalese flag during "ISHFWILF" and gave it a little twirl before handing it back. Some photos on: Interference-show-gallery

NOVEMBER 8
THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: 11 people are killed in an IRA bombing of a Remembrance Day Parade / "Helter Skelter", "Silver And Gold", and "Pride(In the Name of Love)", "Exit", "In God's Country", and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" appear in the movie "Rattle & Hum" / calm down the crowd / Bonoman(97) wears MacPhisto's horns and gold jacket / 89th 'VERTIGO' show: 'Mysterious Ways' / U2 play 'One Tree Hill' / Green Day, Lance Armstrong, Robin Williams!!

"Boy" tour - november 8, 1980 - U2 perform in Southampton, England at the University.

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 8, 1987 - Denver - CO - McNichols Arena After a discussion with Phil Joanou, the second night's performance is much more "crowd friendly"--the cameras are much less obtrusive. The show is charged--in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland 11 people are killed in an IRA bombing of a Remembrance Day Parade. Bono lets his anger show during "Sunday Bloody Sunday": "Let me tell you something, I've had enough of Irish Americans who haven't been back to their country in 20 or 30 years who come up to me and talk about the resistenace...the revolution back home...and the glory of dying for the revolution. F--- THE REVOLUTION! They don't talk about the glory of killing for the revolution, what's the glory in taking a man from his bed and gunning him down in front of his wife and children? Where's the glory in that? Where's the glory in bombing a Remembrance Day parade of old age pensioners, their medals taken out and polished up for the day? Where's the glory in that? To leave them dying or crippled for life or under the rubble of a revolution that the majority of the people in my country don't want. NO MORE!" The feeling of the show changes towards the end of the show--the band appear a bit more relaxed. Bono's anger seems to have subsided during "Spanish Eyes" Bono spots a woman in the crowd with a tambourine. "Who is this lady? Bring her to me!" he says to security. At the end of the song, the woman hands Bono the tambourine and returns to her seat as Bono starts singing the chorus, "Whey-hey-hey...baby hang on..." Adam joins in with the bass, and Bono jokes, "I was just getting it together with the folks, Adam. I thought I was pretty good." Bono is much more relaxed and plays with the crowd, "At the moment we're really stuck for a place to go afterwards tongith...has anyone got a house for us?" The crowd roar their response, and Bono's reply of "I didn't quite catch your name.." is muffled. "Helter Skelter", "Silver And Gold", and "Pride(In the Name of Love)", "Exit", "In God's Country", and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" appear in the movie "Rattle & Hum".

"LoveTown" tour - november 8, 1989 - U2 perform in Wellington, New Zealand at Athletic Park. Prior to U2 taking the stage, U2's production manager Steve Iredale comes on stage and tells the crowd that U2 will not come on until the crowd take a step back. Throughout the night Bono has to ask the crowd to calm down, and asks them to look after each other. After "Pride(In the Name of Love)", the band leave the stage and Bono announces, "Sorry, I have to take a piss". Support is B.B. King.

"POPMart" tour - november 8, 1997 - U2 perform in St. Louis, Missouri - Trans World Dome - Edge´s karaoke this night is 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' During 'Bullet the Blue Sky' Bono brings up a male fan who is dressed as MacPhisto, Bono's old alter-ego from the Zooropa Tour of 1993. Bono gives the fan his hat and jacket and wears MacPhisto's horns and gold jacket - the first MacPhisto appearance since 1993.

89th 'VERTIGO' show - OAKLAND - NOVEMBER 8, 2005: 'Mysterious Ways' / U2 play 'One Tree Hill' / Lance Armstrong, Robin Williams! November 08, 2005 / Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena - Damian Marley. City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, Mysterious Ways, Until the End of the World, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One - One Tree Hill. Encore(s): Zoo Station, The Fly, With or Without You, All Because of You, Yahweh, 40. Bono and Edge add a verse and chorus from 'One Tree Hill' to the end of One. The full song hasn't been played since December, 1993, in New Zealand. And tonight's snippet is played as rumors swirl that the band is about to announce a tour of New Zealand and Australia early next year. The planned setlist shows 'Bad" as the final song, but the band chooses 40 instead. Many celebs in attendance tonight. Green Day. Lance Armstrong. Robin Williams. Photos on: U2tours

NOVEMBER 7
THIS DAY - U2'S HISTORY: university's rock / a Waterboy joins U2 at stage / filming a rockumentary / a tribute to concert promoter Bill Graham / a fan plays "All Along The Watchtower"!

"Boy" tour - november 7, 1980 - U2 perform in Exeter, England at the University. Playing mostly universities and rock clubs with a few hundred people in attendance, the itinerary includes several London shows, as well as return visits to venues already in September.

November 7, 1981 - U2's "October" album enters the BillBoard Top 200 at #181.

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 7, 1984 - U2 perform in Glasgow, Scotland at Barrowlands. During the second show, Bono hands out cups of water to people who are getting squashed in the front. Charlie Burchill of "The Waterboys", during the soundcheck in the afternoon, pops up for a chat and after, joins U2 on stage for "40", while his whole band watch from the back. Bono dedicates 40 to them and afterwards the audience turn around and applaud them when a spotlight points them out. Support is "The Waterboys".

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 7, 1987 - U2 perform in Denver, Colorado at McNichols Arena. During the soundcheck, the band rehearse "She's A Mystery To Me", which Roy Orbison will record for his "Mystery Girl" album. Denver has been chosen as the site to film the 35 mm black & white film footage for the "Rattle & Hum" rockumentary. Multiple cameras have been set up in the arena, including two that cross the front of the stage on tracks between the audience and the stage. Cameramen walk on and off-stage to capture the concert from as many angles as possible. On the first night, U2 acknowledge their performance at Red Rocks on June 5, 1983. During "New Year's Day", Bono sings, "You were there when the rain was coming down?....Icy fingers, warm hearts...warm hearts..." The film crew capture the show as well as possible, but in many cases block the audiences view, and suffer from camera breakdowns.

"ZOOTV - Broadcast" tour - november 7, 1992 - U2 perform in Oakland, California at Oakland Stadium. U2 perform in front almost 60,000 fans in one night. "One" is dedicated to the Needlepoint Exchange, a national organization that supplies needles to intravenous drug users across the country. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is dedicated to concert promoter Bill Graham (he was one of the responsibles for 1986-Conspiracy Of Hope tour and Save The Yuppies show) who had passed away earlier in a helicopter accident. As the show ends Bono softly whispers, "Bill Graham is still in the building". Support is B.P. Fallon, "The Sugarcubes", and "Public Enemy".

"Elevation tour" - november 07, 2001 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center - A fan is pulled on stage to perform All Along the Watchtower, which starts as an acoustic number, and eventually becomes a full band version. Edge wears this night "Born Free" (light blue) shirt.

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: the smallest venue-UF tour / AB´s work starts / "Passengers" is released / U2 wins MTV-Europe Awards / U2 album leaked online (HTDAAB) / Edge was at the attendance of Stones´show in L.A.!

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 6, 1984 - U2 perform in Glasgow, Scotland at Barrowlands. Incredible reception to U2 in the town. Hundreds of fans without tickets wait outside and listen to the concert, which has the smallest venue of the tour. Support is "The Waterboys".

November 1990 - U2 begin recording their new album with Daniel Lanois producing in Berlin's Hansa Studios. Brian Eno later joins them to help with the production. The band temporarily move to Dublin to record at Dog Town, S.T.S. Studios, and Windmill Lane Studios. Brian Eno joins the group in late August 1991 to help with the final mixing of the "Achtung Baby" album.

November 6, 1995 - Passengers' "Original Soundtracks 1" is released worldwide.

November 6, 1997 - Island Records founder, Chris Blackwell is ousted from the organization.

U2 plays and wins at MTV Europe Awards - november 6, 1997 - The Popmuzik intro started while Dennis Hopper, one of the real easy riders, introduced the greatest band in the world. Actually he said "The Mofo's of all Mofo'ers!" U2 performs "Mofo" at the MTV European Music Awards in Rotterdam, and wins the award for "Best Live Act." While accepting the award, Bono sings Jacques Brel's 'Port of Amsterdam' - he changes it into 'Rotterdam' and dedicates it to Dutch singer and painter Herman Brood, with whom the band had spent time since they arrived in The Netherlands two days earlier.

U2 album leaked online (HTDAAB) - november 6, 2005. The full 11-songs from U2's upcoming album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, are leaked online more than two weeks before the November 22 release date. U2 gives thought to moving up the CD release, but decides to leave it alone.

Edge was at the attendance of Stones´show in L.A. November 6, 2005. The Rolling Stones returned to the Hollywood Bowl for the first time since 1966 on Sunday, playing for about 18,000 fans at the historic venue including U2 guitarist the Edge, actor Tom Hanks and cycling champion Lance Armstrong....Besides a delirious Hanks, a low-key Edge and Armstrong, the celebrity quotient also included actor James Spader, who reverentially shook his head throughout the show, his "Boston Legal" co-star William Shatner, Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood, comic Garry Shandling, baseball slugger Barry Bonds, actress Meg Ryan, and liberal activist Steve Bing.

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: Larry´s mother / "Pride" was born / Edge had some tech problems / Edge joins Bryan Ferry / receiving an Edge´s pick from Dallas / 88th 'VERTIGO' show: "Mysterious Ways" / "Until The End Of The World / Steve Wynn / Mary J Blige joins "One" / Happy B-Day Dennis Sheehan / Brandon Flowers joins "In A Little While"!

November 1978 - Larry's mother, Maureen Mullen, is killed in a car crash.

"Under A Blood Red Sky" - november 1983 - The mini album "Under a Blood Red Sky" is released. U2 play in Hawaii. During a sound check, The Edge leads through a series of chord changes--the chords eventually become "Pride(In the Name of Love)".

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 5, 1984 - U2 perform in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Playhouse. At the start of Bad, Edge experiences some technical problems. Bono pulls production manager Steve Iredale up onto the stage and announces that it's his birthday. Support is "The Waterboys".

November 1988 Edge joins Bryan Ferry onstage for a surprise appearance in the RDS, Simmonscourt in Dublin.

"Elevation" tour - november 5, 2001 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center, Univ. of Texas - Wild Honey (acoustic), Please (acoustic), What's Going On...a fan called U2fox was there: "I am exhausted. My ears are ringing. I have the worst headache ever. And this was about the greatest night of my life. I arrived at the Erwin Center at 4:45am on Monday morning, hoping against all hope that I would get my chance to be "on the rail" inside the heart. My dream came true. I ended up not only on the rail, but right there directly in front of the Man himself. For those of you there, I was wearing the number "7" Edge-style shirt. Having seen the boys 5 times previously this year, a couple of times within 3 or four "rows" of the front, I can honestly say that this experience exceeds the others by a factor of five. Just 24 hours later, my memories are not of each song played, but simply of being within an arm's reach of my favorite artist of all time. I was pumped even more when Edge came over to me before leaving--he saw my shirt-and gave me an approving nod and handshake. To top the evening off, Dallas Schoo came over to me and handed me a pick. And by the way, 24 hours later, my ears are literally still ringing. Edge wears. 'Stars'-burgundy shirt tonight."

88th 'VERTIGO' show - November 05, 2005 / Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Arena - Damian Marley - "Mysterious Ways" / "Until The End Of The World / Steve Wynn / Mary J Blige joins "One" / Happy B-Day Dennis Sheehan / Brandon Flowers joins "In A Little While"! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, Mysterious Ways, Until the End of the World, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Beautiful Day - All These Things That I've Done, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore(s): Zoo Station, The Fly, With or Without You, Happy Birthday, All Because of You, In a Little While, Bad. Though it's their 4th show in 5 nights, U2 turns up the energy tonight with an acoustic-free setlist. Mysterious Ways is played for the first time since Dublin in June and includes a bellydancer pulled from the crowd. Until the End of the World is played for the first time since Brussels, June 10. 'Sometimes' is dedicated to Vegas resort owner Steve Wynn. Mary J Blige joins U2 for One, her third guest appearance on that song this fall. Bono brings tour manager Dennis Sheehan on stage between encores to wish him happy birthday with cake and a crowd sing-a-long. Brandon Flowers (The Killers) joins the band for In a Little While. At one point, while Bono and The Edge were singing together, Bono looked at Edge and said "Let's get married!" **** Photos: flickr / sensational photos on U2-vertigo-tour

THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: U2 billed as The Psychedelic Furs / not positive review / they were tired / press conference in Auckland Airport / Bono thanks Adam, Larry and Edge / CD:UK program 2000 / Bono appears at 'Woodstock of Global Health' / Bono duets with Alicia Keys !

"October" tour - november 3, 1981- U2 perform in Hamburg, Germany at the Fabrik. U2 are billed appearing with "The Psychedelic Furs". Because the Furs were not allowed to do a soundcheck, they do not perform, alienating a large portion of the crowd. The crowd gets rowdy and during "Gloria" something is thrown onstage. Bono stops the song, and dresses down the crowd. During "I Will Follow", a few fans start an altercation with some other fans. Bono yells, "This isn't a circus, right? Hey you! Shall I tell you something about violence? I come from a country where violence is real, not pretend violence..." The Edge starts the song again, but within a minute another fight breaks out. Bono stops the song, again adressing the crowd, and The Edge starts again. U2 do not return for an encore.

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - november 3, 1984 - U2 perform in London, England at Brixton Academy. On the second night, the pushing and shoving get so bad that members of the audience jump onto the stage. The show is the first in the UK, and is panned by many previous U2 supporters in the press. David Quantick of NME writes, "The most boring band in the world. There may be groups equally as dull, but I fail to see how any of them can be worse." Support is "The Waterboys".

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 3, 1987 - U2 perform in St. Paul, Minnesota at the Civic Center. The band appear tired and do not give their usual enthusiastic performance--the crowd are restless as a result. At the end of "40", Bono swings a spotlight around and around, scaring members of the band, crew and the audience. Support is "The BoDeans".

"Press Conference in Auckland Airport" - november 3, 1989 - U2 and B.B. King hold a press conference in Auckland, New Zealand at Auckland Airport. Several members of the press are not familiar with U2's music and ask silly questions. Press: "Would you ever do a Beatles cover?" Bono: "We already did...Go to the back of the class!"

"ZOOTV - Outside Broadcast" tour - november 3, 1992 - U2 perform in Vancouver, B.C., Canada at B.C. Place Stadium. The concerts take place on the night before and the night of the US Presidential Elections. The screens flash "AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR" after "The Fly". "Our sponsor is not Texaco or Ross Perot...tonight our sponsors are the good people of Vancouver!" While flipping, Bono comes across Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton making a speech and wishes him Good Luck. The band seem tired and uninspired. Larry misses his cue for "Pride(In The Name Of Love)" and Bono throws his microphone at him in anger. The band quickly leave the stage after the song, and during the encore Bono pauses to thank "Adam, Edge, and ESPECIALLY Larry for letting me be in their band."

"ATYCLB" promo tour - november 03, 2000 - London, England - ITV Television. Beautiful Day, Elevation, Stuck In a Moment you Can't Get Out Of. U2 perform live in the studio for ITV's 'CD:UK' program.

Bono appears at 'Woodstock of Global Health' - november 3, 2005. Bono appears via videotape from Los Angeles at the TIME magazine 2005 Global Health Summit in New York. He calls the event the "Woodstock of global health." His comments echo a familiar refrain. “A world without malaria and TB is no longer unthinkable,” Bono says. “A world without AIDS or extreme poverty is no longer unimaginable. Now more than ever we in the West need to show the rest of the world what we stand for as well as what we stand against. We are the first generation that can look extreme poverty and disease in the eye and change it.” His segment was recorded a day earlier prior to U2's concert at the Staples Center.

Bono duets with Alicia Keys - november 3, 2005. On a day off from the Vertigo Tour, Bono still manages to slip in a vocal performance. He appears via satellite at Blackball 2005 in New York City. The event is a fund raiser for Alicia Keys' foundation Keep a Child Alive. Keys sits at the piano in the Lincoln Center while Bono appears on an overhead screen from Los Angeles. They sing Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up."