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Random music news for Thursday, August 11, 2022

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments ByteDance, CDs, Daryl Hunt, Donald Trump, K-Pop, Lady Gaga, Lamont Dozier, Motown, Noel Gallagher, Pogues, TikTok, U2, Ukraine, YouTube

If you feel that the world is spinning faster than ever before, you’re not wrong. Literally not wrong. Now try

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Random music news for Monday, August 8, 2022

August 8, 2022August 6, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp, Judd, Machine Gun Kelly, Matt Bellamy, Muse, Plagiarism, U2

Muse’s Matt Bellamy says disasters don’t excite him anymore. Wait–what? Roger Waters dug himself into a pretty deep hole when

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Ongoing History Daily: The U2 brawl

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, Larry Mullen, The Edge, U2

From the outside, U2 has always seemed to have it together.  They’ve got this all-for-one, one-for-all thing going.  No line-up

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Music Industry 

Which acts made the most money from touring over the last 40 years? Here’s a chart.

August 3, 2022August 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert Grosses, Concert Ticket Sales, Dave Matthews, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, U2

Pollstar has been the bible of the touring music industry for four decades now, keeping track of such things as

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Music News 

Rumours about TWO new albums from U2 pick up steam

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Las Vegas, New Album, Re-worked Songs, Songs of Surrender, U2

Earlier this month, the Red Hot Chili Peppers announced that they were going to release a second album in 2022

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Random music news for Saturday, July 23, 2022

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Dementia, Drake, Facebook, Instagram, Kennedy Center, Lady Gaga, Metadata, Music Festivals, Music Therapy, Musical Taste, Pat Benetar, Pete Seeger, Ricky Martin, TikTok, U2

Why would a robot dog with a machine gun bother anyone? Oh, right. More indications of the dystopian future ahead.

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Lists Music News 

Here’s the latest list of the UK’s richest musicians

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Paul McCartney, Richest Musicians, Sunday Times, U2, UK

The Sunday Times is one of those publications that loves to keep tabs on the rich. The paper has just

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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 

Random music news for Friday, April 29, 2022

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beach Boys, Beatles, CanRock, Coachella, Covid, George Michael, Justin Bieber, Lesotho, Metallica, Musical Trends, Nissim Black, U2

This doomsday alarm clock would want me to stay in bed with the covers over my head. Then how would

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U2 has a new edition of “Walk On” dedicated to the people of Ukraine

April 9, 2022April 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Acoustic, U2, Ukraine, Walk On

This pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? View this post on Instagram A post shared by U2 (@u2)

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