When How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was first released, I immediately fell in love with quite a few of its songs – songs like “City of Blinding Lights”, “All Because of You”, and even “One Step Closer to Knowing” tickled my fancy with the very first hearing. There was one song on the album, […]
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A brand new forum called U2 Universe is now up and available to all U2 fans. U2Radio.com and U2Station.com have collaborated in launching this forum in the hopes of creating a fresh new scene for U2 fans. Check it out today and be a part of a new community. http://u2universe.com * We are also looking […]
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What’s a serenade without a few stars? Jimmy Kimmel’s audience got some unforgettable entertainment Thursday night from Hollywood’s finest, including Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Bono, and Neil Patrick Harris, who were gathered around the piano during the host’s recurring (RED) episode to raise awareness and money for AIDS. While sipping on martinis and clad in […]
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I still remember the week building up to the release of No Line On The Horizon. I was, of course, neck-deep in U2, excitedly following the news, and downloading and listening to each and every one of their promotional appearances. It was one of those promotional appearances – I think the one from February 23, […]
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Someday I’ll write my full U2 story, as some of you have done so beautifully – but for right now, I’ll just write the part that involves Achtung Baby. Not just because it’s the 25th anniversary of this incredible album, but also because it’s the most important part of my U2 story. It’s the part […]
Read MoreU2‘s 1991 album, Achtung Baby, celebrates its 25th anniversary today. Released on November 18, 1991, the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified eight-times platinum. Achtung Baby was released three years after U2’s previous album, the companion to the Irish rocker’s 1988 documentary Rattle and Hum, which was panned by […]
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This past week, the world lost a talented giant when poet, writer, singer and songwriter Leonard Norman Cohen died at the age of eighty-two. I was personally a big fan of Mister Cohen, especially his first four albums, but more germane to this article, do you know who else was into Leonard Cohen? That’s right […]
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One of the great unreleased tragedies of U2’s career is the score that Bono and Edge wrote for the 1990 stage production of A Clockwork Orange: 2004. I say that it’s a tragedy because the one small glimpse that the world at large was given into this musical adventure, a B-side from the 1991 single […]
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Music magazine Q has held its annual awards show (November 2) at London’s legendary Roundhouse venue, and the 2016 Q Gibson Les Paul Award went to The Edge from U2. The previous recipients of the award were Johnny Marr (2014) and Tony Iommi (2015). The Edge received his award from Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood, […]
Read MoreHappy 55th Birthday!
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