Paul McGuinness was interviewed by Pete Tong at the IMS IBIZA summit. Paul was asked a variety of questions from his past work with U2 and his work in the music industry. He briefly talked about the recent retirement from managing U2 and what his stepping away has changed the day-to-day working of U2. You can watch […]
Read MoreU2 Radio Roundtable – Love is Blindness
As a die-hard U2 fan, I sometimes forget that not every note which the band have ever emitted was pure, solid-gold manna, sprinkled from the heavens above by the four Irish gods of rock. I think that every fan probably has one or two songs that, for whatever reason, just doesn’t do it for them. […]
Read MoreU2 101 – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
One of U2‘s most rockin’ songs is their single from the 1995 film Batman Forever, “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.” The song’s title first appeared, in an obscured fashion, on the cover to their 1993 album Zooropa, and in many ways could serve to explain the ways in which Achtung Baby, it’s […]
Read MoreWhy U2 – Reason #16
One of the things that I really love about U2 is that they hang out with some really cool people. Some artists that I’d have very likely missed out on entirely if it weren’t for their U2 connections. A great example is Emmylou Harris, whose absolutely stunningly beautiful 1995 album Wrecking Ball features performances from […]
Read MoreU2 (and Larry) Appear to be Back on Track.
It’s tricky sometimes to keep up with Larry, especially since he takes such efforts to maintain a bubble of privacy around himself and his family. Because of this desire for privacy, it doesn’t surprise me that Larry might suffer through a serious health problem and never tell the fans. That’s his right – I’m kind […]
Read MoreU2 Popmart Tampa and Miami, when I almost became a Bono girl
This is the third and final installment of my retrospective on U2’s Popmart tour, a tour we seem to forget about. The last two shows I went to on Popmart, on the third leg, were quite fabulous. They were in Tampa and Miami on November 10th and 14th in 1997, and that is the week […]
Read MoreBono to be awarded the Lionheart Award June 21
On June 21st The organizers of the 61st Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity will be awarding U2’s Bono with the first ever Cannes LionHeart Award for his charitable work via (RED). The award is being given due to Bono’s “creative fusion of branding, activism and philanthropy that has generated more than $250 million for the […]
Read MoreCovering U2 – Metal Times Three
Believer are a thrash metal band from Pennsylvania who enjoyed their greatest success during the late 80’s and early 90’s (kind of like an Irish band that we all know and love) who performed a cover of one of my personal favorite U2 classics, “Like a Song“, for their 1990 album Sanity Obscure. Lead singer […]
Read MoreSnarky Answers for Dumb Questions about U2
If you’re the only U2 superfan in your peer group, then perhaps you have experienced some challenges when it comes to explaining your devotion to the band. Here are some examples of snarky questions you may be used to hearing about U2, accompanied by equally snarky retorts (feel free to use them at your discretion). […]
Read MoreU2 101 – Acrobat and Love is Blindness
I remember the first time I ever heard “Love is Blindness“, the first thing that I noticed was the similarity between the melody of the organ intro in that song to the vocal melody that Bono sings during some parts of “Acrobat“, the preceding song on Achtung Baby. Since that time, I’ve come to appreciate […]
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