U2 RETROSPECTIVE 2011

The year 2011 for U2 was one of the heaviest and history to the band. End of the biggest tour the world has ever seen, record breaking participation in the Glastonbury festival and relaunch the album Acthung Baby. Each of these things has its complexity and try to show them here as the year 2011 in the life of U2.

                        

Bono wants to be ambassador to Ireland

Lead singer and human rights activist had a private meeting with Prime Minister Enda Kenny in Dublin.


The star Bono, lead singer of U2, wants to act in defense of their country. The press reported that the Irish rock singer and human rights activist held two hours of private meeting with Prime Minister Enda Kenny and made ​​himself available to act as an ambassador of Ireland abroad.

According to reports the Sunday Independent, on occasion, the singer Enda presented with a bottle of whiskey - probably a single malt Irish Inish Turk Beg. Christmas present. The meeting took place behind closed doors on Wednesday last, in the office of prime minister in Dublin.

Cheers! Bono gets generous with the champagne during a Boxing Day trip to the races with his wife and daughters

Christmas brings out the best in people as their generosity and love flows to those around them. Take Bono for instance, who, days after busking in the streets for charity, decided to treat the Irish press to some Boxing Day fizz. The U2 front man was visiting the Leopardstown race course in Dublin with wife Ali Hewson and their daughters Jordan and Eve. Being one of the world's biggest rock stars, he attracts press attention wherever he goes, and today was no exception. And being Christmas, not only did Bono happily stop for photos, but he decided to treat the cameramen to some champagne. The 51-year-old and his wife were snapped outside the race course with a tray of Moet and Chandon which was in full flow. He looked in a great mood as he handed out the fizz and chatted to fans and photographers.

"ONE" by U2 courtesy campaign for non-governmental organization in Romania

U2 provided the rights of the song "One" for a video created for the Hospital Sperantei House, a nongovernmental organization in Romania. The video, with "One" background, is part of a campaign to raise funds for terminally ill patients. The video was created by Brice Entertainment. "When we offer our services to the Hospital Sperantei House, we wanted a project that could impact on raising awareness to this humanitarian cause. It was very important for us to help the band, "said Mark Walton, Brice's Entertainment, writer and director of the video. See the video below:

ANNUAL CHARITY: BONO AGAIN IN THE STREETS OF DUBLIN ON CHRISTMAS EVE

On this Christmas Eve, the charity began close to home for the lead singer of U2. Bono called some musician friends in central Dublin for a session of 'busking'.

Buyers who were in the last minute rush for gifts for Christmas in Grafton Street, were thrilled to see Bono singing from the heart.

Along with Bono were Glen Hansard, Mundy, Damien Rice, Declan O'Rourke and Liam O'Maonlai.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

                               

BONO AND EDGE CELEBRATE THE END OF YEAR HOLIDAYS

The two members of U2 are in Harry's Cafe in Hanover Quay, Dublin to spend the holidays with their families and employees of the band. See some photos below:

                                       

Gavin Friday

[Multicam] DVD U2 360º at Morumbi Stadium Night II

As I did the first night, here is the second night in Multicam of U2 shows in Brazil. April 10, 2011. You can download if you want. Hope you enjoy and comment it. You can see the first night by clicking here.

BONO MAKES A SPECIAL PARTICIPATION IN IMELDA MAY CONCERT

Bono participated as guest of honor at a concert of Irish singer, Imelda May, O2 Dublin on Friday night. Together they played the classic U2's "Desire" and "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)".

   

See the videos below:

PICTURE OF BONO IS ONE OF THE BEST OF 2011 BY "TIME" MAGAZINE

Bono was chosen as one of the best picture of 2011 by the magazine "Time". His picture was taken by Peter Hapak. 

   

[MULTICAM] TRAILER U2 360º TOUR AT AZTECA STADIUM NIGHT II MADE BY @VETRIU2

I'm in a project. I'm did the DVD of U2's second night in Mexico. Here is the trailer, It will be released here and in Facebook in January, 7.I hope you enjoy and comment. For more videos edited by me, visit my channel on youtube.

              

BONO FEARED DYSFUNCTION IN THE BEDROOM FOLLOWING BACK SURGERY

The German doctor who repaired rocker Bono's back last year told the U2 star that his pioneering operation might wreck his performance in the bedroom. Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt was candid with the singer and humanitarian when he first asked for help after cancelling tour dates because of his back pain - and told him there may be life-changing after effects. Bono explains, "The guy's a genius. I was told he was the best and that I was in deep trouble - and now I'm not... I'm very well, rebuilt by German engineering. "But he said, 'For this procedure... there is some risks... (like) the dropped foot... you might walk with a limp, and also the sexual dysfunction.' And my wife Ali was there and she said, 'Great!'."But I am very pleased at this great German care; I have neither of those problems."

Source: Starpulse

U2 PAYS TRIBUTE TO METTALICA

The band Metallica completes 30 years and U2 filmed a short skit on video, they are in a therapy session, a reference to the mood of the 2004 Metallica documentary 'Some Kind of Monster'.

           

BONO APPEARS IN GLEE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

Yes, that's yer man appearing in a promo clip for Tuesday night's holiday-themed edition of the popular TV show, Glee. The cast will be singing the 1984 Band-Aid hit, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and, in the video below, both Bono and Sting talk about recording the original version. Says Bono: "This song really did kind of ... turn my life upside down."

Source: Atu2

TOUR'S MOST PROFITABLE YEAR WAS U2

U2 were the band that more profits raised by the concerts over the last year. Between 1 November 2010 and November 8 this year, the band gave 44 concerts for which it received more than 220 million euros, reports Billboard. Numbers that made the tour of the 360 most profitable ever.

Here are Bon Jovi (68 concerts and 146 million euros), Take That (29 concerts and 140 million euros). Check out the full top:

A CURIOUS CASE: BONO AS BABY WHISPERER

When you think of Bono from the Irish rock band U2, what words come to mind? Singer, songwriter, humanitarian and icon to name a few, but how about baby whisperer? For the first half of his life, my son, now 15 months, didn't sleep much. As a newborn, he'd happily stay awake for 12 or more hours at a stretch, seemingly drinking in every detail of the day.Desperate to help him rest and relax, I read all the books. I perfected my swaddling technique and side hold. I shushed and swayed.


Pierce hated it.

VEVO SHOWS TWO NEW VIDEO OF "FROM THE SKY DOWN"

The U2 channel on VEVO added two new U2 videos of the documentary "From the Sky down". One shows a version of "So Cruel" sung by Bono and the other shows Edge singing Love os Blindness. Check it out.:

SEE THE COMPLETE FIRST SHOW IN BRAZIL OF U2 360 º

It all started when I saw the shows in Brazil deserved its DVD version, but as no artist makes  officials DVDs in Brazil, I decided to do on my own and edited the first two nights of shows in U2 Morumbi Stadium. I searched several videos on youtube for each song, an average of 10 per song and edited each one joined and recorded on a DVD. In this post you'll see the first night of shows, april 09. It was not a good edition because it was my first project, and was not sure how to edit. Not to mention that the youtube videos did not help much in quality, I tried the best I could. You'll can make the download of the videos if you wanna. For those who don't know how to make the download of each video, follow the instructions below:

- Open this site keepvid.com;

- Paste de URL of the video on the white bar;

- Click in download;

- If the site ask to you to click or in "yes" or "no", click YES;

- Now you must choose which format you want to download. I recommend the mp4 format. (best quality)

Hope you enjoy what I did and comment.

Introduction

HOW FAR DOES YOUR PREJUDICE?

Just to say, I love Europe, the culture, but this is a dark side of this continent, hope when I go there I don't sufer with this type of treatment.. See for yourself....


               

MEXICAN MAGNATE WILL DONATE $ 8 MILLION TO FIGHT AIDS

Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, considered the world's richest man by Forbes magazine, has pledged $ 8 million over the next four years to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS (RED).

        

The AMX, owned by tycoon, Carlos Slim Foundation announced its adherence to the Global Fund, bringing together numerous organizations in the world to promote action against AIDS. The statement which, together with its subsidiaries, Claro, Comcel and Telcel, the group will seek to mobilize its 300 million customers to add up to the campaign.

U2 COMPETES IN BRAZILIAN POLL

The site Guia Folha, Sao Paulo newspaper, is doing a poll to see which international attraction was the best spent by Brazil in 2011. Vote for U2, which is on the top of the poll. The band played three shows in Sao Paulo earlier this year in April, shows that they made ​​the tour of the 360 most lucrative in history.

Vote here for Best Internacional show and here for Best Event of the Year

Source: Folha

BONO IN OBAMA'S AIDS EVENT

U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Thursday a new financial effort to fight AIDS in the United States and worldwide, at an event in Washington to mark the World Day to Combat AIDS.

"We can beat this disease," Obama said during the event, which was also attended by former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, beyond the U2 singer, Bono and Alicia Keys.

About 1.2 million Americans living with HIV and two thirds of these are not treatment for the disease, according to official report released this week.

According to the latest UN figures, about 34 million people worldwide were infected with HIV in 2010 and 1.8 million people died. The figure was below the 2.2 million deaths in 2005.

"ALICIA KEYS IS SCARY" SAYS BONO

During the premiere of the documentary Keep a Child Alive, last Tuesday (29), Bono, U2 leader, interrupted a speech by Alicia Keys and said, "it is scary, is not it?". The information is from Us Magazine.

BONO STAY ANGRY WITH HIS OWN VOICE

The band leader told Ellen DeGeneres ever think you could have sung better.

Bono may even lead many people to the U2 shows to listen to your voice, but he would not do the same. It turns out that the leader of the band itself does not support voice.

The musician participated in the program Ellen DeGeneres Show that airs in the U.S. on Thursday, one day, and said he got tired of her own voice and not hear music of U2 for it, especially if the start of the group.

- Actually, my voice annoys me. I always think I could have sung better, said the attraction recorded on Wednesday, April 30.

Source: R7

THE BEST VERSIONS OF SOME U2 SONGS IN MY OPINION

That's right. Let me be clear that this is my opinion and of course each one has its best version. Often depends on the moment, but if it is to choose a single version of U2's best songs, I choose these:

Song: Even better than the real thing

Type: Not remix

Best version: DVD Zoo Tv live from Sydney, 1993.

COLLABORATE IN A COLLEGE INSPIRED BY ACTHUNG BABY AND WIN A CUSTOM CAR TRABANT

The early 90s was a period in which the U2 impressed critics to re-imagine their own music with the release of Achtung Baby. 20 years later, the band revisited and this time, digging files, found a stockpile of unreleased tracks, collaborations precious, lost remixes and rarities cult-style side B. In addition to never before heard tracks, produced in the studios of Berlin and Dublin, the new material brings live performances and commercially unreleased videos, and club hits and appearances by special guests. Achtung Baby incorporates a multitude of ideas and styles, all represented in the mosaic that is the album cover. The photo collage qudradas symbolizes the spirit of 90 years and the changes in Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall. To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, the U2 team, including designer Shaughn McGrath and the original photographer, Anton Corbijn, are inviting artists to submit a photo or art that reflects the global environment of today. The photograph or artwork should express the same meaning in this cover of Achtung Baby. If Achtung Baby was released today, which photographs or art would be part of this collage?

U2 ACTHUNG BABY DOCUMENTARY COMING TO BLU-RAY AND DVD

UME announced that a documentary film about the making of U2's Achtung Baby, entitled From The Sky Down, will be released worldwide on Blu-ray and DVD on December 12th, 2011, ahead of a U.S. release on January 24th, 2012.

Earlier this year, U2 returned to Hansa Studios in Berlin to discuss the making of Achtung Baby. From The Sky Down, is a documentary film directed by Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim (It Might Get Loud, Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth).

                

BONO AND OTHER ARTISTS IN TRIBUTE TO ANTON CORBJIN

Bono, Chris Martin of Coldplay, and other artists attended the ceremony, the honoring the photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbjin. The Dutchman was awarded the Prins Bernhard Cultural Foundation 2011, which is given to those who work on culture, from the hand of Princess Maxima, in Amsterdam.


                       

At the ceremony, Bono sang One.

MUSICAL "SPIDER-MAN: TURN OF THE DARK" BREAKS RECORD

The most expensive musical in history, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark", breaking the record for the Foxwood Theatre, earning little more than $ 2 million at the box office. The musical has been criticized, many presentations were canceled at the beginning due to accidents with the cast and internal problems. Recently, Julie Taymor, former director of the show, sued the producers for violation of your copyright (See more about that here.). "We were strongly committed to the premiere of this show and do what we could to the Spider-Man was in New York this year and for years to come," said producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah Harris. The show is the soundtrack to Bono and The Edge of our beloved band U2.

NOEL GALLAGHER SAYSWOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH COLDPLAY OR U2

Noel Gallagher, former member of Oasis now follows a solo career, said "be happy" to play with Coldplay or U2. In one of his interviews all day crowd the music sites, Noel Gallagher said he would work with "anyone who has sold 50 million records." "I was never invited to a partnership. I guess I do not reject with any of Coldplay or U2, "told the Sunday Mirror. Is this confirmation that the former member of the Oasis is a true charlatan?

Source: MTV Brasil