Music Rising is amazing...the music brings 'life, work and people back in that city'! Go and support Edge´s Music Rising to New Orleans and area, here

I'm so proud of Edge and U2!

  "We're going to continue doing what we can to try and support the musicians and the music, getting it back." - Edge, London september 2006 (words and photo)

Go to the Music Rising site to make donations to professional musicians, to churches, schools & the comunity; to buy the T-shirt, to buy the tickets, to buy the limited guitar-edition Music Rising..., to access an online application for Music Rising assistance, please go to www.musicrising.org/

The limited edition Music Rising Epiphone guitar will be sold exclusively through Musician's Friend with all proceeds going directly to the Music Rising campaign

Music Rising: The Benefit T-Shirt buy on fanfire

Visit ticketmaster for information about online auction.

Check Gibson Guitar

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Music Rising is amazing...the music brings 'life, work and people back in that city'! Go and support Edge´s Music Rising to New Orleans and area, here

New Orleans Saint select Ticketmaster as exclusive authorized secondary market ticketing provider - The New Orleans Saints have selected Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing company, as their exclusive authorized secondary market ticketing provider and today launched Saints TicketExchange enabling the team's season ticket holders as well as single home game ticket holders to purchase and resell tickets to games they are unable to attend. Ticketmaster will also continue to serve as the authorized ticketing company for all Saints NFL home games at the Louisiana Superdome. neworleanssaints... Read whole article here

Katrina czar visits New Orleans college: Classes still held in trailers a year after hurricane - The head of President Bush's Gulf Coast recovery operation toured Southern University's New Orleans campus on Friday, taking in mobile homes that serve as classrooms and a gym where the hip-high water mark is a stark reminder of Hurricane Katrina's destruction. ... Read whole article here

Officials with LIFT and Element Films today confirmed that Shreveport and the rest of northwest Louisiana will be considered as locations for new productions announced Thursday. The New Orleans-based LIFT film production company inked a $200 million deal Thursday. During the next three years, it and Element Films, its California-based partner, will produce eight to 15 films in Louisiana. ... Read whole article here

The Superdome

 Workers on the roof of the Superdome prepare to lower a piece of the old vent to the floor in New Orleans on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006. The roof of the Superdome heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina, has been completely redone, with only the vents on top left to be finished. The New Orleans Saints will play the Atlanta Falcons for the first event in the Superdome on Sept. 25th. here

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"Wake Me Up When September Ends" * "The Saints Are Coming" * "Beautiful Day" (rumor...what U2 and Green Day will play) The pre-game show for the first post-Hurricane Katrina football game in the Superdome will feature two of the most popular and acclaimed rock bands in the world, U2 and Green Day, performing together publicly for the first time. The bands will share top billing with Reggie Bush and Michael Vick when the Saints open their home season against the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 25, a homecoming after Katrina caused tens of millions of dollars in damage to the Dome and displaced the Saints for the 2005 season. "This is New Orleans doing things on a worldwide level," said New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival producer Quint Davis, an organizer of the pre-game festivities. "U2 and Green Day together -- I've never heard of such a thing. It's a steppingstone in reclaiming, in a positive way, a space and a place from the annals of horror." ... Game-day festivities will begin at 3 p.m. ... The official reopening of the Dome will begin at 5:30 p.m. The first people allowed to enter the Dome will be 150 first responders from Gulf Coast search and rescue teams. Local favorites Allen Toussaint and Irma Thomas are slated to sing the national anthem. Former President Bush will preside over the coin toss. ... will feature a kabuki drop -- a large curtain drop from a hanging rod -- to honor 150 first responders who participated in relief efforts during Katrina. ... Gov. Kathleen Blanco are among the dignitaries scheduled to attend the game. ... Fans will want to be in their seats early enough for the Green Day/U2 collaboration. Details are subject to change, but the plan is for Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong to open the show on the floor of the Dome with "Wake Me Up When September Ends," a track from the band's hit 2004 CD, "American Idiot." Then Green Day and U2 will jointly render the 1978 post-punk rave-up "The Saints Are Coming," followed by U2's "Beautiful Day." "The Saints Are Coming" could be considered an appropriate choice for the U2/Green Day summit. First recorded by the Scottish punk band The Skids, the song alludes to salvation and determination in the face of floodwaters. The chorus -- "the Saints are coming!" -- takes on a whole new relevance in the context of the team. Producer Bob Ezrin, the studio wizard who crafted Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and other classic albums, is writing horn arrangements so New Orleans brass band musicians can play along with U2 and Green Day. Dozens of second-line marchers also are expected to participate. ... nola

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The new front page of Music Rising´s website is so beautiful That blue is pure hope, harmony, good work, good donations to New Orleans. Visit it; this blue is vibing into my heart...Music Rising

The Music Rising´s shirt in London, yesterday:

  Interference

Edge yesterday in London, at afternoon and at night:

  More photos of Edge and Bono on Interference

U2 and Green Day will play « The Saints Are Coming » on a New Orleans stadium here

Green Day And U2 In New Orleans here

... U2 have already recorded their parts for "The Saints Are Coming," and Green Day are in the middle of their work for the track. ... In an online diary on the band's official website, one new track was said to be "a U2 classic with an instant hook and a mesmerizing chorus." No release date has been announced for the album. here

U2, Green Day to reopen Superdome here 

U2, Green Day on stage before Falcons-Saints Game  here

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The saints asked for God to play a cool sound and He answers: 'Be strong I Will Play a heavy metal'

 It´s Zeca Baleiro, a guy from Maranhao, northeast of Brazil, a talented composer, with a strong personality and very sexy voice, sense of humor and sharp verve, criative poetry added to a very peculiar accoustic guitar playing. Charismatic, the artist enchants crowds of all ages wherever he performs. Here in this song called 'Heavy Metal do Senhor' (Lord´s Heavy Metal) pay attention to the guy at right side, he plays the genuine sound of the northeast´s interior, with a lamented acoustic guitar, but a brute, crude lamented guitar. Watch on youtube. It´s excellent. It´s our 'Until The End Of The World'. 
  

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Abbey Raod...An onlooker says, "Normally it's tourists you see trying to copy The Beatles. Everyone took a second when they realised who it was."... Read whole article here 

Rubin doesn't work with everybody. In fact, he rarely works with anybody. When he does, you can bet he has spotted something rare. (Incidentally, U2 are courting him at present to work on their next album. He hasn't said yes yet.) ... Read whole article here 

Enter to Win a Chance to Meet U2 (Contest is open to all residents of Canada, except Quebec)! Text "ZOO" to 909090 for your chance to win a trip to New York City to meet U2! :: rules and regulations ::
:: enter ::  * contest closes 09/20/2006. Check it here 

Who are the most forgetful singers of all time? ... This got us thinking about those artists most famous for forgetting the words to songs. Continuing in the vein of rockers messing up onstage, here’s our quick list. What can you recall? Bono: Famous for butchering the lyrics to his own songs, as well as other people’s tunes. Perhaps most notoriously, he improvised his own lyrics to Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” when Dylan invited him onstage in the Eighties. ...  Read whole article on Rolling Stone

Bono - Africa´s biggest advocate ... While many of Live Aid's participants played their sets and moved on to the next cause, Bono and his wife Alison Stewart decided to find out just how bad the African famine was. ... Read whole article here

Eco-Fashion: Green is the new black - styles conscious meets social conscious - here

Waiting for Bono ... "I really want to work with U2," Meyers said. "I don't represent what they like in a director. I've had too much success. They're always true to the alternative, and I feel like I fall in the mainstream, even though I don't think of myself as that. Dave Matthews was scared to work with me until he met me. If I could just meet Bono, I think I'd be OK. I've been thinking about this for 10 years because they haven't called. They're pretty much the last ones. I even got a call from Coldplay." ... here

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Music Rising is amazing...the music brings 'life, work and people back in that city'! Go and support Edge´s Music Rising to New Orleans and area, here

When people spend time with it, they'll pick up on a different spirit, and I think it is a departure

"It really is a slice of pure post—punk rock," U2 guitarist The Edge says via phone from the band's studio during a break in recording. "It's pure 1978, a song that was a big inspiration to us at the time and couldn't be more in the sweet spot of what Green Day are about. It perfectly intersects our mutual interests in musical terms. It's been great fun to play that tune with Green Day, who are great players and have the right stuff." ... "It's a bit of mournful sentiment," says the Edge, "but we play it pretty fast, definitely under three minutes. This is playing with intent. We want to get to the point." And who plays lead guitar? "That's the great thing about punk rock," laughs the Edge. "It's anti the concept of lead guitar." Meanwhile The Edge adds that U2 is working with producer Rick Rubin on their new album. "We are really enjoying the chemistry," he says. "It's too early to say where it's going to lead—we're nowhere near any kind of timetable or anything—but we're having a good time." Rubin has produced albums by everyone from Run DMC, Beastie Boys, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, to Dixie Chicks and Johnny Cash, but this is his first time working with U2. "I have a feeling that because of Rick's presence and some other things as well that it's going to sound very different," continues the Edge. "When people spend time with it, they'll pick up on a different spirit, and I think it is a departure. We don't want to spend a whole lot of time on this album, so hopefully we'll get on a roll and get it out there. But really, it's early days." Edge - Time - september 2006.

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Music Rising is amazing...the music brings 'life, work and people back in that city'! Go and support Edge´s Music Rising to New Orleans and area, here

rumor...U2 and Green Day will play three or four songs - U2, Green Day are coming to the Superdome ... The show will precede the game between the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons, the first event in the Superdome since Katrina turned the battered stadium into a leaky refuge for flood victims. U2 and Green Day will play three or four songs, including the newly recorded The Saints Are Coming, a 1978 punk tune by Scottish band The Skids. The appearance will utilize New Orleans musicians, including Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews and brass bands. ... The snarling Saints seemed apt for the occasion (sample line: "A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief"), and Skids singer Richard Jobson, visiting the studio Wednesday, gave his blessing for the bands to pen additional lyrics. "We had been talking to Green Day about finding a project at some point that would suit both bands," Edge said from London. "This was the perfect song and the perfect gig. The tune is the intersection of U2's musical roots and the sweet spot where Green Day are musically. Billie Joe (Armstrong) and Bono sounded great singing it. Even as a rough mix, it sounds amazing." Edge hopes the event will remind viewers of the city's vibrant musical culture and unmet recovery needs. "The Superdome itself symbolizes a rebirth," he says. "It was a destroyed building and the scene of horrendous suffering. To see it redeemed is a wonderful sign." ... "The entire city is one giant music academy," Edge says. "It's crucial that people have the opportunity to come back, and we see music as a catalyst for that. Schools and churches are a great way to start. "We're skirting politics," he says. "Everyone in New Orleans can agree that the music is unique and positive. It's a rallying point across all racial and political divides." Live coverage begins at 8:20 p.m. ET on ESPN with a simultaneous Westwood One broadcast offered non-exclusively to stations worldwide. Rhapsody will stream the audio, and a special track and video download will be sold for a limited time after the event at rhapsody.com/musicrising. Read whole article on USAtoday

rumor...The song will be included on U2's new album. U2 are to collaborate with pop punk band Green Day to raise money for musicians in New Orleans who lost their instruments during Hurricane Katrina. The Irish rockers will team up with California's Green Day to record a cover of The Saints Are Coming, a song by Scottish punk band The Skids. The song will be included on U2's new album. ... Read whole article on Belfast telegraph 

The song expresses frustration but ends with a statement of resolve and determination ... The collaborative effort, of what is sure to be an electrifying performance will also officially launch Music Rising Phase II. This phase of the campaign will provide musical instruments to churches and schools. In an extraordinary show of support U2 and Green Day will debut "The Saints Are Coming," a song originally written and performed in 1978 by The Skids, a seminal Scottish punk rock band. The song expresses frustration but ends with a statement of resolve and determination. ... Read whole article here

As in 2002 - Irish rock band U-2, which commemorated September eleventh victims during a Super Bowl halftime show at the Louisiana Superdome in 2002, is returning to play at a second football game in the iconic stadium -- this time to promote the rebirth of New Orleans' music scene. ... Read whole article here

Music Rising Phase II

... Music Rising Phase II will be administered by The Gibson Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Gibson Guitar along with The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation for schools and All Congregations Together for churches. Instructions for making donations and FAQS concerning applications for support can be found by visiting the Music Rising or Gibson Foundation websites at www.musicrising.org and www.gibsonfoundation.org. All donations are tax deductible with 100% of support going directly to the Gulf Coast Region. A limited edition Music Rising Epiphone guitar with the exclusive Music Rising artwork featured on the t-shirt worn by The Edge at this year’s Grammys will also be available for purchase exclusively through Musician’s Friend. All proceeds from the guitar sales will also benefit the Music Rising campaign. To order the Epiphone Music Rising guitar or inquire go to www.musiciansfriend.com. On the day of the performance a special toll free number will be set up to take donations. Music Rising - Updates - gibson

Repairs to storm-ravaged Dome should be completed in time for the Saints' home opener against Atlanta on Sept. 25
A lush green turf carpets the floor. Plush black leather seats fill the club sections. Bright gray and blue paint shines on the walls. Glitzy 42-inch flat-screen televisions hang from the walls of the luxury suites. While a flurry of work continues around the clock, the first phase of the $185 million renovation of the Superdome is essentially complete. Minor repairs are all that's left before the iconic 31-year-old stadium reopens to an international audience Sept. 25 when the Saints return home to play the Atlanta Falcons on "Monday Night Football." ... Read whole article here 

Abita Springs braces for population boom - Megan Nicholson and Katelyn Jarrell eat lunch with the rest of the first grade at Abita Springs Elementary. The St. Tammany Parish School Board commissioned a study that suggests enrollment will swell dramatically in the coming years. More here

Housing program started for New Orleans teachers - Education leaders struggling to bring teachers back to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina got a boost Wednesday with the announcement that FEMA will pay $14 million to set up 250 modular homes to house teachers in the city. ... Read whole article here

 
 

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 Music Rising Higher * U2 and Green Day will be televised during ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown pre-game show between 7:00pm-8:30pm EDT - september 25th ! U2 and Green Day will perform live, together, to mark the opening of Louisiana Superdome later this month. Before the football game between the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints, the two bands will perform a cover of The Skids track ‘The Saints Are Coming’ and a download will raise funds for Music Rising. In the days following Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana Superdome became a symbol of agony and distress. The NFL game on September 25th is the first event to come from the stadium since the Katrina devastation and the live performance by U2 and Green Day will be televised during ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown pre-game show between 7:00pm-8:30pm EDT. ‘My visits to New Orleans gave me a firsthand look at the devastation which tragically destroyed the lives of thousands.’ explains Edge. ‘The area’s rich and spirited culture must continue to be restored. Providing musical instruments through Music Rising will not only help the professional musicians but all the churches and schools in need through phase two of the programme.” Music Rising, he said, is helping musicians regain a foothold on their future but will also ensure ‘that one of the Gulf Coast’s greatest assets, its music, will rise again.’ U2 and Green Day have been working in London this week in preparation for the performance and the choice of The Skids song - expressing frustration but ending with a statement of resolve - is an apt one. “One year later, people continue to be devastated by Katrina’s effects,” says Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. “We hope that by collaborating with U2, we’ll remind the public that people of the Gulf Coast are still suffering and still need help to rebuild their lives. “The Edge and Music Rising are providing support to schools, churches and musicians who lost everything in the storm, including their ability to make a living. We are honored to be asked and proud to be part of that.” The pre-game show and special performance on September 25th is sponsored by RealNetworks’ Rhapsody digital music service. Rhapsody will also offer a live streaming audio webcast of the performance and game via www.rhapsody.com. Shortly after the event, fans will have the ability to buy a download of the The Saints Are Coming via Rhapsody with all net proceeds going directly to Music Rising. Both the exclusive Music Rising charity track and select exclusive footage from the performance will be available for a limited time via www.rhapsody.com/musicrising. A simultaneous radio broadcast offered to radio stations by Westwood One worldwide will encourage solidarity across the globe for the people of New Orleans and the efforts to rebuild from destruction. Music Rising Phase II will be administered by The Gibson Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Gibson Guitar. Visit the Music Rising or Gibson Foundation websites. U2.com

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 How U2 Plans to Help New Orleans March On - Exclusive: To celebrate the return of football to the Superdome and aid in the city's rebuilding, U2 and Green Day will debut their special new benefit single on Monday Night Football - Hunkered down in a London studio as they start to work on — albeit tentatively — a new album, U2 has recorded a special duet with Green Day that both bands will debut live in New Orleans on the Sept. 18th edition of Monday Night Football, when the Superdome reopens for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. The song they've chosen for their first—ever collaboration is "The Saints Are Coming" by The Skids. "It really is a slice of pure post—punk rock," U2 guitarist The Edge says via phone from the band's studio during a break in recording. "It's pure 1978, a song that was a big inspiration to us at the time and couldn't be more in the sweet spot of what Green Day are about. It perfectly intersects our mutual interests in musical terms. It's been great fun to play that tune with Green Day, who are great players and have the right stuff." Both bands hope to release "The Saints Are Coming" as a single, with proceeds going to Music Rising, the fund started by The Edge and others to provide relief to New Orleans' musicians. So far Music Rising has provided more than 2,000 people with instruments and aid, and has designs on helping churches and schools replace thousands more lost and damaged instruments. If the song seems an esoteric choice for two multi-platinum acts, it is. The Skids had a brief but glorious run in the late 70s, but in the U.S. singer Stuart Adamson, who died in 2001, is better known as the leader of Big Country, the band he started after The Skids broke up. But while not many people know "The Saints Are Coming", the song fits the occasion. (Sample lyric: A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief/ How long now, until a weather change condemns belief.) "It's a bit of mournful sentiment," says the Edge, "but we play it pretty fast, definitely under three minutes. This is playing with intent. We want to get to the point." And who plays lead guitar? "That's the great thing about punk rock," laughs the Edge. "It's anti the concept of lead guitar." Meanwhile The Edge adds that U2 is working with producer Rick Rubin on their new album. "We are really enjoying the chemistry," he says. "It's too early to say where it's going to lead—we're nowhere near any kind of timetable or anything—but we're having a good time." Rubin has produced albums by everyone from Run DMC, Beastie Boys, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, to Dixie Chicks and Johnny Cash, but this is his first time working with U2. "I have a feeling that because of Rick's presence and some other things as well that it's going to sound very different," continues the Edge. "When people spend time with it, they'll pick up on a different spirit, and I think it is a departure. We don't want to spend a whole lot of time on this album, so hopefully we'll get on a roll and get it out there. But really, it's early days." Time

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Cross Over (Anton Corbijn photographed U2 and Green Day, yesterday afternoon)

 Who's this walking over the famous zebra crossing outside Abbey Road Studios in London yesterday afternoon ? Looks suspiciously like the seven members of U2 and Green Day, who stopped the traffic briefly yesterday afternoon as Anton Corbijn captured them meeting each other in the middle of a busy London road. Thanks to Kaisa Kantalainen, who has sent us her - admittedly slightly 'shaky' - photo that she captured on her mobile. More news from inside Abbey Road shortly and more photo's pn the way. U2.com

 Photos and video of U2 in London

    Again, the Interferenc ers are the best. Ever, they have the best photos. Each U2´s fan has the ability to shows the love to U2´s members. I have mine and you have your. And the Interferencers have the best photo-data-collection.  Edge is so sweet and nice, in perfect form, different of some fans in Brazil said, look for him here. Bono is total charm, great red and short hairs, look for him here. Larry with short hairs, look for him here. And Adam so cute, with his chin-smille, look for him here. Watch them on the streets making ssome promophotos with Green Day, here 

U2 can walk across Abbey Road, Bono - It is the iconic shot for the album Abbey Road which has been copied by thousands of Beatles fans. But this time, the fans re-enacting the famous walk outside the Abbey Road studios can say they know a bit about music themselves. Bono and U2 were joined by American rockers Green Day for a photo opportunity while the two bands recorded a duet together. And on hand to catch the moment on video was Bob Geldof, who was filming proceedings in the studio. The studio was the birthplace to most of the Beatles records, and countless other classic albums from Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon to Radiohead's Kid A. According to U2's website the two bands will re-record a version of The Skids' 1978 post-punk classic The Saints Are Coming. The track should be featured on the album which the Irish supergroup have been recording at the famous studios during the past week. Daily mail

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The sounds of Sao Paulo

 This is only audio, with our Edit Piaff, called Elis Regina. She´s dead, but still today, she is one of our best things. Here she sings a song, so catholic, as my state is, it´s 'Romaria.' The acoustic guitar means the simplicity of the interior of Sao Paulo´s state. It´s known as caipira´s viola. (It's made of dream and dust / The fate of a lonely one / Like me lost in thoughts / Riding my horse / I'm from the farthest countryside / Nossa Senhora de Aparecida / Do light the dark and deep mine / The train of my life / I was told though / To come here in pilgrimage / And ask in a prayer / Peace for my misfortunes / As I don't know how to pray / I can only show you / The look in my eyes). Watch it on youtube (I think this is amazing: Christ is God to the men and a man to God * Eve didn´t suffer as Mary did...what love she had, what pure and strong she was..how I love her way...how I admire her sacrifice...I think this is amazing:Mary´s love!)

 Now, you can appreciate a sound, with a former punk band called Titas, from Sao Paulo (the true rock&roll place in Brazil), and another diva of our music, is Marisa Monte. They perform, acoustically 'Flores.' Watch them on youtube. 

The sounds of Minas Gerais (interior of Brazil)

 It´s a sound from a place which was exploited by Portugal's Crown between 1600 and 1888. You can read something I posted in the first Edge´s blog, here, as you can see some photos from that place, which is a historycal legend. Watch Milton Nascimento and Gilberto Gil, now in a typical sound from Minas Gerais. Watch the song Raca, here (Race)

 Another sweet sounds from Minas Gerais: 'Espanhola' (Spanish girl). Beto Guedes and Flavio Venturini are singing. Watch it on  youtube

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Edge´s words on Abbey Road

 ... Edge comes up with a missing line - using the world ‘apologise’. If you’re a rap star, says Rick, who knows about rap stars, you get extra points for getting a four-syllable word in your song. Lyrical ideas fly round the room with Bono scribbling them down. Every now and then he goes to the mic, the engineer brings the track up and he tries out a new line. Edge lays down some backing vocals. Larry and Bono swap Oasis anecdotes while Rick talks bass-lines with Adam. Edge scribbles another pair of lines on the back of an envelope. ... U2.com - 9/12/06 (photo: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil - feb 2006)

Go to the Music Rising site to make donations to professional musicians, to churches, schools & the comunity; to buy the T-shirt, to buy the tickets, to buy the limited guitar-edition Music Rising..., to access an online application for Music Rising assistance, please go to www.musicrising.org/

The limited edition Music Rising Epiphone guitar will be sold exclusively through Musician's Friend with all proceeds going directly to the Music Rising campaign

Music Rising: The Benefit T-Shirt buy on fanfire

Visit ticketmaster for information about online auction.

Check Gibson Guitar

(thank you so much Danny Evans and Rose, Brilledesoleil, for your words to me, celebrating my 45th B-Day) 

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Scientists converge on Africa to unlock hurricane mystery - A year after Katrina devastated much of New Orleans, scores of scientists have converged on West Africa to try to crack a mystery about hurricanes by studying the warm seas where many are born. Meteorologists have long known that tropical storms that lash the Americas and the Caribbean start up in the waters off Africa's west coast. But no conclusive research has yet explained why some turn into vicious killers and many others fizzle out. ... Read whole article here

Residents will define New Orleans' recovery plan - City government will not design a new look for Katrina-flooded neighborhoods, nor will residents be told where they can rebuild, Mayor Ray Nagin said Tuesday in a briefing on the first 100 days of his second term in office. "For the most part, recovery will be done by citizens' investment," Nagin said. "We are giving all citizens the right and opportunity to return home." Responding to criticism that the city's recovery is slow in part because there is no blueprint for rebuilding, Nagin said he'll have a comprehensive plan by the end of the year. But he said the city is taking "the road less traveled" by allowing residents to decide where they want to live. ... Read whole article on  USA today

St Charlers Parish readies safehouses

 The bunkers, which were delivered to the courthouse on Tuesday, are made from steel cargo containers and are said to be able to withstand a Category 3 Hurricane. More here

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Abbey Road, Week One - It´s the board diary of U2.com on U2´s studios sessions:

For a week U2 have been holed up in London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios with producer Rick Rubin. U2.Com brings you the inside track from behind the studio doors.

Tuesday, September5th
London, Abbey Road Studios: birthplace to most of the Beatles records, and countless other classic albums from Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ to Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’. Larry and Edge have flown in from Dublin, Bono from France and Adam, already in the city, has taken the short drive across town. Waiting in the control room is the instantly recognisable figure of Mr Rick Rubin, a producer whose musical pedigree stretches from Justin Timberlake to The Mars Volta, from Johnny Cash to Metallica. Rubin met up with the band earlier in the summer down in France and word is that some of what was written and demoed then will be recorded properly in the coming days. Whatever the heritage of the famous Studio 2, it wasn’t the spirit of the sixties blasting out when U2 showed… it was seventies punk. Barely had the band arrived than they were into a cover of ‘The Saints Are Coming’, a 1978 hit for The Skids. ‘The saints are coming, the saints are coming. I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply’ Larry tells us they spent most of the day on this and were still working in the small hours of Wednesday. Green Day are arriving in a few days to work with them on a cover, a collaboration to benefit Music Rising.

Wednesday, September 6th 06
Back in the studio this afternoon, a late kick-off but now working on a new U2 track. Taping, as we used to call it, is briefly interrupted when Paul McCartney and Beatles producer George Martin drop by. U2 and McCartney were last in a London studio together in the summer of 2005, rehearsing ‘Sergeant Pepper’. Then playing Live 8 to a billion people next day. Bit of a moment to see Macca sliding down the bannister of the stairway from the control room to the studio floor. This place is like his second home. Then U2 got back to making music… and on into the night.

Thursday, September 7th 06
U2 were again at work by early afternoon, this time on a track that sounds like a U2 classic with an instant hook and a mesmerising chorus. ‘Bono had demoed it in Dublin,’ explains Larry. ‘Then brought it to the band and even in its most basic form you had the feeling that something special was going on. ‘It felt that maybe this time we were not going to be pushing a rock up a hill as we do a lot of the time with new material.’ Another late night finish but the vibes are good.

Friday, September 8th 06
Bono often talks of U2’s approach to creating new material as ‘songwriting by accident’. But there’s nothing accidental going on today. Adam, Larry, Edge and Bono are seated around the control room chatting to Rubin who sits on a sprawling leather sofa. They play back their latest take and go through it passage by passage. Bono has three quarters of the lyric written out on a large pad of white paper – alternative stanzas scribbled alongside the main theme. Two key lines in the verses are missing – to which Bono is la’ing and humming on each take – and it needs some kind of pay-off at the end. It’s a song with no name at the moment. Larry suggests hearing the first half of one verse segued into the second half of the next. Edge comes up with a missing line - using the world ‘apologise’. If you’re a rap star, says Rick, who knows about rap stars, you get extra points for getting a four-syllable word in your song. Lyrical ideas fly round the room with Bono scribbling them down. Every now and then he goes to the mic, the engineer brings the track up and he tries out a new line. Edge lays down some backing vocals. Larry and Bono swap Oasis anecdotes while Rick talks bass-lines with Adam. Edge scribbles another pair of lines on the back of an envelope. By early evening Abbey Road has emptied of musicians, engineers and producers but U2 are on a roll. By ten pm many of the missing elements in the song have been added. Everyone listens back again. Nowhere near finished but now with a complete lyric, a new opening and a different ending. ‘It’s been a good day,’ says the singer. ‘This is one that could take the roof off! Let’s call it a night.’ U2.com

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Bono has admitted he suffers from severe stage fright - despite the fact he's been playing to packed stadiums for 25 years. The U2 frontman says he still feels "nervous" and "sick" when he wakes up on the morning of a gig, even after quarter of a century. "The morning before a show I get nervous. I can wake up with a sick feeling," he told Harper's Bazaar. The 46-year-old Irish star also worries he might let the crowd down by giving a less than perfect vocal performance. "I have to hit very high notes and if you hit them wrong you can put your throat out," he said. "So there's a 'Will I? Won't I?' aspect to it. "It used to worry me sick. That sense of, how could I meet the levels of anticipation? "If you're a rock star and need 25,000 people telling you they love you, obviously you must be a very insecure person," he joked. Read on yahoo 

Red Apple - Apple may be close to inking a deal with U2 front-man Bono that would see the technology company offer some of its products in limited-edition red colors to benefit Bono's AIDS-awareness charity (RED). ... Read whole article here 

Local professor welcomes 'Bono-ization' of diplomacy - Read whole article here

To remind the G8 - Click here to send a post it note to remind the G8 leaders of their commitments - Live8live 

Minister promisses lavish Ryder Cup opening but not U2 ... Irish Arts, Sports and Tourism Minister John O'Donoghue promises a lavish pageant, special anthem and over 300 actors, dancers and musicians for the Olympic-style celebration on September 21 -- but no Bono. "There'll be no Bono at the opening unless he arrives and I'm not told about it, which, incidentally, in Ireland can happen at any time," O'Donoghue told Reuters on Wednesday. ... Read whole article on reuters

EDUN has updated its site and the site has several features - EDUN webpage that talks about the new EDUN ONE tee and HAS AN EDUN VIDEO FROM BONO'S AND ALI'S TRIP TO LESOTHO! It's a beautiful short video with a couple of very tender moments in it with Bono and Ali and the children of Lesotho here. EDUN also has a photo page from the EDUN launch earlier this year with some SPECTACULAR pics of Bono....and Ali here. 

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Brazil acoustic guitar's sound from the interior of northeast

 Gilberto Gil and The Mutantes in the 60's during a festival in Sao Paulo, under the military dictatorship. It´s a classic of Brazil´s musics, it´s called 'Domingo No Parque' (Sunday at the park). Watch on youtube

 Here is the same music 'Domingo No Parque' (Sunday at the park), but totally acoustic. Gilberto Gil maintains the seeds of northeast guitar. Watch on youtube 

(Gilbero Gil, having the orchestra from the 60's and the guitars of The Mutantes or acoustically, maintains that regional chords from the interior of Brazil´s northeast. This song, two guys Joao and Joseph fight for a girl, called Juliana and the death happens as the one between Cain and Abel...)

The beating from northeast of Brazil

 Traditional Maracatu group from Recife, Brazil in the recording studio with Scott Kettner's Nation Beat recording the first ever collaboration CD between a US based group with a traditional maracatu group. To hear more: here on national beat. Watch it on youtube. There´s too this performance of Maracatu workshop 2, watch on here 

 Video from the album Afrociberdelia. Chico Science was a musical genius who died in a stupid car accident. A great loss for Brazilian music: he mixed punk words with maracatu (there are something pop, too) telling the hard and sad stories of the poorest people in the mangue: mangue is literally a marsh, a mud flat, an important part of Recife's environment - significant parts of the city were built on these marshes. In fact, mangue is a metaphor for cultural diversity based on an analogy with an environment full of diversity. mangue beat became a label, a concept. Watch 'Manguetown' on here

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A completely different timing

"Boom then in ... 'cause The Edge is on a completely different timing as usual!" (Larry backstage during a gig - the photo was taken in Bahia-feb 2006)

Go to the Music Rising site to make donations to professional musicians, to churches, schools & the comunity; to buy the T-shirt, to buy the tickets, to buy the limited guitar-edition Music Rising..., to access an online application for Music Rising assistance, please go to www.musicrising.org/

The limited edition Music Rising Epiphone guitar will be sold exclusively through Musician's Friend with all proceeds going directly to the Music Rising campaign

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The church, the true church...

 U2´s fan, Gibsongirl, made this short clip in Toronto, exactly a year ago, on september 12, 2005, when U2 started the 3rd leg of VERTIGO tour...Look, feel the atmosphere, with 20.000 people singing, with blue lights, it seems a church, a true church. Watch on youtube

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Human activities are boosting ocean temperatures in areas where hurricanes form - Rising ocean temperatures in key hurricane breeding grounds of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans are due primarily to human-caused increases in greenhouse gas concentrations, according to a study published online in the September 11 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Using 22 different computer models of the climate system, Benjamin Santer and six other atmospheric scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, together with Tom Wigley, Gerald Meehl, and Warren Washington from the Boulder-based National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and scientists from eight other research centers, have shown that the warming sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of the tropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans over the last century is linked to human activities. ... According to Santer, "In a post-Katrina world, we need to do the best job we possibly can to understand the complex influences on hurricane intensity, and how our actions are changing those influences." ... Read whole article here

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"It's time to believe in New Orleans:" New Orleans Mayor marks 100 days - Mayor Ray Nagin marked the first 100 days of his second term Tuesday by announcing the city will establish a department for dealing with the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and post weekly Web updates on the rebuilding. Nagin, who with other city leaders outlined progress made and challenges that remain, said a comprehensive rebuilding plan is expected by year's end. "It's time to believe in New Orleans," he said, likening the city's situation to that of the hard-luck New Orleans Saints, the NFL team that won its season opener Sunday. "It's time to put all our differences aside and come together and move this city to the next level." ... Read whole article on latimes

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Helping New Orleans, a brick at a time - Students at Rye Elementary School have all been asked to surrender 20 of their Lego bricks. A box in the foyer holds lots of plastic bags of bricks. The size or color make no difference, but they must all be bricks; no "people" or other Lego items are allowed. The Rye Elementary Lego Drive, from Sept. 5 to Sept. 19, is a way for students to help their counterparts in New Orleans, where city officials are still working to rebuild schools. ... Children are encouraged to donate Lego bricks and send drawings, photos or notes describing something they think would help New Orleans become a strong city again. Each child who donates one or more of their bricks will receive a Lego-studded rubber bracelet to recognize their contribution to the cause. ... Read whole article here

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Demand for Music Rising t-shirt L has been greater than anticipated... "U2T38081-L U2com Music Rising Black Tee Lg - is not available at this time.  Demand for this item has been greater than anticipated.  We will ship your merchandise out as soon as we receive more in stock.  We expect more within 3-4 weeks.  We value your business and thank you for your patience. ..."> this is the replay that I received about an order I made to present a friend of mine, Ricardo. JuClayton received her t-shirt, today ...I wish the donations, also, are greater than anticipated...  

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 This Monday, September 18th, U2's legendary 1993 ZOO TV show from Sydney makes its DVD debut. And for U2.Com subscribers today we're posting two more exclusive live tracks from the DVD. View 'Zoo Station' from Zoo TV Live From Sydney. View 'Even Better Than The Real Thing' from Zoo TV Live From Sydney. Zoo TV Live From Sydney’ features not just the legendary live show, but a bonus DVD of live tracks, mini-documentaries and the legendary ‘Video Confessional’. More on the release of the new DVD, including the full track-listing. 173. Read on U2.com **** Watch U2 perform 'Zoo Station', as featured on their new DVD release Zoo TV Live from Sydney. Previously only available on VHS, the live recording will be released on the new format on September 18. Digital Spy

Universal + MTV = Cellphone. The entertainment industry's appetite for using cellular phones to deliver content - Undeterred by a lack of consumer interest in using cellphones to access entertainment, Universal Music Group is expected Tuesday to announce a deal giving MTV Networks a blanket license to its songs, videos and other content for mobile devices. The deal is the latest example of the entertainment industry's appetite for using cellular phones to deliver content. EMI Music and T-Mobile struck a deal Monday to offer ad-supported mobile video in Britain. In the last 16 months, according to one report, cellphone carriers have earmarked at least $1 billion to develop mobile content. ... Read whole article on hatimes 

... always I like to see the band in a funny way. some fans are spreading photos of Edge and Bono in London. they are glad, but as it seems paparazi´s pics I won´t post here. But I love see them happy, they´re happy and  this is the important, U2 is fine!

Win U2 Live DVD & Autobiography - U2 release their new DVD 'Zoo TV Live From Sydney' on 18th September, featuring David Mallet-directed footage from the Sydney Football Stadium back in 1993 alongside mini-documentaries and more. They are also set to unleash an autobiography - 'U2 By U2' via HarperCollins a few days later, on 22nd September, with over 1500 images of the band telling the story of the band's rise to fame and beyond. We have a copy of the DVD, as well as one of the book (£30 RRP) to give away to one lucky Clickmusic reader. To be in with a chance of winning, just answer the following question: What is U2 frontman Bono´s real name? ... Read and get your chance on clickmusic

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Brazilian´s rhytms...

I just want share with you, something which I like in Brazilian´s rhytms and sounds. Milton Nascimento, Tom Jobim, Elis Regina, Chico Buarque, are great. They aren´t rockers, but they like it, I´m sure. They have in their vein, that seed of Brazilian´s musics...it's just to share...

 Maria Maria - Milton Nascimento performs at S.O.B's (sounds of Brazil) with Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Paul Simon, Michael Brecker, Nana Vasconcelos etc for a showtime special. Recorded in 04.1988. Watch on youtube

 Aguas de Marco (Waters of march) - Elis Regina & Antonio Carlos Jobim from a Brazilian Bandeirantes tv special. 1974 Complete. Watch on youtube

Maria, Maria... our first mother, was Eve...but she was 'a sort of' bannished cause Adam-Eve-serpent-sin, then Mary comes to our salvation with her son Jesus Christ .... this song Maria Maria is about the Brazilian´s women who sometimes have a hard life, but are strong, as all the women in this world. Maria, Maria, Mary, Mary...

Waters of march...lyrics so poetic about the Brazilian landscape...sun, rain, green forest... 

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THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: apathetic crowd at the Taboo Club/ 'Not in this song!' / WarChild in Modena: Bono, The Edge and Brian Eno premier "Miss Sarajevo" / U2 discuss about next album in 1998 / 61st 'VERTIGO' show: 'In A Little While' / 1st live of 'Fast Cars' / references to Gulf Coast / Daniel Lanois and Leonard Cohen were there / Bono surprises at Leonard Cohen premiere / Bono performed a capella with the African Children´s Choir!  Read on History - september 12

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Giant music academy

 "Other parts of America have music scenes, but it really is a completely self-sufficient music culture in New Orleans," explains The Edge. "It's like the city is one giant music academy: everyone is into music, everyone's learning how to play from other musicians. And with Katrina, that whole system has been completely shattered." Edge - RED Independent 2006

Go to the Music Rising site to make donations to professional musicians, to churches, schools & the comunity; to buy the T-shirt, to buy the tickets, to buy the limited guitar-edition Music Rising..., to access an online application for Music Rising assistance, please go to www.musicrising.org/

The limited edition Music Rising Epiphone guitar will be sold exclusively through Musician's Friend with all proceeds going directly to the Music Rising campaign

Music Rising: The Benefit T-Shirt buy on fanfire

Visit ticketmaster for information about online auction.

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'Call for Artists: New Orleans Artists, Writers, Musicians, Performers, COME HOME!' 2006-09-11 until 2006-09-25 Studio in the Woods (ASITW)... Read whole article here

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Spike Lee´s NOLA, a drama for NBC - Spike Lee will follow his documentary on Hurricane Katrina with a scripted drama for NBC set in New Orleans. Titled "NoLa," after the local slang for the Big Easy, the project is a multicultural ensemble exploring the post-Katrina lives of New Orleans residents from different social and economic backgrounds. ... Read whole article here

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Abandoned grocery receives facelift

 Visitors walk through the four condos of a once abandoned grocery store known as "Big Red" at 3901 Tchoupitoulas St. Sunday, September 10, 2006. More here

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Some Brazil´s rhythm (Batucada)

 BatUCLAda (Batucada) at UCLA Spring Festival of World Music - Schoenberg Hall - June 2, 2006 - Special guest: Kátia Moraes singing IleAiye. Watch on youtube

 Rehearsal of Timbalada at Wet'in Wild in Salvador - january 2006. Watch on youtube

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Peace On Earth - Walk On - Hallelujah!

 'God Saved some of us and Kept to Him the most beautiful, the best one.' says a little girl who survived in Beslan school (september 1, 2004), during a BBC documentary. To me this means all her perplexity, humility and no other words to explain what terrible are the terrorists acts...to remember all the innocents victms of the coward terrorists acts, in New York, or Madrid, or Beslan, or London, or....a rest in peace in a heaven... and look for this memorial in tribute to the innocent vicitms of 2001 terrorits atacks in USA. In 2001, U2 performed direct from London, with Dave Stwart, Natalia Imbruglia and Morleigh Steinberg, to Tribute To Heroes, 'Peace On Earth - Wal On - Hallelujah.' Watch this profound moment on youtube. Love and peace for everybody.

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University Of Notre Dame - 1. Intro - 2. Beautiful Day - 3. Until Ther End Of The World - 4. New Year's Day - 5. When Will I See You Again? / Stuck In A Moment... here * 6. What's Going On? - 7. New York - 8. Pride - 9. Sunday Bloody Sunday - 10. Kite here * 11. Angel Of Harlem - 12. Staring At The Sun - 13. Bad / Molly Malone - 14. Where The Streets Have No Name - 15. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For here * 16. With Or Without You - 17. Elevation - 18. Mysterious Ways - 19. One / Peace On Earth - 20. Walk On here * Bono-Cam / Satellite Feed - cut and paste link add  rapid share.  ***  Elevation tour - october 10, 2001 - Venue: Joyce Center, Univ. of Notre Dame. Opening Act(s): Garbage. Main Set: Beautiful Day, Until the End of the World, New Year's Day, When Will I See You Again / Stuck In a Moment, What's Going On, New York, Pride, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Kite, Angel of Harlem (full band, electric), Staring at the Sun (acoustic, B&E), Bad / Molly Malone, Where the Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, With or Without You. Encore(s): Elevation, Mysterious Ways, One / Peace on Earth, Walk On / Hallelujah. The 3rd leg opens with major setlist changes. Bono repeats 'The heart is a bloom, it shoots up through the stony ground' as the band takes the stage. A full cover of Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' comes early in the show. Updated lyrics in 'New York' include 'I lost my balance, you lost your wife.' Bono speaks at length about Drop the Debt prior to 'One.' N.Y.C. police and firemen are brought on stage and walk around the heart at the end of 'Walk On,' and stay on-stage to the end of the song.

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Bono, Paul McCartney and Chris Martin in London ... They were at Locanda Locatelly´s restaurant, on wednesday night, chatting away... Read here

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The Irish rock legends are understood to have commenced recording the follow-up to 2004's "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" with the super-producer - U2 have begun working on their new album with Rick Rubin, they have revealed. The Irish rock legends are understood to have commenced recording the follow-up to 2004's "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" with the super-producer. Rubin, famed for his work with Slayer, Public Enemy, Run DMC and the Beastie Boys, is credited with resurrecting Johnny Cash's career, with the series of "American Recordings" albums. In a posting on their official website, U2 announced news of the new material and Rubin's involvement, while also confirming reports of forthcoming work with Green Day. The two bands are expected to get together shortly to record a cover of The Skids' 1976 track "The Saints Are Coming". ... Read whole article on Yahoo

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Irish rockers have been putting demos together for the sessions, which will also see Green Day popping in to record a charity single - U2 have begun work on their new album with producer Rick Rubin, a message on the band's official website has revealed. Fresh from their time on the road throughout 2006, the Irish rockers have been putting demos together for the sessions, which will also see Green Day popping in to record a charity single. Both acts are set to record a cover of Scottish punk rockers The Skids' "The Saints Are Coming", with proceeds from the track going to 'Music Rising', which aims to help musicians replace lost instruments in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. ... Meanwhile U2 will interrupt their studio sessions when their Vertigo Tour takes off again in Australia and New Zealand from early November, before the band head to Japan before a closing show in Honolulu in early December. Read whole article on Soundgenerator

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Two of the world´s biggest bands join forces to do their bit for charidee... The money will go to the 'Musaic Rising Charity' which was set up by U2 strummer The Edge last year in the wake of the disaster to fund the replacement of lost and destroyed musical instruments... Read whole article on mtv UK

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Billie Joe and Bono are making music together! U2 have a recording date set with Green Day to record a song together. Proceeds from the track will benefit a charity called Music Rising. ... Read whole article on muchmusic

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U2 are teaming up with Green Day to record a punk cover for charity... Read whole article on NME

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"Like a river to the sea, Lauren. See you for a swim." ... Bono dedicated 'One Tree Hill' to Lauren, who was aboard the terrorist-hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 when the San Francisco-bound jet crashed into a Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, 2001, with her unborn child. It was at Oakland´s show last november. Her husband Jack Grandcolas met Bono. Read whole article on S F Gate

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Giorgio Armani as guest editor of the Independent, to raise money for RED - Giorgio Armani is to follow in the footsteps of Bono as guest editor of the Independent. It is understood the 72-year-old fashion designer will be editor and "guest designer" of the September 21 issue of the newspaper, in a second media tie-up to raise money for Red, the U2 frontman's campaign to tackle Aids in Africa. ... Bono guest-edited the Independent for its May 16 issue, resulting in a sales rise of around 70,000 copies - a bigger sales lift than was seen after the London bombings in July 2005. Simon Kelner, the editor of the Independent, said the Bono issue produced the biggest sales increase - apart from 9/11 - he had seen in his eight years at the helm. Half of the revenues made from the Bono issue were donated to Product Red. ... Read whole article on Guardian

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Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under the Bridge" Voted Greatest Song of the 90's (C4 viewers in New Zealand) ... 26th: One U2 ... Read whole article here

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... Brazil has even gotten a boost from celebrities: U2's Bono donated one of his guitars to the campaign while in Brazil last February; it is expected to net even more than the $132,000 earned last year for Lenny Kravitz's donated guitar. ... Read whole article on yahoo

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Matt Damon lends support to children´s charity, says 'problems can be solved' ... The Oscar-winner explains that his involvement with the Toronto-based charity OneXOne is not about personal glory. "Nobody involved with this movement is doing it for attention and accolades, starting with (U2's) Bono and (UN special adviser) Jeffrey Sachs," he said in an interview Sunday hours before a gala fundraiser he was hosting for the charity. ... Read whole article here  

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They haven't done anything

"Coming in to land, all you saw was that every second roof had a blue tarpaulin over it, so the entire city was this patchwork of blue tarpaulin," he recalls. "I went there three weeks ago, and in the Lower Ninth Ward, it's exactly the same, almost a year later. They haven't done anything." by Edge - RED Independent 2006 (Edge speaks on april 2006; Edge´s photos on november 17, 2005)

Go to the Music Rising site to make donations to professional musicians, to churches, schools & the comunity; to buy the T-shirt, to buy the tickets, to buy the limited guitar-edition Music Rising..., to access an online application for Music Rising assistance, please go to www.musicrising.org/

The limited edition Music Rising Epiphone guitar will be sold exclusively through Musician's Friend with all proceeds going directly to the Music Rising campaign

Music Rising: The Benefit T-Shirt buy on fanfire

Visit ticketmaster for information about online auction.

Check Gibson Guitar

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Strong earthquake shakes Gulf of Mexico; no damage reported - A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake deep in the Gulf of Mexico sent shockwaves that could be felt from Louisiana to southwest Florida, but no major damage was reported, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquake, centered about 260 miles southwest of Tampa, was too small to trigger tsunami danger, the USGS said. Here

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New Orleans: 'There is much to celebrate' ... A few sentences in a heartfelt essay in the Frommer guidebook succinctly sums up the New Orleans philosophy. "Go, because people are there, and as long as they are, there will be music, and food, and it will be some of the best of your life. Go, because perhaps you've wanted to help in any way you can, and now the best way you can is to help a historic city regain its economic life. Go, because every brick in the French Quarter has a story to tell, and so does the damaged ground of the 9th Ward, and you should bear witness. Go, because there is much to celebrate, and this is still the best place there is to do so." Read whole article on Sun Times

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Big Government, Recovery from Katrina shows that it can´t get out of its own way ... I had talked that afternoon with Dr. Norman Francis, head of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, who told me he thought New Orleans is probably more vulnerable to a hurricane than ever. ... One year after Katrina and we can't figure out how to get money to people who lost their homes in New Orleans, we're still not sure if it can survive another hurricane but a terrorist group has figured out how to get American money to the homeless in Lebanon? ... Read whole article on CBS news

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The story of Bono´s cook during Vertigo in Sao Paulo: Some fans reports their story about Bono during the first show in Sao Paulo: They asked for a girl called Katilce, that, the same who kissed Bono during "With Or Without You," to hand over Bono the cookies called Bono (famous in Brazil), cause she was in the first row and them on the second. The girl took some balloons with Ireland colors and put them together. At the final of 'Until The End Of The World' (watch 'Until The End Of The World' here) Bono took the balloons (from her) and eat a cookie, bringing the cookies near Larry´s kit during 'New Year´s Day' (watch 'New Year´s Day' here). During 'Mysterious Ways' (watch 'Mysterious Ways' here)  Bono asked her to jump on stage, she goes, she danced, she kissed him during 'With Or Without You' (watch 'With Or Without You' here). Bono gives them, the cookies back during the lovely 'All Because Of You' (watch 'All Because Of You' here). Look for the group where was the girl who danced with Bono, she has the cookies on her hands, look for here. Look for Bono when he asked her to jump on stage: here. Look for them dancing during 'Mysterious Ways' here. Look for her happiness 5 minutes after... here. 

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U2 by U2 (Bono - With Or Without You is pure torment * Adam is a romantic at heart * The story of Eve´s name * Origin of 4th Of July) by U2 and Neil McCormick:

Hardcover - Release september 26, 2006 - $26,37 - Available for pre-order. ** Deluxe Edition - Hardcover - Release december 1, 2006 - $78,75 - Available for pre-order. On amazon.com

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Benefit T-shirts - Sale starting Monday to benefit the ONE campaign and help factory workers in Lesotho Buy an Edun special edition T-shirt at Nordstrom starting Monday to benefit the ONE campaign and help bring AIDS relief to factory workers in Lesotho, the African country where the T-shirts are produced. For every $40 T-shirt sold, Edun will donate $10 to the Apparel Lesotho Alliance to Fight AIDS Fund, which provides education and medicine to the factory workers and their families. Edun is the socially conscious clothing label created by U2 frontman Bono; his wife, Ali Hewson; and New York fashion designer Rogan Gregory. The company's founding philosophy is to manufacture clothes according to fair trade principles. The ONE campaign, another Bono project, aims to fight AIDS and extreme poverty. Information: www.edun.ie or www.one.org. Here

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Chicago Tribune correspondent Paul Salopek was set free Saturday by Sudanese authorities and began his long flight home -  Salopek's release in El Fasher, capital of the war-racked state of North Darfur, came the day before the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and his Chadian driver and interpreter were to go on trial on espionage charges. ... Salopek, 44, had been on a leave of absence from the Tribune and was on a freelance assignment for National Geographic magazine, his previous employer, when he and the Chadians were arrested Aug. 6 in Darfur by pro-government forces. On Aug. 26 they were formally charged with espionage, passing information illegally, printing "false news," and entering the country without visas. ... Richardson argued that the three should be released on humanitarian grounds and said Salopek, a resident of New Mexico, was not a spy but a reporter doing his job. ... National Geographic Editor in Chief Christopher Johns, who met Richardson in Khartoum and then flew with him to El Fasher on Saturday, said he had worked in Africa for 20 years "and never had a better day than this one." ... Others who wrote letters to Bashir or issued statements calling for the release of Salopek included the Rev. Jesse Jackson; U2 singer Bono, who has traveled extensively in Africa in support of debt relief and AIDS education ... Salopek won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting for a Tribune series on the Human Genome Diversity Project, and the 2001 Pulitzer for international reporting for articles on political strife and disease in Africa. Read whole article here

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U2 returns to studio for new CD ... Read whole article (reported) here 

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The world of arts and entertainment responds to 9/11 ...  Oct. 10, 2001: Rather than scrapping the final leg of its "Elevation Tour" in deference to the attacks, U2 revamps the show to include a tribute to 9/11, including scrolling the names of all the victims during show-ender "One." ... Read whole article here 

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Ferrari announce Schumacher´s retirement

 Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher of Germany will retire at the end of the current season, his Ferrari team announced after his victory at Monza. Schumacher sensationally kept in contention for an eighth world drivers' title by closing the gap to Spain's Fernando Alonso to two points in what was his 90th career victory in Formula One. ... Schumacher added that Massa's future at Ferrari had also played a role in his decision. "I cannot see that I will continue to be competitive and that is part of this. There is no point in just hanging in and taking away a future from someone young and talented like Felipe. "His future had to be decided around Indianapolis and I saw no point in staying in there to hamper his career." Read whole article on yahoo  (About Schumacher I say he´s the best, always he had a Brazilian driver around him. Congratulations Schummy. I wish you´re 2006 Championship, you deserve it. And thank you so much to get your preofession so well. Your last race will be in Sao Paulo, on october 22, 2006) 

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For me, in DNA terms, it's like the original of the rock'n'roll species

 "For me, in DNA terms, it's like the original of the rock'n'roll species," says U2 guitarist, The Edge. "That area is where that particular combination of influences created the musical environment that spawned jazz, blues and rock'n'roll. It's that obvious African influence, mingled with other European musics - the Scots and Irish influence, the French influence - that's where it just seemed to go off." Edge - RED Independent 2006.

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U2 played for New Orleans, a year ago: heartfelt performance...'All you K-Marters / All you Americans'...HELP

 Mary J. Blige provides guest vocals as U2 performs 'One' for the 'Shelter from the Storm' televised concert to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The performance is taped earlier today in an empty Air Canada Centre. The Vertigo Tour stage is lit in red, though there's no light show - the focus is on the heartfelt performance. VERTIGO tour - Toronto, ON, Canada - september 9, 2005. Watch on Youtube

 U2 tape a performance for the MTV/VH-1 'React Now' charity concert to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The performance is taped after their duet with Mary J. Blige for a separate charity concert, and will air a day later. The band play again inside an empty arena, though this performance includes the full Vertigo lighting production. Bono changes lyrics, singing 'All you K-Marters / All you Americans' in place of the 'daughters of Zion / Abraham sons' couplet. Bono also sports a new headband - it says HELP on it, rather than the COEXIST logo. VERTIGO tour - Toronto, On, Canada - september 9, 2005. Watch on Youtube

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Slow Return for New Orleans Streetcars -

The St. Charles streetcar line - the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world - may be rumbling along at least a short strip of its namesake avenue by the end of the year for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. ... Read whole article here and here

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“I’ll be going home soon!”

 As many of her fellow New Orleans residents have also discovered, the road back home has been a long one for Clothilde Mack. Mrs. Mack, who will mark her 87th birthday on Sept. 24, has high hopes of finally moving back into her Upper Ninth Ward home next month — more than a year after floodwaters forced the elderly woman out of the beige clapboard house where she had lived more than half of her life. “I’ll be going home soon!” Mrs. Mack said excitedly earlier this week from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trailer that has been serving as her temporary home for the past nine months. ... Read whole article here 

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The song will raise money for a charity set up by The Edge - U2 are going into the studio with Green Day to cover a punk song for charity. The bands - two of the world's most popular rock groups - will record a version of The Skids' The Saints Are Coming, a minor hit from 1978. Green Day's website said U2 asked them to appear on the song to raise money for The Edge's charity Music Rising. The fund helps replace instruments lost in Hurricane Katrina. U2 have also started work on new material with producer Rick Rubin, their site said. Their next album will be the follow-up to How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, which won five Grammy Awards earlier this year - where Green Day picked up record of the year. The bands would get together "in the coming weeks", Green Day said. ... Read whole article on BBC 

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Bo Diddley... His trademark rhythm, sometimes referred to as the "shave and a haircut" beat, was the inspiration for countless rock classics, from Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" to Bruce Springsteen's "She's the One" to U2's "Desire."... Read whole article on Daikly Democratic

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THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: U2 play to a biggest crowd in 78 / starts the rehearsals to 'LoveTown' / U2 win Best Group Video Award-MTV 1992, with a party at backstage / 'Sugar, Sugar' in Madrid / "I´m Not Your Baby" / 'One' - Shelter From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast / 'Love And Peace Or Else' - ReAct Now: Music & Relief ! Read on History september 9

The Virgin Prunes sister band (U2) play support to The Stranglers at the now long since vanished Top Hat Ballroom, Monkstown/Dún Laoghaire. Co. Dublin 9th September 1978. Just 28 years ago...

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Without New Orleans there'd be no Beatles, no Rolling Stones, no Elvis.

 "The piano and brass were more the New Orleans thing," reckons The Edge. "That early rock'n'roll stuff was all piano, which got crossed with other instruments when people like Chuck Berry took piano riffs and put them on guitar. I don't think rock'n'roll would have existed without New Orleans, and there's a huge debt of gratitude owed by anyone out there who earns their living from contemporary rock'n'roll music, to remember that this place did kick-start the whole thing. There'd be no Beatles, no Rolling Stones, no Elvis." Edge - RED Independent 2006

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The limited edition Music Rising Epiphone guitar will be sold exclusively through Musician's Friend with all proceeds going directly to the Music Rising campaign

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Nothing is acoustic this night...but the sweetest electric guitar...

 Brandon Flowers (The Killers) couldn't believe that he was on stage singing with his favorite band. He was humble and excited, and it´s lovely as he was about to walk down the back stairs he turned back and ran and gave Larry a huge hug. Perfect. Edge the sweetest electric guitar... Watch, from VERTIGO tour - november 5, 2005 - Las Vegas, 'In A Little While' on youtube  

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Green Day, U2 Recording Song To Benefit New Orleans Musicians - Bands will cover obscure track by '70s-era Scottish band the Skids. Last week, Green Day promised they'd be unveiling a "big announcement" very soon, and they weren't kidding. Late Thursday night, the band posted on GreenDay.com that they'll be heading into the studio with none other than U2 to record a cover of "The Saints Are Coming," a tune by late-'70s-era Scottish band the Skids (one of whom went on to form Big Country), to benefit Music Rising, an organization that replaces instruments lost by musicians in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. "One year later, the devastation is still fresh in our minds, and we'd like to keep it in yours," the band wrote on the site. "New Orleans has always been a special city to us, being a hotbed of music and creativity, and it's hard to believe parts of the [Gulf of Mexico] region still remain devastated. We feel that it's important to continue to raise awareness." According to the post, U2 approached Green Day about working on the song, and the two bands will meet up soon to begin recording — presumably in London, where U2 are currently working with producer Rick Rubin. U2 guitarist the Edge is a founding partner of Music Rising, which since its formation in November 2005 has provided more than 2,000 working musicians in the Gulf Coast with new instruments and gear. It wasn't clear at press time just when or how the bands' cover of "Saints" will be made available, but the song will mark the first new music from Green Day since their American Idiot album. They began sessions for a new album last week at an undisclosed studio in California's East Bay area (see "Green Day Get Back In The Studio To Work On Next Album"). On MTV and VH1

Rick Rubin, Green Day Join U2 in Studio to benefit Katrina victims - As the Irish rockers work on their 2007 album, Green Day will visit to record a post-punk cover to benefit Katrina victims. U2 updated fans on the progress of their next studio album, due next year, announcing Rick Rubin as producer, and also that Green Day will be visiting to work on a cover of the Skids' "The Saints Are Coming." Rubin, the legendary producer whose last few projects have involved a diverse array of artists including Linkin Park, Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, will be working with U2 for the first time. According to U2.com, the Green Day collaboration is yet to occur, but the two bands plan to collaborate on "The Saints Are Coming," proceeds from which will benefit Music Rising, the non-profit founded by U2's the Edge that helps replace musical instruments lost in the disaster. Read on Spin

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Recovery School District´s first day

 As students enter her classroom for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, A. P. Tureaud Elementary first-grade teacher Shelacia Carney, center, directs her new students to their seats. More here

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Opelika High Band Donates Old Uniforms To New Orleans - Over the last 13 years, Opelika High School band members have worn their uniforms with pride. They've bought new ones, and they're saying goodbye to the old for a great cause in New Orleans. ... Read whole article here

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The NFL has promoted the Saints' return to New Orleans as symbolic of the city's recovery. And that symbolism goes quite deep, actually. ... Read whole article here

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Poorest of New Orleans poor will stay in Houston A Rice University survey released Friday found 69 percent of the poorest New Orleans residents who fled to Houston after Hurricane Katrina plan to remain Houstonians. ... Read whole article here

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Green Day for U2 - Green Day are set to record a track with U2, according to reports. The pair of international rock supergroups will go into the studio to work on a cover of "The Saints Are Coming", which was originally released by The Skids. The track is expected to raise money for Music Rising, a charity seeking to benefit the musicians devastated by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. There has been no official confirmation of the future plans for the cover. The Edge from U2 has been a public supporter of the charity since its inception. "The Saints Are Coming" will signal Green Day's first new material since 2004's globe-straddling "American Idiot" album, reports Undercover. For more information, go to www.musicrising. On yahoo

Green Day to Record With U2 - Loveable punk rock revivalists Green Day are set to head into the studio with wannabe Irish punks, U2. The bands will record a cover of ‘The Saints Are Coming’, originally recorded by Scottish punk band The Skids. The song will benefit Music Rising (www.musicrising.org), a charity set up to put instruments back in the hands of New Orleans’ famed musicians, who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. It will be the first time Green Day have recorded since their mammoth ‘American Idiot’ album, which is one of the most successful albums in history. It also acknowledges their place in the music ladder, with U2 rarely recording or performing with others as a full band (sure, Bono has done a few). U2’s last duet was with Paul McCartney at Live 8 in London. On undercover

From Green Day´s site: "As promised, we are very proud to unveil the big news we've hinted at. In the coming weeks, we'll be going into the studio with U2 to record a cover of the song "The Saints Are Coming," which was originally recorded by Scottish punk band, The Skids. We were asked by U2 to record the song with them to benefit Music Rising (www.musicrising.org/), an organization that replaces instruments musicians lost in Hurricane Katrina's wake. One year later, the devastation is still fresh in our minds, and we'd like to keep it in yours. New Orleans has always been a special city to us, being a hotbed of music and creativity, and it's hard to believe parts of the gulf region still remain devastated. We feel that it's important to continue to raise awareness." Green Day Idiot Club - www.greenday.com

U2 Back In The Studio With Rick Rubin, Green Day - U2 is working on material for its next studio album with producer Rick Rubin, according to the band's Web site. The group has been at work on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2004's "How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" since last month. While in the studio, U2 will be joined by Green Day to record a cover of Scottish punk band the Skids' "The Saints Are Coming." Proceeds from the track will benefit Music Rising, an instrument replacement fund co-founded by U2 guitarist the Edge last summer in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. "One year later, the devastation is still fresh in our minds, and we'd like to keep it in yours," Green Day said in a post on its Web site. "New Orleans has always been a special city to us, being a hotbed of music and creativity, and it's hard to believe parts of the Gulf region still remain devastated. We feel that it's important to continue to raise awareness." Meanwhile, a DVD chronicling U2's Zoo TV tour will arrive Sept. 19 via Island/UME. On Billboard 

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The Skids - The Scottish art-punk unit the Skids formed in Dunfermline in 1977. Comprised of the dramatic vocalist Richard Jobson, guitarist Stuart Adamson, bassist William Simpson and drummer Tom Kellichan, the group issued the single "Reasons" on their own No Bad label before signing to Virgin. After two more singles, "Sweet Suburbia" and "The Saints Are Coming," they entered the U.K. Top Ten with "Into the Valley," included on their 1979 debut LP Scared to Dance, a fine document of the anthemic guitar riffs and chant-like vocals which typified the first phase of the group's music. With their second effort, 1979's arty, overreaching Days in Europa (produced by Be-Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson), the Skids scored a pair of Top 20 hits with "Masquerade" and "Working for the Yankee Dollar." Trouble loomed, however, as Jobson's increasingly grandiose plans for the group's music alienated not only their fans but also their own rhythm section, and both Simpson and Kellichan were long gone by the time of 1980's The Absolute Game, recorded with bassist Russell Webb and drummer Mike Baillie. By 1981's Joy, only Jobson remained from the Skids' original lineup; prior to recording the album, Adamson quit to form his own group, the internationally successful Big Country. After Joy failed commercially and critically, the Skids officially disbanded; Jobson soon returned as a solo artist before forming the Armoury Show and beginning a career as a broadcaster. Battling a longtime problem with alcohol, Adamson moved in 1996 to Nashville, where he met his second wife and resumed making music on his own and with a band called the Raphaels. For the second time in two years, Adamson went missing in November 2001. He was scheduled to fly to Scotland to play two concerts supporting Bryan Adams, but Big Country had to cancel both concerts due to Adamson's mysterious disappearance. He was found the following month in a Hawaiian hotel room, having apparently hanged himself at the age of 43. Listen to a fragment of The Saints Are Comin, here. and here.

The saints are coming

I cried to my daddy on the telephone
how long now
Until the clouds unroll and you come home
the line went
But the shadows still remain since your descent
your descent

The saints are coming, the saints are coming
No matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming

A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief
How long now
Until a weather change condemns belief
The stone says
This paternal guide once had his day
Once had his day

The saints are coming, the saints are coming
No matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming

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In The Studio... with Green Day The band are back in the studio and working on new material with producer Rick Rubin. Word is that Green Day are set to join them to lay down a cover of The Skids' 1978 post-punk classic 'The Saints Are Coming'. More when we get it. Read on U2.com 

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A book that will be sold to raise money for Bono's huge RED Aids awareness initiative ... Read whole article here

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Fox interactive media offers first look at premiere episode of "The Simpsons" ... Having received a Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 14, 2000, THE SIMPSONS is also noted for its famous celebrity guest voices such as Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Stephen Hawking, Kiefer Sutherland, Natalie Portman, Simon Cowell, Gore Vidal, Mick Jagger and U2. ... Read whole article here

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Proud May keep on burnin' ... Watch the video and read whole article here

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2k brings Jade Empire to PC ... Since then the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic developer has gone independent, setting up a partnership with fellow developer Pandemic (Full Spectrum Warrior, Mercenaries) and venture capital firm Elevation Par tners, which counts U2 rocker Bono among its board members. ... Read whole article here

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Brian Eno - Rachid Taha Band ... Headlining the three-day Bestival on the Isle of Wight will be New York camp disco stars Scissor Sisters as well as the Pet Shop Boys and gypsy punk rockers Gogol Bordello. ... And legendary U2 producer and former member of Roxy Music Brian Eno will be performing alongside the Rachid Taha Band. ... Read whole article on yahoo

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U2 limited edition print ... On Niall O'Loughlin

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OTX - Ovation Travel EXperiences - U2 Vertigo tour 2006 - Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hawaii - Here

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It definitely feels like starting over

"It definitely feels like starting over," he said. "And that's what we want to do. We want to do something different. It's nine months since we started thinking about the tour, and that's a long time. We want to keep developing the show. We never allow it to become too static. We want to introduce new ideas as we go." The Edge says the biggest fear is becoming too theatrical. "Like the best rock 'n' roll bands always have, from Jimi Hendrix to Springsteen to the Stones, there's a little element of theatre. But, in the end, it still is rock 'n' roll. It's gotta evolve. It's gotta be fresh. If it becomes theatre, really, then it's lost an element of jeopardy and spontaneity, which is crucial." And even though The Edge has known his bandmates in U2 -- rounded out by bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. -- since they were teenagers at the same Dublin high school, they can still surprise him on stage. "Adam's coming into his own as a performer on this tour," said The Edge. "It's great to see him out there on the ramps, like really giving it loads. That hasn't been his interest for a few tours now. So it's nice to see that spirit back with Adam. I think there's a lot that Bono has been able to draw from his other political work and has made a kind of natural home for it within the context of the show and that's new. And Larry, he's playing keyboards, he's singing. It's amazing. I'd never thought I'd see Larry playing keyboards at a U2 show." by Edge - on the start of the 3d leg of the tour - 2005.

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As a naked beauty!

 Bono and Larry went to one b stage, while Edge and Adam came to the other…and they started ‘Yahweh’. The live acoustic performance of it makes the album version sound like a b side. It shows that, when a song is good, maybe the best we have to do it’s to totally undress it, take all away and leave it simply with it’s naked beauty. Edge´s vocal is perfect as an angel´s voice. That’s what I feel with ‘Yahweh’. Into a stadium is an anthem. Watch a short clip from Gelsenkirchen, Germany - june 12, 2005 on Youtube

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Still-closed scholl sparks protest in New Orleans - With several New Orleans schools scheduled to reopen today, scores of parents, children, educators and community activists gathered Wednesday to protest the continued closure of another one: Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science & Technology in the Lower 9th Ward, which has remained unfit for occupation since Hurricane Katrina. Race and class discrimination, they said, were at the core of school officials' failure to ensure that educational facilities in certain neighborhoods could make their scheduled debut this week. ... "My kids need an education, or they're gonna be behind the rest of the kids," said Arlene Barriere, 47. Her 7-year-old was expecting to enter the first grade Wednesday. "Because we're in the Lower 9th Ward, they don't give a damn about us." Read whole article here. Photos here

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Agencies praised for Katrina action - The long list of federal government failings in the face of Hurricane Katrina is well-documented. Now, the nation's top auditor is giving praise to a few agencies that he says were up to the challenge. In addition to the Coast Guard, which has been widely lauded for its daring helicopter rescues of more than 12,000 flood victims in New Orleans, Comptroller General David Walker commended other federal agencies whose efforts weren't the stuff of Hollywood action films, but filled critical needs nonetheless. Among those singled out in a report issued Wednesday were the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center for accurately tracking the killer storm that caused the most expensive disaster in U.S. history. ... Read whole article here 

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Bob Dylan landed his first No. 1 album in 30 years - Haggard old Bob can still compete with the bosomy young babes. Helped by an iTunes commercial -- and perhaps that whole iconic status thing, too -- Bob Dylan landed his first No. 1 album in 30 years Wednesday with "Modern Times." The collection sold 192,000 copies to beat out last week's other hot release, Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair," as well as Christina Aguilera's latest hit CD. ... Following U2's cue, Dylan agreed to promote the album via an iTunes TV commercial that featured him in silhouetted performance footage. Apple/iTunes founder Steve Jobs is known to be a diehard fan. ... Read whole article here

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"But when the music starts, it cuts through all the social and racial divides, and everyone forgets their differences, It's a great leveler and unifying force." 

(Edge playing - 'Love And Peace Or Else' - MTV to New Orleans)

"The willingness of these competing promoters to act together speaks to the industry's understanding of the music's importance in that area." "Some people may think our view of the problem is too music-centric," he says. "The scale of the disaster is so devastating, with entire neighborhoods gone. Other organizations are dealing with the more fundamental problems of putting roofs over people's heads. We're looking at the long-term recovery of the music culture." One aim of the new campaign is to redirect attention to the Gulf Coast tragedy and encourage music lovers to invest in one of America's most sacred sonic grounds. "You still have the political turmoil and the blame game," Edge says of the storm aftermath. "But when the music starts, it cuts through all the social and racial divides, and everyone forgets their differences, It's a great leveler and unifying force." by Edge - 2005.

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Completely gone...

 Edge visiting New Orleans, on november 17, 2005...Watch a short clip on Google. Watch another clips of Edge in New Orleans on www.musicrising.org/

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NFL to re-air Super Bowl Sept. 11 Tribute (from New Orleans) - On upi

One of the most memorable and meaningful halftime performances in the history of Super Bowl - U2 in New Orleans - Names in the game - The 2002 Super Bowl halftime show, which featured U2 and a touching tribute to Sept. 11 victims, will be re-aired in its entirety on NFL Total Access on the five-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks. U2 performed three songs – "Beautiful Day," "MLK" and "The Streets Have No Name" in the 11-minute halftime show originally televised by FOX. During the performance, the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks were memorialized as their names were scrolled in lights on a floor-to-ceiling banner behind the band. The show ends with lead singer Bono showing an American flag sewn inside his jacket. "This is one of the most memorable and meaningful halftime performances in the history of Super Bowl," said Charles Coplin, the NFL's vice president of programming. "As we look back on the five years since 9/11, we felt our fans would enjoy this uplifting show." The first Super Bowl after the terrorist attacks was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on February 3, 2002. The New England Patriots defeated the St. Louis Rams 20-17. ...  Read here

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Carnival 2006 drew more locals -Quarter festival also went native, UNO study says - Carnival and the French Quarter Festival were smaller and relied more heavily on local participation than in the past as Louisianians turned out to support New Orleans and its traditions, a new study by the University of New Orleans Division of Business and Economics Research says. ... Carnival attendance was about 350,000, down from the usual 1 million participants, and 60 percent of those visitors were from the New Orleans area. Parade-goers came out to watch the floats because of tradition, to see family and friends, and to support New Orleans. ... Read whole article here

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The biggest new domestic oil discovery since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay a generation ago, on Gulf of Mexico - A trio of oil companies led by Chevron Corp. has tapped a petroleum pool deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico that could boost the nation's reserves by more than 50 percent. A test well indicates it could be the biggest new domestic oil discovery since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay a generation ago. ... The well was drilled in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf, about 270 miles southwest of New Orleans and 175 miles off the coast of Louisiana. It followed up a discovery made by Chevron in 2004. ... Read whole article on Cleveland Plaindealer 

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Music For Tomorrow Fundraising Concert in New Orleans Set For September 18th - Though considerable time has passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated the American Southeast, the people of New Orleans still struggle to repair damaged buildings, streets, houses, and lives. While the reconstruction effort has been remarkably successful in many cases, the city's vibrant culture is still in dire need of rescue. Over 4,000 artists left because of damage and have yet to return, 260 art venues and performance halls were damaged, and 75 percent of the city's cultural venues are still closed--some to never reopen. Fewer than 10 percent of New Orleans' musicians remain in the city since the storm. ... On 18 Sept 2006, Music For Tomorrow will host a concert to help save Jazz culture. The concert will feature Irvin Mayfield and members of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, with host actor Jude Law. The money raised by this concert will go towards the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and National Jazz Center, and will help continue efforts to save the music culture of today for tomorrow, in New Orleans and beyond. A donation to this cause means lending a hand in pulling Jazz from the ever present waters of Hurricane Katrina. Please donate today, so that future generations can cherish Jazz's birthplace. All donations are tax deductable. Considerable donations garner invitation to a pre-concert reception with Mr. Law, Mr. Brinkley and Mr. Mayfield. All ticket profits go towards the Music For Tomorrow fund. Visit website Read whole article on allaboutjazz

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Some high-profile celebrities are in town to protest the slow recovery of schools in the New Orleans area - Queen Latifah and the Rev. all Sharpton will be on hand Wednesday morning at Colton Middle School. They joined a rally at 8:30 a.m. where protesters said they are upset about the decision not to reopen a Lower Ninth Ward school. Stay with WDSU for continued coverage of the protest. Read on yahoo

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Historic funeral homes prepares to close

 Old records in the Bultman Funeral Home dates back to the early 1900's. The New Orleans landmark is closing. More here

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Mazda will donate the three-millionth vehicle produced - Mazda North American Operations today announced that the MAZDA6 will be the three-millionth vehicle produced at AutoAlliance International, Inc. (AAI) in Flat Rock, Mich. MNAO will donate the three-millionth vehicle, a Volcanic Red MAZDA6 5-Door, to the victims of Hurricane Katrina through the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity(R). Last year AAI raised $25,000 to support the victims of Hurricane Katrina. ... Read whole article here

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If we don’t take more practical steps to look after each other, we’ll end up with more Lebanons than solutions. The thinking pop star´s economist ... But then Sachs is no ordinary academic. Described impressively as “the most important economist in the world”, snidely as “the Mother Teresa of the economics profession” and unavoidably as the “rock star economist”, Sachs is the man with the plan to save the planet. ... “Everyone has to come to Beijing now,” he says. “We can see from China’s experience that the end of poverty is absolutely palpable and real in the space of a very few years. That is the point I am making.” ... It is with Bono, the lead singer of U2, that he has established the longest, and most successful, partnership. In the past seven years, their combined efforts have been crucial to the debt-relief campaigns that Make Poverty History and others pushed high up the G8 agenda. At a recent lecture, Bono described how he, Sachs and producer Bobby Shriver criss-crossed the globe “like the Partridge family on psychotropic drugs”. At the risk of taking Bono too literally, I ask Sachs what this meant. Were some trips really of the chemical kind? “I think he had in mind the dazzling things we see,” says Sachs. “There is a very surreal aspect to it. One moment you can be in a remote village in the most impoverished area in the world. Then eight hours later you can be in the splendour of Fifth Avenue or the fanciest part of London or the halls of Congress. Yet it is the same planet. It is amazing that these gaps exist, and are just hours away.” ...  “Climate change is a profound challenge and we are in the middle of it. But the priority must be extreme poverty. It will kill 30 000 people today. It is not a matter of convenience, it is life or death.” ... “The biggest crime is negligence. The celebrity thing is not about charity. It is about urging us to practical action. Bono, Angelina Jolie, Madonna are urging us to take up real solutions.” So is he a celebrity himself now? “I sometimes tell the story of a visit to the Pope with Bono. When we left the Castel Gandolfo, the Pope’s summer residence, we drove out of the gates in a van that was pursued by hundreds of delirious fans. I turned to Bono and said, ‘They always do that for macroeconomists.’ He looked at me rather sceptically.” ... “When I give talks these days -- which I do a lot -- I say to any audience: you must do something. This is not a luxury. It is not just for rich people or politicians. This is the only way we are going to have a functioning world. If we don’t take more practical steps to look after each other, we’ll end up with more Lebanons than solutions.” Read whole article here

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Rumor...U2 BY U2 'deluxe' edition: Some fans report that the dates for the release are: december 1st on amazon.com. * november 15 on Amazon Canada * september 22 on Amazon UK.  Regular edition on september 26th in N. America.  Some scans of U2byU2 here

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Michka Assayas' interview in Paris: Green Day, Rick Rubin, London, scientifc, The Edge, ZOOTV DVD launching in Paris...  Well, that is what Bono told this afternoon over the phone to Michka Assayas - author of the book “Bono on Bono”. Bono sang an old Skids song to him, explaining that U2 is to record it soon with Green Day. He also told Michka that everything is fine with Rick Rubin, and that they are all still working in London for another three weeks. Apparently, most of the work is being done out of the studio for the moment: Rick Rubin is expecting U2 to hold “extraordinary songs” before actually recording them. This approach, which seems to be more “artistic” than “scientific”, may put The Edge in a brand new situation. This phone call follows a funny episode that happened yesterday night, during the Zoo TV DVD launching event at the Olympia theater in Paris. As the special guest of the night, Michka was passionately answering questions on stage when he suddenly decided to call Bono on his cell phone - was he inspired by the Zoo TV phone calls Bono used to make at the time? Anyway, the audience had an opportunity to leave a huge screaming message on Bono’s voice mail. Bono kindly called Michka back today, insuring him that he would definitely have picked up the phone if he had been able to. (Many thanks to Michka for this news.) - Source: 2log

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Vivendi buys BMG - Vivendi SA, the owner of Universal Music Group, won an auction to buy Bertelsmann AG's BMG music- publishing division for 1.63 billion euros ($2.1 billion) ... Read whole article here

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The U2 crowd applauds themselves

On the eve of the Fall dates, Edge is amazed at the response of 'the U2 crowd' night after night. In an interview, Edge has been talking how much he is looking forward to hitting the road again after a month off - and suggests there are more changes to the set list in store. 'It's a real guitar player's tour and I'm revelling in that aspect of it.' he explains. 'But more than that I think the response from the U2 crowd has been overwhelming. Everywhere we've gone it's just been this unbelievable reaction. It's humbling, because it's not us that people are applauding. It's, in some weird way, themselves and their own lives and what those songs mean to them.' Edge after a month off Vertigo tour - september 2005

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(I would like to thank: my family and my friend Ricardo cause the delicious dinner at restaurant, yesterday (super cold) night; JuClayton, cause the earlier present, the design of this blog; Patty_belezinhaU2fan, cause her phone call; Geisa_Wild_Honey_BR, cause her phone call; sammi, Bono905, SparkyLover46, ultraviolet_love14, The Duchess of Dorset, Space Cowboy, pal40, gloria002, Bogirl, gt, pinklady cause their messages on Edge´s folder at U2.com; Louise, from Natal-Rio Grande do Norte, cause her gentle and nice words about my love to Edge and his music. My Birthday was great cause all of you!)  

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Jambalaya, the food

 Jambalaya originates from Louisiana's rural, low-lying swamp country where crwfish (aka "mudbugs"), shrimp, oysters, alligator, duck, turtle, bar, venison and other wild meats were readily available. Any variety or combination of meats, including chicken or turkey may be used to make jambalaya. The Gulf Coast area's geographical basin (including Mississipi, Texas, Alabama, and Louisiana) also provided an exceptionally nutritive soil and conducive environment in which rice flourished. Thus the combination of the two foods was quite natural. Similar to Spanish Paella. Read more here

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Playing in New Orleans

 Edge, on november 17, 2005, during his visit to New Orleans, jammed with a musician. Watch on Google. Watch another 'LOVELY' performance on Google. Watch another clips of Edge in New Orleans on www.musicrising.org/

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 The body of Ethel Freeman, center in wheelchair, and another body lie covered outside an entrance to the Convention Center in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans in this Sept. 2, 2005 file photo. One year after her death, 91-year-old Ethel Freeman's family gathered to remember her life. On Yahoo

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New Orleans Wins ACI-NA Award For Post-Katrina Marketing - Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport's efforts to announce the return of air service after Hurricane Katrina won second place in the marketing category of Airports Council International-North America's annual Excellence in Marketing and Communications contest. ... "When people stopped calling to see if the airport was open, that's when we knew the campaign was a success," ... Read whole article on Aviation now

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New Orleans looks to difficult future - Walking a fine line, Nagin's ideal is a restored Big Easy that is a chocolate city with vanilla swirls and rich marshmallow topping. Of all the lessons to come out of Katrina, the one that rings truest is that government at every level failed to protect the hurricane victims. Ordinary Americans reached out spontaneously in many ways to help Gulf Coast victims. Residents are going to wait five to seven years before everything they need is in place. Meanwhile, the rest of us will need fortitude, endurance and compassion to avoid succumbing to Katrina fatigue. ... Read whole article on North Jersey

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Joanou filmed Bono in Africa ... At first, Joanou could do nothing wrong. Spielberg helped him get a job directing a feature, "Three O'Clock High," then got him attached to a big-budget sci-fi film. However, while in pre-production, Joanou met U2. He left the sci-fi film behind, going on the road with the band to make the documentary "Rattle and Hum." ... In the early 1990s, while shooting a U2 video, he met a girl, ran off to Vegas and got married. It lasted two weeks. "It was certainly my lowest moment in terms of making bad decisions," he says ruefully. "I'd started out as the luckiest guy ever and I got a taste of what it's like to not have things go your way — and I got a pretty good dose of it." ... Joanou's relationship with Bono has also broadened his horizons. He recently spent several weeks in Africa, filming a documentary about Bono's efforts to fight AIDS through a new project that launches in October with corporations raising money for AIDS relief through consumer purchases. "We were in shantytowns with 80,000 people and no toilets, in clinics where there were five babies to a bed. You just couldn't imagine people on our planet live like that every day." Besides Bono, Joanou found one other supporter, Neal Moritz, who'd been at USC when Joanou was there. Now a top producer, Moritz tried to hire him on an earlier film, but the studio, knowing Joanou's reputation, wanted nothing to do with him. Moritz finally persuaded Sony to hire Joanou for "Gridiron Gang." ... Read whole article on calendarlive

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Nokia embraces fashion...and Brian Eno - Finland's Nokia has rolled out four new phones, three for the fashion-conscious luxury set and a fourth with a soundtrack composed by ambient music pioneer Brian Eno. ... Read whole article here

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This was an opportunity to just stand up and be counted

 U2 guitarist The Edge says the band's last-minute involvement in two Hurricane Katrina TV fundraisers over the weekend was a no-brainer. The Irish rockers taped two performances at the venue later that day for Friday's multi-channel Shelter From The Storm broadcast and last night's MTV ReactNow special. "America, most of the time, giving in some shape or form, this was an opportunity to show that that could be reversed. This was an opportunity to just stand up and be counted and say this is a need that should be met at this moment in time in whatever way it can be. We were very happy to just weigh in there. The story's just seemed to have gotten worse and worse and worse. For the first few days I couldn't but watch it. Obviously, the most strange, surreal aspect, is that you're watching something unfolding on a scale that you would normally associate with somewhere in Africa or India or Bangladesh or whatever. But to know that it's mainland U.S.A. is jaw-dropping and bewildering because you couldn't ever have imagined that a natural disaster could have presented so many problems for such a powerful country. I think that's the thing that's hit everybody. But all of these events happened so quickly and so last-minute that we're kind of making it up as we go along really, to be honest. We're working on some new arrangements for songs, trying out a few things, so we have (Sunday) and the day after too to work with the stage. But obviously too, it's a different world right now, post this Gulf Coast disaster, we've got a few new things to consider and it would be wrong not to in someway reference it in the show. We haven't figured out quite how, what would be appropriate, but it's the thing that's on everybody's mind." by Edge - Jam - september 2005. 

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On a bus named disaster - During his entire 22 years as a tour guide in New Orleans, no one ever asked Stanley Bergeron to go into the Ninth Ward, where many of the poorest residents of the city lived. Or Chalmette, or Gentilly or Lakeview. These neighborhoods are not the New Orleans that brought in about 10 million people a year for carefree crawling in a legendary historic quarter where tourists amble with open drinks in their hands. These neighborhoods are where people bedded down at night, every night of their residential lives. ... Tours: Several tours will take you through the parts of New Orleans hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. Generally, they are guided by New Orleans residents who were affected by the storm. Here are some tours dedicated to the disaster. Read whole article here

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The Labor Day weekend marks the return of Southern Decadence to New Orleans. The annual event was cancelled last year because of Hurricane Katrina. But over the weekend, the party was back in full-swing in the French Quarter. Event organizers said about two-thirds of the normal crowds showed up this year. The annual festival is expected to bring a much-needed boost to the local economy. On Yahoo

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33rd Annual Southern Decandence Parade

 Participants in the 33rd Annual Southern Decandence Parade stroll their way thru the French Quarter. Look for the photos here

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City Park in disrepair. A broken lightpole in front of the debris mound that use to be the old swimming pool and later the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Haunted House. Look for the photos here 

 

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THANK YOU, DEAR EDGE AND U2!!!!

I want to thank to U2, for all the happiness into my life, that their music provokes; during the last years what up me is U2, mainly Edge and his way to play and his way to live showing how to get a better life, with freedom, justice, respect to the other and hope in the future...All I must say is THANK YOU, DEAR EDGE AND U2!!!! 

 Thank you so much Edge for this present in 1998. It was POPMart tour, and the first time I was at a show of U2. In Sao Paulo, after some 'coincidences which the universe makes' I was so lucky to be in the same place, exactly the same place on both shows (january 30 and 31), then the camera of the stage, called David and Dallas Schoo recognised me during the Dallas' soundcheck, for te second show. When Edge embraced Bono, at 5:47 minutes of 'With Or Withou You' performance on this video, he looked for me, exactly to me, and greets me with a winck and a smile...I´ll never forget it. You can wath this video on Youtube 

 During the promo tour of ATYCLB, a friend of mine, Ricardo, met Edge in Rio de Janeiro (november 2000), and maked both: handed Edge a handletter writen by me, cause I was at the hospital in Sao Paulo (Edge accepted and...my letter stayed at his jacket´s pocket) and asked Edge for an autograph on my ATYCLB´s album, of course he did it, this photo is from this moment. 

  Chicago, may 12, 2005, and Debbie (Zootopian ultravioletlove_14/ Interferencer Jamila) met Edge, and asked for an autograph, he signed and she sent it to me, instead to stay with this wonder memorabilia; these photos are of the moment.

 And on february 20 and 21, 2006, where many references gave me a total happiness, as this video on Youtube, at 1:51 minutes.

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Rock and Roll is Black music!

(Edge and Bono during the Carnival in Bahia, Brazil, with all those Africans' seeds) 

"I love Bono's theories about the idea that it (Celtic music) came from North Africa....It's a very compelling argument but it's still a mystery. Black music is a bit easier to trace because the journey is pretty well documented. Like it or not, we're playing Black music. Rock and Roll is Black music and sometimes I feel we're not that good at it." Edge - The Muse, 1 December 1998.

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Venice fest features 9/11, Katrina films - VENICE, Italy - They were events that glued a disbelieving world to their television sets: the attacks on the World Trade Center, the death of Princess Diana, the breaching of New Orleans' levees during Hurricane Katrina. Three films showcased at the 63rd Venice Film Festival revisit the traumas that, each in their own way and dimension, were pivotal events seared into the collective conscience. The timing of the films in relation to the events that inspired them provokes the question: how much distance does cinema need to revisit tragedy? ... Spike Lee´s documentary, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts," about the Hurricane Katrina disaster, debuted on HBO this week — a year after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. ... Lee presented his film Friday night at Venice, where he was last year when the hurricane struck New Orleans with devastating ferocity. "I was here in Venice one year ago today, and instead of seeing the wonderful films, I was in my hotel room riveted to the TV set, watching images I could not believe were coming from America," Lee said. While Frears' and Stone's films needed more distance, Lee said he was trying to provoke action with his documentary. "We hope this film will bring about a quicker rebuilding of New Orleans. Not just New Orleans, but the whole Gulf region," Lee said. Read whole article on Yahoo

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Heroes of the storm

 Katrina brought out the best in these citizens, who responded to disaster with resourcefulness and grace:  Anthony Recasner * Dr. Karen DeSalvo * Rev. Vien Nguyen * Poppy Tooker * Iray Nabatoff *  Brenda Dardar Robichaux * Carlos Prieto * Denise Thornton * Monica Mecca & Julie Rayburn  

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A much different Labor Day picture in New Orleans - Like almost everything else in New Orleans, this year's Labor Day is quite different. A year ago, the city was in chaos from Hurricane Katrina and flooding that devastated much of the city. With the Big Easy starting to stagger into a recovery expected to take years, if not decades, the labor picture has changed, too. To start with, there are fewer workers: The metropolitan area has about 170,000 fewer jobs today than a year ago, according to the state Labor Department. The population of the city is 215,000, less than half of its pre-storm figure of 455,000. And for those workers who remain, the labor market -- and their lives -- have ... Read whole article on WWLTV 

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State still short on teachers for New Orleans schools - Less than a week before the state opens 17 New Orleans schools taken over because they were failing, it is still nearly 180 teachers and three buildings short. Renovations and reconstruction at three Recovery School District campuses should be complete in two weeks or so. In the meantime, students enrolled there will attend classes at other schools, officials said. The teacher shortage - about 177 out of 500 or so - probably will force classes averaging 25 students per teacher rather than the 20 Superintendent Robin Jarvis had hoped for. However, she said, it would still be within the 28-to-1 state maximum. ... Read whole article on Houma Today

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Wild Horses broke a string

 november 4, 2005. Las Vegas, NV, MGM Grand Arena - "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" which was interrupted when Edge´s guitar broke a string. Dallas handed Edge another guitar that didn't work...Dallas rushed back to the stage and returned with another guitar but it didn't work either so they finished the song without the guitar...Watch a short clip of this moment on Youtube 

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'Positive meeting' on Tribune´s Salopek - After a dinner last week with Sudan's ambassador to the U.S., New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Friday he believed the country would seriously consider releasing Chicago Tribune correspondent Paul Salopek on humanitarian grounds. ... Salopek, 44, was arrested Aug. 6 in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region while on a freelance assignment for National Geographic magazine. He was on a scheduled leave of absence from the Tribune. ... Since learning of his detention, Salopek's editors and a wide array of politicians, diplomats and media organizations and executives have appealed to the Sudanese government to release Salopek, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. They include Richardson, governor of Salopek's home state; U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.); House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.); U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays (R.-Conn.), who along with U.S. Ambassador Cameron Hume visited Salopek in jail while leading a delegation to Sudan; Rev. Jesse Jackson, now in the Middle East seeking the release of two Israeli soldiers held by Hezbollah, and U2 singer Bono, who has traveled extensively in Africa in support of debt relief and AIDS education. ... Read whole article on Chicago Tribune

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... rock-’n’-roll songs raise questions for Christians to consider; he recently posted the lyrics of the U2 song “Grace” to prompt people to think about the role of God’s grace in the world. ... Read whole article onhNashua Telegraph

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THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: Larry is introduced as Marky Mark / Edge on his 1st solo performance! Read  on History september 3

Great yellow flowers at Clayton´s Garden

It wasn´t possible open that door, Vic!

Heather, me to, I´m missing you!

Cynthia, wait for me, I´ll arrive!

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To follow the heart and after a reasonable period of soul searching...

After the release of "October" Edge nearly left the band. He, Bono and Larry joined a Christian-based religious group called "Shalom". They were searching spirituality and the answer to the big question, and that soon became a problem within the band. The three members attending the bible group were torn between their Christian ideals and their Rock 'n' Roll lifestyle. Bono and Larry quickly chose the band, but Dave wasn't sure. But he took Bono's advice to follow his heart and after a reasonable period of soul searching, he chose the band as well. The Edge realized he didn't have a problem with his beliefs or his music and lifestyle, it was other people who did.

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Orleans seeks backers to defray Carnival - Firm vows wide TV exposure for sponsors - Look out, America: You may be able to watch the "greatest free show on Earth" without getting off your sofa next year. In a first, Mardi Gras 2007 may play out on live television before a national audience, along the lines of the annual Parade of Roses, according to a firm hired by the city of New Orleans to seek sponsors for the city's signature event. The move could bring a mother lode of new money to defray the costs of throwing the party but also threatens to ignite the ire of Carnival traditionalists, who have long resisted inviting corporate America to what has thrived for centuries as an organic street party. On hand at Mayor Ray Nagin's "Economic Development Tour" in New York City, Ken Rose, vice president of MediaBuys LLC, the Los Angeles-based ad-buying firm charged with finding sponsors, said he expects one of the major networks will buy the rights to the parade broadcast. ... Read whole article here

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Songs in the key of K - Katrina has been a lot of things to a lot of people, but for many local musicians, she has been a muse like no other - Trauma and heartbreak are time-honored sources of inspiration for songwriters, and Hurricane Katrina served up both in spades. In the past year, scores of artists across the spectrum of local music have taken up the task of translating the storm into song. They should be thankful that a catastrophe named Katrina -- and not, say, Ernesto -- devastated southeast Louisiana. Ernesto's hard consonants would have been a whole lot harder to wrap a decent lyric around than the relatively poetic Katrina, which also bears the metaphoric advantage of its female gender designation. Writing a bad Katrina song, one that wallows in maudlin cliché, is easy. Striking the proper balance between fact, fiction and feeling is trickier. What follows are some of the best efforts so far, nine songs inspired by, and written and recorded after, Katrina. More are sure to follow. ... Read whole article here. Hear the songs inspired by the storm here

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Mississipi Blues - The hardships of a destroyed landscape: here

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Edge plays a solo for the camera - Australia/89 

 Lovetown tour - september 27, 1989 - Entertainment Centre - Sydney, Australia. Australian TV network Channel 10 films portions of this show. During Desire, Bono invites them onstage and Edge plays a solo for the camera, and really is no nice, so beautiful, Edge is great! Set list of the show: Hawkmoon 269, Desire / Not Fade Away / So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star, All Along The Watchtower, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, All I Want Is You, Where The Streets Have No Name, I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, People Get Ready, Bad, With Or Without You, God Part II, New Year's Day, Pride (In The Name Of Love). encores: Angel Of Harlem, When Love Comes To Town, Love Rescue Me, 40. Many Brazilians fans are posting this show. To watch 23 minutes of the show make the download here or here.  Watch Desire on Youtube

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Author comments on Beatles spirituality  ... Following several years of books linking spiritual teachings to popular culture, Beatles expert and writer Steve Turner of London has written "The Gospel According to the Beatles" ... I'd like to think that he'd be friends with Bono (of U2), and that Bono would have gotten him to play more of an active role in relieving injustice. I hope they'd also be singing about love, cars, paperback books and all the other good things in life. * Is there any individual musician or group today equal to the Beatles in talent and/or political/religious activism? U2 comes to mind. * The Beatles were unique in that they were groundbreaking. No one else can break that ground again. They set the template that even hip-hop follows in its own way. So, I can't imagine someone coming along in music and having the same impact -- not because they are necessarily musically inferior -- but because of the way history has moved. However, I think U2 occupies the role of being the best contemporary act that combines a hummable, danceable music that is laced with social concern, spiritual wonder and an observation of everyday delights. ... Read whole article on Ledger-Enquirer

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Ring tones...

U2's The Edge, contending that he sometimes decides whether he will like or dislike a person according to how their phone rings. Among his turnoffs: the theme from ''Swan Lake." ''Music you do in private," he says by phone. ''But ring tones become a public display, like a pair or sneakers or a T-shirt. People are going to use ring tones as a real expression of what they're about." 2006 

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Rolling Stone's editors compile a playlist of Crescent City classics to commemorate the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina - Remembering Katrina -- A Musical Salute to New Orleans - Rolling Stone's editors compile a playlist of Crescent City classics to commemorate the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It's been a year since Hurricane Katrina decimated cities and states in the Gulf region, wreaking unprecedented havoc and laying waste to homes, lives, and years of rich cultural history. Today we pay tribute to the beautiful legacy of New Orleans and the Gulf states with a collection of classic songs by, for, and about the people of Crescent City. Listen to the entire playlist on Rolling Stone

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On the curious, enervating return of live music to clubs in New Orleans - Most Tuesday nights for sixteen years, the Rebirth Brass Band has funked up New Orleans' Maple Leaf Bar, an ancient, low-slung tavern in the Carrollton neighborhood with pressed tin walls and two bare bulbs above a tiny stage. But since Hurricane Katrina, crowds have nearly doubled, with over 200 fans dancing, drinking and spilling onto the sidewalk. On August 29th, the storm's first anniversary, Rebirth bass drummer Keith Frazier escaped the crush to spend the set break outside. "People that never saw us before come out now," he said. "They took it for granted. Now they know this could all be gone." ... Read whole article on Rolling Stone

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Mississippi´s recovery effort seems to be leaving Louisiana´s behind. Why? In stark contrast to the devastation that enveloped New Orleans in the days after Hurricane Katrina, when rescuers fought against time to save residents from rooftops and officials sought to restore order to a city under siege, the people who live in Waveland, Miss., returned to a landscape so devastated that it was hard to find the lots where their homes once stood. While returning New Orleanians found block after block of debris and utter devastation, Mississippi Gulf Coast residents often found nothing. The storm washed away most of the structures in the tiny coastal community and heavily damaged the rest. A year later, tattered cloth still hangs from the city's majestic oaks, serving as scant evidence that someone once lived nearby. The once-thriving commercial district along Coleman Avenue stands empty, a mere collection of concrete slabs, save for a makeshift City Hall operating in double-wide trailers. ... Read whole article here - Look for some photos here

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Man reunited with dog, year and a day late

 86-year-old resident Malvin Cavalier Sr. is reunited with his dog Bandit after being separated for one year and a day since Katrina hit New Orleans. Cavalier had to sue the rescue group that refused to return him before he could get his dog back. More here

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Pitt, Jolie to Watch New Orleans Rebuild - NEW ORLEANS - As residents work to rebuild their lives and homes a year after Hurricane Katrina, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will be frequent visitors to the city observing the progress. They were in New Orleans on Thursday, though only Pitt appeared at an afternoon news conference to announce the winner of the design competition he started in April to rebuild hurricane-ravaged neighborhoods using environmentally friendly designs and construction. "We're going to be spending a lot of time down here," Pitt said. ... Read whole article on Rapid City Journal

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The best riff, and over, and over, again...it´s 'Bad'

 Edge is sublime, playing 'Bad.' Is the best riff...over, and over again...Watch this version from November 09, 2005 / Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena on Youtube

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Rock The Vote!  Voting is open in the annual Q Awards so now's your chance to dominate the 'Best Live Act' and 'Best Act in the World Today'. Who might that be then? The Q Awards take place at the end of next month and are usually a highly charged affair in which the rock'n'roll good and great pay warm tribute to each other. Last year for example Noel Gallagher cavorted with Star Wars stormtroopers while Damon Albarn and Björk whooped it up on the dancefloor. You can vote by text, online or via email - and when you vote you even get a chance to bag a pair of tickets to the Q Awards themselves. Get voting for you know who here. On U2.com

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New face of U2.com 

 Sensational. I love this new entry. It´s nice. With the doors to the subscribers and for free. Inside for Subscribers. Latest updates. Upcoming gigs. Did you know? Snapshot. On U2.com 

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The tribute band Zoo Station has raised money for water wells in Angola, Hurricane Katrina relief, Habitat for Humanity and the American Red Cross - Following in U2´s footsteps - Tribute band Zoo Station 'a fan club with instruments,' champions similar social causes ... Read whole article on Press Democrat

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Then two hearts could beat as one - U2 at the heart of Spiral Frog-Apple battle ... A thought. Given U2 frontman Bono’s penchant for banging together the heads of influential decision makers on issues such as third-world debt, perhaps he could engineer a peace pact between Apple and Universal/Spiral Frog. Then two hearts could beat as one. On Yhe Inquirer 

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... Challenging this view, U2's Bono, one of Live8's celebrity backers, said on the concert's website that "Live8 was, and remains, a brilliant moment". He adds: "What is more important is the brilliant movement of which it was a part. This gives the poorest of the poor real political muscle for the first time." On Hand Bag

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Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is the new face of the American Express red campaign. The Brazilian model stars in the latest high profile campaign with Keseme Ole Parsapet, a Maasai warrior from Kenya. The RED initiative was launched by U2 front man Bono and Bobby Shriver Chairman Of Debt, Trade Africa. ... Read whole article on China Daily 

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THIS DAY - U2´S HISTORY: "Pride" / 1st show of Greg Carroll, he was hired / 4 Trabants to R&RHOF&M / the unforgettable Slane Castle 2001! Read on History september 1

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