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Kiss Challenge U2 And Rolling Stones To Stadium Duel

In an interview with London radio station XFM 104.9, Gene Simmons challenged U2 and The Rolling Stones to a stadium-off. In a clearly combative mood, Kiss’s God Of Thunder wanted to show Bono, Jagger et al how to rock an enormodome.
“I would love to play on the same stage as U2, The Stones and anybody [...]

None-tree Hill to become One Tree Hill again

From Earth Times:
New Zealand’s One Tree Hill – famous around the world to geologists and fans of Irish rock band U2 – is to get a tree again after being bare for nine years following a historic agreement between the government and Maori tribes signed on Friday. The lone Monterey pine tree atop [...]

Stupidest Pop Lyric?

The Huffington Post has a list of The Stupidest Pop Lyrics of All Time. On the list? “I’ve got no self control/ Been living like a mole now/ Going down, excavation/ I and I in the sky/ You make me feel like I can fly/ So high/ Elevation.”
I can think of some other U2 lyrics [...]

Bono & My-Ex

This short film was produced for the Irish Film Board’s Virtual Cinema Scheme last year. The premise of this entertaining video is “just when you thought you’d closed the book on that relationship, a rockstar comes and stirs it all up….”

African leaders advise Bono on reform of U2

This satirical piece recently appeared in the Huffington Post:
An expert commission of African leaders today announced their plan for comprehensive reform of music band U2. Saying that U2’s rock had lost touch with its African roots, the commission called for urgent measures to halt U2’s slide towards impending crisis.
“Our youth today are imperiled by low [...]

Sometimes you can’t stand the sight of a puppy

I checked out Puppy Cam for the first time today, a Web site consisting only of live video feeds of puppies. Cuteness overkill but highly addictive. There’s a feed of some German Shepherd puppies and it turns out that one of them is named Bono. I enjoyed the unintentionally humorous comments made by the dog [...]

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