:o :o Wish I had been there.... :wub:

Edited November 25, 200717 yr by Bono4Jeni

Me too....they should have invited us....after all the posting we did here ^_^

I know :o :o

or maybe I wasn´t in Stockholm after all :naughty: :naughty:

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BBC Music Club Special: The Joshua Tree

30.11.2007

 

 

Monday night’s BBC Radio 2 Music Club is devoted to The Joshua Tree and features archive interviews with the band. Catch it online. Download the podcast.

 

The Music Club Joshua Tree special, presented by Simon Mayo, also includes interviews with the band by the late Roger Scott and by Dave Fanning when the album first came out in 1987.

 

Monday 3rd December, 23.30 on BBC Radio 2 (88-91 FM in the UK, DAB, Freeview channel 702, Sky channel 0102, NTL Cable Channel 402 & Telewest Channel 902).

 

 

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BBC Music Club Special: The Joshua Tree

30.11.2007

Monday night’s BBC Radio 2 Music Club is devoted to The Joshua Tree and features archive interviews with the band. Catch it online. Download the podcast.

 

The Music Club Joshua Tree special, presented by Simon Mayo, also includes interviews with the band by the late Roger Scott and by Dave Fanning when the album first came out in 1987.

 

Monday 3rd December, 23.30 on BBC Radio 2 (88-91 FM in the UK, DAB, Freeview channel 702, Sky channel 0102, NTL Cable Channel 402 & Telewest Channel 902).

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Thank you for that bit of info...will defo tune in................

You're welcome Tess :teresa:

 

 

I'm working Monday night...but I think I've found a link where I can listen to it the next day :cheer: :cheer:

Did you Twinks? :unsure:

Yep.....I thought I had....posted a link in the BBC Music Club Special thread....but it doesn't seem to work :cry: :cry:

okay :cry:

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:kiss:

06.12.2007

Grammy Nominations

 

'Window in the Skies' and a cover of John Lennon's 'Instant Karma' have been nominated for February's 50th Grammy Awards.

 

 

'Window in the Skies', from 'U218 Singles' , is nominated in the 'Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals' category. It's up against '(You Want To) Make A Memory' by Bon Jovi, 'Makes Me Wonder' by Maroon 5, 'Hey There Delilah' by Plain White T's and 'Home' by Daughtry.

 

U2 won this Grammy in 2001 for 'Stuck in a Moment'.

 

The band's cover of 'Instant Karma', from the Amnesty International benefit album for Darfur, is nominated in the 'Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals'. It's up against 'It's Not Over' by Daughtry, 'Working Class Hero' by Green Day, 'If Everyone Cared' by Nickelback and 'Icky Thump' by The White Stripes.

 

U2 have won this Grammy three times recently with 'Beautiful Day' (2000), 'Vertigo' (2004) and 'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own' (2006).

 

The soundtrack from Julie Taymor's film 'Across the Universe' is nominated for 'Best Compilation Soundtrack Album'. In the film Bono, backed by The Secret Machines, covers 'I Am The Walrus' and, with Edge, covers 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'.

 

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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gTom72...Ob8Ixl21zTgj58A

 

 

U2 on rocky road to develop iconic hometown landmarks

 

 

DUBLIN (AFP) — Ireland's top rock band U2 are hoping to make their mark on Dublin's skyline, but two property developments on the river Liffey waterfront are fueling controversy in their hometown.

 

The group are part of a consortium proposing the so-called U2 Tower in the south docklands, a 200 million euro (291 million dollar) 120 metre high landmark that would be the biggest building in the country.

 

A studio for the super-group is included as a suspended egg-shaped pod at the top of the tower that has been designed by renowned British architect Lord Foster, known for the "Gherkin" tower in London among other projects.

 

August Partners, a firm involving U2 members Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen and their manager Paul McGuinness, got involved in the tower plan after they were thrown out of their docklands studios five years ago.

 

Planning permission for the tower is not required as the development is already covered by a massive regeneration scheme by the state-backed Dublin Docklands Authority (DDA).

 

But An Taisce, Ireland's national trust, has called for an assessment of its impact on the cityscape of the traditional historic southside Georgian sector of the city.

 

"We have raised concerns about the overall lack of a strategy in Dublin to deal with global warming on developments in the docklands area, north and south of the River Liffey," An Taisce's Heritage Officer Ian Lumley told AFP

 

Lumley said it would be "preferable" if the tower went through the normal planning process.

 

"We want to see it subject to proper public consultation. There is a sense of it being done in a far too behind-the-scenes manner."

 

While An Taisce has not taken a position on the U2 Tower, it is on a collision course with multi-millionaires Bono and The Edge because of their proposed 150 million euro reconstruction project for a listed building hotel.

 

Originally built in 1852, they took over the Liffeyside Clarence Hotel in the 1990s and extensively refurbished it as a five-star boutique hotel with 48 rooms and suites.

 

It attracted visitors to the city like former US president Bill Clinton and international rocks stars and supermodels.

 

Dublin City Council have given the go-ahead for the demolition of the Clarence and five neighbouring properties in the trendy Temple Bar area of Dublin that was regenerated over a decade ago as the city's "Left Bank".

 

The promised new super-luxurious Clarence will have more than 140 bedrooms, a "signature" restaurant and a rooftop "Skycatcher atrium".

 

A spokesman for Bono and The Edge said that as a result of the "remarkable financial success" of the country in the recent years of the Celtic Tiger economic boom there was a real need for a hotel of this stature.

 

"It will have positive influence on the perspective of Dublin internationally and encourage further financial investment in the city centre," he said.

 

"It is also the intention to build Europe's most sustainable hotel in the heart of Ireland's capital. The design is environmentally as well as architecturally progressive," the spokesman said.

 

Lumley, however, described it as the biggest proposed demolition in recent years and An Taisce have lodged objections with Ireland's planning appeals board that will hold an oral hearing.

 

Under Irish law, Lumley said developers can argue for such demolitions on the basis of "exceptional circumstance".

 

"This is the largest and most problematic development affecting protected structures in Dublin for a decade. We don't regard the demolition of the Clarence as exceptional or a national priority," Lumley said.

 

http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_arti...php?id=51547315

 

 

Africa Pays Homage To U2

2007-12-05 10:42:24.310,

Story by: Jennifer Miller

 

Under the auspices of producers Shawn Amos and Paul Heck, Grammy Award-winning and up-and-coming African artists have come together for a tribute album to U2. In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 (Shout! Factory) will be out April 1 and feature 12 covers of the Irish quartet's favorites and rarities from the likes of Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians and Soweto Gospel Choir.

 

The project was inspired by Amos' work in South Africa with the Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation, in addition to being an avid fan of both U2's music and Bono's philanthropic efforts with the ONE campaign and(RED), which have addressed the financial crises across the continent.

 

Tracklist For In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2:

01. Angelique Kidjo - Mysterious Ways

02. Vieux Farka Touré - Bullet The Blue Sky

03. Ba Cissoko - Sunday Bloody Sunday

04. Vusi Mahlasela - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

05. Tony Allen - Where The Streets Have No Name

06. Cheikh Lô - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

07. Keziah Jones - One

08. Les Nubians - With Or Without You

09. Soweto Gospel Choir - Pride (In The Name Of Love)

10. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Seconds

11. African Underground All-Stars - Desire

12. Waldemar Bastos - Love Is Blindness

 

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