U2 practice for concert for free?

[stephen_c]

bono also said somethin about martin luther king.
i didn't catch that either cuz zoo station was hummin in my head.

but all in all, it was a good nite.

[BenGiovanni]

yeh, he said on how martins dream was fit for the whole world

[MissBehavior]

I was at the video shoot. It was sweet!

This is a copy/paste from my LJ:
Nelson called me at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon and told me that they were doing a call for 4000 extras for a U2 video at GM Place (They've been rehersing for the last month in Vancouver, what with there bing no hockey). The only catch was that they wanted people there at 3:00pm. Well, I had to work until 5:00 and was already a week behind, so I sighed and resigned myself to missing it(like I resigned myself to missing the concert because I couldn't afford it). He called me back at 4:45 and told me that they still needed 500 people, so I raced to finish my work and RAN out the door. I got down there and got a wristband! So I called Nelson back at about 6:45 and told him to come down because the hosts still had FISTSFULL of wristbands. So he ended up getting there at 7:45, got a wristband and got in with me. =)

They were shooting the video for City of Blinding Lights, so they did about 6 takes of that with 4 of them being with us all in the stands, and 2 with us on the floor. THEN to the surprise and glee of everyone in the crowd, they did a mini-impromptu concert! They did Vertigo, All Because Of You, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, and I think there was one more, but I can't remember which one...

[.muffy.]

the concert was sooo wicked, I dont think I've come off cloud nine all day
I've still got Paul Martin's phone number saved in my phone
:)

[Rytalin]

Originally Posted by lou_belle

All of you dUMb suckers are being scammed to be extras without getting paid~
FUCK FREE...how about getting paid by those sell out fat heads*

Whatever dude... its U2.

They are being paid with a performance that very few people will see, so from the perspective of a U2 fan, its totally worth it :)

[MissBehavior]

Originally Posted by Rytalin

Whatever dude... its U2.

They are being paid with a performance that very few people will see, so from the perspective of a U2 fan, its totally worth it :)

EXACTAMALLY!

Couldn't afford to buy tickets myself, so this was pretty fucking cool. Plus, everytime I see the video for City of Blinding Lights, I can smile to myself and think "I was there!" :)