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Just announced: Bono has a memoir coming out later this year. The trailer looks/sounds interesting, too.

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Autobiography, Bono, Memoir, Surrender, U2

As the singer of one of the biggest bands in the world–and as a guy who’s connected with everyone from

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Music News 

Bono and The Edge played a surprise gig in a Kyiv bomb shelter (Now with the full performance)

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Bomb Shelter, Bono, Concert, Kyiv, The Edge, U2, Ukraine

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is apparently quite the U2 fan, but he even had to have been surprised when Bono

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Music News 

Rumours of a new(ish) U2 album are swirling about. And a track may have been leaked by–wait for it–Nancy Pelosi.

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Alan Cross 4 Comments Bob Ezrin, Bono, Daniel Lanois, Leak, Nancy Pelosi, Songs of Surrender, U2

There’s online buzz about the possibility that U2 has delivered a record called (we think) Songs of Surrender, a collection

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Music News 

Bono wrote a poem for Ukraine and gave it to Nancy Pelosi. Twitter would like to talk about this.

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, Invasion, Nancy Pelosi, Russia, Ukraine

In honour of St. Patrick’s Day, Bono decided to write a poem about Ukraine. It made its way to US

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 19, 2022

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, Boris Johnson, Casablanca Records, Daniel Radcliffe, Ecstasy, Grammy Awards, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Spotify, Synths, The Weeknd, Weird Al

She has two? And she’s also a sex worker? Wow. Let’s see if I can match that with music news

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Recommended Music 

Bono was out busking in Dublin again

December 26, 2021December 29, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, Busking, Dublin, Simon Community, U2

There’s an annual charity event in Dublin each Christmas Eve that features buskers on Grafton Street. But because of blood

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, August 16, 2021

August 16, 2021August 16, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bicycle Thieves, Bono, Cradle of Film, David Bowie, Ed Sheeran, Guns 'N Roses, Joe Exotic, John Lennon, Nickelback, Nicki Minaj, Punk, St. Vincent, Tony Bennett, Travis Barker, Wim Wenders

Looking for that perfect brain implant on your way to becoming trans-human? Try these. Now some music news for August

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, July 28, 2021

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Achtung Baby, Bono, Covid, David Bowie, David Crosby, Exodus, Gibson, Grateful Dead, James Blunt, John Hutchison, Metal, Slash, Soundcloud, Tom Hunting, U2, Wendy's

Watching the Olympics? I miss Brian Williams keeping me up to date on the time in Newfoundland. (If you don’t

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: A quaint book on music and the internet

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alan Cross, Bono, Ongoing History, U2, White House, Zoo TV

I was going through my library of music books when I stumbled on something called NetMusic. This is almost adorably

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Bono’s phone calls

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, George Bush, U2, White House, Zoo TV

When U2 was on their Zoo TV tour, Bono used to take a cell phone onstage with him every night.

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, May 15, 2021

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Bjork, Bono, Guitars, Japan, K-Pop, Kawaii, Live Music, Mark E. Smith, Martin Garrix, NFTs, Reaction Videos, Spotify, Ted Nugent, The Edge, The Fall, UEFA

I wonder if this cat landed on his feet? I’ll try to find out while you look at music news

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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