Tag: U2

Video: U2 live at the Rose Bowl via YouTube

Video: U2 live at the Rose Bowl via YouTube

Tweet If you missed U2’s live YouTube webcast from the Rose Bowl on Sunday night, the band has kindly archived the whole 2-hour-and-20-minute concert — […]

New releases: U2’s ‘Unforgettable Fire’ reissue, live R.E.M., Morrissey B-sides

New releases: U2’s ‘Unforgettable Fire’ reissue, live R.E.M., Morrissey B-sides

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: U2 RELEASE: The Unforgettable Fire BACKSTORY: This 25th anniversary […]

U2 tour dates: 360° trek returns to North American stadiums in June and July 2010

U2 tour dates: 360° trek returns to North American stadiums in June and July 2010

As U2 played the final notes of “Moment of Surrender” to close its Rose Bowl webcast tonight, the band’s management unveiled the second North American […]

U2’s Rose Bowl concert to be streamed live on YouTube worldwide Sunday — for free

U2’s Rose Bowl concert to be streamed live on YouTube worldwide Sunday — for free

Sunday, U2’s mammoth 360° Tour pulls into the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., where a sold-out crowd of 96,000 fans is expected to soak up […]

Video: U2 and Virgin Prunes’ Gavin Friday cover David Bowie’s ‘The Jean Genie’

Stadium headliners U2 did something pretty unusual last night: Bono and Co. served as a backing band for longtime friend Gavin Friday at the Irish […]

Video: U2 breaks out ‘Ultraviolet (Light My Way)’ for ‘Saturday Night Live’

Video: U2 breaks out ‘Ultraviolet (Light My Way)’ for ‘Saturday Night Live’

U2 took a short break from the North American leg of its 360° Tour to return to the “Saturday Night Live” stage last night, performing […]

U2 extends 360° Tour into 2010, announces remix CD for U2.com subscribers

U2 extends 360° Tour into 2010, announces remix CD for U2.com subscribers

With U2’s massive 360° Tour now crossing America, the Irish megaband this morning announced plans to continue the stadium trek into 2010 with a second […]

Tracklist: U2’s ‘Unforgettable Fire’ reissue includes unreleased songs, live material

Tracklist: U2’s ‘Unforgettable Fire’ reissue includes unreleased songs, live material

Tweet U2’s 25th anniversary reissue of The Unforgettable Fire will include a pair of tracks left over from that album’s 1983 sessions, as well as […]

Video: U2 performs Passengers’ ‘Your Blue Room’ live for first time ever

Tonight in Chicago, for the first time ever, U2 performed “Your Blue Room,” one of the standout songs on  Original Soundtracks 1, the album the […]

‘U2: The Hype and the Feedback’ conference to take academic look at world’s biggest band

‘U2: The Hype and the Feedback’ conference to take academic look at world’s biggest band

U2’s colossal 360 Tour made its U.S. debut last night in Chicago, but for some of the band’s brainer fans, the real intellectual action starts […]

Hurrah! debut ‘Tell God I’m Here’ reissued in expanded edition with early singles

Hurrah! debut ‘Tell God I’m Here’ reissued in expanded edition with early singles

The debut album from near-forgotten British indie-pop act Hurrah! — 1987’s Tell God I’m Here — will be reissued later this month with a second […]

U2’s Bono and The Edge play ‘Unforgettable Fire’ outtake ‘Disappearing Act’ on BBC

U2’s Bono and The Edge play ‘Unforgettable Fire’ outtake ‘Disappearing Act’ on BBC

While U2 still hasn’t unveiled the tracklist for its forthcoming deluxe reissue of The Unforgettable Fire, Bono and The Edge did discuss the project publicly […]

Morrissey, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Pixies top first six months of Slicing Up Eyeballs

Morrissey, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Pixies top first six months of Slicing Up Eyeballs

Yesterday, Slicing Up Eyeballs hit a somewhat negligible milestone, the six-month mark in its still-nascent existence chronicling the past, present and future of ’80s college […]