An Evening With Bono and The Edge

[lauramullen]

My ticket came in the mail today.

 

[powerhour24]

Cool, I wish I knew about this earlier/had the time.

 

[Steved1998]

Maybe you'll run into Bono freshening up in the locker room.

Maybe they'll be walking around in the nude in the lockerroom like the old men do at my gym.. Bring a camera for all the pleabians

 

[corianderstem]

Watch out for that Adam - he looks like the kind who'll snap a wet towel at your nekkid ass.

 

[secretly alone]

Maybe they'll be walking around in the nude in the lockerroom like the old men do at my gym.. Bring a camera for all the pleabians

Yes plz.

Also, I wish I had gotten to my computer before this thing sold out.

 

[hand0lotion]

So this is a Spiderman promo thing?

Well, there goes my hope of a "Cedars of Lebanon" acoustic

 

[Pop Artist]

They just freed up a few tix for tonight, so run here: Bono and The Edge in Conversation with Jordan Roth - 92nd Street Y - New York, NY

if you want to go!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

looks like i picked a shitty day to leave my wallet at home

 

[dazzledbylight]

oh dear HIAS!

 

[dazzledbylight]

If they do, it will be one song, acoustic, but that's about it - I would not expect any more than that.

i would def agree whast that ....

Patti Smith when she was at both
B & N pre memoir, and a year or so later at
the Main Library in NYC b/c she had just
published her memoi of her and Mapplethorpe....
she and Lenny Kaye (who was w her on the
sidelines) did 2 acoustic versions of the PSG songs!

Have a great time anyone who is going !!!

 

[*Ally*]

Hi, I have 4 extra tickets to the event tonight, in the balcony. Willing to sell individually or in any combination, at $25/each (normally $35/each, so discounted).

If anyone wants them, please EMAIL me at u2fannyc@yahoo.com. (Do not PM me-- I will not be checking interference.) I will be at the event tonight, so can arrange to meet you there. Thanks!

Thanks!

 

[Pop Artist]

It was a good evening! No photos policy and ushers all around so couldn't get any photos. But, here is a lo-fi but listenable recording of Bono and Edge tonight...

BonoEdgeInConversationFinal061311

 

[Val]

It was a good evening! No photos policy and ushers all around so couldn't get any photos. But, here is a lo-fi but listenable recording of Bono and Edge tonight...

BonoEdgeInConversationFinal061311

Thank you so much! I was there and kept thinking how I'd love to have a recording of the conversation.

 

[bonocomet]

 

[mrex]

In a rush, so this must be short. I think that was one of the best Bono/Edge interviews I've ever seen. It was very in depth and didn't require them to answer in sound bites. They were great. Funny, thoughtful, smart. All the things we love them for.

Sometimes I kick myself for checking in to this site everyday. But getting tickets for last night made me feel like it is worth it.

 

[Registered Dude]

awesome.

did they talk at all about new u2 music? or was it mainly about Spidey?

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

It was a good evening! No photos policy and ushers all around so couldn't get any photos. But, here is a lo-fi but listenable recording of Bono and Edge tonight...

BonoEdgeInConversationFinal061311

thank you. I am now listening to it at work.

 

[lauramullen]

I'm listening to it again. They were so funny last night. I managed to get one pic at the end of the show.

 

[Iskra]

It was an excellent and inspiring discussion. They were surprisingly humble and honest as they talked about some of the production challenges that Spiderman faced. The analogy that Taymor was the astronaut and they were the two monkeys in the capsule was hysterical. They also brought up the fact that their NASA burned down when the producer died. Bono made a great point that before things went bad things were going great.
He also made an excellent observation that music has become "like tapwater" and lost a lot of value while the band see music as a sacrament. It was well worth my $30 ticket to see two masters speak.

 

[corianderstem]

The analogy that Taymor was the astronaut and they were the two monkeys in the capsule was hysterical.

 

[lauramullen]

I thought the thing about when the record label guys were fired or whatever and they were like get rid of the drummer and we'll sign you was hysterical.

 

[Pop Artist]

awesome.

did they talk at all about new u2 music? or was it mainly about Spidey?

Focus was on Spidey about half the time. Rest was more general about their music, history and their overall creative process, no talk at all about what new U2 stuff they've been working on...

 

[one4u2]

The best was:

We have 2 rules of our band: no golf, don't sing in tights

You just want to see the rich rock star slip on a banana skin...

We've got good manners, we're fun, but we are mother fuckers..What I mean is we are very serious about what we do, really, deadly serious!

I also love how Bono said that he's outgrown the fame although its nice to get a good seat in a restaurant

 

[TsarinaLisa]

Did anyone by chance get pics of Bono pre show when he met fans or any video? I got some, not sure if anyone else did?

I was so excited when my question was picked but damn I wish I could have asked it myself! LOL

 

[arw]

It was a good evening! No photos policy and ushers all around so couldn't get any photos. But, here is a lo-fi but listenable recording of Bono and Edge tonight...

BonoEdgeInConversationFinal061311

listening now! Thank you!

 

[Registered Dude]

Focus was on Spidey about half the time. Rest was more general about their music, history and their overall creative process, no talk at all about what new U2 stuff they've been working on...

thanks!