phillyfan26

How many fans have joined U2 on stage and played with them on the Vertigo Tour? What songs at what shows?

Thanks if anyone can help answer this.

Liesje

I've seen...

Laura 9 May 2005 Party Girl, guitar
Alin 22 Oct 2005 Party Girl, guitar
Michael 14 Dec 2005 can't remember, piano
Michael 9 Dec WGRYWH, piano

I'm sure others can start adding to the list...

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cg

11-1-2005 los angeles, exit (girl rock band), played out of control

5-18-2005, new jersey, the bank robbers (boy rock band , played still haven't found

phillyfan26

Michael played piano on Yahweh his first time, if I'm correct, Lies.

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Axver

I thought she did Party Girl on both the 9th and the 10th?

Also, to add to the list:
- 2005-09-16, Toronto, local band Menew joined U2 for Out Of Control
- 2005-10-29, Dallas, fan on guitar for Angel Of Harlem

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Liesje

Yeah, she did. I was only there for the 7th and the 9th so that's why I omitted it, but yes she played twice.

Philly, thanks for refreshing my memory! All I can remember is Bono shouting "Like a bell! Like a bell!"

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Headache in a Suitcase

my question is this... has he ever pulled someone up on stage to play on something who's completely sucked? 'cause it seems like everyone he pulls up has a clue as to what they're doing.

i know the bankrobbers talked to bono before the show outside the staff entrance, 'cause i was there. has he done the same with everyone that's pulled up on stage? or has he just been lucky?

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Liesje

I'm not sure how often Laura lurks here, but I think this is correct so I'll post what I know regarding her awesome experience and maybe Eep can help out...Laura's group (I think they are the U2 Midwest people) has always had this white fabric Party Girl sign (I first saw it at the tribute band gigs in Cleveland when the RARHOF exhibit opened in 2003). I think before the Chicago shows some of the band members signed it and I think they made smalltalk w/ Bono regarding the correct chord progression. Then during the show on the 9th they had their traditional Party Girl sign over the rail and Laura had quickly made a very small paper sign where she jokingly wrote the chords to the song. Then after Yahweh, Bono motions for the band to wait, he comes over to us and checks out Laura's sign and then says something like "can you play it?" It happened so fast, I don't know what her answer was but John was pulling her on stage and my husband (whose basically the size of John) pushed her up. I was absolutely floored! I've known Laura as a very, very close friend since we were four years old and I knew she'd been learning to play, but her on stage with U2 I did NOT expect! I really don't think she intended for herself to get up and play (not like others who make signs trying to get themselves on stage), they just wanted the song played period, and I'd bet that Laura was just as surprised as us to find herself on stage!

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Blue Room

It was rather surprising. I think Edge was just as surprised as he looked slightly agitated that Bono was doing it. Obviously the rest of the band wasnt expecting it and neither was she as she was clearly nervous and struggled with alot of the chords. I certainly wouldnt have been able to do it. Pulled up in front of 20k worth of people, no thanks! 2nd night it was obviously planned out a bit more as the band worked on it in soundcheck that day.

Liesje

She did struggle in some parts but yeah in her defense she did not intend to play the song herself and if you listen to my bootleg (from on the floor where we were standing, where she is playing) you can't hear ANYTHING but screaming and my husband singing the song louder than Bono. Without rehearsing and proper earpieces I think she deserves a lot of credit for doing as well as she did.

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ramblin rose

I thought there was a guy at one of the Canadien Elevation shows that totally froze and couldn't play the song.

If I recall correctly it's someone who posts here but his name escapes me know, maybe Arun?

I have the show on VHS and remember feeling really bad for him, (not that I could do better).

Blue Room

Oh, I'm not cutting on her. Like I said, I couldnt have done it.

Axver

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Joshua Tree and Lovetown tours. People Get Ready. Often.

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4U2Play

Back in the old days, before everyone started bringing signs and hanging their boobs out to get on stage, Bono used to randomly ask if anyone could play guitar (this happened frequently during the 'mass cult' that was the Unforgettable Fire Tour, usually for "Knockin' On Heaven's Door").

Inevitably, some lucky sod with zero guitar experience would be pulled from the crowd and then undergo a quick 20 second guitar lesson from Bono and Edge, usually something along the lines of "put your left hand here and start strumming with your right".

Edge would cover for him and off we'd go.

Didn't matter if the dude could play or not, not many of us had ever seen anything like that before. Pictures of such moments made the next day's newspaper reviews.

Another reason why fans back then already considered U2 the greatest live band in the world.

malcolmbeaton

nothing tops oakland in 01 when that scott guy got up and hijacked the guitar and started playing sort of homecoming...U2 had been trotting out the people get ready schtick for 14 years, so it was time to have someone get up there and take over and play a U2 song we wanted to hear...Think that threw them off a bit, but we got the rare and stunning spontanous u2 moment!