U2′s Bono and Adam Clayton were at the New York premiere of The Lazarus Effect, an HBO documentary about the AIDS/HIV crisis in Africa and the impact of the antiretroviral (Arv) drugs used to fight AIDS/HIV.

Nike teamed up at the premiere with their Lace Up, Save Lives campaign in which if you purchase RED laces from Nike, 100% of the proceeds go to various funds. According to Nike’s site:

You purchase (NIKE)RED laces.

Nike is contributing 100% of its profits from the sale to the Global Fund and to football-based programs that help fight AIDS in Africa.

Funds are received by programs like Grassroots Soccer, which uses football as a framework to teach youths how to avoid contracting HIV/AIDS.

Funds are also contributed to The Global Fund to fund HIV/AIDS programs that support the purchase of lifesaving Antiretroviral (ARV) medication, training of medical staff, HIV testing and treatment to help prevent the transmission of the virus from pregnant mothers to their babies.

Life-saving knowledge is received by the next generation in Africa.

Since its inception, (RED)™ partners and events have generated over £80 million to the Global Fund and the number keeps growing.

Also attending the premiere:  Iman, Alek Wek, Ed Burns, Gabourey Sidibe, and Hayden Christensen.

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So I went to see U2 last night at the Rogers’ Centre in Toronto and was part of a crowd of approximately 63,000!

The concert was incredible.  Snow Patrol opened for them and they were great, and loud!

Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton came out on stage at approximately 8:45 p.m. and didn’t leave until about 11:15.  We were on our feet from the moment they hit the stage, it was such a party.  I’ve included a playlist from their Chicago stop and I think (although I’m quite brain dead today) it’s pretty much the order of what was played in Toronto.

1 Breathe
2 No Line on the Horizon
3 Get On Your Boots
4 Magnificent
5 Beautiful Day/Blackbird (Beatles snippet)
6 Elevation
7 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For/Stand By Me (Ben E. King snippet)
8 Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
9 Unknown Caller
10 The Unforgettable Fire
11 City Of Blinding Lights
12 Vertigo
13 I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
14 Sunday Bloody Sunday/Oliver’s Army (Elvis Costello snippet)
15 Pride (In The Name Of Love)
16 MLK
17 Walk On/You’ll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
18 Where The Streets Have No Name

Encore
19 One
20 Bad/40 (snippet)

Second encore
21 Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
22 With Or Without You
23 Moment of Surrender

I wasn’t too close to the stage, and was not using a great camera, so the pictures aren’t of them in person but of them on the screen above the stage.  The stage, as you will see was out of this world.

The Rogers’ Centre has a retractable roof (that was left open for the concert) where when you look up, you see our world famous CN Tower (I’ve included a picture of it).  It was a beautiful night and U2 did not disappoint.

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U2′s Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton and The Edge are in New York for the week appearing on The David Letterman Show and in honour of them, Mayor Bloomberg presented them with U2 Way at Broadway and 53rd Street.   Yet another reason to be in New York!

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U2′s Bono and Adam Clayton are seen arriving at the Ed Sullivan Theatre for The Late Show With David Letterman to promote their latest CD ‘No Line On The Horizon’

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Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton are seen leaving their hotel in Paris, France.  Love me some U2 any day of the week.

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