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Sonntag, 28. November 2004
femalefirst.co.uk: U2 struck up a pioneering new iPod deal with APPLE boss STEVE JOBS because the rockers felt the company "best exemplifies the marriage of technology and pop culture."

The group teamed up with Apple to allow fans who bought a limited edition iPod to check out the new U2 album HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB weeks ahead of it's release - and they even agreed to let Apple marketing men use their new song VERTIGO in a TV ad for free.

Frontman BONO explains, "They (Apple) understand music. They like music. They like the art object. The iPod is probably the greatest pop object since the electric guitar.
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bbc.co.uk: Tonight Jonathan chats to Little Britain comedy heroes, Matt Lucas and David Walliams; Jessica Stevenson from Space and the Royle Family; and U2, who also perform two tracks from their new album. [arrow more]


stern.de: Sie haben alles hinter sich: schwierige Kindheiten, Drogen, Frauengeschichten. Alles, was eine gute Rockband so ausmacht - und irgendwann zerlegt. Aber die vier aus Dublin sind immer noch zusammen. Warum bloß? [arrow more]


scotsman.com: IT COULD be one of the most glamorous partnerships in the world of entertainment: Bono, lead singer of U2, is sizing up the owner of Lara Croft, the busty computer games heroine.

Troubled computer games publisher Eidos, which owns the Tomb Raider title, put itself on the block last summer after a series of profit warnings and delayed games launches.

Sources say chief executive Mike McGarvey is keen to stage a management buyout, and has been talking to two venture capital funds. [arrow more]


 
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