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Live Review: Young the Giant at The Egyptian Room

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On Tuesday night, Young the Giant made their inaugural appearance in Indianapolis to a crowd of roughly 1,500 in The Egyptian Room at Old National Centre. Young the Giant, comprised of Sameer Gadhia on vocals, Eric Cannata and Jacob Tilley on guitar, Payam Doostzadeh on bass, and Francois Comtois on drums, played a 75-minute set [...]

Bono Becomes World’s Richest Musician Thanks to Facebook [Update]

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Paul McCartney, it’s time to turn in. Hand over your gun and badge on the way out, for U2′s Bono has overtaken the last remaining Beatle, (it’s hard to resist some Ringo-baiting) to become the richest musician in the world. Bono’s massive surge in profits stems from a $90 million investment in Facebook, made by [...]

U2 Ranks Highest Grossing Tour of 2011

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As expected in this day and age, touring has become top priority for every artist mainstream and indie. Blowing away this year’s top-grossing tours of 2011 is U2, amassing $293 million in a span of 44 shows this year. As reported by Billboard, this year saw some money makers in veteran acts such as the [...]

Surprising no one: Nickelback voted greatest turn-off

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Poor old Nickelback can’t seem to catch a break today, huh? Coming as a shock to literally no one on the entire God-damned Earth, Nickelback were recently voted the number one sexual turn-off, musically speaking, by users of tastebuds.fm. The way the site works is you enter your favorite artists and it looks for people [...]

Listen: Snow Patrol Covers U2′s “Mysterious Ways”

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As previously reported, Q Magazine released their 20th-anniversary tribute to U2′s Achtung Baby on Tuesday, October 25th. We’ve already heard a number of covers from the album including Jack White’s cover of Love Is Blindness, Nine Inch Nail’s rendition of U2′s “Zoo Station”, Depeche Mode’s take on “So Cruel” and The Killer’s version of “Ultraviolet [...]

Bono Questions U2′s Future

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Bono seems to be questioning the future of U2.  The band’s two year long tour wraps up this year and it seems like the frontman might be burned out. ”I’m not so sure the future hasn’t dried up,” he told Rolling Stone. “It’s quite likely you might hear from us next year but it’s equally [...]

Listen: Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode and The Killers Cover U2

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As previously reported, Q Magazine is releasing their 20th-anniversary tribute to U2′s Achtung Baby today. We’ve already heard Jack White’s cover of Love Is Blindness and Garbage’s cover of “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses.” Today we get to hear few more covers from Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode and The Killers. Below you can [...]

Take a Listen: Garbage covers U2′s “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses”

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Another day, another U2 cover, but this one comes to you courtesy of Garbage.  The band covered U2′s “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” for Q Magazine’s 20th-anniversary tribute to U2′s Achtung Baby. Check out the song below (courtesy of Consequence of Sound) Q’s tribute album will also feature Nine Inch Nails, Jack White, Depeche [...]