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2009 MTV Europe Music Awards Winners
Posted in Awards, Beyonce, Eminem, Lady Gaga, MTV, Tokio Hotel, U2 on the November 6, 2009
The MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 took place in Berlin, Germany at the O2 World Arena. The show was hosted by Katy Perry,
MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 Winners
Best Video
Beyonce - Single Ladies
Best Female
Beyonce
Best Group
Tokio Hotel
Best Push Artist
Pixie Lott
Best Male
Eminem
Best New Act
Lady Gaga
Best Alternative
Placebo
Best World Stage Performance
Linkin Park
Best Song
Beyonce - Halo
Best Rock
Green Day
Best Urban
Jay-Z
Best Live Act
U2
Best European Act
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U2 Concert to Stream Live on YouTube
Posted in Concert, Live, U2, Video, YouTube on the October 23, 2009
California, US: U2 have confirmed via video blog that their sold-out concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California, Sunday 25th October 2009 will be streamed free, in full and live on YouTube. It’s the first time a show of this size will be streamed live.
The Rose Bowl show is the penultimate U2 show this year - with more to come in 2010 - and already is set to host the venue’s biggest ever audience of over 96, 000 fans. The 360? Tour, which has been critically acclaimed and “re-invents rock’n’roll”*, will now boast unique access for fans worldwide - as fans in territories yet to be visited by the tour, or not at all, will be able to enjoy the whole show online. Managed in partnership with Live Nation, this sell-out tour has broken attendance records in most venues it has visited - its success due in part to increased capacity coupled with a lower ticket price and great sight lines afforded by the stunning in-the-round stage set. Visit U2.com or youtube.com/u2official for details of how to join in this ground-breaking on-line event.
U2 manager Paul McGuinness said - “The band has wanted to do something like this for a long time. As we’re filming the LA show, it’s the perfect opportunity to extend the party beyond the stadium. Fans often travel long distances to come to see U2 - this time U2 can go to them, globally.”
YouTube will be streaming live across five continents. The show will be available in the usual You Tube way, as video-on-demand, following two full replays - after the live stream - on both U2.com and You Tube.
“YouTube is thrilled to be able to provide our global audience with a live streaming performance from one of the world’s greatest bands” - Chris Maxcy, Director of YouTube Partner Development. “We are always looking for new ways to connect fans around the world with their favourite artists, and this is the perfect opportunity to do just that.”
U2’s European Tour Dates and New Concert Photos
Posted in Concert, Photos, Remix, Song, U2 on the October 5, 2009
U2 Announces European Tour Dates for 2010
In the midst of the North American leg of their 360° Tour, U2 has announced their fall 2010 European Tour dates. The 12-stop tour will hit Germany, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Austria, Greece, Turkey, France, Spain, and Portugal. Tickets for many of the shows went on sale as early as this week, with more presales scheduled for October 5th-7th. Visit U2.com for all the information.
Also new on the U2 website are some pictures from the band’s most recent tour stops. Check out the photo gallery here.
U2’s twelfth studio album No Line on the Horizon, as well as their I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight Remix EP are available now on iTunes.
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
8/10/2010 Frankfurt, DE - Commerzbank Arena
8/12/2010 Hannover, DE - AWD Stadium
8/15/2010 Horsens, DK - Casa Arena
8/20/2010 Helsinki, FI - Olympic Stadium
8/25/2010 Moscow, RU - Luzhniki
8/30/2010 Vienna, AT - Ernst Happel Stadium
9/03/2010 Athens, GR - Olympic Stadium
9/06/2010 Istanbul, TR - Ataturk Olympic Stadium
9/15/2010 Munich, DE - Olympic Stadium
9/18/2010 Paris, FR - Stade De France
9/29/2010 Seville, ES - Olympic Stadium
10/02/2010 Coimbra, PT - Stadium
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New Video Clips from U2
Posted in Concert, U2, Video, YouTube, album on the September 25, 2009
U2 Releases New Video Clips from 360° Tour
U2 kicked off the North American leg of their 360° Tour on September 13th, and cameras have been rolling during the shows and behind the scenes. Visit the official U2 YouTube channel to see video clips of songs from the concert, including “Your Blue Room” and “Vertigo” from the Chicago shows, a radio interview in Toronto, and an advance screening of an exclusive U2.com chat with the Edge.
Can’t get enough live U2? Download the new Blackberry app that lets you get inside the new album No Line On The Horizon. The app features song previews, news, tour updates, exclusive images of the band in the recording studio and on the road, and more! Find out the specifics on the Blackberry website.
No Line On The Horizon is U2’s twelfth studio album and is available now, in stores or through iTunes.
Vertigo Link and Embed Code:
Your Blue Room Link and Embed Code:
Toronto Radio Interview Link and Embed Code:
U2 READY FOR U.S. TOUR
Posted in Concert, Music, U2, Video on the September 18, 2009
360 TOUR STARTED IN CHICAGO
Tour Dates:
Sep 12 Soldier Field Chicago
Sep 13 Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois
Sep 16 Rogers Centre Toronto
Sep 16 Rogers Centre Toronto, Ontario
Sep 17 Rogers Centre Toronto, Ontario
Sep 20 Gillette Stadium Boston
Sep 21 Gillette Stadium Foxboro, Massachusetts
Sep 24 Giants Stadium New York
Sep 25 Giants Stadium New York, New York
Sep 29 FedEx Field Washington, Washington DC
Oct 1 Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia
Oct 3 Carter Finlay Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina
Oct 6 Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 9 Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida
Oct 12 New Cowboys Stadium Dallas, Texas
Oct 14 Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas
Oct 18 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma
Oct 20 University of Phoenix Stadium Phoenix, Arizona
Oct 23 Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, Nevada
Oct 25 Rose Bowl Pasedena, California
Oct 28 BC Place Stadium Vancouver, British Columbia
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U2: Bunch of Hypocrites
Posted in Concert, U2 on the August 24, 2009
U2 has long been preaching about world hunger and environmental issues but the band has ignited some harsh criticism over the cost of their recent world tour. The 3 steel structures that make up the band’s custom-built stage cost between £15 and £20 million each and is easily the most ambitious endeavour of any world tour. Talking Heads singer David Byrne offered his thoughts saying “$40 million to build the stage and, having done the math, we estimate 200 semi trucks crisscrossing Europe for the duration. It could be professional envy speaking here, but it sure looks like, well, overkill, and just a wee bit out of balance given all the starving people in Africa and all.”
U2’s political message
Posted in U2, World Tour on the July 6, 2009
The Irish rock band who is kicking off their world tour in Thailand has been advising fans to take a stand with regards to the imprisonment of Aung Sang Suu Kyi. The following statement can be read on U2’s official website: “Wear it to work or college. Wear it on the bus or the train. Wear it in the pub or at shops. And don’t forget. Bring it to a U2 show.” This reffers to the Suu Kyi masks U2 is encouraging their fans to wear. Wow this sounds so V for Vendetta-ish… one must wonder, is there a revolution coming?
American Idols Do Judges’ Choice
Posted in Music on the May 13, 2009
There are 4 judges on American Idol and only 3 contestants left. That makes one of the oddest situations in Idol history as 1 judge was likely to not have been chosen to pick a song. It turned out that Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi “collaborated” on choosing Kris Allen’s song ‘Apologize’. Paula Abdul got to make the first judge’s choice of the night as she had Danny Gokey sing ‘Dance Little Sister’. It was a song that he admittedly did not know but he did a fair job on it. Simon Cowell picked for Adam Lambert, giving him, if I’m right, the first ever U2 song on Idol – ‘One’.
U2’s new single, “Magnificent”
Posted in Album Release, Music, New Single, News, U2, Video, album on the May 8, 2009
U2’s new single, “Magnificent,” was released on May 4th by Mercury Records.
The video for “Magnificent” was directed by French filmmaker Alex Courtes. Alex also directed the video for the band’s previous single, “Get On Your Boots,” and alongside his former creative partner Martin Fougeral won a Grammy award for the “Vertigo” video. The video for “Magnificent” was shot in the historic city of Fez, Morocco last month.
“Magnificent,” the second single from No Line On The Horizon, will be available in the UK as a download and on 7″ vinyl. The vinyl single will be backed with a live version of album track Breathe, recorded in the Somerville Theatre in Boston earlier this year.
U2 Single Gets Justice Remix
Posted in Music on the April 17, 2009
U2, arguably one of the greatest rock bands of all time, has teamed up with A-list production team Justice to bring fans a mind-altering remix of epic proportions. The pairing of super stars and super producers on “Get On Your Boots,” the first single from U2’s No Line On The Horizon, can be heard exclusively on Stereogum.com.
For more information on U2, including tour dates and news, can be found on the band’s official site U2.com. No Line On The Horizon is in stores now!
Bono’s U2 fears
Posted in Music on the March 27, 2009
The front man from U2 fears that the band’s current world tour might turn out to be their last. Bono had this to say about the future of U2: “We want to play for each other as much as we want to play for the crowd this time. You just don’t know how long you are going to be doing this. When we walk out on stage, the hairs on people’s necks go up - but what people don’t know is that the hairs on our necks go up too.” That going up of the hairs thing must be from the static electricity. Still, Bono does put up the problem very seriously… I wonder if he actually believes it. But either way, he should look on the bright side: no more band, much more time for all of his other projects and ambitions. Come to think of it, this might actually spark the beginning of Bono’s long awaited dictatorship. 
U2 360° TOUR
Posted in Music on the March 11, 2009
U2.com today confirms that the U2 360¡Æ tour will open at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on 30th June. The U2 360¡Æ Tour is sponsored by BlackBerry¢ç and it is the band¡¯s first stadium outing since the Vertigo Tour 05/06 and follows the release of their acclaimed album, No Line On The Horizon. Their 12th studio album, No Line On The Horizon is already number 1 in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Japan and the Czech Republic with further chart positions to be announced this week.
Produced by Live Nation Global Touring, U2 360¡Æ will visit 14 cities across Europe including dates in Milan, Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Nice, Dublin, Chorzow, Berlin, Gelsenkirchen, London, Sheffield and Glasgow before finishing at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 22nd August. The European tour will be followed by dates in North America beginning at Chicago¡¯s Soldier Field on September 12th, 2009.
EUROPEAN TOUR SCHEDULE:
30-JUNE BARCELONA, SP NOU CAMP
07-JULY MILAN, IT SAN SIRO
11-JULY PARIS, FR STADE DE FRANCE
15-JULY NICE, FR PARC CHARLES EHRMANN
18-JULY BERLIN, DE OLYMPIC STADIUM
20-JULY AMSTERDAM, NL ArenA
24-JULY DUBLIN, IE CROKE PARK
31-JULY GOTHENBURG, SE ULLEVI
06-AUG. CHORZOW, PL SLASKI STADIUM
10-AUG. ZAGREB, HR MAKSIMIR STADIUM
14-AUG. LONDON, UK WEMBLEY STADIUM
18-AUG. GLASGOW, UK HAMPDEN PARK
20-AUG. SHEFFIELD, UK DON VALLEY STADIUM
22-AUG. CARDIFF, UK MILLENNIUM STADIUM
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SCHEDULE:
12-SEPT. CHICAGO, IL SOLDIER FIELD
16-SEPT. TORONTO, ON THE ROGERS CENTRE
20-SEPT. BOSTON, MA GILLETTE STADIUM
24-SEPT. NEW YORK, NY GIANTS STADIUM
In September and October, U2 360 will also visit: Atlanta, GA; Charlottesville, VA; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Norman, OK; Phoenix, AZ; Tampa, FL; Washington, DC and Vancouver, BC. Complete Tour and ticketing information to follow.
Bono Hits Chris Martin Below the Belt
Posted in Music on the March 6, 2009
After remembering that U2 is losing their cultural relevance at a very fast pace, Bono quickly apologized for a jab he made at Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin on BBC Radio. Bono was on BBC Radio 1 promoting U2’s new album when he let his mouth yap on about Chris saying “I think he’s that good a melodist, but he’s a wanker… He’s obviously a completely dysfunctional character and a cretin.” I just think he’s cranky over people calling Coldplay the so-called New U2. Bono quickly backtracked though telling the radio show host “I think they [Coldplay] are a great band and actually, it turns out he’s a great soul as well. Sorry about that. I was just joking entirely.” Sure he was.
U2 conduct free concert gig in London
Posted in Music on the March 3, 2009
Irish rock band U2 treated fans to a free concert on Friday February 27th by performing live on top of a rooftop in Central London. The location for the 20 minute concert was set on the roof of BBC’s Broadcasting House in front of 5,000 fans.
Now no one and mind you no one can keep their words as well as U2 have managed to do here, just a couple of days ago the band has spoken publicly that they would consider slashing the prices of their tickets whenever they would undertake a world tour to promote their latest album No Line On The Horizon.
But just within days of saying so they have actually performed live and that too for free although it does promote their latest album but where in the world would you have to chance to see U2 perform live for free.
Really a fans ultimate delight that he does not have to pay a penny to watch these fantastic performers do what they do best and enjoy their music in the wildest of ways. 
U2 Premiere NEW Album
Posted in Photos on the February 20, 2009
Entire Album Available for Free Streaming on February 20th, Days Before Hitting Stores
MySpace Music myspace.com/music, the world’s premier online music portal, announces the exclusive world premiere of No Line On The Horizon, the new studio album from U2. Beginning on February Feb. 20th ,MySpace U.S. users will be able to stream the album in its entirety from U2’s official MySpace Music profile at www.myspace.com/u2, giving fans a chance to preview it before the U.S. release on March 3rd. No Line On The Horizon will be available for purchase on MySpace Music starting on March 3rd.
U2 recently premiered their latest video for the hit single Get On Your Boots on MySpace Music to fans around the world. No Line On The Horizon is the group’s highly anticipated 12th studio album and their first release since How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb came out in late 2004. Recording sessions for No Line On The Horizon were held in various locations around the world, including Fez, Morocco, the band’s own studio in Dublin, New York’s Platinum Sound Recording Studios, and Olympic Studios in London. Long-time U2 collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois produced the album, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite.
For more information about U2 and to stream No Line On The Horizon, visit their MySpace Music official profile at: myspace.com/u2.
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U2 To Perform Brand New Single Live
Posted in Live Music, New Single, U2 on the January 13, 2009
The BPI, the UK record labels’ body, today announced the exciting news that the mighty U2, one of the world’s biggest bands, will perform their brand new single ‘Get On Your Boots’ live at The BRIT Awards 2009 with MasterCard. This highly anticipated annual event takes place on Wednesday 18 February at London’s Earls Court.
This year’s BRIT Awards, the premiere event in the British music calendar, is shaping up to be one of the strongest yet, with U2 confirmed, Pet Shop Boys being honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award and further intriguing live performances to be announced over the coming weeks. The show will be a spectacular night of great music, featuring and honouring the hottest music talent and thrilling the eleven thousand audience at Earls Court, as well as making it a must tune-in for the millions watching The BRITs live on ITV1.
Ged Doherty, Chairman of The BRITs Committee said, “We’re thrilled to be able to confirm that U2 have chosen The BRITs for their first global TV performance on their new album. Their addition to the line-up for this year’s show makes it possibly the best we have ever had. This cements The BRITs as one of the biggest TV events in the world.”
Formed in 1976, U2 consists of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jnr. Over their three-decade career the band have sold over 140 million albums worldwide - with multiple gold, platinum and diamond certifications, and have amassed more awards than any other band. They have been awarded seven coveted BRIT Awards including five acclaimed Best International Group awards, Best Live Act and the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award in 2001.
With several chart topping albums under their belt, U2 will release their forthcoming album ‘No Line on the Horizon’ - tipped as their best to date - this spring and join the prestigious line up at The BRIT Awards 2009 with MasterCard ceremony at Earls Court, London on Wednesday 18 February.
No Line On The Horizon, the new studio album from U2
Posted in Album Release, U2 on the December 18, 2008
No Line On The Horizon, the new studio album from U2, will be released in North America on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Written and recorded in various locations, No Line On The Horizon is the group’s 12th studio album and is their first release since the nine million selling album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, released in late 2004.
Sessions for No Line On The Horizon began last year in Fez, Morocco, and continued in the band’s own studio in Dublin, before moving to New York’s Platinum Sound Recording Studios. It was completed at Olympic Studios in London.
The album calls on the production talents of long-time collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite.