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February 27, 2009Order Indometacin Overnight DeliveryIn 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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January 21, 2009Ordering Lipothin Without PrescriptionGuy Garvey, lead singer of the British band Elbow, says the band members were all U2 fans. Elbow, who won the 2008 Mercury prize, has recorded U2's song Running to Standstill for the new War Child album, 'Heroes'. Photo copyright cvodb, 2008 Garvey says it was the first song the band ever learnt together: "We were huge U2 fans… it was the first thing we ever played together as nippers”, said Garvey. “It was too lovely a thing that we’d also covered it many, many moons ago." You can listen to Guy Garvey being interviewed by XFM's Ian Camfield, and you can also ...
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January 10, 2008Take 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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December 2, 2007Bono speaks on World Aids DayBono tells Paul Vallely of The Independent why people in rich nations can make a difference to the Aids disaster. "Do the maths," says Bono. "It costs about $5 a week to pay for the two pills a day it takes to keep someone with HIV alive." And, talking about the work the band has been doing on their new album Bono reveals, yes, here it comes, 'The Edge is on fire': "World music this is not," he says, though U2 fans will "feel the difference". Polyrhythmic is the word he chooses with a self-deprecating laugh. "U2 in dancefloor shock. Normally when you ...
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April 16, 2007U2 photo auction for the African Well FundU2 fans get your wallets out. Win a real U2 photograph to decorate your wall and support the African Well Fund, all in one go. {photos by Otto Kitsinger} Nineteen U2 fans and photographers including our own Ruth Barohn have donated their best shots of the band (and one of their friend) to the 2nd photo auction in support of the African Well Fund's 'Build a well for Bono's birthday' charity, organised by Phil Romans. Last year's auction raised an amazing $11,000, so get bidding to top that number. The photo auction starts April 14th, and will last for 7 days. The first ...
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March 22, 2007The 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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December 2, 2006Performance in the skiesFriday night U2 performed two songs, "Vertigo" and "Window in the Skies," on the rooftop of TV Asahi in Roppongi, a posh area of Tokyo. The performance was aired live on the Japanese television show "Music Station." Hundreds of U2 fans gathered outside the studio in hopes of hearing the performance, but were disappointed to hear little over the traffic noise on the streets and the helicopters that were filming the performance. Only Larry's intro to "Vertigo" could be heard faintly. Video Vertigo Window in the Skies These videos will likely be removed on YouTube by TV Asahi, so watch them while you can.