It's been a year since our last big update, but here we are again. U2start 2.9 is online, and better than ever. It may look the same as the previous site, but there are a lot of new features and improvements all over the site just to get us all ready for the upcoming new album and tour.
Bootleg reviews and photo uploads
A list of all changes is off course noted in our Please login or register to view this link, most notable change is a rewritten bootleg section which includes now the option to write your own bootleg reviews. Already more than 140 bootleg reviews are written by our users! Also a great improvement is our new photo uploader, you can now easily upload up to 25 high resolution photos at once from your computer to U2start, perfect for your concert photos.
Other new things are RSS feeds, a fan of the month (with an interview), a bootleg of the month, your personal favorite photos, U2start buddies and a lot more. The page that disappeared from U2start is the 'more audio' section, the phone calls are now available in a special Please login or register to view this link and the soundchecks are added to the bootlegs pages. If you're looking for a specific soundcheck you can look for the show it's related to, you will find it there.
Forum changes
There are also some changes in the forums, like some names that are changed there is also a new theme forum for the new album and a new forum named "Digital corner" for all your computer related stuff (remastering bootlegs, resizing images, converting DVD's to audio and such). You can view the new forum list on the Please login or register to view this link page.
Crew changes
There are also some changes in the crew, germcevoy is now the U2start Site Manager while LikeASong changes his Site Manager status to a general crew member status. MirrorballBoy has left the crew, thanks for your efforts! User djrlewis has joined our crew, welcome and good luck!
That's it folks..
Take your time to explore all changes and new things, we hope you enjoy it and that it is a welcome addition to your online U2 adventures. If you have any questions, additions or other things you'd like to share with us, our Stuck In A Moment forum will be the place to be.
It's very nice-looking! Remy, this link below to "Forums Page" doesn't work - I'm getting a 404 error. We know where it is but for others who are new to the site..
Originally posted by Remy:
You can view the new forum list on the forums page.
It's very nice-looking! Remy, this link below to "Forums Page" doesn't work - I'm getting a 404 error. We know where it is but for others who are new to the site..
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Fixed, thanks! Also have some Internet Explorer issues, will be fixed in a few moments.
statistics There are currently 4,871 topics started on the forums with over 218,276 messages.
More than 14,019 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.
bootleg of the month Every month we have a bootleg in the spotlights, the current one took place on 2001-02-07 in London, England. 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.
new fan around us The most recent fan who registered is named hallj78, welcome to U2start hallj78! As a new user you can introduce yourself in the Welcome to U2start y'all forum.
news headlines We cover the news of many international U2 websites including U2.com, the most popular headline in the last two weeks was 'On The Horizon' from u2.com.
did you know? The song 'New York' originally had a final verse about Frank Sinatra which was edited out in the final cut.
latest site news I'm sure in a few hours somewhere on the world it will be 2009, if it's 2009 where you are, I wish you on behalf of me and the whole U2start crew all the best, a happy, healthfull and U2-ish new year!
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fan of the month Every month we put an U2 fan in the spotlights, the fan of this month is user MWSAH. Every fan of the month has an interview with us, you can read our interview with MWSAH here.
high resolution photos We have 709 high resolution U2 photos available for you, the biggest photo collection you will find. The latest photo we've added is 'Band on Conan O'Brien'.
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.
notable live performance A great performance of Walk On from the All That You Can't Leave Behind album was played in Slane, Ireland on 2001-09-01, according to user imustbeanacrobat.
popular concerts According to our user reviews, 1987-04-29 - Rosemont, Illinois 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.
"So basically your criticism is: too much bass, too many words, not enough drums."
- The Edge on Larry Mullen jr
(It's an age thing you know 
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