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Hello everyone. I've written a novel entitled 'Hawkmoon 269', a thriller aimed at the general reader but also specifically U2 fans. Here's the synopsis: "Dublin, Ireland: a Nobel Prize-winning academic is murdered by a weapon that hasn’t been invented yet. Journalist Noah Wilson finds himself...

I saw the film today, North Star appears early on - though I have to say I was so distracted by the stunning beauty of Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley in the scene that I can barely remember much about it! Michael Bay's director of photography appears to be a hormonal, pubescent teenage boy (or else...

Oh, man, I haven't been here for ages, but this post is the funniest thing I've read for a hell of a long time! Bono's got the biggest heart, and the best intentions, in the world, but he really shouldn't be allowed to speak in public at all. Scary thing is I can imagine him coming up with...

Hi Cathal, thanks for the reply - I always followed your particular road trips with great interest through the blog. Great stuff. Self-publishing isn't an option for all sorts of reasons, and I'd always hoped that - in an ideal world - my writing would be commercially attractive enough for...

There's a thread in the general forum about Hawkmoon 269 (the song), to which I provided this not-entirely-serious contribution: "You know, I loved the mysterious possibilities of the song's title so much that I actually used it as the title of a thriller novel set in Dublin, that featured lots...

The intro is Dylan messing about on an organ, it doesn't add much to the song. However, since it was the God Dylan Himself who had condescended to spend some time with them, U2 were probably reluctant to remove his contribution. Always loved the live version though, wish they'd have played it...

:applaud: :up: I think my big problem with the Spiderman project is that, because it's obviously been an organisational and financial fiasco up until this point, I suspect that Bono and Edge have found it more of a distraction than they ever envisaged. It's not a U2 project, yet it has to have...

As someone else said, it was an 81k+ sellout for The Police in 2007. Generally concerts at the venue do sell out, although due to stage configurations etc the definition of what a 'sellout' is can vary. (A notable exception is Billy Joel in 2006, who played to a half-empty stadium. There were...

The Police played Croke Park in Dublin on 6th October 2007. A friend of mine was there and said it was damned cold that night!

Going back to possible shows in Ireland, I'm assuming that if they happen at all, they'll be in late summer / early autumn 2011, not next month! The thing is, given the general PR disasters involving local residents from 2005 and especially 2009, I doubt if U2 will be returning to Croke Park...

I'm confident that Bono has privately / quietly donated more to charities than anyone can imagine. That's set entirely apart from the huge amounts of time and effort he's also given over the years to lobby and fundraise for causes in public. I think he's a great man in every sense of the word...

Every Breaking Wave? Wow! They had a song as good as this and left it off the album, so does that mean that they really considered Crazy Tonight and Stand Up Comedy to be better?! I know they're an all-time great band and I'm only a passionate fan, so what do I know? But still...! For once - and...

:applaud: to all of this! Especially for having the guts to criticise Eno! I find it odd that, no matter how hard U2 seem to try, they always end up finding their way back to Eno and Lanois as producers. I expect that anyone else ends up tearing their hair out with frustration at a band whose...

I haven't posted on here for ages, so a retrospective thread like this seems like a good place to return. U2's return to live activity has put them back on my radar again, and I dusted off NLOTH for it's first play in maybe a year or so. Here goes: A general criticism / observation is not that...

Would it be fair to say that U2's big promotional release for this year is the Unforgettable Fire remaster, and that the Rose Bowl DVD was never intended to be released for this Christmas? If U2 had wanted to release a 360 tour dvd in 2009, then they would've filmed in Europe or, at a push, a...

"It will be the only date the band play in the UK and Ireland next year." Final confirmation also of no more 360 touring activities in the British Isles next year. Am glad now that I didn't renew my U2.com subscription in the hope that they'd return!

On DVD it will probably be fine. Since the band clearly went to a lot of trouble and expense in arranging for a full scale crew and recording, they're bound to release it eventually. I do hope it's re-edited though. For me, the most thrilling moment of the concert I went to was when the Claw...

That is a fair point, although it's also my perception that a lot of casual concert-goers (especially in stadiums) tend to treat the experience like a trip to the cinema. My view is - I've paid a lot of money to be there, so I'm going to savour every moment. I'm not going to get up and down...

The DVD exists, so at some point it will leak online. These things always do. This LA Times journalist has clearly seen it, and heard the songs. Who's to say he didn't get to make a copy of his own...? Once a physical product passes outside of an insider 'circle of trust', its security is...

For anyone looking for easter eggs on the dvd (if there are any?): Explore the disc on windows explorer, where all the video files should be available to view. Anything hidden should still be accessible as a VOB file.

If R&H is even considered for a deluxe dvd treatment, then there's certainly plenty of filmed material available for editing and inclusion. Obviously I'd love to see a full Lovetown concert included (yes, including covers and snippets), and I'd also love to have the Lovetown TV documentary in...

Sadly, I'm guessing the answer is no.

I think that's true for all shows these days, whether officially 'sold out' or not. The days of Live Aid-style seas of people and unbroken crowds in the stands are long gone, mostly to do with health and safety etc. Purely as an interesting comparison, here's some attendance figures for...

Can't believe nobody else has commented on this yet. Also good to see that Larry at least still remembers that Belfast exists! Come on guys, talk to whoever you have to in order to make this happen! Play in a big open field if needs be - if you can play at a Swiss airfield next year then...

There's only one matter for me that these 'Bono is a hypocrite' articles never seem to consider - the possibility that Bono may well donate huge amounts of his personal wealth to charities on an anonymous / quiet basis. Nobody ever seems to allow for this as an option. Yes, he lives a distinctly...