U2 receive Grammy nominations

U2 received a whopping five Grammy nominations from the Recording Academy today in the following categories:

  • Album of the Year (How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb)
  • Song of the Year (“Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own”)
  • Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (“Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own”)
  • Best Rock Song (“City of Blinding Lights”)
  • Best Rock Album (How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb)

Friend and producer Steve Lillywhite also was nominated in the category of Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, for his work on How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.

The 48th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 8, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

6 thoughts on “U2 receive Grammy nominations”

  1. This is such amazing news for U2. I’m sure we’re all pleased with the nominations. They have some pretty cool company in the categories as well – Foo Fighters, Coldplay. It should be an interesting show. Hopefully we’ll get to see another great grammy performance from our guys.

  2. This is such amazing news for U2. I’m sure we’re all pleased with the nominations. They have some pretty cool company in the categories as well – Foo Fighters, Coldplay. It should be an interesting show. Hopefully we’ll get to see another great grammy performance from our guys.

  3. I don’t think they could top last years. It was the best Grammy performance I have ever seen.

  4. I don’t think they could top last years. It was the best Grammy performance I have ever seen.

  5. They sang SYCMIOYO last year, right? To each his own, but that bored me. Give me COBL or OOTS, please….

  6. They sang SYCMIOYO last year, right? To each his own, but that bored me. Give me COBL or OOTS, please….

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