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U2 frontman Bono experienced a scary turn of events in the early morning hours today (Nov. 13) when a door from his private jet blew off mid-flight. The "Beautiful Day" singer and the rest of the crew landed safely in Germany shortly after the incident. -
Foo Fighters Diss U2's New Album 'Songs Of Innocence,' Say It "Sounds Like A Fart"
Drummer Taylor Hawkins gave the album a listen, but he found the marketing strategy too distracting to overcome. -
Ranking This Year's Surprise Albums: Beyoncé, U2, Azealia Banks, Skrillex and More
Maybe you heard: After more than two years and numerous label changes, Azealia Banks finally got around to dropping Broke With Expensive Taste, and she did it as a total surprise. It was (we think) the cap on 12 months of surprise album drops from huge performers. Check out six of the biggest surprises of the last year, ranked for both quality of product and innovation of release. -
U2 To Perform Weeklong Residency on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon has announced that U2 will be taking on a weeklong residency at The Tonight Show starting Monday, Nov.17. This appears to be a recent trend on late night shows, considering those very same days, Metallica will be performing a weeklong residency on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson and just last month Foo Fighters ran through a weeklong residency on Late Show With Daivd Lettterman. Luckily for U2 and Fallon, the Metallica performances won't overlap as Ferguson's show has a different timeslot. -
Pink Floyd Says U2 'Devaluing' Music by Giving Away 'Songs of Innocence'
Rest assured, Pink Floyd will not be giving away their new album, "The Endless River," for free.Drummer Nick Mason made that clear when criticizing U2's marketing scheme for "Songs of Innocence," which included a free copy in hundreds of millions of Apple users's computers. He said it is "devaluing" music. -
U2's Next Tour May Consist of Two Shows at Each City - One Acoustic and One "Explosive"
U2 may try something a little different for their next tour in 2015. U2 may try something a little different for their next tour in 2015. Bassist Adam Clayton spoke with Rolling Stone recently and hinted that the band is looking into performing two nights in each of the cities they go to during their next tour. -
Huge Moments in Concert Streaming History: Neil Young, U2, Paul McCartney and More
Fifteen years ago on this day Neil Young was having a pretty good if premature idea. It was the first of two days for his annual Bridge School Benefit Concert and Young had decided to try broadcasting the event live across the internet. How well it worked is debatable but he was definitely onto something. -
Florida Georgia Line Keeps Country on Top of Billboard 200; The Game and U2 See Numbers Short of What They're Used To
This week's Billboard 200 Top 10 was chock full of new albums but the main story has to be country music's recent success. This week marks the third in a row where the genre has placed a new album atop the charts. Florida Georgia Line was this week's representative as Anything Goes sold 197,000 copies. -
Bono Says He Wears His Signature Sunglass Because He's Had Glaucoma For 20 Years
If you assumed that Bono wore his signature sunglasses all the time because he wanted to look the part of a rock star, you'd be wrong. Apparently the 52-year-old U2 singer has been suffering from glaucoma for 20 years, and the condition (a buildup of pressure that can damage the optic nerve) makes his eyes sensitive to light, the Guardian reports. -
Patrick Carney Of The Black Keys Criticizes U2, Spotify For Devaluing Music
In a recent interview with The Seattle Times, Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, who has never been one to keep his opinions to himself, sounded off on U2 for the controversial free iTunes release of their latest album Songs of Innocence, which he felt “devalued their music completely.” -
Bono, U2 Apologize for Forcing 'Songs of Innocence' on Apple Users with Free Download: "Oops!"
If you were stunned and a little weirded out when a brand new U2 album Songs of Innocence suddenly appeared in your iTunes iCloud on Sept. 9 after the announcement of Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6-Plus, worry no more. Bono has issued an official apology in the wake of the backlash. -
Iggy Pop Criticizes U2's Free 'Songs of Innocence' in John Peel Lecture
The godfather of punk Iggy Pop is the latest critic of U2's free album, "Songs of Innocence," explaining his beef with the move during his John Peel lecture in England yesterday, Oct. 13.
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