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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, January 24, 2023

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, Fox, NFL

Something for the shopping list this week: Novelty toiler paper. Just as novel but less gross is music news for

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Documentary 

Bono and The Edge have a new doc featuring David Letterman

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, David Letterman, Disney+, Songs of Surrender, The Edge, U2

To hear Letterman tell it, he won a radio contest to go to Dublin for a chance to hang out

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, January 10, 2023

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono

Simple question: Would you hire this guy? Just askin’. As for music news for January 10, 2023… More music news?

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Why U2 always seemed so happy to accept an award

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Award Shows, Bono, U2, Vodka

Have you ever noticed that when U2 shows up at an awards ceremony to receive yet another honour, the guys

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Music News 

Bono’s heart surgery has been written up on a website for cardiac physicians

December 3, 2022December 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aneurysm, Aortic, Bono, Heart Surgery

Back in 2016, Bono quietly underwent heart surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital n New York for something called a congenital bicuspid

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Bono’s big health scare(s)

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aneurysm, Aorta, Bono, Heart, U2

Back in 2016, there was a story about Bono having some kind of health scare. This wasn’t related to the

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, November 12, 2022

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Apple Music, Apple Watch, Billy Corgan, Bono, Headphones, John Hughes, Lorde, MSG Sphere, Soundhound, Spotify, Tesla

Well, that’s one way to take a stand on climate change. And here’s one way to look at music news

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History of New Music Daily: “Death to Bono”

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, Death Threats, IRA

Now that Bono’s memoir is out—which is called Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, by the way—we’re hearing some interesting stories

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The Pogue who waved his junk at trains

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, Pogues, Shane MacGown

Shane MacGowan, the once dentally-challenged heavy-drinking frontman of The Pogues has been mates with Bono for years. He tells a

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 963: Musicians battling disease, part 1

November 4, 2022November 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Art Alexakis, Billy Talent, Bono, Disease, Halsey, Illness, Joy Division, Pearl Jam, Sickness, U2, Wilco

The human body is a wonderful thing, a marvel of evolution, biology, and chemistry along with a few bits, like

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, October 31, 2022

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Bono, Cannibal Corpse, DH Peligro, Gordon Lightfoott, Halloween, Kanye, Nightmares, Patti Smith, Pulp, Reunion, Snoop Dogg, Spotify, Streaming Music, Ukraine

Ugh. Halloween. The night when mini-extortionists in disguise are encouraged by their parents to demand unhealthy treats from strangers underscored

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