In my real life, I’m a total and complete geek. I collect comic books and action figures. I read sci-fi. I’ve even got a cat named after a character from Star Trek. You can imagine then, I’m sure, the delight that I derive from the fact that U2 (or at least Bono, anyway) seem to […]
Read MoreIt’s All About Drums – U2’s top 10
Larry Mullen is the heart of U2, the beat of the band. All I hear when I listen to music, especially U2 music, are drums and lyrics. That’s all I need to be happy. I think that is why I am in the minority among U2 fans claiming October as one of my favorite U2 albums – […]
Read MoreBono Celebrates his 54th Birthday
May 10th, our favorite lead singer will celebrate his 54th birthday. I wish to begin again on a daily basis. To be born again every day is something that I try to do. And I’m deadly serious about that. ― Bono, Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas The African Well Fund is closing out […]
Read MoreU2 opens ZooTV Outside Broadcast Tour at Giants Stadium – August 12, 1992
One of my favorite U2 concerts was Opening Night of the ZooTv Outside Broadcast Tour, at Giants Stadium in New Jersey on August 12, 1992. It was my first tour opener. It was the first time I met Bono. It was my first and only time on stage. It was the first time I heard […]
Read MoreCovering U2 – AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered
The end of 2011 was a pretty exciting time for U2 fans. We were just coming down from the 360 tour and basking in the awesomeness that was (and is) the 20th anniversary Achtung Baby releases. part of that celebration was the cover album AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered, released by Q magazine. As this is a […]
Read MoreHelp Build a Well for Bono’s Birthday! The 12th Annual AWF Campaign
It’s that time again: Our guy is turning another year older. This Saturday, May 10, Bono will be The Big 5-4 – and for the 12th year in a row, the African Well Fund is inviting U2 fans (and everyone who is inspired by Bono’s tireless activism on behalf of Africa) to donate to the […]
Read MoreThe U2 Radio Flickr group is back online!
We have restarted our Flickr feed, and you can contribute your U2 concert photos to share with other U2 fans. Visit https://www.flickr.com/groups/u2radio/ to add your photos! We are looking more for fan taken concert photos, and not so much reposts of professional copyrighted images found everywhere online. We are very interested in seeing the photos […]
Read MoreU2 101 – Bullet the Blue Sky
“Bullet the Blue Sky” is one of those songs that I always like to think of as belonging to U2-fandom. There are some songs, like “Beautiful Day”, “One”, or “With or Without You”, that are universally acclaimed and beloved, even by those who don’t know much about the band. In fact, I suspect that there […]
Read MoreWhy U2? – Reason #11
I think that my wife’s favorite thing about U2 is the relationship between Bono and his wife, Ali, and I really can’t blame her. It’s romantic, how they’ve known each other all these years and managed to make the relationship last and work despite the false starts that they suffered through at the beginning. They’ve […]
Read MoreThe Best of Larry on Video
U2 are not known for their music videos and that goes double for their quiet, no-nonsense drummer. Over the years though, that ‘quiet’ drummer, Larry Mullen Jr., has made quite the splash in a few U2 videos. The five great Larry videos are “Electrical Storm,” “Numb,” “Unforgettable Fire,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking […]
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