Originally posted by MacStripey:[..]
...and I totally know where I'll be then...
Much easier for you than for me Kirsten...
Originally posted by MacStripey:[..]
...and I totally know where I'll be then...
Originally posted by germcevoy:I cant see the problem with a night or 2 at Croke and another run at The Point. Maybe all over one week or they can do Croker and return to The Point for a few closing gigs. Either way, they have to play there.
Originally posted by Ali709:[..]
It would be awesome...I can see them doing the 26-27-30-31 of Dec 2009 at the new point, 20 years on, and make a DVD of it...god, if they would make the next tour sound like Lovetown...I know, wishful thinking
Originally posted by MacStripey:[..]
...and I totally know where I'll be then...
Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]
There would definitely be lovetown elements to the set
Originally posted by yeah:Don't know if that was covered already, but word is that Bono & Edge played Van Diemen's Land and Desire in an empty O2 for future use on Irish TV.
They were the first band to play in the Point Theatre two decades ago
and now U2 have become the first act to perform in it since its re-
birth as the O2.
Well, half of them have played it. Bono and The Edge both played
guitars and sang to a handful of people, including owner Harry
Crosbie, the other night.
The first concert lined-up for the new, expanded venue is the
Childline Charity gig next Tuesday, but rumours had been doing the
rounds that U2 were going to slip in ahead of everybody. There was
even a rumour that they were going to go on as an unannounced support
act to The Kings Of Leon there before Christmas.
The pair strolled into the venue with their guitars to film part of a
new TV tribute show to the late Ronnie Drew that will be presented by
Gerry Ryan over the Christmas period. The pair played to 15,000 empty
seats.
The first time U2 were in The Point they were filming parts of their
movie ‘Rattle And Hum’, as well as recording some of the album,
including the hit single ‘Desire’. So this week they decided to play
two songs from the movie and album of the same name. They ran through
‘Van Diemen’s Land’ with The Edge on lead vocals and ‘Desire’, with
Bono back in control.
Bono once referred to the late Ronnie Drew as “the king of Ireland”.
He also co-wrote the number one single ‘The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew’
earlier this year and was delighted to take part in the musical tribute.
By Victoria Murphy
It was a beautiful day for U2 as the sound of their guitars became the first live music to be heard in the O2 arena.
But as Bono and the Edge struck their chords, 15,000 vacant seats stared back at them.
The only audience were RTE DJ Gerry Ryan, founder of the original Point Depot Harry Crosby and two camera men.
Ryan told listeners yesterday: "Just sitting in two plastic seats were Bono and the Edge. Why was it them? It was like completing the circle.
"When Mr. Crosby opened the Point, U2 were a struggling band in the first flush of youth. They came to the Point which was still being built.
"Bono walked in with a guitar under his arm all those years ago and bashed out a chord.
"Just one chord, just to get a sense of what the sound in the room was like and the acoustics, which were pretty primitive probably back in those days.
"And yesterday we stood in a completely redesigned, revitalised and regenerised O2.
"There standing and singing 'Van Diemen's Land' and 'Desire' -- Bono and the Edge."
The O2 opens next Tuesday with a benefit gig for Childline featuring Boyzone, Shayne Ward, The Script, and Alphabeat.
© The Mirror, 2008.
Originally posted by germcevoy:and a photo : http://www.u2place.com/newsdett.asp?idN=3335
