Montag, 26. Juli 2004
smh.com.au: It is the news U2's Australian fans have been waiting for. The Irish supergroup is set to include Australia in its next world tour and will most likely perform concerts in December next year.
That's the word from a source close to the band, who revealed that plans are in place for a global U2 tour after the release of their new album (believed to be titled Vertigo). [
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That's the word from a source close to the band, who revealed that plans are in place for a global U2 tour after the release of their new album (believed to be titled Vertigo). [
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Samstag, 24. Juli 2004
indystar.com: The Rev. Stan Abell just wanted to meet his hero and get his picture taken with him.
The Indianapolis resident never thought his "brush with fame" with rock star Bono of the musical group U2 would lead him on a round-trip journey of 32,000 miles to Africa.
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The Indianapolis resident never thought his "brush with fame" with rock star Bono of the musical group U2 would lead him on a round-trip journey of 32,000 miles to Africa.
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Freitag, 23. Juli 2004
bradenton.com: Daniel Lanois has been hailed as the greatest producer of his generation. In addition to crafting four well-received solo albums (including the stellar "Sling Blade" soundtrack he single-handedly composed), Lanois has produced some of the most critically and commercially successful releases of the past two decades. Check 10 highlights from the famed Lanois discography, listed in chronological order.
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smh.com.au: The ubiquitous U2 star Bono will be in Boston for the Democrats' big week of partying along with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Ben Affleck, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon. Meg Ryan and Demi Moore are also invited. But don't expect to see the stars milling about the convention floor with John Kerry at the Fleet Centre, where the 4352 party delegates will gather. [ more]
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ZA@PLAY: Irish rock band U2 are up in arms over the suspected theft of their latest album. Although a rough cut of their latest material, the implications of the disc falling into the wrong hands, and onto the internet, could be severe. Jamie Wilson and Amelia Gentleman report... [ more]
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Donnerstag, 22. Juli 2004
scotsman.com: Among the mass of gifts delivered to Tony Blair last year from fellow world leaders, governments and companies one item stands out – a guitar from rock star Bono.
The gift was made in May 2003, the same month the U2 front man held talks with Mr Blair in Downing Street as part of an effort to focus world leaders’ attention on the fight against the Aids epidemic, particularly in Africa. [ more]
The gift was made in May 2003, the same month the U2 front man held talks with Mr Blair in Downing Street as part of an effort to focus world leaders’ attention on the fight against the Aids epidemic, particularly in Africa. [
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telegraph.co.uk: In this brave new digital world, the spectre of online piracy still casts a long shadow. Last Friday, U2 had their new CD - which they had just finished recording the weekend before - stolen during a photo shoot in the south of France. Only a handful of copies existed but guitarist Edge decided to play his personal CD on the studio stereo during a shoot for Blender magazine.
U2's lead singer Bono has proposed a radical solution. "If it is on the internet this week, we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes, and get hard copies into the shops by the end of the month," he told me. "It would be a real pity. It would screw up years of work and months of planning, not to mention fucking up our holidays. But once it's out, it's out." [ more]
U2's lead singer Bono has proposed a radical solution. "If it is on the internet this week, we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes, and get hard copies into the shops by the end of the month," he told me. "It would be a real pity. It would screw up years of work and months of planning, not to mention fucking up our holidays. But once it's out, it's out." [
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Dienstag, 20. Juli 2004
ard.de: Vier Jahre nach ihrem letzten Album haben U2 jetzt ihr neues Album fertig. Ein Titel steht noch nicht fest, die Zeitung Irish Sunday Independent will allerdings wissen, dass es entweder "Vertigo" oder "How to defuse an atomic bomb" heißen soll.
Bono hat verraten, dass die neue Platte stark von den Beatles beeinflusst ist: "Die Beatles haben U2 in so vielerlei Art und Weise geprägt." [ more]
Bono hat verraten, dass die neue Platte stark von den Beatles beeinflusst ist: "Die Beatles haben U2 in so vielerlei Art und Weise geprägt." [
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oregonlive.com: When Irish rock star Bono appears at Portland's Rose Garden Arena this fall, he won't sing while sprinting around a heart-shaped stage, as he did in an April 2001 show with his band, U2.The World Affairs Council of Oregon has recruited the singer to kick off its 2004-05 International Speaker Series, the council will announce today. [
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Montag, 19. Juli 2004
unison.ie: IT'S official. U2 are finished. Let me rephrase that: U2 have finished their new album. Bono celebrated the completion of the long-awaited follow-up to All That You Can't Leave Behind with a slap-up meal in the Clarence last Friday.
Good Friday it was: everybody who had worked on the album was invited as a thank you from the lads. On the Saturday morning, Bono et al jetted out to the South of France for holiday and to shoot a video and do some promo for the new record - rumoured to be called How to Defuse an Atomic Bomb. [ more]
Good Friday it was: everybody who had worked on the album was invited as a thank you from the lads. On the Saturday morning, Bono et al jetted out to the South of France for holiday and to shoot a video and do some promo for the new record - rumoured to be called How to Defuse an Atomic Bomb. [
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Sonntag, 18. Juli 2004
newkerala.com: There's more bad news for Irish band, U2 after a rough-cut of their new CD containing songs from their forthcoming album was stolen during a photo shoot in Nice in France.
According to ratethe music.com, the band members are worried that it will turn up on the Internet, from where the songs could be downloaded illegally. [ more]
According to ratethe music.com, the band members are worried that it will turn up on the Internet, from where the songs could be downloaded illegally. [
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