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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, March 28, 2023

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adam Clayton, U2

U2’s Adam Clayton is quite the gardener. See? Now over to music news for March 28, 2023. More music news?

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, March 24, 2023

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Apple, ChatGPT, China, Culture Club, Donald Trump, Elton John, Jewelry, King Charles, Las Vegas, MSG Sphere, Punk Rock Museum, Songwriting, Spotify, StubHub, The Weeknd, TikTok, U2

A five planet alignment is about to happen. Astrologers are losing their sh*t. Moving to music news for March 24,

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Rare Australian vinyl from U2

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Australia, Pride (In the Name of Love), Rare, U2, Vinyl

U2 has sold well over 100 million record in their career and there are a few super-collectibles among them. If

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Recommended Music 

U2 covered ABBA with an orchestra

March 18, 2023March 18, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, BBC, Bono, Radio 2, Songs of Surrender, SOS, The Edge, U2

U2’s Songs of Surrender finally arrived yesterday and Bono and The Edge have been doing the rounds promoting the album.

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, March 14, 2023

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments MuchMusic, Plagiarism, Ren, Streaming, U2

I would not want to parallel park this monster. But I’ll happily do music news for March 14, 2023. More

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Concerts 

Random music news for Monday, March 13, 2023

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments CDs, Compact Discs, Concert Tickets, Linkin Park, Meta, Paula Yates, Stubforge, Tame Impapala, The Edge, TV Theme Songs, Twitter, U2, White Stripes

If you use the word “very” too much, this website will help. I can see it being very useful instrumental

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U2’s Songs of Surrender comes out on March 17. How many variations of one album do we really need?

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Cassettes, Songs of Surrender, U2, Vinyl

I’m a lifelong U2 fan and I’ve collected plenty of their stuff over the years, but even I’m scratching my

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Documentary Music History 

There’s a new U2 documentary that looks back on the Balkan war of the late 90s

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bill Carter, Bosnia, Sarajevo, U2

It’s called Kiss the Future, a project of American journalist Bill Carter. He dove into what happened in places like

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, March 9, 2023

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Bootleg, Ear Wax, Eurovision, George Michael, Headphones, J-Pop, Mixtape, Pirate, Sneaky Dee's, St. Vincent, Ticketmaster, U2

Afraid of clowns? Join the club. But have you ever wondered why clowns are so scary? Read this before you

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Music Industry 

Random music news for Wednesday, March 8, 2023

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Audoo, CPC, Dave Grohl, Elon Musk, GloRilla, Johnny Lydon, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Gallagher, Songwriting, Soundcloud, Tegan and Sara, Tragically Hip, Turntables, U2

Is this the most disturbing website on the internet? It just might be–and for reasons you don’t expect. Meanwhile, this

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Concerts Music News 

A Live Aid-style concert for Ukraine is coming this summer at Wembley Stadium in London with U2 and the Rolling Stones

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Benefit, Live Aid, London, Rolling Stones, U2, Ukraine, Wembley

With Putin’s illegal, immoral, and evil war in Ukraine dragging on, there’s a certain amount of fatigue settling into some

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