Posted May 1, 201114 yr From http://www.gear4music.com/news/article/U2-.../3XV/2011-04-29 U2 promise stadium-style show at Glastonbury Rockers U2 have promised they will pull out all the stops when they take to the stage at Glastonbury this summer. Bass guitar player Adam Clayton told Q magazine that the group's headline performance will be show stopping. "It’s very un-Glastonbury to have a big production but we will be sneaking a few things in through the back gate which will hopefully make this experience a little more like Glastonbury on steroids," he added. Clayton told the magazine that Bono and co hope to give fans a mind-blowing experience. He also hinted that the band will go back to some of their 90s hits. U2 will take to the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury on Friday June 24th. Their appearance comes after they had to cancel a performance at last year's event when lead singer Bono suffered a back injury. It will be the band's first Glastonbury show as a full group. Other bands appearing at Glastonbury this year include Coldplay and Beyonce, who will be headlining on the Saturday and Sunday respectively. Elbow, Morrissey, Primal Scream, Kaiser Chiefs, Friendly Fires, Biffy Clyro and The Gaslight Anthem are also among the groups who will be hitting one of the legendary festival's many stages with the musical instruments. Edited May 1, 201114 yr by Jupiter9
May 8, 201114 yr Author From http://www.gigwise.com/news/62964/Liam-Gal...onbury-Festival Liam Gallagher: I Hate Glastonbury Festival Beady Eye frontman Liam Gallagher has hinted that he may never play Glastonbury again. The former Oasis star told the News Of The World the festival had changed since he headlined the event in 2004. "I hate Glastonbury. I'm never going there again. The sound is sh*t and really quiet,” he said. "And now it's like Bond Street with mud, with loads of celebrities walking around in their boots and umbrellas. I'm not having it." This year’s Glastonbury festival will be headlined by Beyonce, Coldplay and U2. Tickets have sold out. :)
May 10, 201114 yr From http://www.gigwise.com/news/62964/Liam-Gal...onbury-Festival Liam Gallagher: I Hate Glastonbury Festival Beady Eye frontman Liam Gallagher has hinted that he may never play Glastonbury again. The former Oasis star told the News Of The World the festival had changed since he headlined the event in 2004. "I hate Glastonbury. I'm never going there again. The sound is sh*t and really quiet,” he said. "And now it's like Bond Street with mud, with loads of celebrities walking around in their boots and umbrellas. I'm not having it." This year’s Glastonbury festival will be headlined by Beyonce, Coldplay and U2. Tickets have sold out. :) Aw !!! Poor Liam ...he does not mind those celebs buying his designer clothes Il'l bet <_< I like Beady Eyes new single & the video ..... very ZZ Top
June 3, 201114 yr Author U2's Glastonbury gig targeted by tax protesters • Campaigners claim U2 is latest big name to avoid paying tax • Plan includes 'Bono pay up' banner for band's headline set First it was Vodafone stores, then Philip Green's Topshop, Boots and grocers to the Queen Fortnum & Mason. Now direct action tax protesters are turning their sights on the Glastonbury festival, promising to use U2's headline performance to throw a spotlight on the group's convoluted tax affairs. Campaigners have promised to stop short of disrupting the set, but are determined to make their protest highly visible. Plans are afoot for a giant inflatable banner with the slogan "Bono Pay Up", spelled out in lights. Full story here
June 18, 201114 yr Author From http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv...al-2677645.html All we want is you for Glastonbury gig, U2 tell old pal U2 and the BBC approached Declan Lowney to to direct the broadcaster's coverage of Glastonbury Festival By Ken Sweeney Entertainment Editor Friday June 17 2011 A FORMER RTE director will have one of the biggest jobs of his life when he oversees the BBC coverage of U2 at Glastonbury next week. Wexford man Declan Lowney has spent the past two weeks in the US on tour with U2 since the band and the BBC approached him to direct. The Glastonbury gig, which takes place in a week, is predicted to be the landmark concert of U2's record-breaking 360 tour. For their performance on the massive Pyramid stage on Friday night, the band is expected to perform a 'Greatest Hits' set drawn from their 31-year career. The gig will mark their debut performance at the famous UK music festival. "I think the reason U2 asked me to get involved is they wanted somebody who knew all their material right back, and somebody who would be sympathetic to them," Mr Lowney (50) revealed yesterday. His history with Bono and the boys stretches all the way back to the 1980s. He first filmed them for 'Today Tonight', the RTE current affairs programme, in 1987 just as they broke in America and also captured them as they performed live on 'TV Gaga' at around the same time. Since then, both parties have come a long way. U2 have become global superstars while Mr Lowney, after directing the Eurovision Song Contest from Dublin aged 27, went on to make his name on British TV. He directed two series of 'Father Ted', and also helmed other hit comedies including 'Little Britain'. "U2 were just working out what they wanted to do. The rehearsals were specific to Glastonbury," he said on the US live tour. They really needed a director who would spend time with them. It was great hearing all the songs again," he said.
June 18, 201114 yr Author U2 are due on stage at 10pm it says here http://www.metro.co.uk/music/866689-glasto...-times-revealed
June 20, 201114 yr Author From http://www.nme.com/news/u2/57437 U2 bringing their own stage to Glastonbury? Michael Eavis hints the headliners' production will be bigger than anticipated Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis has suggested that U2 are bringing their own stage to the festival this weekend. The Irish rock legends headline the festival this Friday (June 24) in their first festival performance since the 1980s. In recent years, the band have been more used to lavish stage productions, like the infamous 'claw' construction that formed the centerpiece of their most recent world tour. Now, Eavis has suggested that their show may not be as stripped down as expected. He told the Daily Star: "U2 are excited, especially after they couldn’t come last year. I first tried to book them 35 years ago. They are bringing their own stage with them. We're having to put a lot of stuff in for them but we’re so happy to have them." Eavis' comments may have to be taken with a pinch of salt, however. It would not be logistically possible to install 'the claw' on Worthy Farm, and Glastonbury's own listings have it that U2 are playing the Pyramid Stage. Yet at last year's Download, headliners AC/DC did bring their own stage, sat adjacent to the main stage, to accommodate their own huge production. No other acts were permitted to play at the same time as them. Eavis once again repeated his annual claim that this year's festival will be the best ever. He said: "The line-up must be the best we've had – we sold all the tickets in three hours. No other event has sold as fast as this one, so after 41 years that's not bad."
June 23, 201114 yr Some footage from Glastonbury rehearsals last month: fcywuaZpYCw&feature=channel_video_title
June 24, 201114 yr Author I know. I'm all excited :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: And it's to be heavy rain :lol:
June 24, 201114 yr They are sounding really good, top form oldie songs :w00t: are you recording it Jups?
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