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U2 concert cut short after Bono completely loses his voice

sudshr47 September 2, 2018

If you break a guitar string or bust a drumstick in half, that’s a pretty quick and easy fix for a live performer — just grab a replacement. If you lose your voice and singing is your entire job, that’s a whole different story.

During a concert in Berlin on Saturday night, U2 cut its set short after just five songs when lead singer Bono’s voice became noticeably strained.

Bono was apologetic when he told the audience that he couldn’t go on and said he was going to take a short break to find out what happened to his voice, as seen in the video below. Read more…

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Here’s the U2 slam against Trump you might have missed at the Grammys

sudshr47 January 29, 2018

U2 have made a career (and a lot of money) out of being political, and their performance at Sunday’s Grammy Awards was another shot fired in their current battle against U.S. President Donald Trump.

The band performed the new tune “Get Out Of Your Own Way” in a pre-taped segment from a barge with the Statue of Liberty in the background because Bono is no longer capable of subtly. And, at the end, Bono took to his bullhorn (again, subtly!) and proclaimed (at the 3:32 mark), “Blessed are the shithole countries, for they gave us the American dream.” CBS bleeped out “shithole” remark, but other networks re-aired the clip uncensored. Read more…

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After shoving its way onto iTunes, U2 is headed for the Amazon Echo

sudshr47 November 28, 2017

The last time U2 offered up an album exclusive, things didn’t go great. Apple reportedly paid $100 million for exclusive rights to Songs of Innocence, the Irish arena rock band’s first record in half a decade — and irritated countless iTunes users in the process by forcing it onto their iPhones and iPads. Probably no surprise, then, that the two seem to have parted ways.… Read More