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Donal On the Road: Nice, France

By on July 17, 2009 in Tours & Live Shows

Donal Murphy, one of @U2′s forum moderators, is on his own sort of “U2 tour” these days, which started with a visit to Nice for U2′s concert there earlier this week. He’s sending in occasional updates from the road. This is the first. Pictures July 14th here Pictures July 15th here ARRIVAL IN NICE Arrived [...]

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Review: Here Is What Is

By on September 10, 2007 in In the News...

@U2 reader Chris Miland attended the premiere of Daniel Lanois’ new film, Here Is What Is, at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday night. Chris was kind enough to write us a terrific review of the film, including the all-important info. about U2′s cameo in the film. Read on! ——————- Here Is What Is Truth [...]

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Chris Blackwell at the RRHOFM

By on February 21, 2007 in In the News...

Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records and a longtime friend / supporter of U2, spoke Tuesday night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. The event was a celebration of reggae music as part of Black History Month — Blackwell, of course, launched the career of reggae legend Bob Marley. [...]

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From “Wake Up” to “40″ a recap of U2006 on WBWC

By on July 16, 2006 in On TV & Radio, U2's Music

U2006, the annual U2 marathon, on WBWC took place July 13th. The eighteen hour marathon of U2 music was peppered with guest interviews, a special premiere, and fan requests. Tour Director Rocko Reedy called in to speak with U2006 co-hosts Todd Richards and Mary Cipriani. While Rocko didn’t have any specific information about the remaining [...]

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“Oh no he isn’t!”

By on September 20, 2005 in Tours & Live Shows

Have you heard U2′s New Year’s Eve show from 1989 in Dublin? Have you ever wondered what made Bono suddenly go “Oh, no he isn’t!” out of the blue towards the end of the show? I have. And then the other day I was talking to a Brit who’s been living in America, and she [...]

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if, like me, you’ve always wanted to know more about Trabants

By on September 8, 2005 in Tours & Live Shows

Just saw this in a book; thought I’d share…I know it’s kinda long, but it’s well worth it. Auto Biographies: Trabant (From The People’s Almanac Presents The 20th Century: The Definitive Compendium of Astonishing Events, Amazing People, and Strange-But-True Facts, David Wallechinsky) How many workers does it take to build a Trabant? Two. One to [...]

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