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U2 Makes Blind Guitarist’s Dream Come True

stef — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:51:15 +0000

U2 had a concert in Nashville several days ago. It went on just like any other show until Bono spotted a particular sign in the crowd which read “BLIND GUITAR PLAYER. Bring me up.” Adam Bevell’s brother-in-law had made the sign for him right there in the stadium and Adam held it over his head for the entire rock show, never imagining that the band would actually see it from the stage. At the end of the concert, Adam’s wish was granted as the crowd hoisted him up to the stage at the band’s request. Bono took his hand and led him over to a guitar, which was then strapped onto Adam. Adam chose to play his and his wife’s wedding song “All I Want it You” while the U2 lead singer sang along. At the end of the song, Adam naturally moved to give the guitar back but Bono wouldn’t take it, simply saying “I want you to have my guitar”. Wow! He deserves it though!
U2 and Adam Bevell – All I Want is You – Performance Video

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Rock Star Turned Spider Man

Tammy — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:40:56 +0000

Reeve Carney has been selected to play the superhero Spider Man in the new Broadway musical, �Spider Man, Turn Off the Dark�. A press release was sent out last week, saying �After an exhaustive search that included a casting call tour spanning six cities and thousands of candidates, the producers and creative team have selected Reeve Carney to play the role of Peter Parker, The Amazing Spider-Man. Carney joins previously announced cast members Evan Rachel Wood as Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker�s girlfriend and Alan Cumming as Norman Osborn (aka Green Goblin).� The virtual unknown is actually the lead singer of the rock band Carney. U2�s Bono and The Edge will be bringing the music and lyrics to the production.
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2009 MTV Europe Music Awards Winners

Tammy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:05 +0000

The MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 took place in Berlin, Germany at the O2 World arena

Full List of MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 Winners

Best Video
Beyonce – Single Ladies

Best Female
Beyonce

Best Group
Tokio Hotel

Best Push Artist
Pixie Lott

Best Male
Eminem

Best New Act
Lady Gaga

Best Alternative
Placebo

Best World Stage Performance
Linkin Park

Best Song
Beyonce – Halo

Best Rock
Green Day

Best Urban
Jay-Z

Best Live Act
U2

Best European Act
maNga

U2 Concert to Stream Live on YouTube

Tammy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:36:14 +0000

California, US: U2 have confirmed via video blog that their sold-out concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California, Sunday 25th October 2009 will be streamed free, in full and live on YouTube. It’s the first time a show of this size will be streamed live.

The Rose Bowl show is the penultimate U2 show this year – with more to come in 2010 – and already is set to host the venue�s biggest ever audience of over 96, 000 fans. The 360? Tour, which has been critically acclaimed and �re-invents rock�n�roll�*, will now boast unique access for fans worldwide – as fans in territories yet to be visited by the tour, or not at all, will be able to enjoy the whole show online. Managed in partnership with Live Nation, this sell-out tour has broken attendance records in most venues it has visited – its success due in part to increased capacity coupled with a lower ticket price and great sight lines afforded by the stunning in-the-round stage set. Visit U2.com or youtube.com/u2official for details of how to join in this ground-breaking on-line event.

U2 manager Paul McGuinness said – “The band has wanted to do something like this for a long time. As we’re filming the LA show, it’s the perfect opportunity to extend the party beyond the stadium. Fans often travel long distances to come to see U2 – this time U2 can go to them, globally.”

YouTube will be streaming live across five continents. The show will be available in the usual You Tube way, as video-on-demand, following two full replays – after the live stream – on both U2.com and You Tube.

“YouTube is thrilled to be able to provide our global audience with a live streaming performance from one of the world’s greatest bands” – Chris Maxcy, Director of YouTube Partner Development. “We are always looking for new ways to connect fans around the world with their favourite artists, and this is the perfect opportunity to do just that.”

U2′s European Tour Dates and New Concert Photos

Tammy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:25:17 +0000

U2 Announces European Tour Dates for 2010
In the midst of the North American leg of their 360� Tour, U2 has announced their fall 2010 European Tour dates. The 12-stop tour will hit Germany, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Austria, Greece, Turkey, France, Spain, and Portugal. Tickets for many of the shows went on sale as early as this week, with more presales scheduled for October 5th-7th. Visit U2.com for all the information.

Also new on the U2 website are some pictures from the band’s most recent tour stops. Check out the photo gallery here.

U2′s twelfth studio album No Line on the Horizon, as well as their I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight Remix EP are available now on iTunes.

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EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

8/10/2010 Frankfurt, DE – Commerzbank Arena

8/12/2010 Hannover, DE – AWD Stadium

8/15/2010 Horsens, DK – Casa Arena

8/20/2010 Helsinki, FI – Olympic Stadium

8/25/2010 Moscow, RU – Luzhniki

8/30/2010 Vienna, AT – Ernst Happel Stadium

9/03/2010 Athens, GR – Olympic Stadium

9/06/2010 Istanbul, TR – Ataturk Olympic Stadium

9/15/2010 Munich, DE – Olympic Stadium

9/18/2010 Paris, FR – Stade De France

9/29/2010 Seville, ES – Olympic Stadium

10/02/2010 Coimbra, PT – Stadium

New Video Clips from U2

Tammy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:19:44 +0000

U2 Releases New Video Clips from 360� Tour

U2 kicked off the North American leg of their 360� Tour on September 13th, and cameras have been rolling during the shows and behind the scenes. Visit the official U2 YouTube channel to see video clips of songs from the concert, including “Your Blue Room” and “Vertigo” from the Chicago shows, a radio interview in Toronto, and an advance screening of an exclusive U2.com chat with the Edge.

Can’t get enough live U2? Download the new Blackberry app that lets you get inside the new album No Line On The Horizon. The app features song previews, news, tour updates, exclusive images of the band in the recording studio and on the road, and more! Find out the specifics on the Blackberry website.

No Line On The Horizon is U2′s twelfth studio album and is available now, in stores or through iTunes.

Vertigo Link and Embed Code:

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Your Blue Room Link and Embed Code:

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Toronto Radio Interview Link and Embed Code:

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Tammy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:57:14 +0000

Megan Fox has been announced to be the first host of Saturday Night Live in its 35th season premiere. It�s a big honor for her. Here�s to hoping that she has great comedic timing. But it may be funnier if she doesn�t. Joining the actress on the premiere on September 26th as the musical guest will be superstar band U2. Following right behind them in coming weeks are Ryan Reynolds and Lady Gaga, Drew Barrymore and Regina Spektor, and Gerard Butler and Shakira. Those are some mighty big names for SNL. I am definitely tuning in to see all those shows.

U2 READY FOR U.S. TOUR

Tammy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:11:46 +0000

360 TOUR STARTED IN CHICAGO

Tour Dates:

Sep 12 Soldier Field Chicago

Sep 13 Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois

Sep 16 Rogers Centre Toronto

Sep 16 Rogers Centre Toronto, Ontario

Sep 17 Rogers Centre Toronto, Ontario

Sep 20 Gillette Stadium Boston

Sep 21 Gillette Stadium Foxboro, Massachusetts

Sep 24 Giants Stadium New York

Sep 25 Giants Stadium New York, New York

Sep 29 FedEx Field Washington, Washington DC

Oct 1 Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia

Oct 3 Carter Finlay Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina

Oct 6 Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia

Oct 9 Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida

Oct 12 New Cowboys Stadium Dallas, Texas

Oct 14 Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas

Oct 18 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma

Oct 20 University of Phoenix Stadium Phoenix, Arizona

Oct 23 Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, Nevada

Oct 25 Rose Bowl Pasedena, California

Oct 28 BC Place Stadium Vancouver, British Columbia

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Bono ‘to save’ Spider-Man musical

Tammy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:16:14 +0000

Bono may swing to the rescue of a troubled multi-million-dollar Spider-Man musical.

The U2 frontman – who penned the score to the Broadway show with bandmate The Edge – is said to have reached out to his wealthy pals to save the extravaganza after it reportedly ran into financial trouble.

Work on the show was suspended last week after producers experienced “cash flow issues”.

It prompted rumours that the cast and crew had been released from their contracts and the whole musical had been axed. But producers insisted that was not the case.

Now Bono is being tipped as the $45 million show’s saviour.

New York Post theatre critic Michael Riedel wrote: “The help – or, more accurately, the cash – is said to be coming by way of Bono.

“Bono’s too smart to put his own money in the show, but word on the street is that he’s tapped into his vast network of rich friends and business associates to restart production.

“Designers and some stagehands go back to work today. Bono feeds half of Africa, so raising a few more million for Spider-Man shouldn’t be too difficult.”

The show is due to go into previews next February.

A representative for Bono, 49, was unavailable for comment.

Source: Splash News

Tammy — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:33:39 +0000

U2′s new single, �Magnificent,� was released on May 4th by Mercury Records.

The video for �Magnificent� was directed by French filmmaker Alex Courtes. Alex also directed the video for the band’s previous single, �Get On Your Boots,� and alongside his former creative partner Martin Fougeral won a Grammy award for the “Vertigo” video. The video for �Magnificent� was shot in the historic city of Fez, Morocco last month.

�Magnificent,� the second single from No Line On The Horizon, will be available in the UK as a download and on 7″ vinyl. The vinyl single will be backed with a live version of album track Breathe, recorded in the Somerville Theatre in Boston earlier this year.

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U2 Single Gets Justice Remix

Tammy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:25:23 +0000

U2, arguably one of the greatest rock bands of all time, has teamed up with A-list production team Justice to bring fans a mind-altering remix of epic proportions. The pairing of super stars and super producers on �Get On Your Boots,� the first single from U2�s No Line On The Horizon, can be heard exclusively on Stereogum.com.

For more information on U2, including tour dates and news, can be found on the band�s official site U2.com.

Tammy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:55:52 +0000

U2.com today confirms that the U2 360�� tour will open at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on 30th June. The U2 360�� Tour is sponsored by BlackBerry�� and it is the band��s first stadium outing since the Vertigo Tour 05/06 and follows the release of their acclaimed album, No Line On The Horizon. Their 12th studio album, No Line On The Horizon is already number 1 in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Japan and the Czech Republic with further chart positions to be announced this week.
Produced by Live Nation Global Touring, U2 360�� will visit 14 cities across Europe including dates in Milan, Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Nice, Dublin, Chorzow, Berlin, Gelsenkirchen, London, Sheffield and Glasgow before finishing at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 22nd August. The European tour will be followed by dates in North America beginning at Chicago��s Soldier Field on September 12th, 2009.

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:

30-JUNE BARCELONA, SP NOU CAMP
07-JULY MILAN, IT SAN SIRO
11-JULY PARIS, FR STADE DE FRANCE
15-JULY NICE, FR PARC CHARLES EHRMANN
18-JULY BERLIN, DE OLYMPIC STADIUM
20-JULY AMSTERDAM, NL ArenA
24-JULY DUBLIN, IE CROKE PARK
31-JULY GOTHENBURG, SE ULLEVI

06-AUG. CHORZOW, PL SLASKI STADIUM
10-AUG. ZAGREB, HR MAKSIMIR STADIUM
14-AUG. LONDON, UK WEMBLEY STADIUM
18-AUG. GLASGOW, UK HAMPDEN PARK
20-AUG. SHEFFIELD, UK DON VALLEY STADIUM
22-AUG. CARDIFF, UK MILLENNIUM STADIUM

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:

12-SEPT. CHICAGO, IL SOLDIER FIELD
16-SEPT. TORONTO, ON THE ROGERS CENTRE
20-SEPT. BOSTON, MA GILLETTE STADIUM
24-SEPT. NEW YORK, NY GIANTS STADIUM

In September and October, U2 360 will also visit: Atlanta, GA; Charlottesville, VA; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Norman, OK; Phoenix, AZ; Tampa, FL; Washington, DC and Vancouver, BC. Complete Tour and ticketing information to follow.

Tammy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:04:32 +0000

No Line On The Horizon, the new album from U2 featuring the single �Get On Your Boots� is in stores now. The album is the band�s 12th studio album and their first release since the nine million selling album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, released in late 2004.

The new album, produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite, has been chose as Amazon�s �Deal of the Day� for today�s release and offers special pricing for one only.

No Line On The Horizon is also being released in a standard format with a 24- page booklet and in digipak format. The digipak includes an extended booklet and the album�s companion film �Linear� by Anton Corbijn. A limited edition package with album, cd and 64-page magazine will also be available, featuring the band in conversation with artist Catherine Owens, and new Anton Corbijn photographs. No Line On The Horizon will be released on 180gm vinyl.

Video Get On Your Boots:

Get On Your Boots – U2

U2 Premiere New Album

Tammy — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:13:29 +0000

MySpace Music myspace.com/music, the world’s premier online music portal, announces the exclusive world premiere of No Line On The Horizon, the new studio album from U2. Beginning on February Feb. 20th ,MySpace U.S. users will be able to stream the album in its entirety from U2�s official MySpace Music profile at www.myspace.com/u2, giving fans a chance to preview it before the U.S. release on March 3rd. No Line On The Horizon will be available for purchase on MySpace Music starting on March 3rd.
U2 recently premiered their latest video for the hit single Get On Your Boots on MySpace Music to fans around the world. No Line On The Horizon is the group�s highly anticipated 12th studio album and their first release since How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb came out in late 2004. Recording sessions for No Line On The Horizon were held in various locations around the world, including Fez, Morocco, the band�s own studio in Dublin, New York�s Platinum Sound Recording Studios, and Olympic Studios in London. Long-time U2 collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois produced the album, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite.
For more information about U2 and to stream No Line On The Horizon, visit their MySpace Music official profile at: myspace.com/u2.

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U2 To Take Over David Letterman

Tammy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:57:40 +0000

Rock superstars U2 will perform an unprecedented five nights in a row on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Monday, March 2-Friday, March 6 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

This will be the first time that a musical guest will perform an entire week on the CBS late night broadcast.

The band will release their 12th album, No Line on the Horizon, March 3. They performed their first single off the album, �Get On Your Boots� at the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards last weekend, and the song is already climbing the music charts.

U2 last appeared on the LATE SHOW on Oct. 29, 2001, where they performed and Bono was also interviewed on the broadcast. On June 10, 1997, Bono appeared with Larry Mullen Jr. to talk to Letterman on the program.

The LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN is a production of Worldwide Pants Incorporated. Barbara Gaines, Maria Pope, Jude Brennan and Rob Burnett are the executive producers.