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VIDEO: 9 Minutes of Bono at the Desert Music Festival in Mali

By on January 25, 2012 in Bono, In the News..., Video/Audio/Photo

We’ve already posted several videos on the main website from Bono’s recent appearance at the Desert Festival in Timbuktu, Mali, but this one below is by far the longest and best of all. It’s from the festival organizers and features about nine minutes of non-stop Bono — the first seven minutes are from his performance, [...]

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U2 at Giants Stadium: A Look at The Live Nation Concert Contract

By on January 18, 2012 in In the News..., Tours & Live Shows

After a nearly three-year legal battle, a court order has forced the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority (NJSEA) to make public hundreds of contracts that it signed for concerts that have been held at the Meadowlands complex — the stadium and arena. You can read more about the court fight on NJ.com. Also on [...]

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U2 Still In “The Story of Christian Rock”

By on January 13, 2012 in In the News...

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 [...]

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Bono, 1979: “We don’t want to be a cult”

By on November 20, 2011 in Bono, In the News...

Just last week, we posted rare audio from one of U2′s 1979 performances at the Dandelion Marketing. This week, there’s more U2-at-Dandelion-Market stuff making the rounds, but it’s reading material this time. The blog BrandNewRetro has posted four scans from a 1979 Dublin fanzine called Imprint, and the scans include an interview that Larry and [...]

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Where Are The Live Songs On U22 From?

By on October 25, 2011 in In the News..., U2.com & the Fan Club

That was one of the first questions U2 fans started asking yesterday when U2 announced its new members-only subscription plan. New and renewing members will get a double-live CD called U22 that will feature 22 live songs from the U2 360 tour. And, fans get to vote on which songs will be included. U2.com posted [...]

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(PHOTOS) Q Magazine with Achtung Baby cover CD

By on October 25, 2011 in In the News..., Video/Audio/Photo

If you’re going to be out and about looking for the new edition of Q magazine — the one with the Achtung Baby cover CD, here’s what you’re looking for (see photos below). Keep in mind that the magazine was just published today (October 25th) in the UK, so if you’re looking for it in [...]

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