Tag Archives: U2
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RIFF Rewind 1987: Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard and Michael Jackson
Courtesy: U2, Anton Corbijn The year 1987 is another banner year! It marks the release of one of the most-viewed songs on YouTube: Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Turns out that was actually a song before it was a joke. It also marks the release of a…
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Bruno Mars cleans up at Grammys’ return to NYC
Bruno Mars cleaned up at the 60th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York. The show began with a spirited, high-powered performance from Kendrick Lamar as he staged a medley of songs from his Grammy-winning album, DAMN., with brief appearances from Bono and The…
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Roman Gokhman’s favorite concerts of 2017: 5-1
Photo: Jay Demetillo This is the final in a three-part series. Read how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” acts in PART 1 and 10 through 6 in PART 2. Favorite Shows 2016 | Favorite Shows 2015 | Favorite Shows 2014 Favorite Shows 2013 | Favorite Shows 2012 5 – TOM PETTY at BottleRock…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Mortality looms large over U2’s Songs of Experience
After a much-ballyhooed delay, Songs of Experience, U2’s 14th studio album, has arrived. And thank the gods of rock and roll: it’s very, very good indeed. I need to sit with an album for a while before ranking it in the pantheon of U2 albums, but some have proclaimed it’s…
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Political Pulse: Former DJ Mullin now rocks the state capital
California Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Kevin Mullin (right) was a DJ in college. Courtesy photo. Politicians are people. It’s true! Despite what you hear on social media and cable news, elected officials are people more or less like us. They like TV and movies, they have friends, and, yes,…
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Interview: Daniel Lanois and Rocco DeLuca search for next dimension in music
Daniel Lanois is always in motion. His mind operates at the same speed as his elaborate music production machines. He moves from one project to the next constantly, and perhaps he expects the same commitment of others in his orbit. Daniel Lanois and Rocco Deluca, Shovelman 8 p.m., Wednesday,…
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Producer Daniel Lanois on U2’s The Joshua Tree Tour 2017
U2. Getty Images Editor Roman Gokhman spoke to musician-producer Daniel Lanois yesterday about his current collaboration with lap-steel guitarist Rocco DeLuca and their upcoming tour, which will make a stop in San Francisco at the Independent on June 7, as well his his next work. But we also asked Lanois…
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Review: U2 leaves ‘The Joshua Tree’ open to interpretation
Photos: Tim Durkan SANTA CLARA — On its own, U2 performing its 1987 breakout album, The Joshua Tree, is significant for two reasons. Foremost, it means the Irish band has accepted its position as a legacy band with a storied songbook that the casual fan prefers over new material. But…
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Guest column: The roots of U2’s ‘Joshua Tree’
Courtesy: U2 By Joseph Ahorro The themes of U2’s last album, 2014’s Songs of Innocence, and the subsequent Innocence + Experience Tour primarily highlighted the Irish band’s upbringing as youth on the north side of Dublin, and the artistic, social and political influences that ultimately shaped their music. U2,…
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Musicians, fans and venues band together to battle sexual assault
Original art: Vivian Shih Chelsea’s 33rd birthday was going to be one she’d never forget. U2, her favorite band, was performing for two nights in Toronto, Canada, and the California native would be there to see both performances. “That is my happy place. That’s my church,” she said. “I go…