// Five Grammy Awards for U2
With five Grammys U2 were the big winners at last evening's Grammy Awards. They won all categories in which they were nominated,
just like last year.
Here's what they won:
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Album of the Year
'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'
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Song of the Year
'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own'
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Best rock album
'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'
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Best rock song
'City of Blinding Lights'
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Best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal
'Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own'
Steve Lillywhite (who produced 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb') also went home with a Grammy, he won 'Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical)' for his work with U2 and American singer
Jason Mraz.
It's the second time U2 wins the prestigious Album of the Year award, in 1988 they also won it for 'The Johua Tree'. With a total of twenty one Grammy Awards U2 now rank 6th on the list of all-time Grammy winners.
But U2 didn't come just to pick up their awards, they performed too. They played two songs: a short and energetic version of 'Vertigo', and Mary J. Blige joined them to perform 'One'.
Upon accepting the awards for 'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own' Bono paid tribute to his father:
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// Vertigo Tour news bits
Some news bits about the Vertigo Tour:
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Opening acts:
The American rock band The Secret Machines will support U2's 'Vertigo' tour concerts in Mexico.
It was prevously announced that Franz Ferdinand will be the opening act in Brazil, Argentia and Chile, while Kanye West will open up for U2 in New Zealand and Australia. The opening act for Japan (Yokohama, April 4th) is still unknown. Rocko and the Devils will have to honor to support U2 on the final 'Vertigo' tour concert in Hawaii.
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And if you're curious about Rocko and the Devils, they've put some pictures on their website:
- The second concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil has sold out. Tickets were sold exclusivly by phone. Phone lines were overloaded as the call center recieved more than 600.000 calls. After 8 hours all 70.000 tickets were sold.
- It seems unlikely that a second show in Hawaii will be added. This concert was supposed to be announced after the first show (Honolulu, April 8th) sold out, but tickets for that show are still available on ticketmaster.com. (Update 2006/02/11: It seems the concert has sold out, no more tickets on ticketmaster, thanks Patrick)
- According to an Indian newspaper U2 will play in Mumbai, India sometime in 2006. There are also rumors that U2 will return to Japan in November 2006.
Personally I think it's unlikely that U2 will head out to India or Japan later this year. There might have been plans for the 'Vertigo' tour to continue well into 2006 (an outdoor summer tour in the USA was also rumored), but it's become clear that Hawaii will be the last stop on the 'Vertigo' tour.
- And finally, The Edge has put an end to all speculation that U2 might quit touring:
We grew up on the road ... It's such an integral part of what we are. I don't think we could give up touring. I don't think we could do what the Beatles did, just pack it in. (CNN.com)
