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U2 in NYC

PostPosted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:28 pm
by schwenko
Anybody catch U2 today, giving free concrts throughout the city?
Evidently they played on a flatbed truck as it drove thru the streets of Manhattan (Canal Street), then over the Manhattan Bridge.
Finally they gave a 45 minute free concert at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn (Empire/Fulton Ferry State Park).
Of course I missed it all[:(].

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/1 ... index.html

And they were great on Saturday Night Live as well. It seemed to me that they played another song after the show had ended.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 8:36 am
by phillyidol
Ah...you beat me to it! My wife saw the truck thing in the city. They were filming for a video most likely the new one about NY. I caught them in Brooklyn. It was great and I do like new stuff. It was cool that they came to Brooklyn! Then again we are the

PostPosted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 6:27 am
by skinnytie
There was a time I would have known about this at least a day in advance, but I only learned about it when I watched the late edition of the news that evening. It's not something I'm going to kick myself over, since U2 isn't one of my favorite bands, but