U2 joined around 100 mourners at the funeral of their ‘travelling pastor’ Jack Heaslip, who passed away at the weekend. The group’s frontman Bono was accompanied by his wife Ali Hewson to the service at St Mary’s Church, Howth yesterday afternoon as they paid their respects to their friend. The 71-year-old clergyman passed away at […]
Read MoreU2 The Most Listened To Artist On iOS
According to a study of 2,510 iOS users conducted by independent research firm Kantar, U2 is the most popular band among iTunes users. The results of a survey Kantar conducted in January 2015 indicate that about 23 percent of Apple users listened to at least one song from Songs of Innocence during that month. That […]
Read MoreA Week of U2?
168 hours straight! All U2 & nothing but U2, could you listen for 168 hours straight? Before you rip out your abacus to do the math, that’s 7 days and 7 nights of nothing but U2. If your answer is yes, it doesn’t make you more of a fan, it just simply means that you […]
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Why U2? #52 – Their Future
I started writing these Why U2? articles a year ago this week, and in that time we’ve covered a lot of reasons that U2 is more than just my favorite band. They represent a way of life for me, and for many of you, I’m sure. Everything we’ve discussed, from their sense of humor to […]
Read MoreAnd The Oscar Goes To…
It’s hard to believe that it was just last year that U2 gave a brilliant heartfelt performance of Ordinary Love in front of the world at the Oscars only to be bamboozled by the empty suits that voted for Frozen’s, Let it Go. That was last year. U2 is not up for an Oscar this […]
Read MoreWhere is U2?
Seriously, where are they? First, they’re not at the Grammys; clearly, Guy Oseary’s people placed a call to the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences that went something like this: “Best rock album. Did they win? No? Fine, they’re not coming.” Then, they’re not on the SNL 40th anniversary special – which would have been […]
Read MoreWillie Nelson to Star in a Bono Produced Movie
Bono is slated to be one of six executive producers for a new movie starring Willie Nelson. He will also be writing an original song for Nelson to sing during the film. The movie, titled Waiting for the Miracle to Come, is written and directed by Lian Lunson and will also star British actress Charlotte […]
Read MoreU2’s Wall of Fame!
Somewhere in Dublin below the noise & din, but above the noise & hurt you can find “The Wall.” To a passerby that may have spent the last forty years in a coma, “The Wall” probably looks like the ramblings of a crystal meth addict, a physical graffiti (remember them?) artist having an epileptic fit, […]
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Why U2? #51 – They’re Literate
Don’t you love how literate U2 is? This goes all the way back to their first album, Boy, where they referenced Oscar Wilde in “The Ocean” and William Golding’s Lord of the Flies with the title of the album’s final cut, “Shadows and Tall Trees”. A few years later, on War, “40” quoted the Bible, […]
Read MoreWho the Heck is this, Roger Johnson?
1st Bono pretended to play Jesus to the lepers in our head, then Judas…..now….ROGER JOHNSON! This cat & mouse game that Bono plays with his fan base is both sinister and diabolical all rolled up into one random Twitter account and I LOVE IT. I can’t get enough, I won’t get enough. Is it true […]
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