Monday, 14 February 2011

U2-scored 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' musical delayed again


U2's troubled musical 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' has been delayed yet again.

Sunday night February 6 saw critics listen what was thought to be the Broadway production's final appetizer before opening.

But technological issues on the night now mean the show will not launch to the community until at least March 15. This time, lead actor Reeve Carney was left hanging over the spectators in the final scene, according to Fox New York.

Carney actually veered a little off-mark, leading the flying system to be automatically clogged as part of in-built safety protocols. A orator for the production, for which U2's Bono and The rim have written music for, issued a declaration insisting that the show is making good progress.

"With a show as technically ambitious as this one, you need time and performances to perfect it," they said. "Technical glitches are just that. They are unexpected, but a part of any strange responsibility such as this."

Saturday, 12 February 2011

U2 Coming To Cape Town


As part of U2 360 Degrees Tour that was launched in 2009,band is currently touring South Africa.

Following the Sunday show at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg the 22-time Grammy Award-winning band will move to Cape Town to perform on February 18.

Tickets for the gigs already sold in October and so far 101,000 had been snapped up.The stage will allow all fans at the 11,0000-seater stadium to have a clear view of the group.

The group, which is led by Bono, was formed in Dublin (Ireland) in 1976 and has sold more than 150 million records.

Friday, 4 February 2011

5, 900 staff for U2's two concerts in SA


To hire 5, 900 staff for a two-date tour for a four-man rock band U2 seems to be ridiculous,, but rock royalty U2's juggernaut is not a usual series of concerts.

Bono and his band will play in front of "probably their biggest crowd they've played to" - 110, 000 people on Feb 13,2010, at the FNB stadium, in Soweto.

For the Johannesburg concert only 2000 tickets are available said concert promoter Penny Stein.

For the February 18 concert at Cape Town stadium around 70,000 tickets have been sold out.

The idea of a 360-degree stadium stage came from a model built with dinner forks during the band's 2006 Vertigo Tour.

The stage would going to be the largest structure ever assembled.It revolves, allowing the audience to surround it and get a good view from all sides.

Stein said 200 containers carrying both international and locally-hired equipment had already arrived.

"This is a massive set and rig. It is a total of 300 international and local staff, 2, 600 security guards, 1, 000 bar staff and 2, 000 other support staff for four people on stage," she said.

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Bono Asks Guetta To Work With U2


Guetta who has an impressive track record, is very happy because U2's bandmate Bono has offered him to work with U2 band for their new upcoming album.

Guetta revealed to MTV.com, "We met with Bono, and I was really excited, really honored because he proposed me to maybe produce some tracks for the next U2 album."

Guetta revealed to MTV.com, "We met with Bono, and I was really excited, really honored because he proposed me to maybe produce some tracks for the next U2 album."

"After those collaborations with all these urban artists, I thought it would be a real challenge for me to try to go in that (rock) direction."

Friday, 14 January 2011

Eventually U2's Spider-Man track will seen on March

Announcement from the producer Michael Cohl about the U2's Spider-Man track that its musical track has been late for fifth time but now eventually this track will seen on 15 March.

Producer told The New York Times that the late will allow for "more time to fine-tune aspects of the show, including the new ending"

U2 cost $65 million to the produce due on Spider-Man, its too expensive Broadway concert ever and the tricky production is the main factor for the late opening.

Michael said, "[It was] ten times more complicated to tech than anything else. We simply need more time to fully execute the creative team's vision before freezing the show."

Sunday, 9 January 2011

U2 might perform in Romania this year

At new national stadium Lia Manoliu in Bucharest,Irish Band U2 perform in September if talks with the promoter of the band will finalize.Officials at the Bucharest City Hall declared for the Romanian news agency Mediafax.

On the inauguration of the new national stadium a concert will take place in September which will gather 60000 people.There are talks with a promoter of U2 band. If these will fail, there will most certainly be a famous band present on state.

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

U2's Bono and The Edge attend preview performances of the Spider-Man musical

According to the reported, U2's member Bono and The Edge will be presenting of all the next preview performances of the Spider-Man musical. The group will be added by director Julie Taymor as they abserved all the preview concerts of 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'.

When the previous month, after 30ft harness failed stuntman was injured and according to report to the lead actress Natalie Mendoza the production after suffering a concussion at one of the kindly preview performances.

At the Foxwoods Theatre the musical score by Bono and The Edge.

Monday, 3 January 2011

U2 U2's album tiltled U2:Duals release only for fans

U2 share have spanned many musical genres and introduced their fans to a broad spectrum of music. U2 have shared the stage and recording studio with a wide array of musical artists, including Bruce Springsteen, B.B. King, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra and Jay-Z.

The U2's album tiltled U2:Duals will be available especially to his fans through the band’s official website and will not be available in shops or online.

Concert schedule to U2 2011:

February 13 - Johannesburg, ZA - FNB Stadium
February 18 - Cape Town, ZA - Cape Town Stadium
March 25 - Santiago, CL - Estadio Nacional
March 30 - Buenos Aires, AR - Estadio Unico de La Plata
April 9 - Sao Paulo, BR - Estadio Morumbi
April 10 - Sao Paulo, BR - Estadio Morumbi
April 13 - Sao Paulo, BR - Esdadio Morumbi
May 11 - Mexico City, MX - Azteca Stadium
May 14 - Mexico City, MX - Azteca Stadium
May 15 - Mexico City, MX - Azteca Stadium
May 21 - Denver, CO - Invesco Field
May 24 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rice-Eccles Stadium
June 1 - Edmonton, CA - Commonwealth Stadium
June 4 - Seattle, WA - Qwest Field
June 7 - Oakland, CA - Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
June 17 - Anaheim, CA - Angel Stadium
June 18 - Anaheim, CA - Angel Stadium
June 22 - Baltimore, MD - M & T Bank Stadium
June 26 - East Lansing, MI - Spartan Stadium
June 29 - Miami, FL - Sun Life Stadium
July 2 - Nashville, TN - Vanderbilt Stadium
July 5 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field
July 8 - Montreal, QC - Montreal Hippodrome
July 9 - Montreal, QC - Montreal Hippodrome
July 11 - Toronto, ON - Rogers Centre
July 14 - Philadelphia, PA - Lincoln Financial Field
July 17 - St. Louis, MO - Busch Stadium
July 20 - East Rutherford, NJ - New Meadowlands Stadium
July 23 - Minneapolis, MN - TCF Bank Stadium
July 26 - Pittsburgh, PA - Heinz Field

Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Top Concert Tours of 2010: Bon Jovi, AC/DC, U2,Lady Gaga, Metallica


U2 highest topping world tour of the year also included AC/DC, Lady Gaga, Bon Jovi and Metallica.

Rock band New Jersey after topping the $200 million mark worldwide gained the title, earning $108 million from its North American world tour dates.

AC/DC , Worldwide ranking list he become a second on Pollstar, tomorrow he sold at least $180 million.

And other including were U2 ($161 million), Lady Gaga ($134 million) and Metallica ($110 million).

A full Top 200 Tour list pollstar release Year End Special Edition kindly past month 2010.

Wednesday, 22 December 2010

Bono identify himself as a “pain in the arse”

Rock band U2's member Bono has identify himself as a “pain in the arse”. He wrote about the band history, “I know I can be a pain in the arse. I have an annoying gene; it's in my DNA - I even annoy myself. When righteous anger turns to self-righteous, projectile vomit is the right response.”

Bono also said, “All I can say is that you can become traumatised as well as inspired by the lives you meet along the dirt road of extreme poverty. Watching the bright light of life go out of some kid's eyes gets me to a place I can't explain. Sometimes I forget that I'm an artist, but I shouldn't, because that's what I am, a working pop artist in a big F-Off rock band.”

According to the Gigwise, Now the band U2 on the Australian of their 360 degree world tour.