Chris Cornell is currently on an acoustic tour and those that get the chance to see him are witnessing absolute magic while he performs unplugged. Yes, he's written legendary music on his own, with Soundgarden and with Audioslave. But the magic I speak of isn't his music, it's Cornell singing the lyrics to Metallica's "One" over the music of U2's "One" and it is truly epic.
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Bono has revealed the working title of the next U2 album, which will be the band's 13th studio effort. Are you ready? Drumroll please … It may be called '10 Reasons to Exist.'
Some younger listeners might think of him as a flannel-wearing, analog-loving geezer, but Neil Young is actually pretty tech-savvy, and he demonstrated his continued willingness to experiment in the digital sphere with an hourlong Twitter chat on Wednesday (Oct. 24).
The sport of basketball is biggest in America, but its popularity at this summer’s Olympics in London proves that it’s still growing internationally. That global reach is reflected on the soundtrack to the forthcoming ‘NBA 2K13′ video game, which includes Irish rockers U2 and Brits Coldplay on a track listing that features a vastly diverse offering of music, both geographically and genre-wise.
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A new album from U2 will reportedly hit shelves some time next year, according to the Irish band’s U.K. label, Mercury Records. The disc will arrive five years after after ‘No Line on the Horizon,’ which has been certified platinum in the United States and was nominated for the Best Rock Album Grammy at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards but ultimately lost to Green Day‘s ’21st Century Breakdown.’
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Justice has been served for U2 bassist Adam Clayton, as the person he trusted his finances with for years will spend time in prison for stealing millions of dollars from him.
In what makes former Pearl Jam executive Rickey Goodrich’s theft of $380,000 look like child’s play, a former aide to U2 bassist Adam Clayton has been found guilty of stealing millions of dollars from the musician.
Now here’s a roller coaster of a day: an American family vacationing in Ireland recently suffered a terrible scare when they realized they’d lost a bag containing their passports — and then they were elated to discover that it had been found by U2 guitarist the Edge, who had it delivered to them … with an autographed CD.
U2 singer Bono paid musical tribute to the late mother of guitarist the Edge on Saturday during a funeral service at the Presbyterian Church in Dublin, Ireland. Gwenda Evans was in her late 70s when she passed away last Monday (June 11) at St. Francis Hospice after battling an unspecified illness. It’s not known what Bono performed, but he was spotted leaving the church carrying a guitar case.
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A former personal assistant for U2‘s Adam Clayton has plead not guilty to charges of embezzling more than $3.5 million from the bassist and will begin the trial in Ireland’s Dublin Circuit Criminal Court tomorrow. IrishTimes.com reports that 48-year-old Carol Hawkins is accused of 184 counts of theft from various bank accounts belonging to Clayton between the years 2004 to 2008, even allegedly mak