Great thanks to Gary Paul for sharing a few photos with us of the shoes/sneakers that Adam Clayton has donated to this year’s Walk In My Shoes campaign. This is part of a display of celebrity-donated shoes that’s currently at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Dublin. Adam has autographed both sneakers, as you can see below. […]
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Bono as an Egg (and You Can Bid on Him)
That list of the weirdest U2 crafts that Rashas wrote about a few days back was obviously written before anyone saw this. That’s Bono done up in the shape of a giant egg … an egg that also happens to be up for auction this month. If you’re in Dublin during the next couple weeks, […]
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 Involved Again with Festival au Desert
You might recall that Bono made a surprise appearance at the annual Festival au Desert in Mali just about one year ago. It seems like he’s involved in the event again this year, even though it’s going to be in a much different form. Due to violence and unrest in the area, the festival has […]
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 […]
Introducing Bonospider! (Bono has a spider named after him. Really.)
Forget the hundreds of millions of albums sold, forget the globetrotting tours that set records that may never be broken, forget the throngs of adoring fans … you know you’ve made it when scientists name a spider after you. That honor has been bestowed on Bono. According to the Riverside Press-Enterprise, taxonomist Jason Bond recently […]
[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 […]
Special Offer on U2 Album Cover Frames
Looking for a great gift for U2 fans this holiday season? Our friend Gary at Rock Art Picture Show has a special offer just for @U2 readers. Actually, it’s two special offers and the one that applies to you depends on where you live. U.S.A.-based fans: You’ll get FREE SHIPPING when you order three (3) […]
VIDEO: Flip Through the New U2 360 Book
From The Ground Up, the new U2 360 official tour book, is out now in the UK, Germany and possibly other European countries. It’s not due for release in the U.S. until November 27th, but our friends at U2tour.de have posted a short video that gives us all a sneak peek at the book. The […]