96FM’s Gavin Miller went to potentially the biggest gig of the year in Melbourne over the weekend and was left amazed by what was going on in front of him.Over 55,000 people crammed into Marvel Stadium on over two nights last week, here how it all went down… I was a bit emotionally exhausted for […]
Read MoreNovember 19, 2019 – Adelaide, South Australia, Australia – Adelaide Oval
Listen to the entire show: Download lossless audio file: Download Setlist: Sunday Bloody Sunday I Will Follow New Year’s Day Pride (In the Name of Love) Where the Streets Have No Name I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For With or Without You Bullet the Blue Sky Running To Stand Still Red Hill Mining […]
Read MoreBeck: ‘U2 had the best audiences of anyone I’ve opened for’
Beck opened for U2 on the 3rd leg of the Joshua Tree tour in 2017. Sep 22, 2017 San Diego at SDCCU Stadium Sep 19, 2017 Glendale at University of Phoenix Stadium Sep 12, 2017 Kansas City, MO at Arrowhead Stadium Sep 10, 2017 Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium Sep 08, 2017 Minneapolis at US […]
Read MoreLive Review: U2 are still one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time
Back in 2017, U2 announced to their legions of loyal fans that they would be hitting the road. No, they weren’t going to be touring support of their yet-to-be-announced Songs Of Experience record, rather, they were planning to take a look back 30 years, touring in support of their 1987 record, The Joshua Tree. Their […]
Read MoreU2 Joshua Tree review Melbourne: It’s one love, you’ve got to share it
Returning to Melbourne after a nine-year absence, U2 showed they have lost none of their remarkable ability to woo and wow an audience, even one of 60,000 forced to endure a smattering of rain before the roof of Marvel Stadium was belatedly closed. “Our drug of choice tonight isn’t alcohol,” frontman Bono said at one […]
Read MoreU2 review – who knew stadium rock didn’t need constant reinvention?
It is hard to imagine a time when U2 was not a rock and roll monolith; even harder to recall the last time the band performed their music without the giant screens and props that have for decades turned its concerts into extroverted performance pieces. The 2019 Joshua Tree tour – the third time U2 […]
Read MoreNovember 15, 2019 – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – Marvel Stadium
Listen to the entire show: Download lossless audio file: Download Setlist: Sunday Bloody Sunday I Will Follow New Year’s Day Bad Pride (In the Name of Love) Where the Streets Have No Name I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For With or Without You Bullet the Blue Sky Running To Stand Still Red Hill […]
Read MoreNovember 12, 2019 – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia – Suncorp Stadium
Listen to the entire show: Download lossless audio file: Download Setlist: Sunday Bloody Sunday New Year’s Day Bad / Beds Are Burning Pride (In the Name of Love) Where the Streets Have No Name I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For With or Without You Bullet the Blue Sky Running To Stand Still Red […]
Read MoreU2 frontman Bono has apologised to critic David Cohen
U2 frontman Bono has apologised to critic David Cohen, 30 years after he mocked Cohen’s review of The Joshua Tree on stage at Wellington’s Athletic Park. Bono, aka Paul Hewson, sent an email on Saturday afternoon via U2’s publicists on the Joshua Tree Tour. The band played at Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium on Friday and […]
Read MoreU2101 – Summer Rain
Like many of you, I’m sure, I was beyond ecstatic when “Beautiful Day” came out nearly 20 years ago. I worked at a record store at the time, and I was able to order for myself a physical copy of the single as an import. I think I opened it up in the store and […]
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