It’s hard to believe that it’s the middle of September already! I’m sure many of us are well into our autumn traditions, like breaking out our sweaters, drinking pumpkin spice lattes or picking apples. Apples might be the only things we’re collecting…
Read MoreAdam & Mariana Get Married Again
Congrats again to Adam Clayton and his bride, Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho, who had their public ceremony Saturday at Chateau de la Napoule on the French Riviera. Both the Irish Sun and the Daily Mail have articles and photos from the ceremony,
Read MoreWatch U2 at Red Rocks … at Red Rocks
U2’s famous concert documentary, U2 – Under A Blood Red Sky, is going to be shown later this month in the same iconic venue where it was recorded 30 years ago. It’s part of the summer series called Film On The Rocks and includes live performances befo…
Read MoreLike A Song: Zoo Station
[Ed. note: This is the 80th 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.]
For the past three years — and the past 18 months in particular — my life has been a whirlwind…
U2’s Adam Clayton to swap Dublin for London
Star’s new wife has house and career in London
Collins Photo Agency U2 member Adam Clayton and his new bride Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho are to make their home in London where she owns a house in Westminster. The happy couple tied the knot in a Du…
Read MoreColumn: off the record…, vol. 13-583
First, the good bells! “It’s in your voice. Has me ringing like a bell.” “The church bells in town, they’re ringing a song. What a happy sound.” Wedding bells! It always seemed like Adam Clayton would be an eternal bachelor, but on Sept. 4 he
Read MoreIs U2 Back in the Studio? (Larry Mullen, Dallas Schoo Comments)
Not only is it looking like U2’s next album won’t be out until 2014, but it also sounds like the band may have decided to go back into the studio to work on (more) new material.
If you follow us on Facebook, you may have noticed us reshare a post from…
Bono, the Wedding Singer? Yep, at Buffett Family Wedding
Bono has joked about becoming a wedding/lounge singer in his twilight years, hasn’t he? Well, he got a taste of it Friday night in Omaha, Nebraska, at the wedding of Warren Buffett’s granddaughter, Emily Greenberg. As the Omaha World-Herald reports (a…
Read MoreUnder the Covers: Kendra Morris’ ‘Mockingbird’
Covers are a common staple of music. It’s hard to find a band that hasn’t covered another artist’s work, whether it’s purely for live performance purposes, or typically as a bonus track on an album. Soul singer Kendra Morris has completely blown all stereotypes apart with the release of her second album, Mockingbird. The entire […]
Read MoreBono from U2 in reflective mood – Julian Lennon’s best photograph
Interview by Theresa Malone
‘I was just lazing around on the floor’ … Julian Lennon’s photograph of Bono at Lennon’s house in France. Photograph: copyright Julian Lennon.
U2 were recording some demos at my house in France in 2010 and allowed me to take some photographs of them. It was a hot, close summer: one of those ones where you just cannot breathe. I knew it was a great opportunity, but I didn’t want to be in their faces too much – as a recording artist myself, I know how annoying it can be when someone is sitting in the corner clicking away with their camera when you’re trying to work. So I just popped in for 20 minutes now and again and took a few shots.
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