Queen Bee said:This is my dream come true
longingforBono said:CONAN TO TURN ENTIRE SHOW OVER TO U2:
In his 12 years in charge of booking musical guests on Conan
O'Brien's "Late Night," Jim Pitt always listed U2 and Johnny Cash as the dream artists he'd tried but never succeeded in getting.
He lost his chance with the late Cash, but the U2 dream is coming true Thursday in a major way.
O'Brien will turn over his entire show to the band, which is in New York for seven sold-out engagements at Madison Square Garden.
"We were able to offer them something to feel enough like an event for them to do the show," Pitt said. "It's basically `Late Night with Conan O'Brien,' the U2 edition."
The NBC show has never before devoted itself entirely to a musical guest, although it gave major time a few years back to a holiday appearance by bandleader Max Weinberg's other employer, Bruce Springsteen.
O'Brien's a big U2 fan, and made a personal connection by talking at length with Bono during breaks in rehearsals for the band's "Saturday Night Live" appearance last season, Pitt said.
It may be a nervous time for Bono, who is nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in trying to ease Third World poverty. People who watch the Nobel closely list the lead singer as one of the favorites. The winner is expected to be named Friday.
The band is expected to perform three songs and be interviewed by O'Brien.
Pitt is not pushing for any material in particular.
"When U2 decides they want to come on the show for an hour, you don't get too picky about what they play," he said.
Hope I don't get in trouble for copying this text over.
And E1 keep your fingers crossed for our man Bono to get the prize this year. He so deserves it.
prisz25 said:hmm i wonder what 3 songs they are going to play?
longingforBono said:CONAN TO TURN ENTIRE SHOW OVER TO U2:
In his 12 years in charge of booking musical guests on Conan
O'Brien's "Late Night," Jim Pitt always listed U2 and Johnny Cash as the dream artists he'd tried but never succeeded in getting.
He lost his chance with the late Cash, but the U2 dream is coming true Thursday in a major way.
O'Brien will turn over his entire show to the band, which is in New York for seven sold-out engagements at Madison Square Garden.
"We were able to offer them something to feel enough like an event for them to do the show," Pitt said. "It's basically `Late Night with Conan O'Brien,' the U2 edition."
The NBC show has never before devoted itself entirely to a musical guest, although it gave major time a few years back to a holiday appearance by bandleader Max Weinberg's other employer, Bruce Springsteen.
O'Brien's a big U2 fan, and made a personal connection by talking at length with Bono during breaks in rehearsals for the band's "Saturday Night Live" appearance last season, Pitt said.
It may be a nervous time for Bono, who is nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in trying to ease Third World poverty. People who watch the Nobel closely list the lead singer as one of the favorites. The winner is expected to be named Friday.
The band is expected to perform three songs and be interviewed by O'Brien.
Pitt is not pushing for any material in particular.
"When U2 decides they want to come on the show for an hour, you don't get too picky about what they play," he said.
Carek1230 said:I don't really care what 3 songs they sing, I just want to see them and see how they mesh with Conan. Conan can be kinda goofy, but if he's a real U2 fan he may be entirely different with an hour of just U2 as his guest for the show than how he is during an average usual show.
Chizip said:any chance they play dirty day 3 times?
man this is going to be so awesome
suz4u2 said:LongingforBono: Where did you get this information, please? I looked on nbc.com and it has different hosts planned. Where can we find the most accurate data?
And we all know there will be.corianderstem said:This is SO COOL! ... until the complaining starts if/when they play unsurprising songs.