Irish rockers U2 returned to Berlin for a free mini-concert Thursday in front of the Brandenburg Gate, playing its classic singles and a duet with Jay-Z even as the show was...
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YouTube's webcast of a U2 concert was watched by nearly 10 million people, the video site's largest streaming event ever. The Google Inc.-owned site said...
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Achtung, baby: U2 will play a free concert in Berlin to help the city celebrate 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Music network MTV said the Irish rockers will...
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Irish rock band U2 will perform a free concert in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate next week to coincide with the MTV Europe Music Awards being held in the city on the...
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The recurring themes of U2's first Los Angeles-area show in four years were space and time, and both were laid out right off the bat. David Bowie's "Space Oddity,"...
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When U2 producer Danny Lanois and the band made "The Unforgettable Fire" in 1984, they recorded it at an Irish castle because they wanted a place with history, which Lanois...
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Courtesy of NME.com - Bono admits his band 'didn't pull off the pop songs' U2 frontman Bono has admitted that he has been disappointed by the lack of success of their...
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Even while maintaining its status as one of the few musical acts that can still fill stadiums, U2 is struck by how quickly its world is changing — musically and...
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U2 will stream an entire concert live on the YouTube video sharing site this weekend, the Irish band said on their website. Sunday's show at the Rose Bowl in California...
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Courtesy of NME.com -- Plus Scarlett Johansson, Rufus Wainwright, Lady GaGa perform U2's Bono, Courtney Love, Lou Reed, Scarlett Johansson, Rufus Wainwright and Lady GaGa...
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New Jersey state troopers were surprised when a helicopter owned by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a practice landing in a Giants Stadium parking lot before a U2...
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A lead single about a proletarian revolt against the global banking crisis. A teaser campaign involving a worldwide musical treasure hunt. And an album that ends with a...
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Dubliners angry over the around-the-clock dismantling of U2's monumental concert stage mounted street protests Tuesday, threatening the Irish band's plans for the next stop...
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Bono and U2 rocked more than 80,000 fans in Dublin as the Irish supergroup's latest world tour hit new emotional highs Friday night on home soil. A deafening roar welcomed...
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As U2 kicks off its world tour, the Irish rockers are turning a spotlight on Myanmar's jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. On its Web site and on stage, U2 is asking...
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Which top-selling artist purportedly had his new single yanked from some radio stations playlists in retaliation for supporting royalties for musicians? No one involved...
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The poetry doesn't rise to a Shakespearean level, but the sentiments in Bono's tribute to Elvis Presley seem heartfelt. In an unusual performance, the U2 frontman — a...
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A few years ago, U2 guitarist The Edge went for a hike, and there in the golden hills overlooking Malibu's cerulean waters, he finally found what he was looking for. The...
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You might say The Edge is having boundary issues. The U2 guitarist's plans to build five mountaintop mansions in Malibu with fantastic oceanside views is facing...
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If you want to sit in the really good seats for a Keith Urban concert this summer, a pair of tickets will put you about back about $170. But in a nod to the tough economic...
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Tickets for U2's first-ever concert in Croatia sold out in 12 hours Friday, organizers said. Hundreds of people waited outside stores overnight in freezing temperatures for...
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U2 shook a small city, and riled up a core of rabid fans, when it gave a private concert in a venue a tiny fraction of the size of the stadiums it plans to fill later this...
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Irish band U2 provided a prelude to its upcoming world tour with a brief private show on Wednesday for just 950 fans who got a chance to make news by asking the band some...
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Irish rock band U2 has announced concert dates for a European tour. The first stop will be Barcelona, Spain, on June 30. It's the band's first stadium concert since 2006...
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U2 will kick off its world tour in Barcelona on June 30, and will begin the North American leg at Chicago's Soldier Field on September 12, sources told Billboard. The...
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Why is U2 performing on Letterman for the entire week? One night is good enough for most people to swallow. —Lisi, via Twitter OMG, you did not just diss the MOST...
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Irish rockers U2, working the American TV circuit hot and heavy this week, are on track to score their seventh No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart. Data for the Billboard 200...
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U2 will play a free show at a Boston theater next Wednesday, capping a whirlwind trek to three U.S. cities to promote its new album and upcoming world tour, the group's...
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Turns out there's even more on U2's horizon. Still in the thralls of a virtually unprecedented publicity blitz to hype yesterday's release of No Line on the...
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U2 just released its first album since 2004 this week, but the Irish rock band is already planning a quickie follow-up for next year. The new disc will be called "Songs of...
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This street does have a name — U2 Way. To celebrate U2's weeklong gig on CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman," a block-long stretch of West 53rd Street was...
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Irish rock band U2 had a 1987 hit with their song "Where the streets have no name," but on Tuesday New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg temporarily renamed a Manhattan...
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U2, "No Line On The Horizon," (Interscope Records) On the title track of U2's latest album, "No Line On The Horizon," frontman Bono sings "Every night I have the same...
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Objects on the Horizon are closer than they appear. Despite U2's best efforts to keep their 12th studio album, No Line on the Horizon, under wraps until its March 3...
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And the No. 1 reason for U2 fans to stay up late... David Letterman has just signed up the band for a weeklong stint at the home office. Bono and the boys are scheduled as...
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Make room, Paul Shaffer. U2 will be on David Letterman's "Late Show" for a full week to promote their upcoming album. The band will be Letterman's musical guest each night...
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Biggest Yawn: Maybe the song just hasn't clicked yet, but U2's rousing "Get On Your Boots" didn't seem to fire up the crowd as much as you'd think it...
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U2's new album, "No Line on the Horizon," will be released by Interscope Records on March 3. It's the Irish rock band's 12th studio album and their first release since...
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This Horizon is drawing near. U2 today officially confirmed the title (No Line on the Horizon) and release date (March 3) for the band's hugely anticipated 12th studio...
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Live Nation Inc will lose about $19 million as Irish rock band U2 moved to sell its shares in the company, the Wall Street Journal said, citing regulatory filings and...
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Bono's adding to his résumé for sainthood. For today's 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, the U2 frontman and all-around good guy is helping launch...
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U2 have shelved a host of tracks recorded with Rick Rubin on their forthcoming 12th studio album. Guitarist the Edge said the Irish four-piece scrapped early sessions with...
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U2's producer Daniel Lanois, has spoken on about his time with the band and their new album. Speaking to the Boston Herald, Lanois said Bono's voice is sounding great and...
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The economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the choice of First Puppy aren't the only things President-Elect Barack Obama has to worry about these days. How...
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Plans to build the tallest building in Ireland — with new recording studios for Irish supergroup U2 on top — were suspended Friday because of Dublin's slumping...
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Count U2 among the list of global economic casualties. The Dublin Docklands Development Authority in the band's native Ireland has suspended construction on...
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A dramatic 120-meter tower planned for Dublin's docklands to house U2's rock studio has become the latest Irish casualty of the global financial crisis. The Dublin...
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Initially expected this fall as a fourth-quarter blockbuster, U2's next album has been pushed to early 2009 while the band continues to write and record material. ...
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Britain's largest pay-TV firm BSkyB is to launch an online subscription music service and has signed the world's largest music group Universal as its first...
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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...
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Live Nation Inc said on Monday it has reached an agreement for a 12-year global contract to handle the merchandising, digital and branding rights as well as the touring of...
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U2 finally found what they it was looking for. Live Nation announced Monday that it reached an agreement with arguably the world's most popular band for a 12-year deal...
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In between jet-setting around the globe with Brian Eno to write and record with U2, Daniel Lanois is still finding time to work on his own music. A documentary about his...
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The mission of World Peace One is nothing if not ambitious: Bring peace to the world through a 10-year global campaign of concerts, education and government advocacy. "Our...
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Paul McGuinness,
longtime manager of rock band U2, has called on Internet
service providers to immediately introduce disconnection
policies to end illegal music downloads...
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After a career playing to sold-out stadiums, U2 did what their fans have done for years — stood in line to see U2 perform.
That concert was "U2 3D," a film of the...
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Bono has warned U2 fans they will "feel the difference" with the material they are working on for their next album.
The singer explained that the band are currently working...
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About 200 music fans were treated to an
impromptu set by U2 stars Bono and The Edge at a small London
venue on Friday.
Watched by fellow band member Adam Clayton, the two...
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U2 Ltd., the Irish band's music publishing company, raked in $30 million-plus last year — and $25.8 million of it went to five unidentified "employees," according to...
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If reports in today's (October 1) papers are to be believed, U2's Bono has written a song for the Spice Girls.
Aside from penning lyrics for his do-gooding stadium rock...
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Bono says he had "slept uneasily" since seeing extraordinary photos and TV footage of the violence in Myanmar, and is praying for the country's pro-democracy...
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Today (June 27) marks the final day, and this morning, the final hours of Tony Blair's time in office as the U.K.'s Prime Minister.
Recalling Blair's lengthy and often...
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U2 have been working on new material in Morocco with Brian Eno, they have revealed.
The group are understood to have been in Africa writing songs for the follow-up to...
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President Bush is a celebrity in his own right, but he took time Wednesday to gaze at some stars.
Bush met with Irish rocker and anti-poverty activist Bono, music producer...
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The City of Brotherly Love thinks Bono is even better than the real thing.
The U2 frontman and serial do-gooder has been tapped to receive Philadelphia's prestigious...
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U2 rocked Cannes' famous red carpet Saturday, playing to thousands of filmgoers and fans before a late-night screening of their new concert movie, "U23D."
The Irish band...
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Bono is set to appear on a special episode of American Idol, which will air tomorrow night on Fox.
The episode entitled Idol Gives Back will see Bono make an appearance on...
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Now that America is done mourning Sanjaya's departure and dissecting Simon's eye movements, American Idol is ready to move past controversy and begin the business of...
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A fundraising auction of music memorabilia from Jimi Hendrix, The Edge, Bono, Paul McCartney and others smashed expectations and brought in $2.4 million, some of which will...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel told U2's Bono on Tuesday that the future of Africa will play a major role when Group of Eight leaders meet in June, the government...
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Oh, what a tangled web.
On the eve of its global premiere, Spider-Man 3 is bracing to do battle with a summer of high-profile sequels, while Spider-Man 4, at least...
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The so called "U2charist" was attended by 150 people at the Anglican St. George And St. Thomas Church yesterday (April 1).
Organiser Greg Fromholz said: "We're reaching out...
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He's already earned serious props from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for his tireless campaigning on behalf of Africa's poor. So...
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Bono is taking a page from Vanity Fair. Actually, make that several hundred pages.
The U2 frontman and activist has signed on to helm the magazine's...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and musician Bono on Friday urged countries and companies that have pledged to aid Africa to keep their promises and their helping hands...
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What to get the guy who has everything for Christmas? For Queen Elizabeth II, it was easy: She gave Bono a knighthood.
The U2 frontman, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer,...
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Rock star and anti-poverty activist Bono urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday to keep his nation's pledge to boost aid to Africa and other parts of the...
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Irish rock band U2 emerged victorious Wednesday in a court battle with a former stylist it claimed had taken important memorabilia without permission nearly two decades...
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Irish rock band U2 emerged victorious in a court battle Wednesday against a former stylist who they claimed had taken important band memorabilia without permission two...
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Irish rock group U2 opened an Australian tour with a call for the only Australian terror suspect held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay to be repatriated and tried at...
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A communion service based on the music of U2 has become the latest trend for a number of Episcopal churches across the U.S.
The U2Charist--named after the band and the...
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Talk show host Oprah Winfrey and humanitarian rocker Bono hit the city's "Magnificent Mile" on Thursday for a shopping spree to promote a new line of clothing, accessories...
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U2 has found what it's looking for--a new home.
The Irish rockers have decided to bolt Universal Music Group's Island
Records, the label formerly owned by music...
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As rock bands blasted and tailgate parties served up barbecue and brew, thousands of people poured into the streets Monday night, hoping to forget about Hurricane Katrina...
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U2 and Green Day recreated the Beatles' infamous Abbey Road album cover last week as they prepare to perform their Hurricane Katrina charity single for the first time.
The...
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So many people showed up at a signing for U2's new book Saturday that organizers had to restrict access to 250 fans who had won tickets through a lottery on the band's...
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U2 have begun working on their new album with Rick Rubin, they have revealed.
The Irish rock legends are understood to have commenced recording the follow-up to 2004's How...
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U2 are to build a 35-floor skyscraper in Dublin, it has been claimed.
The band are understood to have approached the local council in their home city about the tower...
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Bono is to bring the Make Poverty History campaign to Yahoo!, when he invites the world to join the cause.
The U2 frontman, political agitator, and Live 8 campaigner will...
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He's bent the ear of world leaders on social causes. He's a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. He's a rock star. But could the lead singer of U2 also become a front man for a...
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US frontman Bono, in
Lesotho on an African tour, visited a rural AIDS clinic on
Wednesday that he says shows how global resources can be used
to provide HIV/AIDS sufferers...
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By Josh Grossberg
This was not the kind of bomb U2 fans were looking for.
The Irish rockers were forced to dismantle the final 10 dates of their Vertigo world tour due to...
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Two weeks ago Bono was winning trophies at the Grammy Awards. Now
he's up for perhaps the biggest prize of all, the Nobel variety.
For the second year in a row, and third...
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Did U2 guitarist the Edge recently hint that the band is thinking about retirement? Well, that depends on how you read what he told rollingstone.com. In an interview about...
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The members of U2 and their manager Paul McGuinness have been given the Ambassador Of Conscience Award by Amnesty International. Irene Khan, who is the Secretary General of...
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Unbelievably, four days ago while still in our hometown of Los Angeles, we were toying with the idea of making a weekend trip to Philadelphia, City Of Brotherly Love, to...
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The members of U2 took advantage of some down time while in New York City last week to work on a project with one of their musical heroes. Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr.,...
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On Monday (March 14) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame held its twentieth annual induction ceremony. The Class Of 2005 featured...
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Bono is now another type of frontman: U2's lead singer — and most recognizable face — is charged with raising awareness and interest in the new fashion brand...
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The O'Jays are riding the "Love Train" all the way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Irish rockers U2, Percy Sledge, Buddy Guy and The Pretenders also will be enshrined...
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Looks like Bono is sticking with his day job.
A rep
for the U2 frontman said Thursday the singer is "flattered" but
ultimately not interested in moonlighting from his...
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Is Bono ready to rattle and sum?
A month after
being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to erase Third
World debt and help get the AIDS crisis under...
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Treasury Secretary John Snow on Sunday would not rule out the idea of Irish singer Bono, an activist on debt relief and AIDS , making the short list of potential candidates...
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U2 may have captured the most attention — and a Grammy Award — for the song "Vertigo," but the band chose to make a very personal statement with its performance on the show...
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It's not vertigo that pushed back U2's highly anticipated
upcoming U.S. tour.
A family illness has postponed U2's
return to American arenas in support of How to...
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U2 will renew its association with opera great Luciano Pavarotti for the B-side of "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own," the next single from the band's How To...
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It looks more and more like U2 will have the Number One album in the U.S. when the new Billboard chart is announced on Wednesday (December 1). How To Dismantle An Atomic...
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U2 frontman Bono was honored for his humanitarian work on Saturday (January 17) by the widow of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King saluted Bono...
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U2 frontman Bono's hopes for a mention of the global AIDS crisis during the Super Bowl halftime show were shot down last week. According to an article in Friday's (January...
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Members of U2, Queen, and Peter Gabriel were among the performers who answered Nelson Mandela's call to spotlight the AIDS crisis in Africa and raise money for the millions...
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U2 frontman Bono and Beyonce Knowles have signed on for an AIDS benefit concert called 46664 at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 29. They'll be...
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A donation from U2 to a sex-abuse charity may have saved it from closing. U2 and their manager Paul McGuinness donated more than $45,000 to the One In Four support group so...
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Bono and President George W. Bush held a candid discussion on AIDS funding on Tuesday (September 16) which the U2 lead singer describes as a "Good ole row." Back in May,...
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U2 is currently working on the follow-up album to 2000's All That You Can't Leave Behind. In July, Bono told Ireland's Sunday Independent newspaper that the band is closer...
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U2 frontman Bono and Don Henley of the Eagles are among the high-profile folks who've contributed recipes to an upcoming cookbook dedicated to former President Bill...
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Last Friday (July 11) U2's Bono was awarded an honorary Doctor in Laws degree from Dublin's famed Trinity College in recognition of his humanitarian work on behalf of world...
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U2 frontman Bono spoke adamantly about the need to step up efforts to combat world poverty, threatening to wage a civil disobedience campaign, at the launch of the United...
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U2 frontman Bono has tightened the security around him after being sent death threats in the mail. Twenty-four letters containing the threats, as well as racial insults and...
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U2 is going to be performing at the Special Olympics in Dublin, Ireland this Saturday (June 21). The event will be televised in Ireland, and it will also feature appearances...
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U2, Coldplay, and Avril Lavigne were among the winners at the U.K.'s Ivor Novello Awards, which were handed out in London on Thursday, May 22. The awards, which recognize...
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Rare sheet music and memorabilia autographed by *NSYNC, U2, Eminem, the Bee Gees, Coldplay, David Gray, Enrique Iglesias, Norah Jones, and many other top recording artists...
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Bono is very excited about the progress U2 is making on their upcoming studio album. He told Grammy Magazine, "It's just ridiculous what's going on (in the studio). Edge is...
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U2's song "Electrical Storm" has been nominated for Best International Hit Of The Year at this year's Ivor Novello Songwriting Awards. The awards will be given out on May 22...
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U2, The Corrs, Samantha Mumba, and famed Tenor Ronan Tynan are among the Irish artists that will perform at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Special Olympics World Summer...
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U2 are working on a new album in Ireland, which they hope to finish recording this year. Frontman Bono recently described the band's new songs in the New York Times as "very...
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U2, Garth Brooks, and Linkin Park are just a few of the stars who have placed autographed guitars on the auction block in the name of the Save The Earth Foundation. Other...
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Jennifer Lopez revealed during a recent Internet chat on her official website that she has recorded a duet with U2 frontman Bono.
"I did a song with Bono and haven't...
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U2's Bono, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, and Jeff Beck are among the guests appearing on British bandleader Jools Holland's next album, Small World Big Band Volume Two:...
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U2 is set to play the Academy Awards on Sunday (March 23) at Los Angeles's Kodak Theater. The group will be performing "The Hands That Built America," the Oscar-nominated...
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U2 frontman and political activist Bono is taking British Prime Minister Tony Blair to task over his stance on Iraq. But the rocker is also charitable towards Blair, who has...
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Bono was feted with the MusiCares Person Of The Year award on Friday night (February 21) at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York City. In attendance was a wide variety of...
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Bono of U2 has been placed on the short list of possible winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The social activist's name joins those of another 150 people and...
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After a two-year run that's included Grammy and Golden Globe Awards, U2 frontman Bono says that being nominated for an Oscar is still special. "The Hands That Built...
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The list of inductors for this year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony has been announced.
The event, which takes place March 10 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York...
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Chicago sang its way into the hearts of Oscar judges, scoring a grand total of 13 nominations for the 75th Annual Academy Awards. The baker's dozen leaves the Rob Marshall...
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Bono of U2 is applauding President George W. Bush's call to increase federal spending to combat the global AIDS crisis. During his State Of The Union address last Tuesday...
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Sting's son, singer/guitarist Joe Sumner, is set to release a new album by his band Fiction Plane. Everything Will Never Be OK will hit stores in either March or April. The...
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U2, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Shakira, Coldplay, Moby, and Norah Jones have all received nominations at the upcoming Edison Pop Music Awards in Holland, which will take...
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Shania Twain, No Doubt, and Sting played the AT&T Super Bowl Halftime Show at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego yesterday (January 26), performing to a television audience of...
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U2's Bono says a song he co-wrote for the canceled South Africa AIDS benefit concert that would have been hosted by Nelson Mandela will now end up on an album due in the...
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A South African AIDS benefit concert that would have featured U2's Bono, Queen, Coldplay, Macy Gray, and other artists has been canceled, organizers announced on Friday...
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U2 frontman Bono can add "Golden Globe winner" to his already impressive resume. The Irish performer presented a vignette on Gangs Of New York, and later in the evening...
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U2, Peter Gabriel, and Paul Simon are among the musical nominees preparing for the Golden Globe Awards, which will be presented Sunday (January 19) in Los Angeles. Gabriel's...
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U2's activist frontman Bono will not be traveling to Iraq, despite recent reports that such a trip was in the works.
"There is no truth whatsoever to this story," a...
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A U2 retrospective is set to open February 8 at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland. "In The Name Of Love: Two Decades Of U2" features more than two dozen pieces of...
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U2's activist frontman Bono is taking on too many causes, according to actor, singer, spoken-word poet, and pundit Henry Rollins.
"I think if the guy is doing something,...
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U2 singer Bono and techno-rocker Moby are among those who offered comments about the Clash's Joe Strummer. The punk legend was found at his U.K. home by his wife on Sunday...
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U2 has received a Golden Globe nomination for best original song for 'The Hands That Built America," featured on the soundtrack to the new Martin Scorsese film Gangs Of New...
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The direction of the next U2 album is beginning to take shape.
Guitarist the Edge gave LAUNCH this preview of what he's looking for in the follow-up to 2000's All That You...
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Out Tuesday (December 17) is the soundtrack to Gangs Of New York, the new movie from director Martin Scorsese that opens Friday (December 20). The lead track was provided by...
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(12/07/02, 7 a.m. ET)- U2 singer Bono, Shaggy, and Macy Gray have all agreed to perform at a February 2 concert in South Africa being organized by former South African...
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U2 frontman Bono spoke at a two-hour AIDS awareness rally in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Sunday (December 1), ending on a musical note by singing a new song called "America's...
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U2's Bono helped mark World AIDS Day on Sunday (December 1) with an appearance in Lincoln, Nebraska to urge Americans to call on lawmakers to dedicate more funds to fight...
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Amid a week full of music-related TV specials, U2 offers U2's Beautiful Day, a one-hour special from the homecoming concerts at Ireland's Slane Castle in 2001. Besides...
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Bono of U2, the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, and Dion joined Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band onstage in Miami Saturday (November 23) at American Airlines Arena.
Bono...
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Britney Spears and U2's Bono recently created handmade pieces of art in Dublin, Ireland for an AIDS charity event.
The pop princess used a tube of glue and some glitter to...
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U2 frontman Bono will be honored Monday (November 18) in New York City by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Bono will receive the human rights organization's Humanitarian...
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U2's The Best Of 1990-2000 was bested by Eminem's 8 Mile soundtrack in the U.S., but the Irish quartet prevailed north of the border. The Best Of 1990-2000 is the Number One...
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In its first week, the U2 hits collection The Best Of 1990-2000 debuts at Number Three on the Billboard 200, moving nearly 185,000 copies. As a comparison, only the...
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U2 and developers of Dublin's docklands area--where the band keeps its recording studio--have reached a peace after a bitter court battle earlier this year.
Irish courts...
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U2's Bono will be honored for his humanitarian deeds by human rights organization the Simon Wiesenthal Center in New York on November 18.
The singer will receive the...
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A live U2 concert special will air on CBS Thanksgiving weekend. U2's Beautiful Day, culled from the band's August 25 and September 1, 2001 concerts at Slane Castle in...
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U2 is preparing for Tuesday's (November 5) release of The Best Of 1990-2000, a 16-track overview of the Irish quartet's second decade. Comprising the albums Achtung Baby,...
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U2's Bono has co-written a song called "Time Enough For Tears" for the upcoming film In America, and the track will feature vocals from Andrea Corr of the Irish band the...
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U2 is now streaming tracks from its upcoming November 5 release, U2: The Best Of 1990-2000, on the band's official website (U2.com). The site is offering one or two...
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Count U2 guitarist the Edge among those who think that Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey should be able to continue working together.
Townshend's recent post on his website...
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A U2 album of all-new material could arrive by next summer, according to the band's guitarist, the Edge.
Speaking with Ireland's Hot Press magazine, the guitar player,...
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U2 frontman Bono, Tom Petty, Sheryl Crow, Dave Matthews, No Doubt, and Britney Spears are among the music superstars that will pay tribute to Elvis Presley during an NBC...
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U2 frontman Bono has been named the 2003 MusiCares Person Of The Year by the Recording Academy in recognition of humanitarian activities throughout his career.
Most...
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U2 frontman Bono will be honored by the American Irish Historical Society as its 2002 Gold Medal recipient at the organization's annual dinner, November 7, at the Waldorf...
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Bono's appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, which was taped Wednesday (September 18), is scheduled for broadcast Friday (September 20). The frontman of U2 didn't perform or...
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The Rolling Stones were joined by U2 frontman Bono for a version of "It's Only Rock And Roll (But I Like It)" Monday night (September 16) at the Aragon Ballroom in...
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Back in 1993, Bono joined the late Frank Sinatra for a duet remake of Sinatra's swinging 1950s classic, "I've Got You Under My Skin." Apparently, Ol' Blue Eyes stayed under...
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U2: Best Of 1990-2000, the second of U2's greatest-hits collections, will be released by Interscope Records on November 5. The album follows the band's multiplatinum first...
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U2's new single, "Electrical Storm," originally set for a September release, was leaked by radio stations in the U.S. and Europe earlier this week. It officially arrives at...
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U2 shot video footage for its forthcoming single, "Electrical Storm," on a French Beach in Eze, near singer Bono's home there on Wednesday (August 21).
According to an...
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The new U2 single will be out in September. "Electric Storm," which the Irish quartet has reportedly just recorded, is the title of the first release from U2's second...
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U2's Bono and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe are on a potential witness list for Courtney Love in her current legal battle with Dave Grohl and Krist Noveselic over the control of...
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U2 will release a second volume of greatest hits on November 12. Titled U2--The Best Of 1990-2000, the album follows the multiplatinum first volume, U2--The Best Of...
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U2 guitarist the Edge celebrated his marriage to longtime girlfriend Morleigh Steinberg in a Jewish ceremony over the weekend. The wedding, held in the south of France in...
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The building housing U2's studio might be slated for destruction, but the studio itself has been saved. Dublin's Docklands Development Authority has agreed to move the...
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A bit of U2's history is about to be bulldozed. City officials in Dublin, Ireland, have given the go-ahead for the demolition of the building that houses the second Windmill...
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U2 is now previewing a new song, "The Hands That Built America," on the band's official website, u2.com. The site offers a video clip of the group in the studio at work on...
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U2 singer Bono and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill hit a South African AIDS clinic Friday (May 24) as part of their 10-day tour of Africa. "This is very hard for an...
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Kylie Minogue, U2 and Sting were among the winners at this year's Ivor Novello Awards, which annually honor achievements in British songwriting.
The big winner at the...
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U2 and the Pretenders are among five new acts that have recorded songs for We're A Happy Family, the Ramones tribute album that headbanger Rob Zombie is putting together...
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Grammy Award-winners U2 and Celine Dion will each headline new concert specials during the 2002-3 TV season on CBS. U2's concert from the famed Slane Castle in Dublin,...
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U2 frontman Bono is set to appear at the upcoming G-8 summit in the Canadian city of Kananaskis, Alberta, in June. U2's official website (u2.com) reports that Bono and Bob...
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U2 frontman Bono's next tour is less than a week away, although it won't find the internationally famous singer performing in the glimmering sporting arenas of the first...
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As Incubus ventures across the country on its first arena tour ever, band frontman Brandon Boyd has found inspiration in what is perhaps the preeminent large-venue rock act...
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U2 singer Bono is set for a tour of Africa next month with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. O'Neill is set to visit Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, and Ethiopia starting...
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U2 singer Bono and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin are backing international agency Oxfam's Big Noise campaign to point out corruption in trade agreements with Third World...
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Videos including U2's "Stuck In A Moment, Alicia Keys's "Fallin'," *NSYNC's "Pop," and P.O.D.'s "Alive" are among the nominees announced Thursday (April 4) for the 11th...
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One of U2's chief collaborators has confirmed that the band will release a second best-of compilation this fall. Daniel Lanois, who co-produced five of the Irish group's...
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Amid fighting AIDS in Africa, propping up the character of a beleaguered friend in R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, and contemplating songs for a new album, U2's Bono will serve as an...
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U2 frontman Bono has come to the defense of R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, testifying at Buck's air-rage trial in London Monday (March 26) that the guitarist is a "quiet" and...
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Grammy winners U2 received another honor this week--best concert by a touring band--at the Austin Music Awards in Texas. The ceremony, held Wednesday (March 13) at the...
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A fan who slipped in a puddle of urine and water at Soldier Field in Chicago while going for a bathroom break during a U2 concert was awarded $2.6 million on Tuesday (March...
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Nelly Furtado's "Turn Off The Light," Shakira's "Whenever Wherever," and U2's "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" are just some of the tracks featured on Now That's...
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Newcomer Alicia Keys enjoyed a streak of beginner's luck as she walked away with the most toys at last night's (February 27) 44th annual Grammy Awards. When the dust...
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U2 walked away with an impressive four Grammys last night: record of the year, best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal, best rock album, and best rock performance...
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U2 was the first band to pick up an award on the Grammy telecast. The Irish rockers won for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal for the song "Stuck In A Moment...
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U2, Dave Matthews, and India.Arie were among the winners for the annual Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards held on Tuesday (February 26) at the Knitting Factory in...
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With eight nominations, U2 is the unquestioned favorite at tonight's (February 27) Grammy Awards ceremony, which takes place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. All of the...
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At Wednesday night's (February 27) Grammy Awards, one of the categories U2 is up for is best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal for "Elevation." Singer-guitarist...
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After performances at the Super Bowl halftime show and for a private interest at the just-concluded Winter Olympics, U2 is preparing for Wednesday's (February 27) Grammy...
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Quincy Jones was one of the numerous entertainers that came out to honor U2 singer Bono for his philanthropic efforts Thursday night (February 14) in Hollywood. The Love...
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Some of the biggest names from both the music and entertainment communities came out to honor U2 singer Bono for his philanthropic efforts Thursday night (February 14) in...
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U2 has once again come out on top, this time garnering the most nominations for the 2002 Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards. The Irish band was tabbed in the category of best...
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Valentine's Day takes on a meaning of honor for U2 singer Bono, who will be feted by many of the entertainment industry's elite for his philanthropic efforts at a Hollywood...
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U2's Bono will be honored for his philanthropic efforts at a Hollywood event on Valentine's Day (February 14) featuring performances by No Doubt and R.E.M.
The affair,...
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U2 is in New Orleans getting ready for its set at halftime of the Super Bowl this Sunday (February 3). At press time there was no word as to the band's set list for the...
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Saying that "change is inevitable," U2 has bowed out of a battle to save the Dublin studio in which the group has recorded a considerable amount of its material, including...
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The fate of a Dublin studio used by U2 that was set for demolition was to be reconsidered Tuesday (January 29), thanks in part to an online petition signed by more than...
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Songs from the most-nominated artists for the 44th annual Grammy Awards, including U2's "Walk On," India.Arie's "Video," Alicia Keys's "Fallin'," and Train's "Drops Of...
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U2 7, the limited-edition seven-song collection that U2 put together for the Target store chain, is a big hit with fans. The retailer sold out of the title when it went on...
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U2 frontman Bono has helped Scottish composer Craig Armstrong update a version of the Irish rock band's song "Stay (Faraway, So Close)," for Armstrong's next album, As If...
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U2 is keeping a tight lid on the setlist for its halftime performance at the Super Bowl, but the guessing game continues. According to superbowl.com, "Bono and the boys...
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U2 and Alicia Keys are the first performers to be announced for the 44th Annual Grammy Awards, which will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 27 and...
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U2 has teamed up with Target Stores for a limited-edition CD that will only be available through the nationwide retailer. Titled U2 7, the collection features seven U2...
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As U2 works on new material in Dublin and prepares for February performances at the Super Bowl and at the Winter Olympic Games, frontman Bono is off to Africa this week to...
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With "Beautiful Day" a Grammy favorite last year, three different songs up for Grammy honors this year, and two nominations for the album All That You Can't Leave Behind,...
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If the members of U2 have their way, they might have more new music for consideration when the Grammy Awards of 2002 roll around. The Irish quartet is hard at work in...
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U2 led the nominees for the 44th annual Grammy Awards when they were announced today (January 4), with eight nominations in seven categories, including the big three: record...
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Alicia Keys and U2 are expected to be frontrunners when the nominations for the 44th Annual Grammy Awards are announced Friday (January 4). It has not yet been announced if...
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U2 is among several bands being approached to perform by organizers of next month's Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Irish quartet is apparently already...
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U2's massive Elevation tour proved the most popular in North America in 2001 and the second most successful of all time, according to trade magazine Pollstar.
The 80-show...
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ABC television's live New Year's Eve special, ABC 2002, will feature performances by some of the world's biggest artists including Sting, U2, Arlo Guthrie, James Taylor, and...
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U2 frontman Bono has been named the European of the Year--not for his singing, but for his work on behalf of debt relief, which he kept in the spotlight throughout U2's...
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The Edge is saddened by the death of former Big Country frontman Stuart Adamson. The singer-guitarist writes on U2's website (u2.com), "He was a great inspiration to me when...
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Just off the latest North American leg of its 2001 Elevation world tour, U2 has already set a date for its next live engagement: the halftime of Super Bowl XXXVI at the...
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After wrapping up the latest North American leg of its Elevation world tour Saturday night (December 1) in Miami, U2 is leaving fans with its new DVD, Elevation 2001: Live...
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In recognition of World AIDS Day on Saturday (December 1), U2 singer Bono, R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, and Bush's Gavin Rossdale shared their thoughts how we must support...
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U2 wraps up the latest North American leg of its Elevation world tour this weekend, with shows Friday (November 30) in Atlanta, Saturday (December 1) in Tampa, and Sunday...
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U2 has issued a new version of "Walk On" in the U.K. that is remixed by in-demand producer Nigel Godrich, perhaps best known for his longtime collaborations with Radiohead...
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DVD and VHS versions of the America: A Tribute To Heroes telethon, featuring Bruce Springsteen, U2, Dave Matthews, the Dixie Chicks, Enrique Iglesias, and others, are set to...
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U2 has announced eight more dates for the current leg of its Elevation tour. Originally scheduled to wrap November 19 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the band will now...
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U2 frontman Bono was thumping the Third World debt relief drum this weekend in Philadelphia, meeting with African leaders at a trade summit there. Bono tells LAUNCH that he...
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With No Doubt's new album Rock Steady due out December 18, the band is getting its road wheels back with a 10-date opening spot on the latest North American leg of U2's...
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U2 ends its latest North American tour on November 19, but it's leaving a present behind. Elevation 2001: U2 Live In Boston, a double DVD filmed during the Irish group's...
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U2's planned appearance at Saturday's (October 20) historic Concert For New York City at the Madison Square Garden was canceled due to "family matters," according to a...
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U2's Bono, who will perform at the Concert For New York City with U2 guitarist the Edge on Saturday (October 20), says the show comes at a poignant time in the Irish band's...
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Elton John and U2 singer Bono and guitarist the Edge have all signed on for the Concert For New York City, the Paul McCartney-led fundraising event that takes place Saturday...
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U2 has returned to North America, having just opened a second leg of its Elevation world tour on these shores. The production has not changed, which means the Irish quartet...
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U2 kicks off the second North American leg of its Elevation world tour tonight (October 10) at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. The trek has already taken the...
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Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst is currently working on the "new school" rock version of the Marvin Gaye cover "What's Going On." He just got finished recording with Elijah Blue of...
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U2's performance live from London on Friday's (September 21) telethon, America: A Tribute To Heroes, included a couple of special guests, although in one case it was not who...
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In one of the largest and most unique events in broadcast history, countless giants of music, including Bruce Springsteen, U2, Stevie Wonder, and Celine Dion, converged at...
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Tickets for U2's North American tour, which kicks off October 10 in South Bend, Indiana go on sale starting today (September 21). Tickets for shows in Chicago on October 15,...
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U2 has tapped Garbage, No Doubt, and Stereophonics as openers for its next leg of tour dates, which start October 10 at Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Garbage will take...
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The members of U2 are asking their fans to help the rescue efforts in New York City and Washington, D.C., in the wake of Tuesday's (September 11) terror attacks on the World...
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Ticket sales for tour dates by U2, Maxwell, and Rod Stewart have been postponed until further notice due to Tuesday's (September 11) terrorist attacks on the East Coast....
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U2 has officially announced dates for a return to North America for shows in support of its latest album, All That You Can't Leave Behind. As LAUNCH reported Monday...
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The Ramones received acknowledgement at Thursday night's (September 6) MTV Video Music Awards from U2 singer Bono and the video channel.
The frontman said, "New York City...
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U2's return to the United States in support of its latest album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, looks to finally be taking shape. The band has hashed out 15 shows across...
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The members of U2 sang at the funeral of lead singer Bono's father Friday (August 24) in the Dublin, Ireland port community of Howth, according to Reuters. "They sang...
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U2 singer Bono is mourning the death of his father, Bob Hewson, who has died at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer, as a spokesperson confirmed to LAUNCH. The...
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U2's manager has gone on the record to confirm that the band will indeed return to North America for more shows in the fall. Speaking to the group's official website,...
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A published report out of the U.K. has U2 coming back to North America for some two dozen more shows on its Elevation tour. London's The Times says the band will play 25...
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U2 went before the cameras in Berlin, Germany, last week to do a video for its new single, "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of." Not much is known about the clip except...
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U2 frontman Bono and former Boomtown Rats singer and Band Aid/Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof, in their continuing campaign for Third World debt relief, hit the closing day of...
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U2's Elevation tour has been the most profitable tour this season. It has grossed $69 million, and rolls through Europe the next two months. Mid-year touring statistics are...
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U2 has won approval for a second concert at Ireland's Slane Castle, making this the first time a group has been allowed to perform multiple shows at the venue in its 20-year...
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A push that has been championed in recent months by U2's Bono to increase American contributions to the global AIDS fund appears to be paying off. United States Secretary Of...
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It looks like U2's second concert at Slane Castle in its homeland of Ireland will happen after all. The show will likely take place on September 1, a week after the group's...
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Former President Bill Clinton, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and Mike Mills, and the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch were on hand to witness...
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Among his personal papers, Republican Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina has a thank-you note from U2 lead singer Bono after Helms and his grandchildren attended the...
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U2 wraps up the first North American leg of its Elevation world tour tonight (June 22) at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The tour began in...
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U2 has a couple of things in mind for the footage shot at its recent Boston show. During a chat with fans on the group's official website (u2.com), singer-guitarist the Edge...
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The Boston U2 concert that was filmed two weeks ago is being prepared for release as a DVD. Steve Lillywhite, who co-produced All That You Can't Leave Behind and whose...
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U2 has gone before the cameras, but some fans are none too happy about it. The band's June 6 show at Boston's FleetCenter--part of which was featured at halftime of the...
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U2 singer Bono, dressed in a green suit, white V-neck shirt, backwards camouflage cap, and blue-shaded glasses, gave an engaging 20-minute talk to an audience of 6,000...
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Since late March, U2 has been trooping around North America on its Elevation world tour. Now the song "Elevation," a rocking track from the group's latest album, All That...
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U2 frontman Bono was back in Washington, D.C., thumping the drum about worldwide debt forgiveness and the spread of AIDS in Africa. The politically astute singer, whose...
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U2's "Bad," Radiohead's "No Surprises," and the Cure's "In Between Days" are among the tracks featured on Keeper Of The Flame, a new album of covers by Irish contemporary...
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U2 has been winning rave reviews for its performances on the Elevation world tour, which is winding its way through North America until late June and then picks up in Europe...
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U2's highly praised Elevation 2001 world tour has been living up to its name with audiences in North America since the road trip kicked off in late March. The Irish quartet...
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U2 singer Bono and wife Ali welcomed their fourth child into the world on Monday morning (May 21). The child, a boy, weighed in at seven pounds and seven ounces upon his...
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In an attempt to raise awareness about debt relief for poor countries and the AIDS epidemic on the African continent, U2 lead singer Bono spoke out today (April 27) about...
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With the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth cattle disease in the U.K. having a negative impact on tourism in neighboring Ireland, U2 has taken steps to assure potential...
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Many fans have been shocked to see U2 frontman Bono stagediving during the current round of concerts in support of All That You Can't Leave Behind. It's certainly uncommon...
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U2 frontman Bono may have been the last artist to speak to Joey Ramone, as the singer called him at New York Presbyterian Hospital on Good Friday (April 13). Two days later...
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U2's quest to play a second concert at Slane Castle in Ireland continues to be an unfolding saga. After the government's position seemed to soften on allowing a second show...
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U2's "New Year's Day" is about to become "New Year's Dub." The Irish quartet has given the production team Musique--Moussa "Moose" Clarke and Nick Hanson --permission to...
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It'll be U2 versus U2 in the forthcoming video for "Elevation," the third single from the Irish band's latest album, All That You Can't Leave Behind. The song is also being...
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Rock 'n' roll can be a petty business, but the members of U2 and R.E.M. don't seem to have any problem with each other--in fact, they only have nice things to say about each...
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U2 kicked off its Elevation 2001 tour Saturday night (March 24) at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Florida, to a capacity crowd of 18,800 fans. U2 put forth a...
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Much is being made about Bono's fall during "Until The End Of The World," during the opening night of U2's Elevation tour Saturday (March 24) at the National Car Rental...
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The big news in rock 'n' roll this weekend will be the kickoff of U2's Elevation tour in Ft. Lauderdale. Named for a song on the Irish quartet's latest album, All That You...
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It's three days and counting until U2 lifts off its Elevation world tour on Saturday (March 24) in Ft. Lauderdale. Although frontman Bono has jetted off to the White House...
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U2 wants to play a second show at Slane Castle in Ireland--by any means necessary. In the wake of the Irish quartet's 45-minute sellout of the August concert at the...
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All those Grammy and Brit awards have made U2's upcoming Elevation tour as hot a property in the U.K. as it is in North America. Over the weekend, the three shows announced...
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U2 has announced the schedule for the European leg of its Elevation tour. Following a two-week break after the North American dates end on June 22 at the Continental...
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The Go-Go's are set to release God Bless The Go-Go's--the band's first full-length album since 1984--on May 15. The band also plans to hit the road sometime around the...
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U2 has confirmed that it will be the headline act at a one-day music festival at Ireland's Slane Castle this summer. The gig, set for August 25, will also feature Red Hot...
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U2, Sting, and Bush's Gavin Rossdale have found a home in the top 20 of the "British Rich List," the annual poll published recently by the nation's Sunday Mirror newspaper....
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Eminem, U2, and Madonna grabbed top international honors and the Brit Awards 2001, held Monday (February 26) at London's Earls Court 2. Top British category honors went to...
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Between the joy of last week's Grammy Awards and today's (February 26) lifetime achievement honor at the Brit Awards, U2 frontman Bono took time out for a more somber...
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Coldplay leads the pack of rock nominees, while U2 is set to be honored with the award for outstanding contribution to music at the Brit Awards 2001, taking place tonight...
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It was a "Beautiful Day" for U2 when the group picked up three Grammys at last night's awards ceremony. After performing "Beautiful Day," the band and song were honored as...
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Eminem swept all three rap categories but lost the coveted album of the year award to Steely Dan, and U2 took both the record and song of the year honors as both...
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U2 is set to perform at the Grammy Awards tomorrow night (February 21). The band's "Beautiful Day" is up for song and record of the year, and best rock performance by a duo...
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A point of clarification: U2 frontman Bono will be the commencement speaker at Harvard University's annual Class Day celebration. However, university officials say that does...
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U2 frontman Bono, who skipped college in order to lead his band to the top of the rock world, will return to school this spring--in the Ivy League, no less. Bono has...
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U2 was one of the big winners at the Carling Awards--also known as the Brats in a play off the more staid BRIT Awards--which are sponsored by British music magazine New...
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(2/6/01, 5 p.m. ET)-- U2's the Edge and Adam Clayton, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante and Flea, and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl lead the list of alternative...
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U2 has added to its itinerary a second Miami, Florida, show on March 26 and a fourth Boston show on June 9. The former goes on sale on Friday (February 2) at 10 a.m. ET....
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Madonna and Irish rockers U2 are the first performers announced for the 43rd annual Grammy Awards ceremony, which will air on CBS February 21. Madonna has five Grammy...
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U2 recently added 13 more shows to its Elevation tour, but they all sold out by Monday morning (January 22). This brings the number of sell-outs for its forthcoming trek to...
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U2 will be honored with the award for outstanding contribution to music next month at the Brit Awards 2001. The band is readying a special performance for the show, which...
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U2's Elevation tour is indeed off to a high-flying start--its first six shows sold out and four additional dates were put on sale immediately. SFX, the international firm...
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As expected, U2 announced its 2001 arena tour today(January 9). Billed as the Elevation Tour, after the new song "Elevation," U2 will play indoor arenas in support of its...
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Things are heating up on the U2 tour front. The group is expected to announce the first set of dates in support of All That You Can't Leave Behind either tomorrow (January...
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"Beautiful Day," the first single from U2's latest album, All That You Can't Leave Behind,, received three nominations today (LAUNCH, 1/3) when the Grammy Award nominations...
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On U2's new album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, Bono wrote the track "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" for his friend, late INXS singer Michael Hutchence. The...
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Goodbye, Ireland -- hello, California! For U2 guitarist the Edge, a sort of homecoming is going on these days in sunny Malibu, where he and his wife, director-choreographer...
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Among those contemplating the life of John Lennon on the 20th anniversary of his death is U2 frontman Bono. The Irish group has been known to cover Beatles and Lennon songs...
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U2 rocked Irving Plaza last night (December 6) with an intimate show with some of the band's biggest fans. The band whipped through a 14-song set that contained covers of...
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As U2 prepares for its sole U.S. performance of the year--on Tuesday (December 5) at Irving Plaza in New York City--word comes that the Irish quartet will receive a special...
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U2 may just be getting a fifth member, if you ask Moby. The songwriter and song manipulator announced on his website-- we assume with tongue planted firmly in cheek--that a...
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PJ Harvey will serve as the opener on the upcoming North American tour by U2, which begins in Miami in March.
Harvey announced the news to the BBC soon after learning it...
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The new U2 album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, will debut at Number Three in the next issue of Billboard, behind new releases from hip-hop acts Jay-Z and Outkast....
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Apparently, Number One on the British charts is one of those All That You Can't Leave Behind things for Irish rockers U2. The quartet--whose single, "Beautiful Day," also...
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Out Tuesday (October 31) is All That You Can't Leave Behind, the eagerly anticipated album by Irish rockers U2. The collection is receiving almost unanimously favorable...
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You can't see U2 in concert until next spring, but the Irish band will still be visible when its new album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, comes out Tuesday (October 31)....
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U2 did quite a bit of recording for its new album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, and not all of it made it out of the studio. Missing from the finished product, which is...
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So what really happened when U2 frontman Bono was detained by British airport security last month after boarding a connecting flight to Dublin? Apparently it was a case of...
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U2 surprised fans at Paris's ManRay club on Thursday night (October 19) with its first performance to showcase songs from its upcoming album, All That You Can't Leave...
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U2 has captured the number one spot on the U.K. singles charts with "Beautiful Day," the first single from All That You Can't Leave Behind.
Bono told the BBC, "We went in...
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Bono has backed up his words with his presence in Washington, D.C., in his attempt to let the world's poorest countries off the hook for money owed to the United States....
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U2 will give the first live performances of music from its new album Wednesday (September 27) in Dublin. The band will be at the Clarence Hotel from 3 -5 p.m. local time,...
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U2 frontman Bono continues his stumping for Third World debt relief. He was in Prague, Czech Republic, on Monday (September 25) for meetings of the International Monetary...
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U2 singer and active Jubilee 2000 supporter Bono has arrived in Washington, D.C., and will be part of a press conference today (September 21) at 9:30 a.m. ET at the House...
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U2's new single, "Beautiful Day," is being prominently featured as part of NBC's coverage of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The song is being used as part of...
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Rock 'n' roll delegate Bono will be at the United Nations Millennium Summit along with Nigerian President Obasanjo and Ann Pettifor of Jubilee 2000 to present a world...
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Video outlets get to catch up to radio stations when the new U2 video premieres Friday (September 8). The clip for "Beautiful Day" is set to air on VH1 during a special...
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U2 has announced the title, single information, and track list for its upcoming album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, due out in late October. The previously announced...
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It looks like U2's next album just might be a Halloween treat after all. The still-untitled work is now being listed under that date (October 31) on a release schedule...
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Is this a sign of tour sponsorship to come? The Pepsi-Cola Company was the high bidder in a charity auction run by the Irish website ebid.i.e. for a Mercedes 450SL that...
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Members of the official U2 fan club Propaganda are getting ready for a special treat. Included in the next issue of the fan club magazine will be a live album called Hasta...
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U2 has quietly rolled out a new website U2.com that will be devoted to the Irish group's upcoming album, which it's currently recording in Dublin and due out this fall. The...
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Responding to all the rumors circulating about its upcoming collection, U2 has finally issued a statement about the album's progress. Contrary to reports that a release...
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U2 frontman Bono celebrates a milestone today (May 10) -- the singer is turning 40 years old. The band continues to work on their upcoming, still untitled album, which is...
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Eric Burdon of the Animals sat down with Roseanne Barr on her show, Roseanne, on Wednesday (April 26) to talk about his involvement in protecting Joshua Tree National Park...
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U2 frontman Bono has revealed that he and the band are the targets of an "armed and dangerous" stalker in Dublin. The singer told Ireland's Hot Press magazine that "I...
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The members of U2 and their manager were honored in Ireland on Saturday (March 18) with the titles Freemen of Dublin. More than 11,000 people jammed a public square to...
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U2 frontman Bono has thrown down the gauntlet to every other band on the planet, challenging "anyone to make a better rock record this year," he said. The dare came out...
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In attendance at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremonies in New York on Monday (March 6) night was
U2 manager Paul McGuinness, a longtime Hall supporter. ...
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U2 frontman Bono emerged triumphantly in Italy over the weekend, as Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema agreed to cancel more of his nation's Third World debt following a...
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Bono and Sting have both been chosen to receive the Patrick Lippert Award from Rock The Vote. The ceremony will take place on Feb. 22 at the Los Angeles House Of Blues,...
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The annual Berlin International Film Festival opened Wednesday (Feb. 9) with The Million Dollar Hotel. The film is based on a story idea by U2's frontman Bono, who...
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U2 frontman Bono is still pushing France to forgive the Third World its debt. Accepting a Man Of The Year citation for his work with Jubilee 2000 at France's NRJ Music...
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You can hear one of U2's new songs now -- a couple of months before its release on the soundtrack to Wim Wenders's new film, The Million Dollar Hotel. However, it won't be...
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Don't make any travel plans for the free U2 show in Ireland. The group tells the Irish Independent newspaper that, despite previous reports (LAUNCH, 12/28/99), it has no...
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Although he'd previously stated he and his U2 bandmates would be welcoming the new year close to home, Bono will be among those ringing in 2000 in Washington,...
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U2 fans will flock to Dublin in March for a free show that the band is attempting to stage in the Irish city. U2 reportedly hopes to use the show to celebrate the Freedom...
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U2 fans can expect big things from the band's next album, according to bassist Adam Clayton. Clayton says the still-to-be-titled album, due out in late summer 2000, is "the...
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U2 fans, members of congress, religious leaders, and members of Jubilee 2000 were on hand in Washington D.C. yesterday (Nov. 4) to hear Bono, Rev. Francis Campbell Gray,...
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Billy Joel will ring in the new millennium at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Joel has announced that he'll be playing an extra-long show on New Year's Eve. He and...
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NetAid, staged in Geneva, London, and New Jersey on Saturday (Oct. 9), received a mixed reception from fans.
The purpose of the concerts was to generate traffic for the...
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Bono has promised that Y2K will bring new music from U2. The band's lead singer, who is heavily involved in the Jubilee 2000 and NetAid coalitions, told BBC Radio 1 that U2...
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President Bill Clinton's promise to forgive the world's poorest nations of 100% of their debt to the United States has drawn praise from U2 frontman Bono.
"He went for...
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Bono and Bob Geldof were among the Jubilee 2000 delegation meeting with Pope John Paul II yesterday (Sept. 23) at the Pontiff's summer residence in Castelgandolfo,...
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Jubilee 2000, the campaign to erase Third World debt, is a Judeo-Christian idea, according to Bono. In fact, the U2 frontman, who is one of the main forces behind the...
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U2 singer Bono and his wife Ali recently welcomed their third child, their first baby boy. The child's name was made public yesterday (Sept. 8) by Quincy Jones as he...
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Plans for the ambitious three-concerts-in-three-countries-on-one-day NetAid benefit were officially announced today at the Millennium Hotel in New York. Quincy Jones, Puff...
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An all-star list of talent, including Bono, Wyclef Jean, David Bowie, Puff Daddy, and Quincy Jones, were on hand today in New York for the official announcement of the...
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The official initial list of performers participating in Net Aid includes Jewel, Bono, the Eurythmics, George Michael, Pete Townshend, Bush, Counting Crows, Wyclef Jean,...
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An announcement will be made early today (Aug. 12) about the lineup for three Oct. 9 Net Aid concerts, an Internet-based campaign that is combining forces with Jubilee 2000...
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Fugees member Wyclef Jean spent part of his Independence Day weekend working in his New Jersey studio on a song with U2's Bono, titled "War Child."
All of the proceeds...
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During an Internet chat held last week, U2 frontman Bono told fans that they could expect the band's next album to sound more like the straightforward quartet rock of its...
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U2 singer Bono has been a strong supporter of Jubilee 2000 and its effort to improve life in impoverished nations by dropping the countries' debt. On Saturday (June 19),...
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Details about new film projects involving Courtney Love, Marilyn Manson, and Bono were unveiled Saturday (June 5) backstage at the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.
A Chloe-clad Love...
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U2, Sting, and Lauryn Hill are among the artists being rumored to perform at Net Aid, a trio of all-star benefit concerts designed to help eradicate world poverty. Plans...
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"Two-thousand, zero, zero, party over, oops, out of time," the artist known as Prince sang in his 1983 hit "1999." Now, 16 years later, with Prince's new version of "1999"...
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Author Salman Rushdie, who has been living in hiding since Iran's supreme leader condemned him to death in 1989, has contributed lyrics to a new song by Irish rockers...
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On the eve of what appears to be a dreaded pop revolution in the R&B community, the new definition of a platinum hip-hop artist places less emphasis on sampling an '80s R&B...
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Two of the biggest acts in pop music--U2 and the Spice Girls--are offering new videos on the Web.
Beginning today, Spice Girls fans can find the video clip for the group's...
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In a chart match-up that the British press referred to as "a battle between agitpop and Britpop," veteran Irish band U2 has conquered relative newcomers Oasis on the U.K....
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Fans who rush out to buy U2's The Best Of 1980-1990 this week will also receive the special limited-edition The B-Sides bonus disc (myLAUNCH, 9/10). But even fans that miss...
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Entropy, the next film by director Phil Joanou will feature U2's Bono and Larry Mullen Jr. as themselves, and the band appears in footage shot during the Pop Mart tour's...
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For the first time ever, the top five singles on the British charts are new entries. But while the singles may be new to the chart, the artists are all veterans.
Leading...
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We've already given you the track listing for U2: The Best Of 1980-1990, the first-ever greatest-hits collection by veteran Irish act U2 (myLAUNCH, 9/10). Now we have the...
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The first-ever greatest hits compilation from veteran Irish rockers U2, U2: The Best Of 1980-1990, will be released by Island Records on Nov. 3 (myLAUNCH, 9/8). Island...
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Some may have considered U2's last album, 1997's Pop a flop, but apparently the veteran Irish rock act still has plenty of clout. PolyGram has signed a $50 million pact...
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It's official: After weeks of speculation, the Seagram Co. announced Monday that it had signed "definitive agreements" with Royal Philips Electronics and PolyGram NV to...
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Following in the wake of the long ride at No. 1 of the music from Titanic, soundtracks once again dominated Billboard's album chart this week.
This week's new No. 1 album...
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Now that the $10.6 billion marriage of Universal Music and PolyGram has been confirmed, the real dealing starts.
Management for the new company is being decided in a...
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In the biggest deal in music industry history, Canada's Seagram Company Ltd. has acquired PolyGram Entertainment and its associated record labels in a deal valued at $10.6...
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U2's Bono and Dave "The Edge" Evans crusaded for peace in Northern Ireland Tuesday night by performing several songs during a free concert in the capital city of...
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U2 made a last big push for the Northern Ireland peace referendum by participating in a free concert in Belfast last night.
The Irish Times reported that U2 and fellow...
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Seagram Co. Ltd. and Philips Electronics NV are expected to announce a $10.5 billion marriage shortly, according to reports.
Seagram, home to Universal Music (Erykah Badu,...
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Talks between Seagram and Philips Electronics for the latter's share of PolyGram's music and film outfit are on the fast track, according to reports.
Seagram, home to...
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British music conglomerate EMI has ended takeover talks with an unnamed bidder--presumably the Seagram Co., owner of Universal Music--after failing to receive a...
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PolyGram Entertainment, whose Motown, Mercury, A&M and Island Records rosters include U2, Jon Bon Jovi, Boyz II Men, Sheryl Crow and the Cranberries, said Wednesday that it...
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Phil Joanou, who directed the U2 rock documentary Rattle And Hum, has cast Stephen Dorff in Entropy as a man who's directing a documentary about U2 while undergoing a...
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Memphis-based concert promoter Bob Kelley died late last week, the victim of an apparent suicide, according to Memphis police. Kelley was the founder and president of...
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As the seemingly ageless Rolling Stones complete the U.S. portion of the Bridges To Babylon world tour, a poll asked a bunch of college freshman who will have similar...
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The Verve were the big winners at last night's Brit Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Grammys, picking up honors for Best Group, Best Album for Urban Hymns and Best...
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The Cranberries, Melissa Etheridge and U2 have new bosses.
Island Records has named Davitt Sigerson chairman of Island Records USA and John Barbis president of Island...
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The first lawsuit ever brought against Internet music pirates has been settled.
Three web site operators that offered free digital downloads of hundreds of popular...
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Other nominations announced yesterday for the 40th annual Grammy Awards:
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
"Butterfly" - Mariah Carey, "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" -...
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Accused U2 stalker Robert John Hector--who has allegedly pursued U2 bassist Adam Clayton for the past three years, sometimes phoning him up to 200 times a day--was arrested...
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U2 manager Paul McGuinness has confirmed that the Popmarters will appear (in animated form, of course) in the 200th episode of the all-time longest-running cartoon series,...
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A French court has ordered a Marseilles concert promoter to pay the equivalent $34,000 to a man who claims to have suffered hearing loss at a 1993 U2 show. (Only the...
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Yet another obstacle has been thrown into the path of U2's problematic, poorly-selling Popmart Tour. Ireland's High Court has voted to block U2's two homecoming...
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