Roll up, roll up! It's our second weekly Spotifriday and this is your second 'This Week on DiS' in a musical playlist, via the medium of Spotify. A bit more of a 'short and sweet' one this week, but we've Mr Lukowski has already done an ATP playlist and we've done the Great Escape one, too. So here it is...»
The dream art-rock team of David Byrne and Brian Eno will return with new, strange fruit soon, the former Talking Heads man told NME.com recently»
Eminem will apparently make his return to the live stage at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party, held in London’s Hyde Park this summer»
First Madonna ($120m), then U2 (undisclosed) and now Jay-Z - the rapper is expected to sign a 10-year-deal with Live Nation worth $150m»
U2 have joined Madonna on the roster at concert promoters Live Nation, who’ve paid an undisclosed fee for the privilege of handling the Irish band’s merchandising, digital and branding rights»
Ever wanted to feel like Bono was singing directly into your face and that The Edge was strumming his guitar so close that you could pluck his g-string? No? Us either. However, unperturbed by the thought of personal assault in the digital form, DiS attended the invite-only screening of the new U2 ‘movie’ U2:3D on Tuesday night»
U2’s desire to build Ireland’s tallest building have been scuppered, temporarily at least, by Ireland’s National Trust.»
The Ghost of Christmas Past haunts the charts this week, with classics of yesteryear from Mariah Carey, The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Wham! and Wizzard all reminding you of happier times and, by implication, what terrible people you’ve all become.»
Like rock music? Then we bet you'll like U2. These old hands at all things rock are working hard on a new album. You're gonna love it...»
Today, Bono was knighted.»
Noel Gallagher, self-nominated spokesman for the people, has laid into Bono advising him to: "Play 'One', shut the fuck up about Africa"...»
So, indie-rock’s holiday in the sun, its honeymoon period following comeback second albums by Razorlight and The Killers, appears to be over: boybands are back, baby, in a big way...»
Westlife look likely to romp to the top of the album chart come Sunday with their The Love Album collection, according to industry insiders...»
The Mirror is reporting that Bono is making inroads in his quest to literally be God...»
Good news, everyone! This week sees Westlife’s ‘The Rose’ romp to the number one spot on the UK singles chart, the position that’s been rightfully theirs since oh we forget when. The Irish four-piece, who have a new album out a week today, are the only new entrants within this week’s top ten...»
This year's nominees for the annual Q Awards, the award ceremony offspring of dad-rock bible Q magazine, have been announced. Whoa, there, Q - way to get radical on our arses...»
Oasis and U2 are to go head to head next month, as their respective best-ofs are released on the same day...»
WAIT! Didn't a pair of best-of albums come out t'other year? I'm sure I have one. Or maybe two. Don't hurt me...»
U2 singer Bono - pictured with some American dufus or other - is apparently kept awake at night by fears of him failing to perform when the Irish rockers play live, reports Digital Spy...»
Q magazine - the number-one mag for rockin' dads everywhere - has published another top-100 poll. This time, they've focused their decaying ears on the best 100 songs of all time, as voted for (of course) by their readers...»
Bryan Ferry and Bono have agreed to work with Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp on an album of sea shanties...»
Red Hot Chili Peppers' retarded funk-rock may have been forgotten by all but a few (million) idiots still wishing it was 1991 while watching Point Break on repeat, but their much-repeated formula has wowed those responsible for the MTV Video Music Awards nominations: the LA group are up for seven gongs...»
Lyrics are great, eh? They provide the average listener with something to shout along to while stuck in a mile-long tailback on the M4, and enable record labels to make little CD booklets that read like bad senior-school poetry. Viewers of popular music channel VH1 have been voting for their favourite lyric lately, and the results are in...»
Reports suggest that U2 could record the next James Bond theme, for the upcoming Daniel Craig debut Casino Royale...»
U2's Bono has told an American television show that his band's music will stand the test of time, and some...»
The odds on Bono and Bob Geldof picking up the Nobel Peace Prize for - oh, you know what - have improved dramatically over the past two months...»
A slew of delcious new music DVDs from Directors Label this September.»
Wow! Another sexy, tasty round-up with more information than Stephen Hawking munching on an encylopedic dictionary.»
So you drink Carling? Goodie for you - at least that way when you taste a real beer it'll feel like you've been reborn, or something. But please, sort your lugholes out and switch them on to some NEW and EXCITING music, eh?»
The poshest music awards ceremony in town took place yesterday.»
DiS’ favourite bedtime read, The Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, published by the boffins at Guinness World Records today release their annual list of the Top 100 Most Successful Acts of all Time today.»
Chart-topping nice guys, Keane, have been added to U2's list of support bands on the Irish lot's Vertigo world tour this summer.»
Hello, and welcome to the charts, as dominated by the Big Boys, and attacked by the youngsters.»
U2 have postponed their much vaunted 2005 world tour, originally scheduled to begin on March 1st in Miami.»
U2 frontman Bono will today address the Labour party conference in Brighton... and other news.»
Bono writes rubbish lyrics. Apparently.»
High-profile DVD video releases from the likes of Coldplay, Robbie Williams and U2 have pushed sales of the format up by 95% over the last year.»
Bono, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen are rumoured to be appearing at a tribute concert for the late Johnny Cash, due to be held in Nashville on November 10th.»
DiS would like to wish Nelson Mandela many happy returns on his 85th birthday. Celebrations took place over the weekend, which saw Bono from U2 and The Corrs perform in front of a banquet of 1,600 people in Johannesburg, that included former US President Bill Clinton, and his wife Hilary, fil»
Radiohead have been named 'Best Act In The World' for the second year running at the Q Awards with Oasis leaving empty-handed after being shortlisted for three titles. Despite releasing nothing but a live album over the past year, the band beat both U2 and Oasis to the title. Oasis also l»
Irish superstars U2 are planning on following their imminent 'Greatest Hits' album by remixing their 1997 "Pop" album. The band are currently hard at work in their Dublin studios, polishing off new material for the "Best Of 1990-2002" album due for release on November 18. The album is due to include »
Limp Bizkit frontman joins all-star AIDS benefit Fred Durst is set to appear on an all-star remake of Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On?'. The single, organised by U2's Bono and producer Jermaine Dupri, is being recorded to raise money for AIDS charities and will be released on December 1, Wo»
Vegetarians call for boycott of Farm Aid concert The Vegetarians International Voice for Animals (Viva!) pressure group wants bands and fans to boycott Farm Aid, a charity concert organised by Michael Eavis, held in aid of farmers hit by foot-and-mouth. Campaigner Becky Smit»
Prospective US smash film "Tomb Raider," has had it's soundtrack announced. U2's "Elevation" will be remixed and will be the first single from the soundtrack, which has a US June 5 release, according to Elektra Records. The video for the song, shot earlier this month, has an "evil" U2 kidnaping the Edge. He is th»
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite has hit out at NME, and branded U2 as "pompous, disgusting and patronising".
When asked about the magazine's decision to give U2 their 'Best Band In The World' trophy, Braithwaite told playlouder.com: "I despise U2, I really fucking hate them. They're pompous, disgusting an»
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