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setembro 30, 2006
The Saints Are Coming
Já está disponivel para download a versão de estúdio da The Saints Are coming aqui.
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setembro 28, 2006
U2 e Green Day à venda em breve
O U2.Com informa que em finais de Outubro estará à venda na internet a versão de estúdio do duo com os Green Day de 'The Saints are Coming', produzida por Rick Rubin nos estudios Abbey Road.
A 6 de Novembro será posta à venda a mesma musica em single 7" e CD, a favor da Music Rising:
«U2, Green Day, Release 'The Saints'
The studio version of 'The Saints Are Coming', produced by Rick Rubin, is to be released as a benefit for Music Rising.
The live version is already available as a US-only download but at the end of October the version recorded by the two bands at Abbey Road earlier this month will make its download debut.
A week later, November 6th, the track will be released on 7" and CD.»
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setembro 27, 2006
U2 e Scorcese
Os U2 estiveram ontem presentes na ante-estreia do novo filme de Martin Scorcese, The Departed. Recorde-se que a banda já colaborou com o realizador em «Gangs de Nova Iorque».
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setembro 26, 2006
U2 e Green Day
Finalmente chegou o dia! U2 e Green Day apresentaram-se no Superdome, e em 10 minutos tocaram 'Wake me Up When December Ends', um snippet de 'House of the Rising Sun', 'The Saints are Coming' e terminaram com 'Beautiful Day'
Video disponivel aqui
Audio disponivel aqui
U2 y Green Day se presentaron en el Superdome, en apenas 10 minutos tocaron. Video
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"U2 By U2" já nas lojas
No dia em que o livro foi posto à venda, centenas de fãs acamparam e esperaram horas a fia à chuva pela presença da banda para comprarem a obra e arranjarem alguns autografos!
«Fans began queuing at 6pm on Thursday and camped in the rain overnight for a chance to bag one of the last 100 tickets to the band's book signing.
The biography, U2byU2, tells the story of the group in their own words.
Frontman Bono said he had not enjoyed reminiscing about U2's 30-year career.
"I hate it. It's like pulling teeth," he admitted.
"I'm much more interested in the future than the past. But this year we thought it was time to take a deep breath, accept we've done some interesting stuff, wrap it up in a bow and put it out there, then we can get on with the next phase."
The Irish band - Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen and The Edge - arrived for the signing at Waterstone's in Piccadilly, central London, to deafening cheers from fans.
They have spent the past two years working on the book, which is compiled from more than 150 hours of interviews and contains previously unpublished photographs from the group's own collection.
It follows U2's rise from Dublin schoolboys to one of the world's biggest stadium-filling acts.
Asked what keeps the band working so hard, Bono replied: "A fear of turning into your worst nightmare. In the Seventies, when we grew up, we saw bands lose it, saw it all go to their heads, with them thinking it was enough to just turn up and play. With our band we think we have to justify our existence»
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setembro 21, 2006
A Day In The Life Of Edge
No decorrer da 3ªa légua da Vertigo Tour, Bono fez alguns videos de Edge que ~estão agora disponiveis para todos os fãs verem:
2ª Parte
1ª parte:
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setembro 19, 2006
Edge na TIME
A revista Time colocou 10 questões a Edge e como não poderia deixar de ser, há referência ao novo album:
«Posted Monday, Sep. 18, 2006
His name is Dave Evans, but everyone from roadies to relatives calls him the Edge. As U2's guitarist, he's one of the world's most famous rock stars. As co-founder of Music Rising, he has taken a lead role in getting New Orleans musicians back on their feet. TIME's Josh Tyrangiel spoke with the Edge about the beginnings of U2's next album, a couple of songs he wishes his band had written, and what it was like to be a young man with a large head.
You're speaking from a London recording studio. Does that mean there's a new U2 album around the bend?
Noooo. Nowhere near. We're here with [producer] Rick Rubin and enjoying the chemistry, but we're nowhere near a timetable or anything. I will say that we're having a good time. And I have a feeling that because of Rick's presence it's going to sound very different. But really, it's early days. And we are messing about with other stuff too.
Messing about meaning ...?
Well, right now we're recording a duet with Green Day that we'll perform on Monday Night Football [Sept. 25] for the re-opening of the Superdome.
When you record with another band, who plays lead guitar?
[Laughs.] That's the great thing about punk rock. It was anti the very concept of lead guitar. This song [The Saints Are Coming by Scottish punk act the Skids] is pure 1978, a big inspiration to us at the time, and it couldn't be more in the sweet spot of what Green Day are about. And it's really right for the occasion.
This will be your second time playing a football game, right?
The first was the Super Bowl in the Superdome, right after Sept. 11, which was obviously memorable. But a little added irony is that an hour after I got offstage that night, I got a call from Dublin saying that the U2 [storage] space had been flooded. All our instruments and amps had been destroyed. The only ones that survived were the ones we happened to have in New Orleans.
What prompted a Welsh Irishman's interest in reviving the music culture of New Orleans?
If you understand what goes into making great music, you can't help but worship the miracle that is the combination of all those influences. It's an incredibly precious and delicate thing, and it has to be preserved.
What have you accomplished so far?
Music Rising has given instruments and aid to about 2,000 musicians, but it's barely a start. New Orleans is like one giant music academy; all of those neighborhoods fostered multigenerational music tuition. Grandfathers taught grandchildren in churches, homes, schools. People were passing on knowledge everywhere.
You don't sound terribly optimistic.
It's not a great situation. Obviously we're getting money and instruments to them, but a large part of it is just to offer a little bit of encouragement and to get the rest of the country to realize that this is something we'll all regret if we let it disappear.
Let's get abstract for a moment.
If you could attach your name to any song written over the past few years, which would it be? Interesting. There's quite a few songs I've been jealous of. Certainly Wonderwall by Oasis. Oh. Easy. The New Radicals' You Get What You Give. That's a great tune. I really would love to have written that. Great spirit, great energy.
U2 is putting out a coffee-table book next week of old photos and first-person tales about your lives. I presume you did this because the band has been so overlooked by the media all these years?
We really did need the publicity. [Laughs.] I don't know, the book idea ... it just felt right somehow. Then we got into it and realized it was actually a big commitment, going through scrapbooks and memories. But it turned out well.
One of the most revealing things in the book is that as a child you had a freakishly huge head. Was this a concern for your parents?
I wouldn't say a concern, but looking back I was like, Wow! That was a weird phase! As Bono says, the stage is like a giant platform shoe, and we all have reasons we end up in bands. For me, my awkward phase corresponded to an interest in rock 'n' roll. From experience, I'm guessing an insecure childhood is probably quite a common thing among people who start a rock band.»
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setembro 18, 2006
U2 e Green Day
Mais fotos aqui.
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setembro 14, 2006
Bono com medo...do palco!
«Bono Vox revelou recentemente que tem medo de subir ao palco e que é uma pessoa «muito insegura».
Apesar de ter um currículo invejável, com uma carreira musical bem sucedida de mais de 25 anos, o vocalista dos U2 diz que fica «nervoso e indisposto» antes dos concertos.
«Acordo como se estivesse doente» declarou Bono numa entrevista publicada na edição britânica da revista Harper's Bazaar. «Se alguém é uma estrela do rock e precisa de ouvir 25 mil pessoas a gritar "adoro-te", obviamente deve ser uma pessoa muito insegura», completou o artista.
Inseguranças à parte, os U2 preparam-se para editar em DVD as imagens da digressão "Zoo TV", a mítica tournée de 1993 da banda irlandesa, até agora disponíveis apenas em VHS.
A gravação foi submetida a tratamento digital e o resultado final tem edição agendada para a próxima segunda-feira, dia 18 de Setembro.»
Noticia Cotonete.
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setembro 12, 2006
Está a chegarzzzz
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setembro 09, 2006
U2 e Green Day
Foi confirmada esta semana uma parceria entre os U2 e Green Day a favor de. As bandas vão gravar um cover de Skids, «The Saints Are Coming»:
U2 is working on material for its next studio album with producer Rick Rubin, according to the band's Web site. The group has been at work on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2004's "How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" since last month. While in the studio, U2 will be joined by Green Day to record a cover of Scottish punk band the Skids' "The Saints Are Coming."
Proceeds from the track will benefit Music Rising, an instrument replacement fund co-founded by U2 guitarist the Edge last summer in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
"One year later, the devastation is still fresh in our minds, and we'd like to keep it in yours," Green Day said in a post on its Web site. "New Orleans has always been a special city to us, being a hotbed of music and creativity, and it's hard to believe parts of the Gulf region still remain devastated. We feel that it's important to continue to raise awareness."
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setembro 06, 2006
U2 By U2
Foram disponibilizadas na internet várias fotografias do livro U2 By U2.
O livro é lançado a 26 de Setembro em todo o Mundo.
Publicado por U2Only às 06:39 PM | Comentários (0)