This Day In U2 History

March 30

Promotional U2 Videos Released on This Day

• Staring at the Sun by Jake Scott (Released: 1997-03-30)

U2 Shows on This Day

• 1981: Rox, Lubbock, TX, USA [U2]
• 1982: San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA [U2]
• 1983: BBC Television Centre, London, England [U2]

  U2 record “Two Hearts Beat as One” to a backing track for use on BBC’s Top of the Pops. The show was broadcast on March 31.

• 1985: Ottawa Civic Center, Ottawa, ON, Canada [U2]
• 1992: Target Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA [U2]
• 1995: POD, Dublin, Ireland [Bono]

  Bono joins Prince onstage to perform “The Cross” at an aftershow party. Prince had reportedly joined Bono earlier in the night at The Kitchen Night Club before they moved on to the POD together.

• 2001: Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA, USA [U2]
• 2005: IPay One Center, San Diego, CA, USA [U2]
• 2011: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina [U2]

News Stories on This Day

• 2010-03-30: Amazon UK lists Rose Bowl (Original story (www.u2wanderer.org))
• 2010-03-30: Pre-Order U2360 at the Rose Bowl (Original story (www.u2wanderer.org))