Miami is a small village in southern Manitoba, Canada with a population of about 500 people. It supports a K-12 school and has a curling rink and a skating rink. It lies 100 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg. The Miami Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department has about 22 active members.
In 2005, the town was the victim of a mass street sign theft. All of the towns signs, a total of 44, were stolen just before Christmas Day. Several signs have already been reordered. Total replacement will cost about $7,000 CAD.
Most of the streets in the community are named after prominent past residents or pioneers.
Miami was used in a controversial contest/prank by Winnipeg radio station CITI-FM in the 1990's. The radio station ran a contest for an all expenses paid trip to Miami to watch the Super Bowl, but did not mention that they were referring to Miami, Manitoba, and not the one in Florida. Local media reported that some participants had considered lawsuits over the prank.
"Miami" is the eighth track from U2's 1997 album, Pop. Featuring a reversed drum beat and an unsettling sonic atmosphere, "Miami" is the most non-traditional song they have yet produced, along with "Mofo."
When it was played live on the PopMart Tour, lead singer Bono donned a carnival hawker's costume outfit and guitarist The Edge added an extra guitar part to the chorus of "Miami". Pictures of now-dead celebrities, such as Marilyn Monroe, were flashed on the giant screen behind the band while they played this song. Invariably, Bono picked a female member of the audience to come on stage and dance with him towards the song's end which then led into their next number, "Bullet the Blue Sky."
In 2005, Q magazine included the song "Miami" in a list of "Ten Terrible Records by Great Artists."
