Category: U2 Events: 2005

  • U2 Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

    U2 inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of FameMarch 14, 2005, in New York U2 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the annual ceremony at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.  Doing the honors for U2 was Bruce Springsteen, who himself was inducted by Bono in 1999. While the induction ceremony…

  • @U2 Vertigo’s Eve Party

    @U2 Vertigo’s Eve PartyMarch 27, 2005, Hard Rock Cafe, San Diego, Calif. ‘Twas the night before Vertigo, and all through San Diego land, @U2 celebrated the start of tour with a couple hundred great U2 fans! Vertigo’s Eve was a tremendous success by all accounts. The pre-tour party sold out in a matter of days…

  • @U2 Vertigone Party

    @U2 Vertigone PartyMay 23, 2005, Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA The end WAS as fun as the start! Hola! Adios! It’s the last stop of the Vertigo Tour’s 1st leg, and @U2 celebrated in style with our Vertigone Party at the historic Paradise Rock Club in Boston! Yes … the same Paradise Rock Club where U2 performed…

  • @U2 Birthday Bash

    @U2 Birthday BashDecember 18, 2005, Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub, Portland, Ore. Throughout 2005, @U2 invited U2 fans to join us in celebrating our 10th birthday. The party ended in Portland with … a party! It was @U2’s 10th Birthday Bash and, despite some terrible weather, the party went on and was a smashing success. More than…

  • @U2: Thank You For 10 FANTastic Years

    Greetings from a rainy, icy and darn-right cold Portland, Oregon! Yes, ice your only rivers *do* run cold! But enough about the weather…. On behalf of everyone on the @U2 staff, I would like to thank everyone who braved the ice storm to come out to celebrate our 10th birthday with us. We had over…

  • @U2: Vertigone Event Recap

    Thanks to EVERYONE (everyone…every…one) who came out to celebrate @U2’s birthday, U2’s coming to Boston, and the conclusion of the African Well Fund’s annual “Build a Well for Bono’s Birthday” Campaign. Thanks to the generosity of so many U2 fans, the African Well Fund folks were able to raise a record-breaking $26,000+ to help people…