“Bono’s actually — even though he’s small, he has this huge — like a bison head, this really big head.” Poor Bono! That’s how photographer Gregory Heisler describes Bono in a video explaining how he put together the cover shot that TIME magazine used when it named Bono, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates as “persons [...]
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The U2 interwebs have been buzzing for the past 24 hours about this song-length clip that a fan named Chad S. uploaded yesterday to YouTube. Have a listen, and then we’ll talk afterward (i.e., below the video): In the video, Chad says he found it on a Japanese fan site and labels it a “mysterious [...]
VIDEO: Bono Sings Unreleased “Walk On” in June 2000
Here’s a great find from U2Valencia.com: video of Bono singing an unfinished demo version of “Walk On” about four months before the song was released on All That You Can’t Leave Behind. The video is from June 23, 2000, when a group called TROCAIRE organized a small birthday party/event in Dublin in honor of Aung [...]
Bono Appears in New ‘Muscle Shoals’ Music Documentary
Muscle Shoals, a new documentary about the Alabama town that hosted some amazing artists and recording sessions in the 1960s and ’70s, makes its debut at the Sundance Film Festival this Saturday … and Bono makes an appearance in the film. His presence is a bit odd, at least to me, because I’m not aware [...]
[VIDEO] Bono Busking 2012: Behind the Scenes
Thanks to @u2_news on Twitter for pointing out this neat video that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the annual Christmas Eve busking session that Bono and several Dublin singer friends did back on December 24th (of course). It runs about 15 minutes. You’ll see Bono rehearsing with the other artists early on in the video, [...]
LISTEN: U2′s Acoustic “Walk On” from Burma Soldier
It looks like this slipped our radar entirely back in May 2011, when songwriter/producer Paul Brill collaborated with U2 on an acoustic version of “Walk On” for a documentary film called Burma Soldier. The soundtrack came out on May 17, 2011, and the track sounds to me like it was (at the time) completely new [...]
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