Daily U2 News Digest for May 31st
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3:16pm | U2 Manager: Free Is The Enemy Of Good; And It’s Moral To Protect Old … |
U2 play ‘Magnificent’ on Pat Kenny’s Late Late Show
U2 played ‘Magnificent’ and talked to Pat Kenny on RTE’s Late Late Show on Friday evening. It was Kenny’s last time hosting the show. He hosted the show for ten years, having taken over from Gay Byrne in 1999. U2 brought some farewell gifts for the host: a rare ‘Music Rising’ Gibson Les Paul guitar and a pair of shades. Ten years earlier they had seen Gay Byrne off with a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Bono revealed that early on in their career the band had a meeting discussing the possible firing of their manager Paul McGuinness since he seemed unable to get the band a van for transportation. As they were debating this in Dublin’s ‘Captain America’s‘ restaurant a man sat next to them approached them. He said he couldn’t help overhearing their discussion and he thought they were making a big mistake. He knew McGuinness and thought highly of him. When Bono asked the man for his name, he said he was Louis Walsh, later manager of Westlife and now known as a judge on British television show The X-Factor.
Continue to watch part II of the interview, and U2′s 1999 appearance on the Late Late Show
Daily U2 News Digest for May 30th
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10:30am | U2, Cat Stevens (Yusuf) and Baaba Maal at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire … |
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Baaba Maal and U2 play One/One Love
Here’s a video of Baaba Maal and U2 playing One/One Love at Island’s 50th Birthday bash at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London on Thursday night.
U2′s surprise performance at Island Records 50th Anniversary Gig
U2 turned up unexpectedly at the Island Records 50th Anniversary Gig in O2 Shepherds Bush Empire London on Thursday night. Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) was the headliner. The band joined support act Baaba Maal as they covered “One”, followed up with an accoustic ‘Vertigo’ (see video) and introduced Cat Stevens to the crowd.
Daily U2 News Digest for May 29th
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8:59pm | Kenny could get Magnificent ‘Late Late’ send-off from U2 |
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8:34am | U2 manager: ‘Ultimately free is the enemy of good’ |
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12:31pm | U2 make surprise appearance onstage in London for Island Records |
U2′s Beautiful day in MS awareness video
U2 is backing a campaign to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis. Their song Beautiful Day is the soundtrack of a global campaign film highlighting different aspects of MS.
Daily U2 News Digest for May 27th
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3:44am | Eno artwork lights up opera house |
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2:36pm | Cool Claw Photos slideshow on Flickr |
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