THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: "Smoke On The Water" / U2 videotape a promotional video clip for their performance of "Christmas(Baby Please Come Home)" / Adam Clayton misses the show / The tributes to Michael Hutchence continue / 99th 'VERTIGO' show: 5,000 multi-colored flashing light sticks / Daniel Lanois joins the band to play 'Bad'!

"Boy" tour - november 26, 1980 - U2 perform in London, England at the Marquee Club. Support is "Jerry Floyd & Friends".

"War" tour - november 26, 1983 - U2 perform in Tokyo, Japan at the Sun Plaza Hall. During the first show, Bono invites an audience member on stage to play guitar during "I Fall Down". The Japanese crowd, not used to this type of behaviour at concerts, look on in surprise as a member of the audience jumps up on stage. Instead of playing "I Fall Down", the man tears into Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water" and a few other hard rock songs. Bono sings the lyrics to the chorus of "Smoke On The Water" before going back into "I Fall Down".

"The Joshua Tree" tour - november 26, 1987 - U2 perform in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the Louisiana State University Assembly Center. In the afternoon, U2 videotape a promotional video clip for their performance of "Christmas(Baby Please Come Home)" which they had recorded in Glasgow for Jimmy Iovine's "A Very Special Christmas". Bono points out Phil Joanou during the show: "This guy here--when we get out of bed in the morning he's at the end of the bed. When we open the door, he's there too. he's omnipresent, this man! You may have heard we're making a movie. We're going to make a little film clip from in here. This is a gospel song which is perfect for tonight," he explains and starts "People Get Ready". The scene does not make it into "Rattle & Hum". Support is "The BoDeans".


"LoveTown" tour - november 26, 1989 - Tokyo - Japan - Tokyo Dome.

"ZOOTV - New Zooland / Japan" tour - november 27, 1993 - U2 perform in Sydney, Australia at the Football Stadium. U2 plays the first of two shows in Sydney, Australia, but bassist Adam Clayton misses the show, marking the first time U2 has ever played a show without one of its members. Long-time bass technician Stuart Morgan fills in during the concert. The band originally explains that Adam is ill, but Adam would reveal in later interviews that he was unable to perform because of a severe hangover. The incident isn't taken lightly within the U2 camp, as other members of the band and management impress upon Adam that his lifestyle is jeopardizing the band's future. In some reports, Adam is given an ultimatum to clean-up his act, or the band will call it quits.


"POPMart" tour - november 26, 1997 - U2 perform in Atlanta, Georgia. The tributes to Michael Hutchence continue at a show in Atlanta as Bono dedicates "One" to the late INXS lead singer. U2 finishes the show with "40," played for the first time since the Lovetown Tour ended nearly 8 years ago. U2 throw a post-concert part at the "Mumbo Jumbo" restaurant, and were joined by members of "R.E.M", members of "Pylon", "Olivia Tremor Control" and actor Lukas Haas ("Witness"). The party is a wake for the late Micheal Hutchence.

99th 'VERTIGO' show - November 26, 2005 / Montreal, Canada - Bell Centre - The Arcade Fire. 5,000 multi-colored flashing light sticks / Daniel Lanois joins the band to play 'Bad'! City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day, Original of the Species, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday - Rock the Casbah, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore(s): Until the End of the World - Instant Karma, Mysterious Ways, With or Without You, Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Yahweh, Bad - The Maker - 40. Arcade Fire takes the stage with 'Where the Streets Have No Name' on the PA, a tip to U2 taking the stage to their song, 'Wake Up.' The Montreal crowd, which is well-known for being LOUD, doesn't disappoint tonight. A local radio station has given out 5,000 multi-colored flashing light sticks, and the audience holds them up during 'Sometimes.' Clearly moved by the sight, Bono changes a lyric during the song to describe what he sees. A stunning version of Bad ends the show with Daniel Lanois joining U2 on stage. During the song, they sing bits of Lanois' song 'The Maker' and a bit of U2's '40', before picking 'Bad' back up and closing out the show. Photos: cyberpresse