U2 buys Vanderbilt new football field

U2 Stage in Nashville

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U2 was the headline act at a "Mega-Concert" July 2 at Vanderbilt's football stadium and from all accounts it was quite a show.

It featured, among other things a gigantic stage right in the middle of the football field...and there were a ton of fans down, on the grass, right in front of it.

That's why, Vanderbilt got a clause put in the contract with the band. Since the stage and all the fans were going to tear up the grass surface, the band offered to buy a "new" grass surface. And it is being put in place, even as we write this.

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Good for Vanderbilt. Having been in that stadium multiple times, we wondered how they'd able to pull of something of the scale of a U2 concert. We had many friends in attendance and while they seemed to love the show, they said it was an extremely tight fit.

We give props to the school for coming up with an option that benefits everyone.

Here's some video of the concert from YouTube:

Gilbert Brule picks up hitch hiker by the name of Bono

Gilbert Brule'/Courtesy: oilers.nhl.com

Sometimes, you never know who you'll see wandering the streets. We wonder if he was humming "And the Streets have no name"?

True story, Edmonton Oiler forward Gilbert Brule' was out in his West Vancouver neighborhood with his girlfriend headed to a park with his girlfriend to take their dog for a walk. They saw someone who they thought was hitchhiking near the park when it started to rain. He looks over and thought it looked like Bono but then thought "I had no idea what he'd be doing in Vancouver or why he'd be hitchhiking for that matter".


Finally, his girlfriend yelled "Bono" out the window...and got a reaction.

Bono told the couple he got lost and needed a ride to Horseshoe Bay, so they drove him over there and who comes out and greets the car? The Edge.

During the ride, Brule' told Bono he was a hockey player and Bono gave him a ticket to the U2 Concert a couple of nights later in Edmonton.

Brule' and his family got to go backstage, meet the band and got called out during the concert.

Not bad for someone who's never picked up a hitchhiker before.

Check out who he picked up, in case you've never heard of him: