(Note: Links are in bold text.) The annual A Very U2 Christmas series was born out of an interest in curating all things U2 for the holiday season — mostly, their Christmas and winter-inspired songs. But over time, it’s evolved into a “where U2 has been this Christmas/year’s end” project. Unfortunately, there’s one problem with […]
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The annual Very U2 Christmas blog series was put on hold for the last two years — but just like Adam’s Santa Claus beard, it’s back this year with an installment for U2 Christmas 2021. And fortunately, there’s plenty to talk about! Here we go (note: links are in bold text). Sing 2 – Whether […]
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It’s my fourth year writing this annual installment dedicated to all things U2 Christmas, and it’s pretty cathartic to reflect on the changes that have taken place over that time. After all, it’s been four years of nonstop touring – not standard legacy act touring, but three different tours in four years, as one would […]
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David Barry’s film Dream Out Loud, a movie that sets out to examine the relationship U2 fans have “with the band, the music and each other,” was completed in April 2018. But prior to the wide release of the DVD this fall, fans have only had a few opportunities to see the movie in its entirety: premier […]
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This is my third year writing A Very U2 Christmas – and although this year’s installment contains some of the same information as the 2015 and 2016 editions, there are some new additions that are oh-so-special. Like Bono not showing up to busk on Grafton street for the second year in a row due to […]
Read MoreU2’s Songs of Experience was leaked over Thanksgiving weekend one full week before its scheduled release, sending fans across the globe into a collectively frantic state as news spread like wildfire on social media. By Sunday morning, downloadable files were being quietly (or not so quietly) shared among fans in the know – but to […]
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U2 continues to wind down the Joshua Tree 2017 tour in South America, but after this week, this will all be over: the black and white desert panorama, the Salvation Army band footage, the harmonica jokes, the praise for the immortal images captured by Anton Corbijn, Morleigh and the lasso rope, the back of Larry’s […]
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I love writing about U2 album anniversaries, and Songs of Innocence is no exception. Three years after U2’s surprise release of the long-awaited record fans have come to abbreviate as SOI (and as Ken Wong tweeted today, “Oddly the same day we learned about the existence of petty bitching about getting something for free”), what […]
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The Astrobaby and the album that inspired it turn 24 today, and you know what that means: six more years until it gets an anniversary tour! Okay, that’s not likely – but who’s to say that a Zoo TV 2022 tour can’t happen? That would be a great way to incorporate a few songs […]
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One week after attending both U2 Rose Bowl shows (or LA shows, or Pasadena shows…whatever you prefer) – when the band has already been to two other cities and done a major TV appearance – why am I just now doing a write-up? Truthfully, because it took a solid week to recuperate. From Friday afternoon […]
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