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U2 manager disses Radiohead’s latest marketing maneuver

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

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It seems the people behind U2 aren’t too fond of the Radiohead model of selling their latest album, In Rainbows. Specifically, U2’s manager Paul McGuinness confessed recently that he feels that Radiohead’s pay-what-you-want policy “backfired.” He also assured everybody that in no way U2’s upcoming album, that will probably see the light of day sometime [...]

NIN, Nirvana, Elvis and much more memorabilia up for charity auction

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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Music Rising, is a world renowned charity organization, co-founded by the U2 lead guitarist The Edge, that seeks to bring back life and a spark of hope into people’s life, by reviving the local musical culture in the Central Gulf region of the U.S. in the wake of several disastrous hurricanes. Basically what they [...]

Wednesday smilejerker: Bono’s an evil bastard!

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

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Now don’t get ahead of yourself there! We all know Bono made some admirable charity acts and we give him praise for that. But sometimes, even the best of us have to suffer! Here’s what happened in one of their shows: At a recent U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland, he asked the audience for total quiet. Then, [...]

U2 make new album more ‘electro’

Friday, February 15, 2008

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When it comes to it, U2 are among the big guns, among the fabled few who managed to deliver great music for a long period of time. In fact, they pretty much covered everything, adapting their style to the current tendencies, or even adapting the current tendencies to their music. This comes as a sequel to [...]

U2 line up to see U2

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

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After a lifetime of playing soldout to crowds and in every corner of the world, U2 have done what their fans do all the time: line up to see a u2 show. That concert was “U2 3D,” a film of the band’s 2005-06 Vertigo tour, shot at several shows in South America with new 3-D [...]

U2 makes surprise stage appearance

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

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They have been known for doing surprising things before. This time they went and sang as a warmup act at a charity concert in London. But just Bono and The Edge were there. The band members have invested time and money in good causes and it is obvious that charity is an important part of them. [...]

Bono troubled by Myanmar violence

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

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Things are not looking any better in Myanmar and a solution without help from the outside seems unlikely. But there are people who care about what the situation is outside of LA and other big cities. bono says he had “slept uneasily” since seeing extraordinary photos and TV footage of the violence in Myanmar. After a [...]

The end of your iPod ?

Monday, July 2, 2007

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Reports say the largest record label, Universal Music, won’t renew its contract with the highly popular download store iTunes. I see this as a strange move by Universal. Universal Music has contracts with the majority of big names out there in the music business, from U2 to Eminem. This recent action comes some what as [...]

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