Worst U2 Cover Ever?

NME recently posted this question with a link to a video showing judges from The Voice singing “Beautiful Day.” The real highlight of Saturday night’s The Voice was this opening performance of U2′s ‘Beautiful Day’, which involved all four of the judges bellowing the song into submission, in the manner of a pack of mountain [...]

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Dublin U2 Fan Reunion April 20th to 22nd 2012

Back in August 2011, some U2 fans came up with an idea: Having attended many U2 360 gigs around the world, including the final gig in Moncton, what about meeting up with some of the U2 fans they had met on their many U2 360 tour travels. Some of these adventurers are documented on this [...]

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Bono leaves Jerusalem, and offers a poem for the hotel staff (Update #2)

It appears that Bono and family have concluded their Jerusalem visit, and as he left the historic King David Hotel, he left the cleaning staff a classy little surprise. In a poem and sketch, Bono wrote, In Jerusalem, hope springs eternal Hope is like a faithful dog sometimes she runs ahead of me to check [...]

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U2 in the Rock Hall Library + Archives: Open for Learning

I was on the campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland Monday night for the dedication of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum’s ‘s new Library + Archives. It was one of those galas that mixes rockers, civic leaders, symphony directors, donors, arts patrons, college presidents, scholars, journalists and the random @U2 blogger, where [...]

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The Temper Trap Returns Fire On U2

Australia’s Triple M 104.9 radio posted a response from Aussie band The Tender Trap to comments made by Edge. In 2010, U2 guitarist, The Edge, publicly referred to The Temper Trap’s ‘Sweet Disposition’ track and said it was very similar to the Irish band’s classic hit, “Where The Streets Have No Name”. But after performing [...]

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And They Called Him Bono English version available now

The English-language version of And They Called Him Bono, containing U2 interviews by Dutch journalist Bert van de Kamp, is now available in online stores. At the moment it’s only available on Lulu.com, but in a few weeks you’ll also be able to buy it from Amazon. This version contains the original English-language interviews. If you’d like [...]

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