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Bono Dedicates U2 Song “All I Want Is You” to First Lady Jill Biden During Final Sphere Performance
U2 wrapped the inaugural residency at Las Vegas’ $2.3 billion technical and visual marvel Sphere this weekend, closing out a 40-show run that started in September. Fittingly, the legendary band did so by bringing things full circle. The shows commemorated one of U2’s most successful records, the chart-topping 1991 release Achtung Baby, played in its […]
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AMC Theatres Lands Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Doc ‘Kiss the Future,’ Sets U.S. February Release
AMC Theatres is continuing its foray into the distribution business following Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé. The world’s largest cinema circuit revealed Wednesday it has pacted with Fifth Season to release the Matt Damon and Ben Affleck-produced documentary Kiss the Future in the U.S. The acclaimed film chronicles the […]
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Bono Revealed as Investor in Massive House in the Hollywood Hills
As Bono plays the Sphere with U2 in Las Vegas this fall, the Irish rock star also has been revealed to be involved with another prominent piece of architecture, this one in L.A. For months, a huge house — with an even more enormous foundation and elevated driveway — has been rising in the Hollywood […]
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U2 Changed Lyrics of “Pride” in Tribute to Israelis Killed in Musical Festival Massacre
U2 paid tribute to the 260 festivalgoers who were killed by Hamas in what is believed to be the worst civilian massacre in Israeli history. While performing Sunday at the recently opened Sphere venue in Las Vegas, Bono dedicated their song “Pride (In the Name of Love)” to the young victims who were shot and […]
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Jann Wenner Says Black, Female Musicians Not Articulate Enough for His New Book ‘The Masters’
Jann Wenner, the publishing icon who co-founded Rolling Stone and led the magazine for five decades, has a new book out this month titled The Masters. In the Little Brown and Company release, Wenner revisits lengthy interviews conducted during his Rolling Stone days with a selection of rock titans including Bono, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, […]
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Tony Bennett, the Gold Standard of Singers Everywhere, Dies at 96
He collected 19 Grammy Awards, found immortality with 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco" and connected with a younger generation to mount one of the great comebacks in music history.
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Bono and The Edge Talk Working With David Letterman For ‘A Sort of Homecoming’ Doc: “Our Music Is Just Better With Him Around”
In upcoming concert doc Bono and The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman, U2’s Bono and The Edge return to Dublin with longtime fan David Letterman in tow. On Wednesday evening, the stars gathered at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the film’s premiere. Following the screening, the trio and […]
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Brian Michael Bendis Tells All About His Role in Failed Spider-Man Musical
In the 1990s, Brian Michael Bendis was a semi-successful independent comic creator. Writing and drawing a bevy of crime books such as Torso and Jinx. He was making a name for himself and making a living — no small accomplishment for someone releasing comics out of Cleveland. Then in 2000 he created Fortune and Glory, a […]
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‘Kiss the Future’ Review: Stirring Doc Depicts How U2 Inspired War-Torn Sarajevo
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are among the producers of this documentary about the underground music scene during the Siege of Sarajevo and U2's 1997 concert there.
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Eve Hewson of ‘Bad Sisters’ to Be Honored at the Oscar Wilde Awards (Exclusive)
Eve Hewson, the Irish actress now starring alongside Sharon Horgan on the dark Apple TV+ comedy Bad Sisters, will be saluted at the 17th annual Oscar Wilde Awards in March, it was announced Monday. Hewson will receive the Wilde Card Award, which event organizer Trina Vargo, president of the US-Ireland Alliance, notes is used “to […]
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George Clooney, U2, Gladys Knight Feted at Kennedy Center Honors
A heartfelt Patti LaBelle praised her lifelong friend Gladys Knight. Matt Damon playfully teased his friend George Clooney — a lot — while Sheryl Crow gave thanks and a heartfelt rendition of “Baby Baby” to her fellow singer Amy Grant during Sunday’s Kennedy Center Honors. Knight, Clooney and Grant were all honored at the John […]
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Colin Farrell, J.J. Abrams Among Stars in Attendance for Bono’s ‘Stories of Surrender’ L.A. Tour Stop
“Like everyone else in L.A., I have a screenplay,” Bono told the sold-out crowd at the Orpheum Theatre Sunday night for Stories of Surrender, a combination one-man autobiographical show and stripped-down U2 tour (minus his three bandmates) in support of his new memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. The line drew a big laugh from […]
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