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  1. Originally posted by ahn1991:It's hard to put Muse's career on a particular trajectory because while many would say they peaked a while ago, their new material continuously shows them at the cusp of something great and memorable. I'm not too worried about Muse because they've been doing Muse things for a while and not really caring too much about whatever fan response they get.


    Love them live. Sadly, my most memorable Muse show was probably the least memorable for Bellamy:





    I was working in promotions for the label at the time and this was in a small, basement venue called the Cotton Club and it was the US tour opener. (Matter of fact, you'll see a Muse poster on the post in front of the stage... that was my handy work!) Anyway... The 4 songs they did complete were amazing, but I was left without my much anticipated meet and greet and photo op.

    They did end up coming back twice that year, but for a festival and a radio holiday show, so they only did abbreviated sets for those.
  2. Sorry. I got lost in the moment and just realized I took this off topic...
  3. This is a long one, i don't know if anyone can give any info or not.

    My mum and stepdad went to Dubrovnik at the end of September as my Stepdad had turned 50 a few weeks before. They were in a resturant and heard that Bono was in Dubrovnik or Cavtat a few weeks prior to their arrival. Can anyone shed any light on that? Was that to do with Bono's activism - as far as i know the Bosnian passport hasn't been revoked despite talks of it.

    Cheers
  4. I think he was just on holiday.
  5. That would make sense. Yeah. I wasn't too sure either way, as i say, it was a week prior to my mum and stepdad's arrival so they weren't sure either. All they knew was Bono was in Croatia
  6. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
    I'm not trashing them! I'm not saying they're BAD per se, but they certainly haven't topped Black Holes and Revelations and each album sort of goes down in quality after that. Again, not saying they're bad, just saying they aren't as good as they once were and their light has sort of faded a bit.
    Couldn't have said it better myself. My post was more directed at Dutch Tim. I think they produce good music still, but I've seen a pattern of many fans being dissatisfied with them in the past year. Drones definitely didn't help their case among their constituency of fans.
  9. Absolute Radio announces exclusive U2 documentary series

    Absolute Radio has commissioned its biggest ever documentary series in conjunction with TBI Media in the form of U2@40, a four-part exclusive celebrating 40 years of the Irish rock legends, Music Week can reveal.

    The series charts U2’s rise to international stardom from their Dublin roots as teenagers, through to selling over 170 million albums and winning more Grammys than any other band in history.

    Absolute Radio content director Paul Sylvester said: “Absolute Radio is proud to lead the commercial radio industry in commissioning and creating original content through landmark documentary series’. Working with production companies like TBI Media allows us to partner with some of the best talents in our industry, bringing them into our award-winning team of producers and presenters.”

    The series features interview with those closest to the band, including legendary former manager Paul McGuinness; DJ Dave Fanning, the man credited with giving the band their first break and Steve Lilywhite who produced U2's first three albums. Famous fans including Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Sting and Hozier also feature.

    The series is narrated by Irish film, television and stage actor Andrew Scott.

    The first installment of the four-part U2@40 can be heard on Sunday, November 13 at 8pm GMT on Absolute Radio.


    http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/absolute-radio-announces-exclusive-u2-documentary-series/066455
  11. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]


    Although it's kind of worrying that our band is getting this "end of career" treatment, if you know what I mean. Documentaries and biopics should be done after the topic band/person is no longer active imo.

    that's what I am thinking....... so in a way it fits, because you cannot call U2 particulairy 'active' nowadays... really worrying.

    Apart from this I was wondering: "what on earth is there that has not already been said (several times) about U2? I doubt such a documentary series can add something interesting to whats already out there.
  12. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    Great

    Although it's kind of worrying that our band is getting this "end of career" treatment, if you know what I mean. Documentaries and biopics should be done after the topic band/person is no longer active imo.
    This band has so many phases in their career that if they really want to give each one their due time it seems like they'd have to start now.
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