u2start: about us

U2start.com was founded in July 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.

Three generations of U2start.com (v1.0, v2.0, v2.5):

The first U2start featured only some headlines from a few websites, some bootlegs and some links to YouTube U2-videos. As the site started to get popular (mainly because of the bootleg availability) I decided that it was time for some fresh blood. So I started to work on U2start v2.0, the next generation of U2start for a larger audience with more content and also a forum. U2start v2.0 was released in October 2006. After U2start v2.0 was used in full and all the bootlegs were uploaded I started working on U2start v2.5, a highly improved version of v2.0 with a better layout, new content and fixes for all the things U2start v2.0 didn't had. U2start 2.5 was released in August 2007. In July 2008 there became more and more rumors of a new U2 album and tour, anticipating on those rumors I started working that month on U2start 2.9, a slightly improved version of U2start 2.5 with improvements all over the site like bootleg reviews and a fancy photo uploader. U2start 2.9 is the U2start you are looking at now and was releast in August 2008.

And as a personal note: I'm Remy Gardien, I'm currently 21 years old and living in the Netherlands. I work in my own company named e-Dot which provides domain registration, webhosting, webdeveloping and more (internet) and design services. I also study in Enschede and besides U2start and e-Dot I have a lot of other projects going on, which are visible on my personal domain name, remy.tv.

If you want to contact me I can be contacted at remy [at] u2start.com.

help pages

Bootlegs: FAQ

Lossless: FAQ

Videos: FAQ

Forums: FAQ

Forums: UBB codes overview

Forums: HotTopic support

RSS: Feeds

U2start: FAQ

U2start: house rules

U2start: the crew

U2start: about us

U2start: changelog

U2start: donations

Because of the large amount of information these pages are currently only available in English, if you have any further questions please visit our Stuck In A Moment forum or if it can't be asked there you can mail
remy at u2start.com.

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.
statistics
There are currently 4,395 topics started on the forums with over 170,130 messages. More than 11,910 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.
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'.
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)
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.
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.
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.
new fan around us
The most recent fan who registered is named ver2go, welcome to U2start ver2go! As a new user you can introduce yourself in the Welcome to U2start y'all forum.
did you know?
According to a survey in London, England, their song, "With or Without You", is the seventh most requested song at funerals in the United Kingdom.
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 bonovox07 the song Running To Stand Still from the The Joshua Tree album was greatly performed on 2005-05-09 in Chicago, Illinois.
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.

"My job in the band is to play drums, to get up on stage and hold the band together. That's what I do. At the end of the day that's all that's important. Everything else is irrelevant." - Larry Mullen jr, 1990

U2start is a succesfull remy.tv production from the Netherlands.U2start is not affiliated with U2, their management company, their record label or any related bodies. All content are copyright their respective owners.