Opinion: Paul McGuinness’s insight into bots, touting and band fan clubs was fascinating by Jim Carroll, Irish Times Sometimes the answers you’re after come from the most unlikely sources. Former U2 manager Paul McGuinness spoke with former Dire Straits manager Ed Bicknell at the International Live Music Conference in London earlier this month. Here were […]
Read MoreA New Irish Hospice Foundation book will feature the members of U2
On February 2nd, the Irish Hospice Foundation announced that all four members of U2, along with Paul McGuinness, McGuinness’ son Max, and Gavin Friday, will be contributing to a special book called Sons + Fathers. The book, which will celebrate the relationships between sons and fathers, will be published by Penguin Random House and Hospice […]
Read MoreU2: A Year in Pop
HOLLYWOOD (Variety)–ABC joins U2’s project mesh with a low-key infomercial to launch PopMart, the Irish band’s world tour that kicks off Friday in Las Vegas. The bulk of the show is essentially a study of the premise that U2 rose to the top of the rock world and, in the nineties, has effectively reinvented itself […]
Read MoreU2 Invigorated by Nineties sounds
Few releases can cause as much speculation, anticipation and activity as a new U2 album, but the scale of interest preceding the release of Pop, the band’s 11th album, is unprecedented in recent years. There have been leaks, broken embargoes and wild rumours surrounding the project since it began 14 months ago, and these have […]
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