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"We genuinely believed it was a record about being fans of rock-and-roll. Maybe we didn't understand how successful we were and that it looked like we were hanging out with these guys so, by association, that we were one of the greats." -- Bono, on Rattle and Hum |
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Bits & BytesA collection of the latest U2 news and announcements posted by our staff.
Vintage U2Posted: May 18, 2013
With over 7,000 items in our news archives, it's a safe bet you haven't read all of them! This month we start our look at 1989.
With and Without U2, Hot Press
The group that were once, by their own admission, the "world's worst covers band," now inspire a thousand cover versions by garage combos across the globe, while the fab four themselves, collectively and individually, continue to expand the limits of their own musical ambitions by collaborating and conspiring with the greats of rock 'n' roll past and present and by covering whatever -- or whoever -- takes their fancy.
The Edge in Russia, Propaganda
The Edge was one of a number of Western rock artists to visit Moscow on behalf of the campaigning environmental organisation Greenpeace. The occasion was the launch of an album of songs aimed at raising funds and awareness in the fight against global destruction. "Russia was a both a lot freer in some areas and restricted in others than I thought," Edge comments.
Adam Talks, Propaganda
"What's happened in the Irish music scene since we started out is great. There is an infrastructure and there are Irish bands producing records all the time. It just wasn't so when we started out and it's very satisfying, much more so than maybe a lot of the other stuff people feel we ought to be pleased about. The fact that there's a real industry and people don't have to go away to England -- that's exciting."
Video: Bono's interview with Charlie RosePosted: May 17, 2013Bono appeared on Charlie Rose's PBS show on Thursday in a full-length interview that ran close to an hour. (Clips of the interview also aired on CBS This Morning, where Rose is a co-host.) Rose and Bono taped the interview Wednesday in New York City. If, like me, you missed the interview on TV, you can catch the whole thing via the show's YouTube channel ... and embedded below.
Bono Sings with Mary J. Blige at Robin Hood Poverty EventPosted: May 14, 2013Bono and Mary J. Blige performed two songs together on Monday night at the Robin Hood Foundation's 25th anniversary gala in New York City. They started with "Moment Of Surrender" and then did "One," a song that Blige covered back in 2005. The event raised more than $80 million to fight poverty. UPDATE: Here are videos of each performance.
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