U2 Elevate Again

Fresh from the MTV Video Music Awards, where they were honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, U2 have lined up another round of North American tour dates. Appropriately enough, the Irish band will kick off the new leg of the Elevation tour in Notre Dame, Indiana, home of the "Fighting Irish," on October 10th. Ticket prices range from $45 dollars to $130 and go on sale September 15th.

U2 tour dates:
10/10: Notre Dame, IN, Joyce Center
10/12: Montreal, PQ, Molson Center
10/13: Hamilton, ON, Copps Coliseum
10/15: Chicago, United Center
10/19: Baltimore, MD, Arena
10/24: New York, Madison Square Garden
10/28: E. Rutherford, NJ, Continental Airlines Arena
10/30: Providence, RI, Civic Center
11/2: Philadelphia, First Union Center
11/5: Austin, TX, Frank Erwin Center
11/7: Denver, Pepsi Center
11/9: Salt Lake City, Delta Center
11/12: Los Angeles, Staples Center
11/15: Oakland, CA, Arena
11/18: Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center

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Song Stories

“1999”

Prince | 1982

“I don’t consider myself a great poet,” Prince told Rolling Stone. “I just know I’m here to say what’s on my mind.” In the case of the apocalyptic party anthem “1999,” he was worried about then-president Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies. The song’s melody is based on a riff borrowed from the Mamas and Papas’ “Monday, Monday,” and Prince originally envisioned the first verse with three-part harmony but later split the vocals between himself and members of the Revolution. Because Warner Bros., with whom Prince was locked in a contractual battle, owned the original’s masters, Prince rerecorded the song and appropriately released that version in 1999.

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