statistics
There are currently 4,395 topics started on the forums with over 170,124 messages. More than 11,908 fans are a member of U2start. The average age of the U2start users is 28, only users who submitted their agae are included in this figure.

latest site news
There is a phrase in Dutch that says 'stilstand is achteruitgang', which means something like doing nothing is going backwards. Doing nothing is not an option here at U2start, we are U2 fans, and U2 fans are people w.. (read more)

high resolution photos
We have 523 high resolution U2 photos available for you, the biggest photo collection you will find. The latest photo we've added is 'Panorama stage in Rome'.

new fan around us
The most recent fan who registered is named spock75, welcome to U2start spock75! As a new user you can introduce yourself in the Welcome to U2start y'all forum.

popular concerts
According to our user reviews, 1997-09-23 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 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.

popular songs
The song Where The Streets Have No Name is requested the most at our songs pages and therefore quite popular, according to the favorite song lists of our users the song Bad is the alltime favorite song.

audio and video bootlegs
The biggest audio and video bootleg collection are available on U2start, the latest bootleg we've added is from 2001-09-06 - New York, New York while the latest video bootleg is named Nice, France - Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann.

notable live performance
According to user MWSAH the song Bad from the The Unforgettable Fire album was greatly performed on 1990-01-10 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

fan of the month
Every month we put an U2 fan in the spotlights, the fan of this month is user haytrain. Every fan of the month has an interview with us, you can read our interview with haytrain here.

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 unconcerned about YouTube furor' from atu2.com.

did you know?
The title for the song 'Shadows and Tall Trees' is taken from William Goldings "Lord Of The Flies", whose 5th chapter bears the same name. The song, and the album, is about boyhood, innocence and struggle, as is Golding's book.

bootleg of the month
Every month we have a bootleg in the spotlights, the current one took place on 1997-09-23 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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.