U2 Songs in ‘Love Hate Love’ Documentary
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:12:29 +0000
U2’s “Love and Peace or Else” is featured throughout the trailer of a new film, Love Hate Love, that looks at how some people have responded to recent terrorist attacks in the U.S., London, and southeast Asia. The trailer is available now on the film’s web site and embedded below. Love Hate Love Trailer from Don [...]This is a post from the @U2 blog.U2 Songs in ‘Love Hate Love’ Documentary

Blair: Bono “could have been a president or prime minister”
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:43:53 +0000
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has some strong praise for Bono in Blair’s just-released memoir, A Journey. He says Bono “could have been a president or prime minister standing on his head.” Here’s a snapshot of the full paragraph sent in by @U2 reader Neil W. Your turn: Whenever U2 calls it quits, will Bono [...]This is a post from the @U2 blog.Blair: Bono “could have been a president or prime minister”

U2 is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:01:56 +0000
You know that U2 is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but did you know they’re also in the Pro Football Hall of Fame? It’s true! I visited the Cleveland area in late June, and you may have seen the Flickr photoset of my Rock Hall/U2 pics. Some pretty cool stuff. But just about an [...]This is a post from the @U2 blog.U2 is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

The Edge Returns to Moscow
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:49:14 +0000
It was March 1989 when The Edge joined Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, Brynsley Forde (of Aswad), Annie Lennox, the Thompson Twins, Chrissie Hynde, Jerry Harrison, and Karl Wallinger (of World Party) in Moscow to support Greenpeace’s efforts to educate and impact environmental change in the Soviet Union. As Greenpeace put it, “The gathering in [...]This is a post from the @U2 blog.The Edge Returns to Moscow

Guess Who Won Bono’s Shades?
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:38:33 +0000
No, not me. But one of our @U2 readers recently won a pair of Bono’s shades — the pair he wore at last year’s Rose Bowl concert. It was one of the prizes auctioned off recently to raise money for the St. Francis Hospice. If you’re on our news mailing list, you might remember us [...]This is a post from the @U2 blog.Guess Who Won Bono’s Shades?

A Beautiful Day in Space?
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:54:10 +0000
From NASA’s Space Rock web page: The wakeup song has been a part of the space program since the days of the Apollo missions, and now NASA is giving you two chances to be a part of this history! We need your help selecting wakeup songs to be played during the final missions of the [...]This is a post from the @U2 blog.A Beautiful Day in Space?

It’s a Thin Line Between Trusting & Crazy
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:11:27 +0000
Never found this video until just now. It’s one of the craziest and most trusting things I’ve ever seen Bono do in concert. Maybe the craziest. And most trusting. It’s from last year’s 360 concert in Raleigh. Right in the middle of “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” Bono tossed his microphone to a fan in the crowd so [...]This is a post from the @U2 blog.It’s a Thin Line Between Trusting & Crazy

Full Cast Set for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:50:12 +0000
Variety is reporting that the final casting is set for the much anticipated Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark musical hitting Broadway in November. Among Main Stem vets are Isabel Keating, who appeared as Judy Garland in “The Boy From Oz,” Michael Mulheren (“Looped,” “Kiss Me Kate”) and Gideon Glick (“Spring Awakening”). Also on board [...]This is a post from the @U2 blog.Full Cast Set for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

Why U2 Doesn’t Play 3-Hour Concerts
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:03:08 +0000
Here’s Willie Williams writing in one of his recent diary entries on U2.com about how U2 puts together its show. This is from production rehearsals in Turin, when the band was considering three different openings to the show: The band rolled in during the late afternoon and we tried each of these several times over. [...]This is a post from the @U2 blog.Why U2 Doesn’t Play 3-Hour Concerts

Quick Tip, From One Fan to Another
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:04:36 +0000
Do this: 1.) Put on the best pair of headphones you own. Not little earbuds. Real, honest-to-goodness headphones. 2.) Cue up the live version of “Ultraviolet” from the Pasadena DVD/concert. 3.) Turn up the volume as high as your ears will let you. 4.) Turn off the lights. Put yourself in complete darkness. 5.) Hit PLAY. 6.) Close your eyes and [...]This is a post from the @U2 blog.Quick Tip, From One Fan to Another