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03.16.09Son of Promo BonoYou bought him in 2000, you forked out in 2005, now it's time to dip in your credit crunched pockets again. Fresh from our toy-factory in the People's Republic of Tallaght, we present to you our latest 12-inch action figure: EMO BONO! Go on, click him, you know you want to! EMO BONO has a fully articulated body with 30+ points of articulation. Authentic likeness of the Irish frontman of U2, dressed in trademark slimming black undershirt, black leather jacket, black pants. EMO BONO wears black 2-inch-creepers for that extra 'elevation'. Comes with two interchangeable sunglasses, a working (RED) credit card, a replica ...
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03.02.09Vienna Flashmob Promotes U2's No Line On The HorizonHere's a cool initiative organised by German-language U2 fansite U2tour.de. They rallied fans to stage a Flashmob promoting U2's 'No Line on the Horizon' in the centre of Vienna, Austria on the day of the album's release in Europe. Fans from all over Austria gathered on Stephansplatz in Vienna at three in the afternoon. The fans formed a line, holding up print outs of the words 'No Line' (see picture) . They recruited passers-by to join in and ended the line with a fan holding up the words 'On the Horizon'. TV station ORF filmed the flashmob (see above), which was broadcast ...
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02.27.09"U2 fans have bigger egos than U2"In this Irish Times interview Bono quotes will.i.am saying U2 fans have bigger egos than the members of the band: “The thing about U2 that nobody seems to get,” says Bono, “is that the very things people think about us, which is the megalomania and the immodesty, they’re so far from the truth. People don’t see that. We had will.i.am doing some work on the new album and he was shocked by the absence of ego. He said: ‘Your fans have bigger egos than you do.’ Discuss.
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01.10.08Take your best shot…... and send it to Matt McGee. As you all know Matt runs atU2.com. Over the past few months he's been busy writing his book 'U2 - A Diary' and he's just handed in his manuscript - we know how that feels!. He's now looking for pictures to illustrate the book. You'll find all the details on his book blog. But he's looking for the following in particular: The “fan displays” at the Vertigo Tour gigs. Photos of Bono changing his shoes during “I Will Follow” at the July 7, 2005, show in Berlin. Photos of the PopMart Lemon getting stuck in Oslo, August ...
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03.22.07The Little Red Book of Poe-ee-treeIt's World Water Day, and a handful of U2 fans have put together the the Little Red Book of Poe-ee-tree. It's fillled with short stories and poetry and all the royalties go to the African Well Fund. The fans, from the US, Canada, the UK, France and Australia all used to post their poems in a poetry forum, The Heart, which was part of U2’s official fansite back in 2001-2003. Today is the book's launch day, so check out the book's MySpace and buy it at Lulu.com. All donations to the African Well Fund go directly to Africare (one of the leading ...
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08.29.06U2 personal show charts calculatorOh, the wonders of technology. U2-vertigo-tour.com have created an application that lists the shows you've seen and which U2 songs you have heard live: check out their personal show charts calculator. I was surprised to learn that with 50 shows under my belt, I've been subjected to Pride 'only' 45 times. Funny, it feels like more than that...
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07.11.0618 Hours of U2 musicThis Thursday (July 13), U2 fans may tune into Cleveland's WBWC 88.3 FM radio for its annual U2 marathon, hosted by Mary Cipriani and Todd Richards. For 18 hours, Mary and Todd will spin U2 hits, rare tracks, B-sides, live cuts, as well as talk with special guests and give away prizes to listeners. The marathon will be streamed on WBWC.com from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. EST. Email your song requests to Mary and Todd at request@wbwc.com. Use this link to listen to the marathon in RealAudio.
