Today, we are taking a look at the much-maligned promo video for U2’s “Red Hill Mining Town.” For those of you who don’t know the story, this video was filmed in 1987 before the Joshua Tree album had been released, when “Red Hill Mining Town” was still being considered as the lead single from the […]
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I usually make it a habit to write these articles on one specific song or a group of songs that share a common element, but today, I thought that I’d do something different. For the past several months, since the beginning of the year, really, we’ve been building up to the opening night of Joshua […]
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I don’t usually write about remixes or alternate versions for these weekly articles, but today is a little bit of a special occasion, so I decided to make an exception. Just hours ago, as I write this, Irish radio personality (and long-time friend of the band) Dave Fanning premiered on his radio program the new […]
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As I sit down to write this, the U2 world is engulfed in an inferno of rumors. What’s known for sure is this – this year, 2017, is the thirtieth anniversary of the original release of U2’s hit record The Joshua Tree, and U2 seems to be planning a tour or a series of concerts […]
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Most U2 fans are at least familiar with who Christy Moore is, due to the handful of collaborations between him and the band (The Ballad of Ronnie Drew, North and South of the River, etc) but I suspect that fewer of us are as familiar with Christy’s younger brother Luka Bloom. Luka recorded a cover […]
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