Posts Tagged ‘U2’

In today’s Soundbites - our look back at the past week’s news, reviews, and tabloid gossip – , Manchester City reduce Noel Gallagher to tears, Alan McGee may fulfill a public duty by returning to music, Axl Rose defends his lame ass, Bono is absolutely not a billionaire, The Beatles walking backwards fetches a few grand, the latest Broken Needles track is reviewed and our pick of the week’s new videos is selected.

U2 frontman Bono is expected to become the richest musician in the world today (May 18th) as Facebook prepares for one of the biggest flotations in recent stock market history.

Previously unreleased versions of Coldplay and U2 songs are amongst the tracks which will comprise a new charity album.

Barack Obama has included the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Arcade Fire and U2 on a new Spotify playlist.

U2‘s manager Paul McGuinness has said online music streaming services ‘should be encouraged’, but also admitted artists are yet to be convinced by the medium as they do not foresee any financial benefits.

U2 fans have voted for the 22 live tracks which will comprise the band’s new ‘U22‘ double CD album, released to celebrated the record-breaking 360 world tour.

U2 frontman Bono has said he tries to avoid listening back to his band’s songs as his voice annoys him.

U2 frontman Bono has blamed what he perceives as a disappointing performance from the band at  their long-awaited Glastonbury headline appearance last June partly on the bad weather which affected the festival’s opening day.

In conversation with Q Magazine, Bono explained how the stage was ‘like an ice rink’ due to persistent heavy rain during the Friday, and also flagged up a lack of keyboards due to an accident off stage.

U2 frontman Bono has continued his recent bout of introspection, telling The Sun newspaper he feel the Irish supergroup have been ‘on the verge of irrelevance’ for two decades.

Bono was speaking not long after hinting he may be unsurprisingly ready to take a prolonged break from music following the completion of U2′s mammoth 360 world tour duties.

U2 frontman Bono has appeared to hint the band could be planning a break from music after the conclusion of their monstrous 360 world tour earlier this summer.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Bono made the admission that U2 would be ‘very pleased’ to end on their 2009 album ‘No Line On The Horizon‘, while his own future plans currently extend no further than focusing on his private life.