Tag Archives: U2
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Opinion: The astounding potential of Las Vegas’ Sphere
U2 performs at Sphere in Las Vegas on Feb. 7, 2024. Steve Carlson/STAFF. A lot has been said about Sphere in Las Vegas being game-changing for concerts, and it’s all true. The technology that went into this insane $2.3-billion building is as mind-boggling as you’ve heard. It completely changes…
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REVIEW: Despite fancy Las Vegas Sphere, U2 reaffirms its strengths lie in connection
U2 performs during the opening night of its U2:UV Live at Sphere residency in Las Vegas on Sept. 29, 2023. Photo: Rich Fury. Others by Kevin Mazur. Sept. 30 photos: Roman Gokhman/STAFF. LAS VEGAS — Sphere at the Venetian is truly a visual and sonic marvel. The bubble-like theater…
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REVIEW: U2 unplugs (mostly) on ‘Songs of Surrender’ experiment
U2, “Songs of Surrender.” U2 has released alternate takes of its songs on collections before, but they’ve always been either as bonus material on re-releases (Kindergarten Achtung Baby) or as fan-club-only releases (Medium, Rare & Remastered, Artificial Horizon). Their latest, Songs of Surrender, is their first attempt at mass-market…
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U2 announces Las Vegas residency, sans Larry Mullen, Jr., with Super Bowl ad
U2 performs during The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, on May 14, 2017. Photo: Tim Durkan. U2 used some valuable Super Bowl ad real estate to announce a 2023 residency at the MSG Sphere, the newest event venue and prime real estate along the Las…
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REVIEW: Bono tender and open-hearted at Orpheum book tour stop
Bono performs on the opening night of ‘Stories of Surrender’ at Beacon Theatre in New York on Nov. 2, 2022. Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images). SAN FRANCISCO — It might at first not be apparent why Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti factors so much in “Stories of Surrender,” the stage…
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Bono bringing book tour to the Orpheum in San Francisco
U2 performs during The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, on May 14, 2017. Photo: Tim Durkan. Oct. 3 Update: The rest of Bono’s book tour has now been announced. The 14-city tour included San Francisco, as previously announced. It begins in New York on Nov.…
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SLIDESHOW: Zoo Station at Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival
Zoo Station performs at Dublin Civic Plaza during the city’s St. Patrick’s Day festival on Sunday, March 13, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. DUBLIN, Calif. — After being canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dublin’s popular St. Patrick’s Day festival returned last weekend, packing the Civic Center…
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Bay Area U2 tribute band Zoo Station hanging up the fly shades
Zoo Station performs at The Chapel in San Francisco on March 18, 2016. Photos courtesy Justin Schlesinger. One of the best tribute acts in the Bay Area is hanging up the fly shades after 20 years. U2 lovers Zoo Station, one of the most popular and tirelessly gigging bands…
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Q&A: Matt Nathanson going back to the ’90s with remake of U2’s ‘Achtung Baby’
Matt Nathanson Bay area musician Matt Nathanson was nice enough to take a break from a family vacation to speak with RIFF about his newest release, a song-for-song cover of U2’s Achtung Baby (timed with the 30th anniversary of that album). For Achtung Matty, Nathanson reunited virtually with long-time collaborator Aaron Tap.…
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ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Exodus’ a bold closing chapter to the life of DMX
A bold and bittersweet closing chapter for one of the greatest rappers of all time, the long-awaited album from DMX, Exodus, comes a little over a month and a half after his death. His first release in nine years (following 2012’s Undisputed) and his first on Def Jam since Grand Champ, Exodus is…