Bono will be honored Tuesday in Paris with France’s highest cultural honor when he’s made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters. This isn’t to be confused with the Legion d’Honneur, which Bono received many years ago from France.
The ceremony i…
Spanish FNAC Record Store Lists U2 Album in November
Cross your fingers that this FNAC record store in Spain knows what it’s talking about. Via U2Valencia.com comes this photo of a sign listing upcoming albums and release dates, and U2 is included with “November 2013” as the date.
We don’t know if this…
Read MoreColumn: off the record …, vol. 13-575
The thing I regret most about a business trip I took to Manhattan last spring was not making time to see Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark on Broadway. All of my friends who have been to the show, whether theater fans or not, have been blown away by its …
Read MoreLike A Song: Beautiful Day
[Ed. note: This is the 78th in a series of personal essays by the @U2 staff about songs and/or albums that have had great meaning or impact in our lives.]
I think it was September 2000. I was sitting at the computer in the office at my parents’ house….
Transcript: Bono – Husband, Father, Advocate (Focus On The Family Interview)
On June 25th, Bono was Jim Daly’s guest for a Focus On The Family radio interview. The interview was taped on May 23 in New York City, while U2 was working on its next album. Audio of the interview is currently available on Focus On The Family’s websi…
Read MoreHeadlight On A Northbound Train: McCartney, AmericanaramA, Deadheads, and Me
My music fandom began sitting on the carpeted floor of a middle-class house in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. My parents owned a record player and a handful of albums, among them The Beatles’ Revolver and The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. Much like the scene in Almost Famous when the protagonist’s sister turned her younger brother […]
Read More@U2 Forum Now Available on Smartphones, Tablets via Tapatalk
I mentioned this in the latest OTR column, but also want to get it here on the home page for maximum exposure: The @U2 Forum is now available via the Tapatalk app on your iOS or Android phone and/or tablet.
Not only is the forum available on those mob…
Column: off the record…, vol. 13-574
Here’s something rare, discovered via our forum: An independent Italian magazine called “Inutile” (Useless) has had a friend living in Dublin for the past six months, and this friend recently struck up a friendship (in church) with Garvin Evans … A…
Read MorePoll Results: Zoo TV Tops 360 as Fans’ Favorite U2 Stage
Although “The Claw” is fresher in everyone’s mind, Zoo TV was the top choice in our recent home page survey asking fans about U2’s concert stages.
In early May, we ran a survey with a simple question: “What’s your favorite U2 concert stage?” Almost 3,…
Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories: More Funk Than Punk
Coming out of the French club music scene of the late 1990’s, Daft Punk have always set the standard for electronic music across the board. With the release of Random Access Memories, they have yet again proven just how versatile yet relevant their musical style can be. Blending past, modern and future sounds together is […]
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