On June 21st The organizers of the 61st Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity will be awarding U2’s Bono with the first ever Cannes LionHeart Award for his charitable work via (RED). The award is being given due to Bono’s “creative fusion of branding, activism and philanthropy that has generated more than $250 million for the […]
Read MoreApple snaps up Beats for $3Bn and gets Iovine as head of it’s music strategy
The news broke today that Apple is buying Beats Entertainment for a reported $3 billion. This means that Beats founders Dr Dre and former Interscope records founder Jimmy Iovine will now be part of Apple and as sources report will “revamp and run its whole music strategy.” Jimmy Iovine has previously worked with U2 in the […]
Read MoreU2 opens ZooTV Outside Broadcast Tour at Giants Stadium – August 12, 1992
One of my favorite U2 concerts was Opening Night of the ZooTv Outside Broadcast Tour, at Giants Stadium in New Jersey on August 12, 1992. It was my first tour opener. It was the first time I met Bono. It was my first and only time on stage. It was the first time I heard […]
Read MoreU2 ZooTv Hampton March 7, 1992 – my musical journey begins
I was not allowed to go to concerts until I graduated high school. I was almost 15 when U2 toured in support of The Joshua Tree, so I missed that tour. My musical journey on the road with U2 started in Hampton, Virginia on Saturday March 7, 1992. It was my first U2 show and the […]
Read MoreLarry is the Yin to Bono’s Yang
When most people, not us crazy fans, think of U2, they think of Bono. He is considered the face of U2. Various news outlets even refer to U2 as ‘Bono and the Band’ or ‘Bono and the Boys.’ This infuriates me to no end. As Bono himself once said, U2 is like a four-legged table, […]
Read MoreWorlds Colliding – U2 ZooTv DC 8.16.92
Have your worlds ever collided? If you don’t know what I am talking about, then they haven’t. Your worlds collide when two of your passions burst together to create one amazing experience. This happened to me 22 years ago when my favorite band played a song by my favorite singer/entertainer on the 15th anniversary of […]
Read MoreForget Logic, Follow your Passion – U2 360 Anaheim2 6.18.11
My musical journey of the past 22 years, on the road with U2 from the Zoo Tv tour to the 360 tour, has taken me to many places, introduced to me to great people, and taught me valuable life lessons. Of the 75 U2 concerts I have attended, the second show in Anaheim, California, on […]
Read MoreBono travels with his bed, sources say
So, I was minding my own business and watching the Oscars when this story hit my inbox – “Bono employs person to drive his bed around on tour.” My first thought was, “this has got to be a joke”. But, after seeing the same report posted on several different websites, I guess there is something […]
Read MoreBono interviewed on NRJ’s Energy radio network in Europe, and slips in two new song titles on us.
Bono was interviewed on NRJ Energy radio which was broadcast today where he referenced two more songs that are supposedly on the new album. The two titles are; ‘Song For Someone‘ and ‘The Troubles,’ which Bono stated “it’ll rip you apart. It’s got some soul music in it.” This is the latest dribble of info about the […]
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Bono, Wyclef Collaborate for NetAid
(WALL OF SOUND) A new collaboration between U2 frontman Bono and Wyclef Jean, “New Day,” will be presented to the United Nations on Sept. 8, kicking off the publicity campaign for NetAid, a massive Internet charity undertaking designed to raise awareness for the U.N.’s poverty campaign. The single will also be released on Columbia Records. […]
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