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Popmart Tel Aviv, Israel Windows Media Audio Setlist: Mofo I Will Follow Gone Even Better Than The Real Thing Last Night On Earth Until The End Of The World New Year's Day Pride I Still Haven't Found All I Want Is You Staring At The Sun Desire Dancing Queen Miami-Bullet the Blue Sky-America Please Where the Streets Discotheque-If You Wear That Velvet Dress With or Without You Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me Mysterious Ways One MLK Comment(s): One and MLK are...   [read the full post]

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Rate Listen To The New U2 Song Now

Original at Undercover Music News external link    Thu, Aug 28

 Australia - The band has already been behind a well-hyped publicity stunt to raise awareness of the album. Bono “accidentally” played the new album very loud through an ...

Rate Mullen’s Sun Conjuncts With Bono’s Moon

Original at U2blog external link    Thu, Aug 28

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By U2isABLE If you’re into astrology, then this article is for you. Californiapsychics.com has charted Bono, Edge, Larry and Adam with their “star” power. Specific emphasis on Bono’s Neptune, Larry’s “Mercury and Venus in Libra,” Adam’s “Neptune-ruled Pisces” and The Edge…well “The Edge’s Sun con...

Yesterday

 

Rate Digging deep to alleviate African poverty - The Ann Arbor News

Original at MLive.com external link    Thu, Aug 28

Digging deep to alleviate African poverty The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com, MI - It was founded by John Abdulla, now a senior, who'd heard Bono deliver an impassioned speech at a U2 concert about the ONE campaign to end poverty, ...

Rate CD Giveaway: Congrats to the Winner(s)

Original at U2blog external link    Wed, Aug 27

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By m2 The original plan was just to pick one winner and give that person the full set of remastered CDs — Boy, October, and War. We’re still gonna do that. But in addition to the Grand Prize, we’re also going to give away a few extra CDs because we liked some of the blog posts so much. Sound good? Here we go...

Tuesday, Aug 26

 

Rate With U2, the Ideals Fly Along With Lights and Chords

Original at New York Times external link    Tue, Aug 26

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By By JON PARELES High-mindedness may be the toughest thing for a rock band to pull off in concert. Lust, anger, cockiness or humor are easy by comparison. Yet U2 is an old hand at equating great big chords with great big ideals. Its concerts made virtue seem not just dutiful, but joyful.

Rate A Raucous U2 Moves Farther Out on a Limb

Original at New York Times external link    Tue, Aug 26

By By JON PARELES U2 has grown wary of anthems. When it released "Achtung Baby" in 1991, the most earnest band of the 1980's remade itself as a noisy, wayward 1990's outfit. But under the distortion and crunch of songs like "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses," there still lurked U2's old marches and hymns, wit...

Rate U2 Makes A Bid for "Great Band" Status

Original at New York Times external link    Tue, Aug 26    4 related articles

By BY JOHN ROCKWELL The members of U2, the Irish rock band - Bono Vox, also known as Paul Hewson, the singer; Dave (the Edge) Evans, the guitarist; Adam Clayton, the bass player, and Larry Mullen Jr., the drummer - are in their mid-20's. Even before their first album, ''Boy,'' in 1981, they had a strong cult and cr...

Rate Searching For a Sound to Bridge The Decades

Original at New York Times external link    Tue, Aug 26

By By JON PARELES During the nine months it took to make ''Pop,'' U2 invited a few journalists in to watch the band record. It was a rare chance for an outsider to see a process that usually takes place in private. For a band like U2, making an album is essentially a slow-motion improvisation in which ideas are se...

Rate Bono, the music pirate and an 'accidental' leak

Original at independent.ie external link    Tue, Aug 26

 Ireland - And careless was the word to describe U2 singer Bono’s actions during the week, when he inadvertently broadcast four songs from the band’s upcoming record, ...

Monday, Aug 25

 

Rate Looking back to look forward

Original at U2 Sermons external link    Mon, Aug 25

By Beth(noreply@blogger.com) Leading up to the expected release of U2's new album this fall, Josh Hurst is doing some posts on U2's older work. You might want to look at the post on October... or here's a sample of Hurst's interesting take on "U2– The Lost Classics: Zooropa":

Sunday, Aug 24

 

Rate Web Watcher: The Best of Ian Curtis and Joy Division

Original at Times Online external link    Sun, Aug 24

 UK - U2 and Bono have never been shy about their debt to Joy Division, and at tinyurl.com/65ozvq they team up with Arcade Fire to perform Love Will Tear Us Apart ...

Saturday, Aug 23

 

Rate Eavesdropping fan posts new U2 songs on web

Original at Times Online external link    Sat, Aug 23

 UK - But the band has been the victim of a series of mishaps since 1991, when three hours of rehearsals for Achtung Baby were leaked, apparently after being ...

Friday, Aug 22

 

Rate Angelina Jolie bans Brad Pitt from

Original at Malaysia Sun external link    Fri, Aug 22    10 related articles

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Wellington, Aug 22 : Angelina Jolie has reportedly told partner Brad Pitt 'not to come home', after he left to spend the night at a place owned by U2's Bono.

Thursday, Aug 21

 

Rate It’s all about teamwork

Original at U2 Exit external link    Thu, Aug 21

By SPun2U Having experienced what it was like to suffer alone and how the support of a family could help an individual make it through difficult periods, when Larry Mullen’s mother died when he was 16 years old, Bono reached out to console him. Thus began a close, supportive friendship. When Edge went...

Rate Don't come home, Ange tells Brad - report

Original at Stuff.co.nz external link    Thu, Aug 21

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 New Zealand - Pitt had reportedly left to spend the night up the coast at a place owned by U2 frontman Bono. An insider said Angelina's nerves were shattered after the ...

Rate It's all about teamwork

Original at Economic Times external link    Thu, Aug 21    4 related articles

 India - U2 is comprised of four band members: lead singer Bono, lead guitar player “Edge,” bass guitar player Adam Clayton, and drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. The band ...

Rate Guitar Hero - Nah! Guitar Savior!

Original at U2blog external link    Thu, Aug 21

By U2isABLE If I could brainstorm for just a moment…Music Rising could take advantage of the game by offering a Music Rising-style faceplate for the guitar controler, or even doing an uber-celebrity edition of the game where all the proceeds goes to Music Rising. Mr. Ezrin, Mr. Juszkiewicz, Mr. The Edge...

Rate Bible school

Original at Reno News & Review external link    Thu, Aug 21

Reno News & Review, NV - Not to overstate things, but Cody Rea’s atmospheric guitar picking reminded me of U2’s The Edge. Pastor Greg Rea, a former Reno cop, took the mic for some ...

Tuesday, Aug 19

 

Rate Hollywood Buzz

Original at Times Now.tv external link    Tue, Aug 19    13 related articles

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 India - Bono may want to tone down the volume next time. Apparently, a fan overheard the U2 frontman listening to tracks from the group's forthcoming album from his ...

Rate Chubby Bono told to lose weight

Original at Stuff.co.nz external link    Tue, Aug 19    10 related articles

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 New Zealand - Aug 19, 2008 U2 - comprising Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr - are rumoured to be calling the new record, their first in four years, No Line On The ...

Rate Bono pumps up the volume, lets slip new U2 songs (Reuters)

Original at Stereoboard.com external link    Tue, Aug 19    13 related articles

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Reuters - Rock stars may have to rein in their taste for loud music after a fan overheard U2 frontman Bono listening to tracks from the group's forthcoming album and recorded them before posting the songs on the Internet.

Monday, Aug 18

 

Rate New U2 tracks leaked by fan after Bono played them on holiday

Original at Telegraph.co.uk external link    Mon, Aug 18    4 related articles

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 United Kingdom - Aug 18, 2008 Tracks from rock band U2's new album have appeared on the internet illegally after singer Bono played them too loudly at his holiday villa on the French ...

Rate Music Review: Glen Campbell gives songs by U2 and Green Day his ...

Original at Baltimore Sun external link    Mon, Aug 18

 United States - One was the smiling, aw-shucks host of a TV variety show, the other was an Andy Warhol-endorsed art-rock band singing of drugs and kinky sex. ...

Rate Bono ordered to lose weight

Original at U2 Exit external link    Mon, Aug 18    10 related articles

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By SPun2U Bono has reportedly been ordered to lose weight before U2 release their new album and start a proposed world tour next year. U2 – comprising Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. – are rumoured to be calling the new record, their first in four years, ‘No Line On The Horizon’. a

Rate News Ticker: U2, Weezer, Phil Spector, Byrne and Eno

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Mon, Aug 18

 - New U2 songs hit YouTube this weekend after being someone captured the tunes outside a south-of-France beach house where Bono was reportedly playing his ...

Rate Bono Told To Lose Weight Before Release Of New U2 Album And Tour

Original at All Headline News external link    Mon, Aug 18    10 related articles

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 - U2 - comprising Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. - are rumored to be calling the new record, their first in four years, "No Line On The ...

Sunday, Aug 17

 

Rate Like a Song: Lemon

Original at U2 external link    Sun, Aug 17

 - They didn’t rock my world, but I liked them. Zooropa was similar. I liked “Numb” and “Lemon,” so my parents got me the follow-up album to Achtung Baby. ...

Rate Bungling Bono blamed for leaked U2 tracks

Original at U2 Exit external link    Sun, Aug 17

By SPun2U Super producer and long-time U2 collaborator DANIEL LANOIS, who has produced the album with BRIAN ENO, reckons it’s the best he has ever recorded with the band. Their last album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, was great — as was the Vertigo Tour — so they have a lot to live up to.

Rate Bono Loves Own Voice So Much He Blasts New U2 Album Loud Enough ...

Original at Gizmodo external link    Sun, Aug 17    8 related articles

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By General Halfshaftery Don't forget, Bono is 4 feet 7 inches tall. General Halfshaftery.

Rate Bono Loves Own Voice So Much He Blasts New U2 Album Loud Enough ...

Original at Gizmodo external link    Sun, Aug 17    8 related articles

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By GadgetPlay Bono doesn't have the record... he IS the record! GadgetPlay.

Rate Welcome searchers

Original at U2 Sermons external link    Sun, Aug 17

By Beth(noreply@blogger.com) U2 leak blogspot (sorry, not here) what bible verses is U2's 40 from? (sing this one with me; this is Psalm 40) U2's tragedies (still wondering what this person had in mind) U2 spirituality (now that makes sense) the Edge U2 statues of Mary on speakers (oh you mean this?)

Friday, Aug 15

 

Rate Bono reveals U2 album details

Original at U2 external link    Fri, Aug 15    3 related articles

U2 frontman Bono has inadvertently given French fans a preview of their new album, which is reportedly called No Line On The Horizon. Cheeky fans wandering near the Irish singer and activist's home in Eze, in the south Of France, heard his distinctive voice booming out of the family's vill...

Rate Another Time, Another Place

Original at flickr.com external link    Fri, Aug 15

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By nobody@flickr.com (Plastic Jesus) As you may have gathered, I used to be a bit of a U2 fan, entirely because of The Edge's guitar, though admittedly Adam's a top bloke, and as for Bono, well, what can I say? Make Bono History, that's what I can say. I think the first (of many) illegal activities I've been involved in was as a U2 tape...

Monday, Aug 11

 

Rate Oh Boy - U2's re-issues fail to set charts alight

Original at U2 external link    Mon, Aug 11    4 related articles

IT appears U2 fans can live with or without the much hyped re-issues of their first three albums. The modern versions have bombed in the charts with one album falling out of the top 100 this week. 'War', 'Boy' and 'October', the Dublin band's first three studio releases, are plummeting down t...

Rate What if you had to destroy your U2 collection?

Original at U2blog external link    Mon, Aug 11

By Tassoula And when the men arrived to “raid” his home and confiscate, how did they know they’d gotten *everything* U2? And really—in the grand scheme of things, CDs and such aren’t that expensive anymore (save for super-special-limited-edition-once-in-a-lifetime-deluxe-re-issues).

Rate U2's Live at Red Rocks DVD Debut, Under a Blood Red Sky Remastered For Sept. 29 Release

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Aug 11    3 related articles

U2 continues its 'Season of Churn' by confirming rumors that Live at Red Rocks will make its DVD debut and that the 'accompanying' live album Under a Blood Red Sky has been remastered for re-release. Both the CD and the DVD will be available Sept. 29. Let's start with the Live at Red Rocks film, o...

Saturday, Aug 9

 

Rate New album rumours, tidbits, and ambiguous clips!

Original at U2 LiveJournal external link    Sat, Aug 9

Let's start with the basics. U2 have registered the domain name for No Line on the Horizon. We know they've recorded a song by that name. It's likely that this will be the first single, as they registered a domain name for Vertigo before HTDAAB came out... although they apparently intended that al...

Rate 09.08.08 - Secret #6 - I'm a sad fan

Original at flickr.com external link    Sat, Aug 9

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By nobody@flickr.com (mrszooropa) I've been a U2 fan since school but I didn't realise quite how much stuff I have bought over the years. I had it spread out all over our king size bed and I know theres stuff missing. There was 40 cds, 3 club cd's, 3 bootlegs, 8 dvd's, 7 t-shirts, 1 hoodie, 3 books, 1 tour program and 4 badges. Theres a f...

Thursday, Aug 7

 

Rate Bono Sings The Edge's Praises

Original at www.gabbybabble.celebuzz.com external link    Thu, Aug 7

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By gdaysunshine August 7th, 2008 Bono Calls The Edge the Most Influential Guitarist Since Page U2’s frontman Bono sings high praises for guitarist The Edge and calls him the most influential guitarist since Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and The Who’s Pete Townshend in an email to Rolling Stone magazine, ac...

Monday, Jul 28

 

Rate Bono to Be Godfather of Brangelina Twins

Original at www.gabbybabble.com external link    Mon, Jul 28    2 related articles

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By gdaysunshine Monday, July 28, 2008 Bono to Be Godfather of Brangelina Twins? I'm not sure if I believe this, but reports suggest that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have asked Bono to be the godfather of their twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. The couple is said to be impressed with his humanitarian...

Sunday, Jul 27

 

Rate This Means War

Original at Bob's bloggery external link    Sun, Jul 27

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By noreply@blogger.com (Bob K) The bonus CD, though, is much better that I anticipated. Of the three bonus CDs this is the one I was least excited about because a look at the setlist indicates that four versions of "New Year's Day" and three of "Two Hearts Beat As One." I wasn't real excited about that. But it turns out that I rea...

Monday, Jul 21

 

Rate threesixtyfive : twothirtythree : numbVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at flickr.com external link    Mon, Jul 21

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By nobody@flickr.com (Haeretik) U2 : Numb : Zooropa (1993) Don't move Don't talk out of time Just fine Don't grab Don't ask Don't talk Don't miss the one beat Don't eat I feel numb I feel numb I feel numb Don't listen to the band Don't ape I feel numb I feel numb I feel numb Chance, dance,dismiss, apologise Gimme what you got

Sunday, Jul 6

 

Rate U2 Album in the Can

Original at Cavman Considers external link    Sun, Jul 6

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By cavman U2 reports that producer Daniel Lanois told Le Journal de Montreal that U2 has finished recording their newest album. “It’s going to be different in several ways, but I think it’s similar from one point of view, namely that it’s going to push the known limits in the sound arena, the way Achtu...

Wednesday, Jun 18

 

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Original at flickr.com external link    Wed, Jun 18

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By nobody@flickr.com (michele cat) song: U2, bullet the blue sky and this is what i think every beautiful day. every perfect day. i enjoy the warmth and the blue and the sun and the breeze and i love every minute of it but always, always in the back of mind is this song and me sitting in my car thinking, it's a beautiful day.

Wednesday, Jan 16

 

Rate Here's to you, Ronnie DrewVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at U2log.com external link    Wed, Jan 16    6 related articles

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Bono and The Edge have co-written a song for Ronnie Drew, the singer with Ireland's best known folk band, The Dubliners. Drew has been battling cancer for some time. Bono told Hot Press: "When you're fighting cancer your mood is critical. We want Ronnie to know how much he is respected and love...

Sunday, Dec 9

 

Rate U2 set to release 'trance' album - Ireland Online

Original at Ireland Online external link    Sun, Dec 9    3 related articles

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U2 set to release 'trance' album  Ireland - But there's some very hardcore guitar coming out of The Edge. Real molten metal. "It's not like anything we've ever done before, and we don't think it ...

Sunday, Nov 25

 

Rate EASTER EGGS U2 THE JOSHUA TREE DVD (Limited Edition) // BETTY DALTON // ADAM PASSWORD

Original at Sal U2 Podcast external link    Sun, Nov 25

By zoraidalu1@gmail.com (Zory Falto) Recurso: ATU2.com Les confirmo esto tan pronto pueda. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////// EASTER EGG: Alert fans have found a surprise easter egg in the bonus DVD with the super deluxe edition of The Joshua Tree release. It’s a special Dalton Brothers performanc...

Sunday, Sep 23

 

Rate » DVD Documentary from U2 >> Meet In the Lobby -- Movie News And Your Views

Original at Meet In the Lobby external link    Sun, Sep 23

U2’s PopMart Live from Mexico City was available on video in 1998, but is now on DVD for the first time. Remember Bono’s wacko “MacPhisto” character of the Zoo TV era? This is a couple of years later, but no less creative/ego-driven/silly. Watch the PopMart Live Trailer PopMart was where s...

Wednesday, Jul 4

 

Rate Stars rocking the planet at Live Earth - Tonight

Original at Tonight external link    Wed, Jul 4

Stars rocking the planet at Live Earth  South Africa - She is a spokeswoman for several charities and recorded a song with U2 lead singer and campaigner Bono for World AIDS day in 2006.

Monday, Jul 2

 

Rate Live Earth Aims to Cause Lasting Change - Forbes

Original at forbes.com external link    Mon, Jul 2

Live Earth Aims to Cause Lasting Change  NY - Bono, U2 frontman and outspoken advocate of aid for Africa, recently guest edited an issue of Vanity Fair devoted to Africa. On the largely dormant Live 8 ...


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