| December 16th, 2005 09:39 AM |
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| lotsajizz |
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Meters are Ft Laudedale,
YES!!! I am so there...last US show of the tour folks! |
| December 16th, 2005 10:00 AM |
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| glencar |
See you there! |
| December 16th, 2005 04:05 PM |
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| Joey |
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glencar wrote:
I can't believe Omaha gets Brooks & Dunn! LOL 'Hava' fun, Joey!
Why ?!?!
WHY ?!?!
No problem --- I can get us all passes into the V.I.P. Lounge where we will be immune from such " Open Act Noise " ........................it worked very well last evening during Kanye West's set .
JACKY !!!!! |
| December 16th, 2005 04:06 PM |
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| Joey |
Whoops .........................
I forgot to include :
www.U2Tours.com
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| December 16th, 2005 09:36 PM |
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| glencar |
Joey, it ain't gonna happen. Yes, I toyed with the idea of flying into your dull lil town in the middle of a frigid January but Brooks & Dunn was a dealbreaker. Enjoy your concert. |
| December 17th, 2005 01:20 AM |
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| keefjunkie |
Joey how was it? |
| December 17th, 2005 02:52 AM |
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| pdog |
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glencar wrote:
Joey, it ain't gonna happen. Yes, I toyed with the idea of flying into your dull lil town in the middle of a frigid January but Brooks & Dunn was a dealbreaker. Enjoy your concert.
I flew into Omaha a few years ago, it was the same weekend The Raiders lost the Superbowl... The weather there was so miserable and cold, I was not even bothered by the crushing loss of my west coast team. I'll gladly pay tons of money to live on a fault line... Fuck yeah... |
| December 17th, 2005 03:15 PM |
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| Hooked |
Sloan rocks live, they are definitely worth checking out. Canadian band, been around for about 10 years. I am not that into what i've heard of Metric, but i know people who swear by their live shows. i think it's good the Stones are willing to mix it up and put on some opening bands that are newer and worth a look (except for Brooks and Dunn--ugh). |
| December 17th, 2005 03:25 PM |
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| glencar |
pdog, we missed you last night at Maxy's one year anniversary gala! Yes, Omaha sucks. Even Joey would admit that. |
| December 17th, 2005 03:52 PM |
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| stonesmachine |
you guys didnt really think they would hire a quality band for an opener did you?
C'mon now, ... really
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| December 17th, 2005 05:39 PM |
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| Joey |
" Yes, I toyed with the idea of flying into your dull lil town in the middle of a frigid January but Brooks & Dunn was a dealbreaker. Enjoy your concert. "
YOU MAKE JOEY WEEP AND SHIT LIQUID !!!!!!!!
Why ?!?!
WHY ?!?!
Huh ?!?! ..............Oh , sure ! :
" Review: U2 rocks Omaha with atomic force "
U2 - Qwest Center Omaha
" With passion and precision, U2 delivered an exhilarating concert that transcended entertainment.
U2 frontman Bono and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. early in the band's Omaha concert Thursday night.
During the Irish rock band's sold-out performance Thursday night at the Qwest Center Omaha, the arena took on the reverence of a worship service and, at times, the urgency of a human-rights rally.
Before a crowd of more than 16,000 fans, the band used its music to convey compassion, hope, tolerance and spirituality during a jubilant two hour and 20-minute performance.
The veteran rockers stopped in Omaha as part of the third leg of the band's "Vertigo" tour, which has grossed $260 million and was recently named the year's top-grossing tour by Billboard magazine.
The concert started with a 40-minute set from confident, charismatic rapper-producer Kanye West.
Accompanied by an all-female, six-piece string section, a harpist and a turntablist, West delivered an entertaining set of songs from his latest album, "Late Registration," and his Grammy-winning debut, 2004's "The College Dropout."
About 9:25 p.m., U2 took the stage as confetti rained from the rafters. The band opened with "City of Blinding Lights" and "Vertigo" from its latest album, 2004's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb."
The opening numbers, and the rest of the set, for that matter, generated deafening cheers, enormous applause and lots of crowd participation.
"I don't know why we don't come down to these parts more often," Bono told to the crowd. "Thank you for giving us a great life."
Though the Omaha show was the band's third-to-last concert of a North American tour that began in March, band members showed no signs of wear.
Frontman Bono commanded the stage with his powerful lyrics and rock-star charisma. Guitarist the Edge laid down one searing riff after another. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton provided solid, muscular rhythms.
The show was a visually stunning production with retractable curtains of beaded lights that flashed images during certain songs. Other cool elements included the "ellipse," an oval-shaped ramp that served as a catwalk for band members and enclosed several hundred lucky fans on the arena floor.
The set list featured a nice mix of old and new songs. For old-school fans, there were classics like "I Will Follow" from 1980. Newer cuts included "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own," which Bono dedicated to his late father, Bob Hewson.
He dedicated "Original of the Species" to Omahan Susie Buffett, who serves on the board of his DATA organization (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa).
An outspoken political and social activist, during the opening notes of "Sunday Bloody Sunday," Bono exclaimed: "This is your song now, America."
During the chills-inducing performance, he pulled a young girl on stage with him to help him chant "No more!" over and over again. He also told the audience that "we must not become a monster in order to defeat a monster."
The band then launched into an explosive version of "Bullet the Blue Sky," in which Bono pulled a white bandanna with the words "coexist" over his eyes, fell to his knees and put his hands over his head like a prisoner of war.
Before the anthem "One," Bono asked crowd members to hold up their cell phones, which lit the arena with thousands of blue-tinted screens. He encouraged fans to join his ONE Campaign to combat AIDS and end poverty.
After a short break, the band returned for two encores. Among the highlights of the first encore was "With or Without You." Bono plucked a young woman from the crowd, then danced with and embraced her onstage throughout the song.
U2 proved that the band hasn't lost its ability to take fans on an awe-inspiring, musical journey. "
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| December 17th, 2005 05:46 PM |
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keefjunkie wrote:
Joey how was it?
" One night in Omaha wasn't enough for U2 frontman Bono."
" A day after U2's concert, Bono was still in Omaha, attending a board meeting for DATA (Debt, Aids, Trade, Africa) at the Joslyn Art Museum. With Bono, from left, are Erin Thornton, Doug Varley and Susan Buffett.
Following the band's sold-out Thursday night concert at the Qwest Center Omaha, Bono remained in town Friday to meet with board members of DATA, the group he co-founded in 2002 to raise awareness about and spark responses to the crises plaguing Africa.
Omahan Susan A. Buffett, daughter of Omaha investor Warren Buffett, serves on the board of DATA, an acronym for Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa. The Buffetts and Bono have become close in recent years as they've worked for similar causes.
Bono, Susan Buffett and her brother, Howard Buffett, were among about 16 people who met Friday in the Omaha Steaks Conference Room at Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St.
Bono, wearing his signature tinted glasses, scrawled notes on a white legal pad as the board huddled at a table decorated with red poinsettias. Extra security guards hovered outside the boardroom door and museum.
"We were thrilled to have Bono there," said Michael Yanney, chairman of Joslyn's board of directors.
During Thursday night's concert, Bono foreshadowed the meeting.
While soliciting support from the crowd for the ONE Campaign to combat global AIDS and poverty, Bono said he was taking part in a Christmas party Friday in Omaha.
Also during the show, he dedicated "Original of the Species" to Susan T. Buffett, the late wife of Warren Buffett.
Bono is one of the celebrities who helped launch the ONE Campaign. He also visited Lincoln in 2002 to raise awareness of the African AIDS epidemic.
The rock singer was in Omaha in August 2004 to sing at the elder Susan Buffett's funeral. Bono also thanks her in the liner notes of the 2004 CD, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb."
According to the DATA Web site, the board of directors also includes David Lane of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Jamie Drummond of DATA; Morton H. Halperin of the Open Society Institute; Ned Jannotta of GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC; Richard Kiphart of William Blair & Co; Trevor Neilson of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS; Edward W. Scott Jr. of the Center for Global Development; Bobby S. Shriver, DATA chairman; and Amre A. Youness, private investor."
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