This is just too cool. A U2 fan who goes by the name “Hitoz” and is a regular in the U2Achtung.com forums (a French fan site) has just finished what he calls the “Baby Claw.” The project began in April 2010 and was completed earlier this month. According to U2Achtung.com, Hitoz spent more than 300 [...]
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Davy Jones may have sung with the Monkees, but did you know he also moonlit as a singer with U2? It was June 21, 1997 when he took the stage with The Edge in Los Angeles to join in the karaoke for “Daydream Believer.” In honor of Jones’ passing today at the age of 66, [...]
(PHOTO) When U2 Only Grossed $2,500 Per Show
@U2 reader Denise L. sent us a link to this image below showing the balance sheet when U2 played Bogart’s in Cincinnati in April 1981. (It’s part of a slideshow about renovations at the club.) U2 played to 420 people that night and the show grossed $2,520. Tickets were only $6 each. Amazing to think [...]
U2 at Giants Stadium: A Look at The Live Nation Concert Contract
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 [...]
RARE AUDIO: U2 live at the Dandelion Market, 1979
Add this to your collection of rare, early U2 audio clips. This is U2 performing “Out Of Control” at the Dandelion Market in August 1979. The sound quality is pretty darn good for a recording that’s just surfaced now, some 32 years later. The audio comes from Pete McCluskey, who was in the Irish Independent [...]
Space Oddity: The Children’s Book
Gizmodo reported today that David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” will be hitting shelves as an illustrated children’s book thanks to Andrew Kolb. I believe this ranks right up there will a must-have for any U2 fan who enjoyed the U2360 tour!
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