U2’s 360° tour continued on to Germany where the band performed in Frankfurt on Tuesday (August 10). It was the first of three shows on German soil and only the third time the band has played in Frankfurt. The last show was in 1993.
During the concert, Bono thanked the German doctors who performed that recent surgery on his back. The U2 lead singer and frontman quipped: "I have been rebuilt using the best engineering in the world, German engineering. I have ‘made in Germany’ now stamped on my ass. I have never felt better. I feel like, like a Mercedes Benz."
R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe was in the audience at the show. Paying homage to this other legendary frontman, Bono sang a snippet of It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) at the end of the U2 track Vertigo.
U2 manager Paul McGuiness also revealed this week that the band is working on a new album. The band has been playing a few new songs on the 360° tour which will likely appear on the upcoming album, including Glastonbury, Return of the Stingray Guitar and North Star.