Irish rock giants U2 have kicked off their latest world tour, and paid tribute to the late pop icon Michael Jackson.U2 are one of the biggest bands on the planet. Their latest album 'No Line On The Horizon' ended a five year wait by fans for new material, and...
U2 kicked off their 360 Degree Tour on Tuesday night in Barcelona, Spain at the 97,500 capacity Camp Nou Stadium.The following set list has been posted on a number of sites:Main SetBreatheNo Line On the HorizonGet On Your BootsMagnificentBeautiful DayI Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking ForAngel of HarlemIn a Little WhileUnknown CallerThe Unforgettable FireCity of Blinding LightsVertigoI'll G...
Reports have come out from the United States that a Minnesota jury has awarded the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) $US1.92 million ($AUS2.4 mill) in their lawsuit against a single-parent woman named Jammie Thomas-Rasset. The jury found that she had willfully infringed on record labels' copyrights after she downloaded and shared 24 songs on Kazaa. That works out to $US80,000 ($A...
To mark their tenth anniversary, Cluas.com has polled its writers to determine their fifty best Irish albums from the years 1999 - 2009. As might be expected guitar music rules the roost but the list is a fine overview of an amazing output from a relatively small country. It will, as ever, provoke debate but…
MUSIC NEWS - U2's BONO and the EDGE sat down recently to talk their Broadway debut, Spiderman and their involvement in the new Marvel Entertainment musical. Previews of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark start January 16, 2010 with the official start date being February 18, 2010 at the Hilton Theatre in NYC! See video below-
With long-lost B-sides, fantastic one-off experiments, drastically different alternate versions of some of their biggest post-millennial hits, U2's latest rarities collection proves to be one of their most surprisingly satisfying releases in recent memory.
Wow, I've forgotten about this place. I've also forgotten to collect new music... until recently.The big news in the music world last week was the release of U2's new album, No Line on the Horizon. After much deliberation on whether it would be worth getting the album and whether or not I could should afford it, I decided to go ahead and just pick it up while it was still under $10. The album h...
“You’ve got to balance being relevant and commenting on something that’s happening today with trying to attain timelessness,” said U2 guitarist the Edge back in the 1990s. And he’s right- that’s exactly what such a powerful, classic, monumental rock band needs to do: find a way to [...]
You can read my review of No Line on the Horizon at http://treblezine.com/reviews/3020-U2_No_Line_on_the_Horizon.htmlU2No Line on the HorizonIinterscope2009Can you believe that it's been 18 years since U2 released Achtung Baby? It seems that U2 have been overshadowed more by the mystique of that Baby than any other album in their recent canon. Achtung Baby was the album that Bono claimed was th...
Kanye West has casually mentioned that Will.I. Am of the Black Eyed Peas will be producing the next U2 album. According to Pitchfork, Kanye West said " Will.I. Am is producing on U2's next album. If Jay Z can work with Coldplay, Will.I. Am can work with U2.
In case you missed it yesterday, watch U2 play at Sunday's Inauguration Concert in Washington DC: And click here for a listen to the band's new single "Get On Your Boots "...with lyrics here .
• Bruce, U2 Prep for Special Visit From Obama • U2 Reveal Horizon Track List, Cover • Jeff Beck on Rock Hall, Clapton Gigs • Circuit City Falls Victim to Recession • Behind the Fall of Indie 103 • Random Notes: Springsteen, Metallica •...
• U2, Springsteen Kick Off Inaugural Party • Bruce, U2 Prep for Special Visit From Obama • U2 Reveal Horizon Track List, Cover • Jeff Beck on Rock Hall, Clapton Gigs • Circuit City Falls Victim to Recession • Behind the Fall of...
Protesters in Ireland rallied outside of the Department of Finance crying fowl against U2's decision to situate their tax affairs in the Netherlands, reports the Irish Times. The move would grant the Irish rockers an avoidance of paying harsher taxes on their royalties in their homeland. Organizing the event the Debt and Development Coalition Ireland (DDCI) which campaigns on issues related to ...