My general philosophy regarding new books, records, movies, and pretty much everything else is this: “If I wait six months, all things will come to me through the used book store.” Well, after waiting for a year and not finding the deluxe version of Songs Of Innocence at the Half Price Books, I finally caved […]
Read MoreU2101 – White as Snow
Last week, I wrote about U2’s song “Winter”, so it seems only fitting that I take this opportunity to record some comments on its sister song, “White as Snow”.
Read MoreU2 Tribute Band Interview: The Joshua Tree
Last year, I began my quest to interview as many U2 tribute bands as possible. With at least four U2 tributes in the LA area, that might take some time – but today, I bring you my second U2 tribute band interview and it is with none other than The Joshua Tree. Note: This is not the […]
Read MoreU2.com’s 2016 subscription package announced
The U2.com 2016 subscription package has been announced and comes with a special gift celebrating the striking visual iconography of the U2ie Tour. The limited edition collection is made up of four beautiful screen prints, produced on heavy paper stock, measuring 60 x 45cm. A unique visual celebration of the U2 iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour, the […]
Read MoreRejoice!
The world is a very confusing place. It’s filled with a lot of good moments and bad moments; the happy times we cherish and the things we wish we could forget; successes and failures, hits and misses, good choices and terrible mistakes. The end of the year, and the transition time from one year to […]
Read MoreBono Remembers David Bowie: ‘He Is My Idea of a Rock Star’
I’ve played at being a rock & roll star, but I’m really not one. David Bowie is my idea of a rock star. Right now, I’m in Myanmar, a little cut off from the reaction to David’s passing, but I can assure you the sky is a lot darker here without the Starman. The first […]
Read MoreRTE: U2’s Clayton proud to be part of music programme
The U2 bassist, Taoiseach Enda Kelly and Minister Jan O’Sullivan gathered today along with students from Music Generation to cement their commitment to the programme. As well as U2’s €2 million paycheck for the programme, The Ireland Funds also donated €1 million, which ensures the programme will be funded to 2020 and beyond, and it […]
Read MoreU2101 – Winter
Although it officially started a little over a month ago, much of the eastern region of the United States got their first real taste of the winter this past weekend, as some spots saw as much as 31 inches of snow. Of course, the wild weather got me thinking about a couple of U2 songs, […]
Read MoreU2101 – The Sweetest Thing
U2’s “The Sweetest Thing” is, in my experience, one of the band’s most polarizing songs. Folks seem to fall into one of two camps – either they love the song or they hate it. At the heart of the matter seems to be the listener’s feelings on pop music, which makes sense to me because […]
Read MoreU2 are flying the Irish flag at this year’s Brit Awards
U2 have been nominated alongside Eagles of Death Metal, who famously joined them onstage in Paris last year. The Brit Awards 2016, hosted for the second year in a row by Ant and Dec, will take place on February 24 at the O2 Arena in London. Full list of 2016 Brit Awards nominees: British male solo artist […]
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