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Perth 1 Review

Dec 18 2010 01:00 PM | Wes in Tour News & Updates

U2 Rocks 55K at Subi Perthnow INTIMACY isn't a word usually associated with heaving stadium rock shows, but with the help of their sprawling four-legged stage rig The Claw, U2 managed to reach out to an estimated 55,000 fans at Patersons Stadium...

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Fans Cram Subiaco For U2 Concert

Dec 17 2010 02:00 PM | Wes in Tour News & Updates

West Australian Irish rock band U2 will play to an audience of 60,000 fans in Subiaco tonight in a concert billed as the biggest production ever to hit Perth. Production crew have been fine-tuning the $25 million high-tech claw festooned with sp...

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Giant Claw Rises Above Subi Horizon

Dec 15 2010 02:00 PM | Wes in Tour News & Updates

West Australian Irish supergroup U2's massive "spaceship on legs" stage has landed in Perth. The gigantic set-up known as The Claw began to take shape yesterday at Patersons Stadium where U2 will perform two monster concerts this weekend....

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K-Rudd Grooves With U2

Dec 08 2010 02:00 PM | Wes in Tour News & Updates

From The Satellite FOREIGN Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd has finally found his groove. A packed Suncorp Stadium roared their approval of the former Prime Minister’s music taste when he popped out of U2’s backstage door just before their set last nigh...

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Melbourne 1 And 2 Photo's

Dec 04 2010 02:00 AM | Wes in Tour News & Updates

Melbourne was treated to two very special nights this week. Personally, Melbourne 2 is the best U2 show I have seen. We have just posted some fantastic pictures from Melbourne 1 and 2 by our very own briscoetheque in our forum and on our U2fanz faceboo...

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Auckland Free Travel Details

Oct 27 2010 05:43 PM | Mike in Tour News & Updates

Here are the details re: the free travel with your U2360 concert ticket. Note that the buses start around 4pm and the trains are from 12pm and you need to have your ticket to show them. U2 360 Tour Simply show...

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Bono Interview With The Age

Oct 20 2010 09:55 PM | Wes in Press Clippings

Seems Melbourne's The Age will have U2 content both Friday and Saturday: EG FRIDAY: Bono talks touring and his search for another radio hit. SATURDAY: Bono on Tony Blair and the implications of his life as rock's activist. In the meantime The...

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Why U2 Are Still The Greatest Band In The World

Oct 13 2010 12:40 AM | Wes in Press Clippings

Neil McCormack Daily Telegraph OK, I know I’m biased. I grew up with this group and have a long, personal history with them and, of course, it influences how I feel. The past was very present to me, this weekend, when I found myself in Rome watching...

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Bono's Charity Defends Spending Half Of Budget On Sal...

Sep 28 2010 08:45 AM | Wes in Press Clippings

Bono's charity defends spending half of budget on salaries Herald Sun A REPRESENTATIVE for the global charity run by U2 frontman Bono defended the organisation after reports the group spent more on employee salaries and lavish giveaways than on...

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U2: The Band Who Fell To Earth

Sep 09 2010 10:45 AM | Wes in Press Clippings

Herald Sun IT WAS the moment U2 realised they were mortal. Bono, while getting ready for the resumption of the band's mammoth 360 tour back in May, "suffered severe compression of the sciatic nerve", as the German doctor who eventually reb...

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