February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Saints Are Winning: Celebrating U2’s New Orleans and Super Bowl Connections The Saints came to Miami tonight and will come home to a joyous New Orleans as Super Bowl champions. While the musical theme of this victory march is the hip-hop vibe of the “who dat” nation, it’s hard to forget U2’s connection to New Orleans, the Superdome, and the Super Bowl. In 2002, U2 gave what many still remember as one of the best halftime performances in Super Bowl history. Today, as pop culture pundits across the... [Read the full story]
February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Saints Are Winning: Celebrating U2’s New Orleans and Super Bowl Connections The Saints came to Miami tonight and will come home to a joyous New Orleans as Super Bowl champions. While the musical theme of this victory march is the hip-hop vibe of the “who dat” nation, it’s hard to forget U2’s connection to New Orleans, the Superdome, and the Super Bowl. In 2002, U2 gave what many still remember as one of the best halftime performances in Super Bowl history. Today, as pop culture pundits across the... [Read the full story]
November 9, 2009 · 2 Comments
Given U2’s connection to Berlin with the Achtung Baby album, given U2’s history having “been around” when the Wall fell, given the historical moment that just transpired and U2’s desire to transport fans to a better place via music, it makes complete sense that the band would be invited to mark the anniversary with a free concert. All that said, most of the reports, like the one that follows, focused on allegations concerning the temporary fence that kept some fans from seeing the show. [Read... [Read the full story]
January 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
On a night that turned out to be calamitous to the Twin Cities hip-hop scene, with the Twin Cities Hip-Hop Awards ending in a brawl at First Avenue (an atypical event for Minneapolis/St. Paul hip-hop), just down the street at the Fine Line Music Cafe, Dessa and the Doomtree crew of which she is the only female member collaborated in a truly fervent and energetic performance, filling the Fine Line with nothing but love from all involved parties. Everyone’s lively spirits were for good reason: Dessa (finally) released... [Read the full story]
January 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
After seeing the monstrosity of overbearing, poorly executed drum machines that was Beach House live when they opened for Grizzly Bear, I had written Beach House off as a band I would never like. (In hindsight, shame on me.) So, when their second album, Teen Dream, was released on Tuesday, I reluctantly gave it a listen. The drum machines still remain, but instead of being the foregrounding feature, they are bathed in waves of sound, making for a much denser, layered listen than their live shows. Victoria Legrand’s... [Read the full story]
The once relevant Grammy Awards progressively have become more of a joke, reflecting the music industry’s capitalistic interests, with this year being its absolute low point.... [Read more]
In U2000s, our ongoing series of reflective writings about the band’s first decade of the new century, contributing writer Laurie Britt-Smith looks back on the night she... [Read more]
It’s an emotional time to be a U2 fan. The only thing that’s been a bigger staple in my life than this Irish band from Dublin is my neighbor who sits out on the curb... [Read more]
The Saints Are Winning: Celebrating U2’s New Orleans and Super Bowl Connections The Saints came to Miami tonight and will come home to a joyous New Orleans as Super Bowl... [Read more]
by DEBBIE MCGOLDRICK, Irish Voice Senior Editor The American Ireland Fund’s annual New York spring gala should easily be a sell-out this year, as Bono will be the special... [Read more]
Tonight, U2 perform with Jay-Z, joining dozens upon dozens of stars from all over the world including Springsteen and Coldplay in a telethon for Haiti earthquake relief. Performances... [Read more]