Today we celebrate the second birthday of U2start.com.
U2start.com was founded on July 24, 2006. The site started out as a personal site because of the many U2 websites on the internet. I wanted to create an overview for myself where I could easily see the headlines from various U2 websites on one page. I also hated the terrible availability of U2 bootlegs on the internet so I created an easy page where people could easily download some bootlegs from free hosting services. You can say that U2start was created out of the things I missed as an U2 fan on the internet.
the first and second U2start
And so here we are, growing and growing. U2start.com is now visited by more than half a million people all over the world each month, all of them requesting more than a million pages on this site each month. Next month we will release version 2.9 of U2start, which will be totally ready for the upcoming album and tour.
Thanks for begin a fan, thanks for being a member and visitor of U2start.com. Also my appreciations for our dedicated crew and the people who helped making this site what it is today.
I have been a member here for about a year I think, maybe a bit less. And I have loved being a part of this site. I don't post as much as other people on here, but it's amazing to read other fans opinions, get bootlegs, and just talk about my favourite band on Earth. I'd like to thank Remy, as well as the other admin's for this awesome site. Thanks a lot guys! This site should be U2's main site, not U2.com. Happy birthday U2start!
statistics There are currently 4,745 topics started on the forums with over 208,185 messages.
More than 13,281 fans are a member of U2start. The average age of the U2start users is 29, only users who submitted their age are included in this figure.
high resolution photos We have 696 high resolution U2 photos available for you, the biggest photo collection you will find. The latest photo we've added is 'October'.
popular concerts According to our user reviews, 1987-07-08 - Brussels, Belgium is the best bootleg we have in our collection. Our users also think that 1993-08-28 - Dublin, Ireland was a great concert since it appears the most in the list of favorite concerts.
fan of the month Every month we put an U2 fan in the spotlights, the fan of this month is user drewhiggins. Every fan of the month has an interview with us, you can read our interview with drewhiggins here.
notable live performance A great performance of Bad from the The Unforgettable Fire album was played in Milan, Italy on 1992-05-22, according to user AllBecauseOfU2.
popular songs Where The Streets Have No Name is the most-requested song from the song pages and quite popular. According to the favorite song lists of our users, Bad is the all-time favorite song.
did you know? This song 'Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of' is mainly, according to an interview with Bono, about Michael Hutchence and his suicide.
latest site news Jeremy, known as haytrain here, is the latest addition to the U2start crew. Jeremy will be a crew member specialised in bootlegs, he will mainly work on maintaining our bootleg collection, making it even better, more r.. (read more)
news headlines We cover the news of many international U2 websites including U2.com, the most popular headline in the last two weeks was 'U2 rocking O2 Arena ... as the support act' from atu2.com.
new fan around us The most recent fan who registered is named ap2008, welcome to U2start ap2008! As a new user you can introduce yourself in the Welcome to U2start y'all forum.
bootleg of the month Every month we have a bootleg in the spotlights, the current one took place on 1989-12-27 in Dublin, Ireland. You can download this bootleg, read reviews or write your own review here. You can also join the discussion on this bootleg in our forums.
"We had a name for the band before we really had anything else. 'Feedback'. Terrible name. Ask Edge about it."
- Larry Mullen jr.
