Rollins bites the lemon: U2 ain’t all bad
Henry Rollins, who has never hidden his dislike of U2 in general and Bono in particular and whose entertaining spoken word shows often featured an elaborate and frankly rather funny story called ‘The...
View ArticleU2 are the business
Excuse us while we have a laugh. U2 have made the list of The 10 Most Tech-Savvy Rock Stars in Business Week Online, featuring the musicians who ‘best harness technology, especially the Internet, to...
View ArticleRick Rubin would love to produce a U2 disc
Rolling Stone named him the “most successful producer in any genre”, while MTV called him “the most important producer of the last 20 years”. His name comes up when discussing Nine Inch Nails,...
View ArticleDoes U2 still take a stand?
Browsing for the latest U2 news and mentions, we came across this article; a concert review of a Crosby Stills Nash & Young gig at the Verizon Amphitheatre in Irvine. The article deeply goes into...
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Have U2 gone too commercial?
It’s been all over the news in the past few days. Elevation Partners, an investment group that Bono is involved in, buys up a large slice of Forbes. Forbes magazine often gets referred to as the “bible...
View ArticleIs “Fresh Blood” needed?
Since there seems to be a bit of a lull as far as U2 is concerned at the moment, we decided to drag up an old article and maybe add a little more discussion. The article, which originally appeared in...
View ArticleU2, The Beatles and the iPod
SwitchBlog (Inspired by Apple’s Switch Campaign) mentions U2 in their post ‘Social Currency and the iPod‘ which talks about Apple’s strategy concerning the iPod, digital downloads, DRM and the ‘godlike...
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The Joshua Tree’s powerful impact
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of The Joshua Tree, Andrew Collins looks back on the album and its powerful impact. “But for an instance, U2 had the world in the palm of their hand....
View ArticleManchester 1 – 0 Dublin
From the excellent documentary ‘Factory – Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays‘: Reminiscing, New Order’s Hooky says: “Our record went down every single time we appeared on Top of the Pops,...
View ArticleBehind the scenes video at Soldier Field
The Chicago Tribune gets a behind the scenes look at U2360 at Soldier Field with Jake Berry, Paul McGuinness and Mark Fisher. Berry once again mentions the ‘intimacy’ this stage set up provides. For...
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