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U2 Still In “The Story of Christian Rock”

Bleed Into One, a film telling the story of Christian rock music, is still in development and now has a Kickstarter campaign to raise $60,000 to pay music licensing fees and post-production costs. Producer Tim Hudson has cut a new trailer for the film (which you can watch at the Kickstarter page), but U2 fans who [...]

U2′s Taxes In The News Today x 2

Today, on the very same day, we have two op-eds bringing “the eternal note of U2′s taxes in” (sorry, Matthew Arnold). Kevin Myers of Ireland’s The Independent weighs in on the normal issues surrounding this topic, while also responding to the Glastonbury Festival Michael Eavis’ move to crack down on protestors who came to disapprove [...]

Kids’ “My 1st U2 Concert” T-Shirts Do The Trick In Montreal

You’ll want to go read this story in Montreal’s Gazette for a heart warming tale of a family’s enthusiasm to see a U2 show meets the kindness of U2′s crew. (Thanks to Beth M. for passing it along.)

Derek Webb’s ONE from Nashville

Derek Webb passed around his new cover of “One” today to welcome U2 to Nashville this weekend, as they will play Vanderbilt Stadium July 2. Webb, formerly — and now sometimes again — of Caedmon’s Call, is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter. A free download of Derek Webb’s version of “One” is here. (I’m not sure how [...]

Jack Heaslip: U2′s Traveling Pastor Appears By The Sea

God Girl (aka Cathleen Falsani) blogged this week about having Jack Heaslip as a guest preacher last Sunday morning at the Little Church By The Sea, in Laguna Beach, California. Go read her blog about it and listen to the WAV file of his message from Ephesians 3, titled “What If God Is Even Greater [...]

U2 College … in Nepal?

I know many folks who would love to get a college degree in U2, but we weren’t expecting to have to pack our bags for Nepal to do it. These job postings came across my desk the other day. It was posted back in February in Kantipur, Nepal’s daily newspaper. Sorry, students, these are for [...]

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