A community portal about U2 with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: U2 is a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. Formed in 1976, U2 has consistently remained among the most popular acts in the world since the mid 1980s...
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A community portal about U2 with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: U2 is a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. Formed in 1976, U2 has consistently remained among the most popular acts in the world since the mid 1980s. The band has sold and upwards of 170 million worldwide, and approximately 50.5 million albums in the U.S. The band has had six #1 albums in the US and nine #1 albums in the UK and are one of the most successful rock bands of all time. The band has won 22 Grammy awards, more than any other recording artist.
U2 stars Bono and The Edge won a four-year legal battle Thursday to reshape their old-fashioned Dublin hotel, the Clarence, into a futuristic landmark - a decision that appeared to fly in the face of Ireland's ...
DUBLIN, Ireland - U2 stars Bono and The Edge won a four-year legal battle Thursday to reshape their old-fashioned Dublin hotel, the Clarence, into a futuristic landmark _ a decision that appeared to fly in the ...
Singer rejects manager's claim that download 'backfired' U2 's Bono has sent a letter to NME this week following the band's manager Paul McGuinness 's comments regarding Radiohead 's decision to release their ...
This year marks the 6th one in a row that U2 fans from around the world have come together to honor Bono's May 10th birthday by raising money for clean water in Africa.The fundraiser launched on March 16th and ...
An interesting tidbit from The New York Times : U2 is selling a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting that its bassist, Adam Clayton, bought at a New York gallery in 1989.
Thanks to the kind folks at U2.com I can pass on what is going on with the band at the moment. The band are back in the studio continuing to work up new material with Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. It's going well, is what we hear, fingers crossed for a new record in 2008. The three landmark records the band made before ever going into a studio with Brian and Danny - Boy, October and War - are about to be re-released. Following the recent remastering of The Joshua Tree, Edge has now overseen...
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Thanks to the kind folks at U2.com I can pass on what is going on with the band at the moment. The band are back in the studio continuing to work up new material with Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. It's going well, is what we hear, fingers crossed for a new record in 2008. The three landmark records the band made before ever going into a studio with Brian and Danny - Boy, October and War - are about to be re-released. Following the recent remastering of The Joshua Tree, Edge has now overseen...
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How would you like to own a Ducati bike that used to house Bono’s behind? Well, if you are in Birmingham, UK on November 23 or planning on being there then you might have a shot. Bono’s Ducati 916 is going to be auctioned at the International Motorcycle & Scooter Show.
And if you thought that bike could not get more famous … Bono wasn’t the first owner. The bike was originally owned by Michael Hutchence, the late INXS singer and then by another U2 member Adam Clayton.
So get your checkbook...
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U2 star Adam Clayton is a single man again after splitting up with his fiancee Suzanne Smith, according to Irish reports.
The U2 bass player, who was once engaged to supermodel Naomi Campbell, ended his eight-year romance with Canadian Smith last month, almost a year after the couple became engaged on Valentine's Day, 2006. But the couple kept the split private until recently. [...] Read more!
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In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 features brand-new covers of classic U2 songs by Grammy Award-winning and up-and-coming African artists including Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Vieux Farka Touré, Vusi Mahlasela and the Soweto Gospel Choir. The album was inspired by Bono's direct philanthropic impact via the launch of the ONE campaign and (RED), and his poignant outspoken public commentary on the immediate financial needs facing Africa. In The Name Of...
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