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Every Time I Die ‘Sh** Happens: The Series’ Theme Song
Every Time I Die are out with a new web feature ‘Sh** Happens: The Series’, a sequel to the band’s 2006 DVD ‘Sh** Happens’. Watch the show’s theme song via YouTube, and check back each week for new episodes, via YouTube below.
Bono Reacts To David Cameron’s Bloody Sunday Apology
U2 singer Bono shared his thoughts on British Prime Minister David Cameron apologizing for the “unjustified and unjustifiable” killing of 14 civil rights marchers by British soldiers in Derry 38 years ago, in what has since been dubbed ‘Bloody Sunday’ and was what spurred the Irish rock band to write ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ for their 1983 album ‘War’. Bono writes:
It was inconceivable to many that a Tory prime minister could manage to get these words out of his mouth. It was also inconceivable — before he uttered the carefully minted phrasing — that he would be listened to by a hushed crowd gathered in Guildhall Square in Derry, a place not famous for its love of British leaders of any stripe, and that he would be cheered while speaking on specially erected screens that earlier had been used to relay images from the World Cup.
Thirty-eight years did not disappear in an 11-minute speech — how could they, no matter how eloquent or heartfelt the words? But they changed and morphed, as did David Cameron, who suddenly looked like the leader he believed he would be. From prime minister to statesman.
Check out the entire story at nytimes.com.
U2 ‘I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight’ Live Video
U2’s Live DVD, ‘U2360° At The Rose Bowl’, filmed last year to a crowd of over 97,000 and streamed live across seven countries on YouTube, has just been released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 3rd. Fans can catch a glimpse of the DVD in this newly released clip on VEVO. The clip, ‘I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight’, as a taste of what’s on DVD below.
U2 Preferred By Wealthy & Republican Music Fans
In an online Harris poll conducted in March with 2,230 adults participating, U2 was named the favorite band of Republicans, while Celine Dion took the top spot for Democrats, and independents went for The Beatles. U2 were also the top choice of wealthy people, with the Irish band topping the list for those with a household income of greater than $75,000. Amongst those making less than $35,000, The Beatles were the top pick. Celine was the favorite for the middle income respondents.
OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder Gets “Bieber Fever” For Bono
OneRepublic recently sat down with MTV.com to talk about their upcoming gigs opening for U2 and Bon Jovi. Frontman Ryan Tedder revealed his extreme excitement for both shows, especially U2, which he likened to a case of “Bieber fever.”
“The U2 stuff, I mean, that’s kind of why we started a band,” Tedder explained. “I’m still kind of freaked out about it. And I’m not a guy who takes a bunch of pictures and video, but I’m going to be filming the whole thing. [We'll be like] one of those idiots, backstage, Twittering our rosy little fingers off. For all those kids out there, it’s kind of like how you feel about Bieber. Bono is Bieber to us. I have a little bit of Bieber fever too, but not as much as Bono fever. I have a full-on rash. A Bono-sized rash.” Watch the comments below the cut. (more…)
‘We Are The World 25 For Haiti’ Video Ft. Bono, Madden Brothers & More
Bono of U2 and Benji and Joel Madden of Good Charlotte were among the stars who participated in a recording of the remake of the 1985 charity single ‘We Are The World’, written by Lionel Richie and the late Michael Jackson. The artists joined up on February 1st in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier (Henson Recording Studios, formerly A&M Recording Studios). Watch ‘We Are The World 25 For Haiti’ via YouTube below.
Brian Johnson: Bono Should Do His Charity Work In Private
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson isn’t impressed with the charity work done by musical peers like Bono of U2 and Bob Geldof, preferring to donate in private. “I do it myself, I don’t tell everybody I’m doing it,” Johnson told the Herald Sun. “I don’t tell everybody they should give money – they can’t afford it. When I was a working man I didn’t want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa. I’m sorry mate, do it yourself, spend some of your own money and get it done. It just makes me angry. I become all tyrannical.”
OneRepublic ‘Waking Up’ Commentary
Learn more about OneRepublic’s new album ‘Waking Up’ in this intimate, track-by-track commentary from the band. Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins, Eddie Fisher, Brent Kutzle and Drew Brown discuss the meaning behind the songs and tell the unique stories of how they were created. ‘Waking Up’ is available on iTunes now.
We Were Promised Jetpacks Live At Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge
Glasgow, Scotland indie rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks performed ‘It’s Thunder and It’s Lightning’, ‘Short Bursts’ and ‘This Is My House This Is My Home’ live at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland during KEXP’s broadcast during Musicfest NW. Watch the live set via the station’s YouTube channel below.
Lostprophets ‘Where We Belong’ Video
Lostprophets are out with the video to their new single ‘Where We Belong’, the second release from the Welsh alternative rock group’s fourth studio album ‘The Betrayed’, out January 18th via Visible Noise. Watch it via YouTube below.
