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A Beautiful Day in Space?

From NASA’s Space Rock web page: The wakeup song has been a part of the space program since the days of the Apollo missions, and now NASA is giving you two chances to be a part of this history! We need your help selecting wakeup songs to be played during the final missions of the [...]

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This is the house that U2 built

From Canada’s National Post newspaper: Bruce Ramus, who spent 16 years directing hundreds of shows for Irish rockers U2, has listed his 1,860-square-foot post-and-beam waterfront home in British Columbia for $1.5-million. The home sits on 1.25 acres of wooded island property and includes a giant sectioned olive, a leftover prop from a U2 show. The [...]

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50 Best Bono Quotes

Bono’s 50th birthday has gotten a lot of press coverage today, and not just a quick mention amidst a list of other famous birthdays. Michael Norman, a writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, compiled a great list of the 50 best Bono quotes. These are my favorites: I want to play the guitar very badly, [...]

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Courtney Loves U2

During a recent interview with The Irish Times, Courtney Love describes how her relationship with U2 has evolved: After a “troubled” early childhood in the US – spent mainly in hippy communes – and later a schooling in New Zealand, Courtney Love, aged 16, pitched up in Dublin. “U2 had a big song at the [...]

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U2 Second to Celine Dion

On the heels of our U2 Fan Survey results, come those of the Harris Poll’s America’s favorite singers/musicians. Although obviously geared towards a different demographic than ours, when it comes to the age and gender of U2 fans, it closely matches our results. I must admit to being surprised by the political affiliation of the [...]

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The 20 Greatest Protest Songs

On Gigwise’s list of the 20 Greatest Protest Songs, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” is in sixth place: Opening with a military drumbeat, U2′s highly political 1983 anthem soon turns into a heady protest at The Troubles in Northern Ireland – most notably the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry in January 1972 when British soldiers opened fire [...]

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