Arthur Fogel is the biggest player in live music who doesn’t sing, dance or strum a guitar. The Canadian-born impresario has been characterised by Bono as “clearly the most important guy in live music.” Madonna called him a promoting “genius.” All with good reason. As Chairman of Global Music and CEO of Global Touring, Live […]
Read MoreU2 Salutes Australian Firefighters as Thanks for Saving Lives in Local Wildfires
With dozens of wildfires burning across New South Wales, Australia, firefighters are flying in from across the continent to lend a hand. And a few of those brave souls got a sendoff to remember at the airport in Melbourne. U2, always aware of what’s going on in the world, ran into dozens of firefighters and […]
Read MoreBeck: ‘U2 had the best audiences of anyone I’ve opened for’
Beck opened for U2 on the 3rd leg of the Joshua Tree tour in 2017. Sep 22, 2017 San Diego at SDCCU Stadium Sep 19, 2017 Glendale at University of Phoenix Stadium Sep 12, 2017 Kansas City, MO at Arrowhead Stadium Sep 10, 2017 Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium Sep 08, 2017 Minneapolis at US […]
Read MoreU2 Joshua Tree review Melbourne: It’s one love, you’ve got to share it
Returning to Melbourne after a nine-year absence, U2 showed they have lost none of their remarkable ability to woo and wow an audience, even one of 60,000 forced to endure a smattering of rain before the roof of Marvel Stadium was belatedly closed. “Our drug of choice tonight isn’t alcohol,” frontman Bono said at one […]
Read MoreU2 review – who knew stadium rock didn’t need constant reinvention?
It is hard to imagine a time when U2 was not a rock and roll monolith; even harder to recall the last time the band performed their music without the giant screens and props that have for decades turned its concerts into extroverted performance pieces. The 2019 Joshua Tree tour – the third time U2 […]
Read MoreU2 frontman Bono has apologised to critic David Cohen
U2 frontman Bono has apologised to critic David Cohen, 30 years after he mocked Cohen’s review of The Joshua Tree on stage at Wellington’s Athletic Park. Bono, aka Paul Hewson, sent an email on Saturday afternoon via U2’s publicists on the Joshua Tree Tour. The band played at Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium on Friday and […]
Read MoreAdam Clayton thrilled to finally bring Joshua Tree tour to New Zealand
U2 bassist Adam Clayton says they are thrilled to finally bring their Joshua Tree tour to New Zealand ahead of their two Auckland shows this weekend. The Irish rock megastars will play Mt Smart Stadium this Friday and Saturday, 32 years after they first set out touring in support of their classic 1987 album. The […]
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Bono pays tribute to Gay Byrne
Calling in to the show from Auckland where the band are currently touring, Bono shared some of his fondest memories of Uncle Gaybo from his days as host of The Late Late Show. “If you didn’t get on his show you didn’t feel you existed,” he said. “When U2 got dropped from what would have been […]
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