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They assumed that mantle quite some time ago and show no signs of relinquishing their stranglehold on the title. Unlike anyone since the Beatles, U2 makes you feel like part of something larger. Since putting away The Fly’s sunglasses and shedding the ironic patina of megalomaniacal excess that they wrapped themselves in at the end of the 90s, U2 suffused All That You Can’t Leave Behind, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb and the recently released No Line On The Horizon with their passionate desire to change the world without resorting to pandering, preaching or hyperbolic hypocrisy. The Beatles thought all you needed was love and that we should give peace a chance; U2 is a bit more proactive and a lot more politically engaged.</p> <p>Last week, U2 carted one of the most extravagant stadium sets into Giants Stadium for a pair of weekday shows in the Garden State. Primordial let modern, the immense stage included one of the more amazing video screen constructions ever seen in a concert setting. Due to the NFL moving Sunday’s New York Jets game up three hours, U2’s Friday night party in New Jersey had to be relocated to Wednesday. The midweek show may have dimmed the collective inebriation of the crowd but it hardly doused the electricity. A U2 concert is nothing short of a life-affirming event: if you don’t leave the show having been uplifted in a deeply existential way, rock and roll may not be the thing for you to be spending your time on. “Walk On,” dedicated to Burmese dissident and political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, not only came with an explanation as to who she is (which c’mon, you wouldn’t have known without Bono), it had a parade of children displaying her photo in a quiet and moving protest. In the lead-in to “One,” a video of Desmond Tutu reminded the audience of the power that human beings have to effectuate change. That it may have echoed the same sentiment expressed in the Pele speech from Vision Quest made it no less inspiring. The power harnessed by U2 and unleashed on their massive crowds is the exact type of influence that those hysterical suburbanites worried about in the Fifties. Fortunately, U2 adheres to the good side of the force. Blackberry bends to Bono’s whims, not vice versa.</p> <p>With a monstrous in-the-round stage at his disposal, Bono is the living embodiment of a rock star. In perfect control of his surroundings, he conveys meaning with every gesture and action. Every move is equally calculated and improvised; that’s his genius. Bono’s credibility has reached the level where even his most sophomoric lyrics sound like pithy maxims expounding great truths. There’s no other explanation for “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight,” which could be ripped directly out of a teenage girls diary. However, when Bono sings about global change in the simplest of terms, we don’t think that he’s a goof: we think of him as profound. He’s found the perfect way to express the kernels of truth that underlie all clichés and make them sound inspired. Even silly stunts, like selecting a child from the audience to take a lap around the expansive ring that encircled the stage or swinging from the gigantic microphone apparatus during an encore rendition of “With Or Without You,” seem possessed of a mighty grandeur.</p> <p>In the end, it’s the music everyone comes for. Parsing over the pros and cons of U2 in a critical context is an unsatisfying endeavor Hardly diluting their effect, The Edge’s razor sharp guitar riffs, Adam Clayton’s driving bass and Larry Mullen’s martial drums are unlikely to send anyone scurrying for transcriptions. They will, however, bring a crowd to their feet and keep them there for more than two hours. They can play gracious hosts too. Making reference to Bruce Springsteen’s 60th birthday, U2 offered a cover of “She’s The One” in the building that The Boss can call his second home, running the song’s Bo Diddley beat into their own “Desire.” Bono also acknowledged Quincy Jones’ presence by warbling the chorus of “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” through the ending coda of “Beautiful Day.”</p> <p>Unsurprisingly, U2 featured many songs from No Line On The Horizon, opening with “Breathe” and then quickly loping through the grandiose “Magnificent” and the Escape Club riffage of “Get On Your Boots.” They didn’t leave people wanting for their back catalog. For me, the New Wave styled “New Year’s Day” and rebellious “Sunday Bloody Sunday” brought on a flood of nostalgia, bringing me back to high school keg parties held in moonlit empty fields. Gauging the younger members of the audience, they drifted backwards wistfully during “Ultraviolet (Light My Way)” and “Mysterious Ways” and an even younger segment may not have had far to travel but they went somewhere during “Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of.” Very few bands span generations in this manner. Although Springsteen, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan have remained active for longer than U2, their fan base remains relatively static; they aren’t capturing the imagination of a new generation or attracting legions of fans each new album.</p> <p>A TRAVEL NOTE: The U2 shows marked the first opportunity for New Jersey Transit to show off their new Meadowlands line. In every sense of the word it was a monumental clusterfuck. A great concept, NJ Transit executed it with such extreme incompetence, it’s shocking that Michael Brown wasn’t involved. After widely publicizing the line, putting U2 in the banner ad on their Web site, NJ Transit greatly underestimated the number of people that would actually show up. At Penn Station and the Secaucus transfer, travelers were greeted with a woefully insufficient number of ticket booths, enduring lines of anywhere from 20 to 45 minutes in length. Having failed to schedule the proper number of trains, U2 fans were crammed onto every available car like cattle . . . and then had to suffer while a half hour train ride took anywhere from one to three hours. All this occurred with people making staggered treks to the stadium. After the show, with everyone leaving at once, NJ Transit seemed equally unprepared and their staff uninterested in providing information, directions or guidance which only added to the confusion and frustration. “Heck of a job, NJ Transit!”</p> <p><a href="http://www.earvolution.com/2009/09/mondays-earful-u2-giants-stadium.asp">http://www.earvolution.com/</a></p> <div style="display: none">VN:F [1.6.3_896]</div><div class="ratingblock"><div class="ratingblock "><div class="ratingheader "></div><div class="ratingstars "><div id="article_rater_371" class="ratepost gdsr-oxygen gdsr-size-24"><div class="starsbar gdsr-size-24"><div class="gdouter gdheight"><div id="gdr_vote_a371" style="width: 0px;" class="gdinner gdheight"></div><div id="gdr_stars_a371" class="gdsr_rating_as"><a id="gdsrX371X10X0XaXarticle_rater_371Xarticle_loader_371X0X24" title="10 / 10" class="s10" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX371X9X0XaXarticle_rater_371Xarticle_loader_371X0X24" title="9 / 10" class="s9" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX371X8X0XaXarticle_rater_371Xarticle_loader_371X0X24" title="8 / 10" class="s8" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX371X7X0XaXarticle_rater_371Xarticle_loader_371X0X24" title="7 / 10" class="s7" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX371X6X0XaXarticle_rater_371Xarticle_loader_371X0X24" title="6 / 10" class="s6" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX371X5X0XaXarticle_rater_371Xarticle_loader_371X0X24" title="5 / 10" class="s5" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX371X4X0XaXarticle_rater_371Xarticle_loader_371X0X24" title="4 / 10" class="s4" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX371X3X0XaXarticle_rater_371Xarticle_loader_371X0X24" title="3 / 10" class="s3" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX371X2X0XaXarticle_rater_371Xarticle_loader_371X0X24" title="2 / 10" class="s2" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX371X1X0XaXarticle_rater_371Xarticle_loader_371X0X24" title="1 / 10" class="s1" rel="nofollow"></a></div></div></div></div><div id="article_loader_371" style="display: none; 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The previous attendance record was held by Pope John Paul II after his visit to the stadium in 1995.</p> <p>With gig goers in excess of 84472 it was a fantastic night at Giants. Speaking from the stage at the end of the night Bono said, “News just in. We’ve broken every record for attendance in this stadium – including the Pope. Sorry Bruce – we know its your birthday and all”. Before adding later, “I know they’re knocking this place down…we probably won’t be here again before the wrecking ball but it was a magic place for us as well as the Giants”</p> <p><a href="http://www.u2.com/news/title/giant-numbers-in-jersey">http://www.u2.com/</a></p> <div style="display: none">VN:F [1.6.3_896]</div><div class="ratingblock"><div class="ratingblock "><div class="ratingheader "></div><div class="ratingstars "><div id="article_rater_346" class="ratepost gdsr-oxygen gdsr-size-24"><div class="starsbar gdsr-size-24"><div class="gdouter gdheight"><div id="gdr_vote_a346" style="width: 0px;" class="gdinner gdheight"></div><div id="gdr_stars_a346" class="gdsr_rating_as"><a id="gdsrX346X10X0XaXarticle_rater_346Xarticle_loader_346X0X24" title="10 / 10" class="s10" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX346X9X0XaXarticle_rater_346Xarticle_loader_346X0X24" title="9 / 10" class="s9" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX346X8X0XaXarticle_rater_346Xarticle_loader_346X0X24" title="8 / 10" class="s8" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX346X7X0XaXarticle_rater_346Xarticle_loader_346X0X24" title="7 / 10" class="s7" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX346X6X0XaXarticle_rater_346Xarticle_loader_346X0X24" title="6 / 10" class="s6" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX346X5X0XaXarticle_rater_346Xarticle_loader_346X0X24" title="5 / 10" class="s5" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX346X4X0XaXarticle_rater_346Xarticle_loader_346X0X24" title="4 / 10" class="s4" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX346X3X0XaXarticle_rater_346Xarticle_loader_346X0X24" title="3 / 10" class="s3" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX346X2X0XaXarticle_rater_346Xarticle_loader_346X0X24" title="2 / 10" class="s2" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX346X1X0XaXarticle_rater_346Xarticle_loader_346X0X24" title="1 / 10" class="s1" rel="nofollow"></a></div></div></div></div><div id="article_loader_346" style="display: none; width: 240px; " class="ratingloader article"><div class="loader flower " style="height: 24px"><div class="loaderinner" style="padding-top: 2px">please wait...</div></div></div></div><div class="ratingtext "><div id="gdr_text_a346">Rating: 0.0/<strong>10</strong> (0 votes cast)</div></div></div></div><div style="display: none">VN:F [1.6.3_896]</div><div class="thumblock "><div id="gdsr_thumb_346_a_up" class="gdt-size-20 gdthumb gdup"><a id="gdsrX346XupXaX0X20XY" class="gdt-starrating" rel="nofollow"></a></div><div id="gdsr_thumb_346_a_loader_up" style="display: none; width: 20; " class="ratingloader loadup"><div class="loader flower thumb" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;"></div></div><div id="gdsr_thumb_346_a_dw" class="gdt-size-20 gdthumb gddw"><a id="gdsrX346XdwXaX0X20XY" class="gdt-starrating" rel="nofollow"></a></div><div id="gdsr_thumb_346_a_loader_dw" style="display: none; width: 20; " class="ratingloader loaddw"><div class="loader flower thumb" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;"></div></div><div class="ratingtext "><div id="gdsr_thumb_text_346_a" class="gdt-size-20 gdthumbtext">Rating: <strong>0</strong> (from 0 votes)</div></div><div class="raterclear"></div></div><p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Giant Numbers in Jersey", url: "http://u2ol.net/2009/09/26/giant-numbers-in-jersey/" });</script></p> </div> <div class="tags">Tags: <a href="http://u2ol.net/tag/u2/" rel="tag">U2</a>, <a href="http://u2ol.net/tag/u2-360-tour/" rel="tag">U2 360 Tour</a>, <a href="http://u2ol.net/tag/u2-360-tour-giants-stadium/" rel="tag">U2 360 Tour Giants Stadium</a>, <a href="http://u2ol.net/tag/u2-giants-stadium/" rel="tag">U2 Giants Stadium</a>, <a href="http://u2ol.net/tag/u2-tour/" rel="tag">U2 Tour</a>, <a href="http://u2ol.net/tag/u2-tour-new-jersey/" rel="tag">U2 Tour new Jersey</a></div> <p class="postmeta"> <span class="commr"><a href="http://u2ol.net/2009/09/26/giant-numbers-in-jersey/#respond" title="Comment on Giant Numbers in Jersey">No Comments →</a></span> </p> </div> <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-332"><a href="http://u2ol.net/2009/09/23/u2-fans-are-ready-to-rock/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to U2 fans are ready to rock"> U2 fans are ready to rock </a></h2> <p class="meta"> <span class="timr">September 23, 2009</span> <span class="user">By: Declan </span> <span class="catr">Category: <a href="http://u2ol.net/category/news/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="http://u2ol.net/category/tour/" title="View all posts in Tour" rel="category tag">Tour</a>, <a href="http://u2ol.net/category/tour-news/" title="View all posts in Tour News" rel="category tag">Tour News</a>, <a href="http://u2ol.net/category/u2/" title="View all posts in U2" rel="category tag">U2</a>, <a href="http://u2ol.net/category/u2-360%c2%b0-tour/" title="View all posts in U2 360° Tour" rel="category tag">U2 360° Tour</a></span> </p> <div class="entry"> <p><strong>U2 fans are ready to rock</strong><br /> John W. Barry | Poughkeepsie Journal • Felicia Zammit | Poughkeepsie • September 23, 2009 </p> <p>About five months and three weeks shy of St. Patrick’s Day, the Irish rock band U2 is set to perform two concerts at Giants Stadium, with a massive stage and blizzard of lights complementing a raw sound that borders on rock ‘n’ roll religion.<br /> <div id="attachment_333" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 511px"><a href="http://u2ol.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bilde.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g332]"><img src="http://u2ol.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bilde.jpg" alt=" U2'S The Edge, left and Bono perform at the Rogers Center " title="bilde" width="501" height="600" class="size-full wp-image-333" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text"> U2'S The Edge, left and Bono perform at the Rogers Center </p></div><br /> U2 is scheduled to perform at the home of the Giants and Jets football teams in northern New Jersey on Wednesday and Thursday. And Hudson Valley fans of the Dublin-based band have plenty to say about this ensemble’s new album, legacy and live performances .</p> <p>“What I love about U2, besides their incredible musical talent, is the fact that they are rock stars with soul. They’re all high school friends who came together through their love of music. They’re not manufactured by a big music producer, they didn’t answer an ad in the paper, they came together as friends who enjoyed playing music and remain friends to this day.[0xa0]That’s what it means to have soul. They’re family men who realize family (in whatever sense you believe that to be) is more important than money or any of the luxuries that come with it.[0xa0]</p> <p>“If all the fame and fortune went away, they’d be just as happy – that’s soul.</p> <p>“They understand their fans are the ones who have gotten them where they are today, not their music. They thank their fans for blessing them with the life they’ve gotten to live – that’s soul.</p> <p>“They are the only ones who can sell out stadiums across the globe, and can unite thousands of people though music. They know, in those crowds, there are friends and foes. They know if enemies can share one commonality, they could become friends – that’s soul.</p> <p>“Having had the opportunity to meet the band last March in New York City, they treat their fans as friends. I’ve never witnessed anything like that in my life.</p> <p>“How lucky we are to have a group such as U2 to bring the world together and to show up-and-coming musicians what it takes to be a rock star.”</p> <p>“My wife, Mary, and I are huge fans of U2. We went to two concerts when they did their ‘Vertigo’ tour, one at the Meadowlands and one at Madison Square Garden. I?thought that album was great, and they were the best concerts I’ve been to, and I’ve seen some of the great rock acts. We own many of their albums, including the new one, ‘No Line on the Horizon.’</p> <p>“As it turns out, my wife and I made the decision not to attend one of the upcoming concerts because we were largely unimpressed by the new album. There were a couple of decent songs (the title track and “Magnificent”), but too many that just didn’t grab us.</p> <p>“Unlike ‘How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb’ and ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’ and ‘The Joshua Tree,’ all of which have many excellent and very listenable tunes, this album reminds me of ‘Zooropa’ or ‘Pop’: artistic and different, but not necessarily their best work.</p> <p>“We saw U2 perform songs from ‘No Line …’ on the Letterman show in the late winter, then bought and listened to the album. We just didn’t feel like making the investment for a concert that would feature an album we were not that into.</p> <p>“That being said, I’m really looking forward to seeing them as the musical guest on the season-opening ‘Saturday Night Live.’ Hopefully they’ll do one of their oldie but goodies.”</p> <p>“U2’s music replenishes my soul.</p> <p>“Their passion and bond as a band are inspiring. Although Bono is the frontman, they all share the spotlight – Larry on drums, Adam on bass and The Edge on guitar, supporting each other with no grandstanding among them.</p> <p>“I love the fact they willed themselves to become the artists they are today: from their early beginnings as a band in 1978, they poured their collective heart and souls into making music that resonates.</p> <p>“I came on board late to see them live. My first show was the ‘Vertigo’ tour at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 14, 2005 – it was High Mass. Not only are they consummate performers live and their stage design, sound and visuals on the cutting edge of technology, but to hear the ‘choral’ accompaniment of the audience singing along is about as close to euphoria as I will ever experience.</p> <p>“Going to see U2 in concert was truly an amazing experience.</p> <p>“They did not disappoint the 20,000 fans at Madison Square Garden on an October night in 2005. They rocked the place, and the fans were on their feet from start to finish as the band played many of their classic hits as well as the hits from their current album at the time, ‘How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.’ I’ll never forget that night for a great concert, and the 10-plus inches of rain we had here in the mid-Hudson Valley.</p> <p>“As an added bonus, my wife, Nora, and I had the opportunity to see a pretty good unknown opening act back then on that night at the Garden – Keane.”</p> <p>Reach John W. 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local tour dates changed over football, religious holiday"> U2 ready to play, but so are the Giants; local tour dates changed over football, religious holiday </a></h2> <p class="meta"> <span class="timr">August 28, 2009</span> <span class="user">By: Declan </span> <span class="catr">Category: <a href="http://u2ol.net/category/news/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="http://u2ol.net/category/u2/" title="View all posts in U2" rel="category tag">U2</a>, <a href="http://u2ol.net/category/u2-360%c2%b0-tour/" title="View all posts in U2 360° Tour" rel="category tag">U2 360° Tour</a></span> </p> <div class="entry"> <p><strong>U2 ready to play, but so are the Giants; local tour dates changed over football, religious holiday</strong><br /> <strong>By Jim Farber<br /> Daily News Feature Writer </strong></p> <p>Thursday, August 27th 2009</p> <div id="attachment_138" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 460px"><img src="http://u2ol.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/alg_concert_u21.jpg" alt="Neal/Getty U2 performs at Wembley Stadium in England on August 14, 2009. They've had to adjust their dates at the Meadowlands. " title="alg_concert_u2" width="450" height="275" class="size-full wp-image-138" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Neal/Getty U2 performs at Wembley Stadium in England on August 14, 2009. They've had to adjust their dates at the Meadowlands. </p></div> <p>U2 has had to fiddle with the date of one of its two huge concerts coming to Giants’ Stadium next month. </p> <p>The show originally planned for Friday Sept. 25th will now be moved up two days, to Wednesday Sept. the 23rd.</p> <p>The band’s other Jersey date (for Thursday Sept. 24th) will remain the same.</p> <p>Religion and football necessitated the change.</p> <p>The Giants decided to move up their playtime for that Sunday (Sept. 27th) by three hours, due to the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which begins that night. </p> <p>Since it takes two days for U2 to dismantle its gigantic stage, they wouldn’t have enough time to vacate by Sunday afternoon had they kept the Friday date. </p> <p>“The show is incredible, but physically it takes time to load in and out,” says Arthur Fogel, promoter of U2’s “360 Degree” tour. </p> <p>Tickets originally sold for Friday will be honored for the Wednesday date. 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