By Moe Bishop
The news that Bono’s Facebook shares have made him $800 million richer reminded me of a tragic incident from two decades ago. On January 16, 1996, Jamaican police tried but failed to shoot down a plane carrying (...)
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Corinne/Dead | 12 February 2012 | Industrie
After tens of thousands of votes, U2.com Subscribers have decided which tracks will appear on ’U22’.
We asked you to choose your top 22 live tracks after listening to 46 the band played on U2360°. Three months later, the result is the first crowd-sourced U2 live collection.
You didn’t just cast your votes. You also engaged in impassioned (...)
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Corinne/Dead | 21 January 2012 | Discographie
Filmmakers take a look at the real fans of Irish rock legends
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Corinne/Dead | 14 January 2012 | Cinéma / Théatre
Band should drop ambition for heavy radio play, advises US music magazine
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Corinne/Dead | 8 January 2012 | Industrie
Posted By: Carlye
Twenty years ago U2 released Achtung Baby, and even after two decades the band’s seventh studio album remains one of their most revered. Five different editions of the album were put on sale today to celebrate its 20th Anniversary, but with so much love for the eight-time platinum album, we couldn’t help but think of the rest (...)
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Corinne/Dead | 31 December 2011 | Vidéographie
U2’s 360 Tour finally wound down in Moncton, Canada, on July 30, 2011, and when the smoke had cleared and the high-tech, claw-shaped stage was dismantled for the last time, the Irish rockers’ traveling extravaganza had become the highest-grossing and most-attended trek of all time. The tour, which kicked off on June 30, 2009, in Barcelona, (...)
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Corinne/Dead | 30 December 2011 | Industrie
A rare recording of U2 performing at the Dandelion Market on August 11, 1979, is attracting worldwide interest.
Posted on YouTube by long-time fan Pete McCluskey, the clip is gold not just for an early outing of debut single ’Out Of Control’ but for the between-song chatter of a teenage Bono.
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Corinne/Dead | 11 December 2011 | Discographie
Photo by Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! When Bono and co. wrapped their 360 tour in July, it became the highest-grossing and biggest ticket-selling tour in the history of the music business, according to Billboard. While U2 are known for their stadium-sized riffs and larger-than-life fame, they now officially hold the (...)
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Corinne/Dead | 10 December 2011 | U2360
"It is, quite simply, one of the most transcendent close-up looks at the process of creating rock & roll I’ve ever seen." — Entertainment Weekly
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Corinne/Dead | 29 November 2011 | From The Sky Down
Bono checks out U2 fans’ graffiti at their Hanover Quay studio in Dublin yesterday
By Edel O’Connell
U2 were back in town yesterday to record part of the band’s newest studio album at their Hanover Quay studio.
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Corinne/Dead | 18 November 2011 | What’s next