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Weekend Ticketing: U2, Tim McGraw, Bon Jovi, AFI, Jack's Mannequin

source: LiveDaily.com

LiveDaily.com) U2 [ tickets ] has begun laying down plans to bring its massive 360 Tour back to North America next year to hit markets that the band missed during its travels this summer and fall.... continued (LiveDaily.com) U2 [ tickets ] has begun laying down plans to bring its massive 360 Tour...

Published Fri, Nov 6

MTV goes to Berlin: We're all winners

source: xrrf (Blogspot)

The organisers of the event, the music network MTV, erected a two-metre high "sight barrier" to exclude those without one of 10,000 free tickets from catching a glimpse of the band. Well done, Bono. Building a divisive wall to celebrate the collapse of a divisive wall. Apparently Nelson Man...

Published Fri, Nov 6

U2 perform at the Brandenburg Gate

source: U2gigs.com

As it happened, the band played six songs - but not the exact six soundchecked. Not everything was different from the soundcheck; One and especially Magnificent were abbreviated versions, and Sunday Bloody Sunday featured a guest rap by Jay-Z. In a surprise, Beautiful Day was played with...

Published Thu, Nov 5

Soundcheck at the Brandenburg Gate

source: U2gigs.com

U2 will take the stage in a few hours at the Brandenburg Gate to perform a short setlist. In readiness, they have soundchecked a number of songs today. The songs soundchecked were Stay, Desire, One, Magnificent, Sunday Bloody Sunday, and Moment Of Surrender. Jay-Z joined the band during Sun...

Published Thu, Nov 5

Spekulationen über 'Songs Of Ascent'

source: U2 Tour

Songs Of Ascent. Dieser mögliche Titel des neuen U2-Albums geistert schon fast das ganze Jahr durch die U2-Fanforen. Nun gibt es Neuigkeiten. Briant Hiatt, der schon mehrere große Artikel über U2 für den 'Rolling Stone' geschrieben hat, bekam kürzlich die Gelegenheit, mit The Edge ein Te...

Published Thu, Nov 5

U2 Conquered U.S. With Noise, Risks, Poetry, Says Producer Eno

source: U2

Its anthemic template, crafted in 1984 with the assistance of co-producer Brian Eno, came three years before The Joshua Tree, which took the Irish band "from heroes to superstars," according to Rolling Stone magazine, and sold 25 million copies.

Published Tue, Nov 3

U2 gets two MTV EMA nominations

source: U2

I think this got lost in the excitement over the news about U2's Brandenburg Gate performance on November 5th: In addition to that live performance for the MTV European Music Awards, the band is also nominated in two categories: Best Live Act and Best Rock. You can see all the categories and...

Published Sat, Oct 31

EW’s Must List

source: U2blog

In the November 6, 2009 edition of Entertainment Weekly, “The Unforgettable Fire” boxed set is ranked #6 on “The Must List: The Top 10 Things We Love This Week.” The article states: Bono and the band will set your ears ablaze with this deluxe reissue of the 1984 album that ignited the foursom...

Published Sat, Oct 31