Bono (Musician)

Smokey Jack's Free Beer-B-Q

Beer is a lovely word. We can all agree on that. Beer. There it is. If you had to add an adjective in front of such a glorious noun with the aim of improving it further, what would it be? Delicious? Cheap? Gold-plated? What about free?! FREE BEER. That is the maximum possible improvement of the word ... More >>

Spoon's Eric Harvey: "The Worst Show I Ever Saw Was Also One Of The Best. The Band Was Called Shadow Church..."

It's been too long since Spoon has played Dallas, but tonight, they return to the Granada for a sold-out show. Keyboardist Eric Harvey lives here and you might have seen him at shows as big as Wilco at Fair Park Music Hall or as small as the final Annex House show. Harvey recently put out an excell ... More >>

The Daily Fail: Bono

Bono is sad. And no, it's not because he hasn't found a new cause to get behind. He's sad because people aren't giving money to one of his favorite causes.

It's a Different Sort of Pop Rock

Today In Music News: Primus Is Back, Vince Hates Sharon and Bono Spreads His Wealth.

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, September 21, 2010...Les Claypool and Primus are readying their first new album in 11 years.Vince Neil wants the world to know he thinks Sharon Osbourne is the most "evil, shittiest person" on Earth. Point taken.If Bono has learned anything from wo ... More >>

Today In Music News: Bono Hurts His Back, Security Don't Know A Gibb And Ellen Starts A Record Label

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, May 26, 2010...U2 have had to postpone all of it's North American tour because Bono had emergency back surgery.  It's hard on the ol' back to carry around that much pompousness, no?Screaming "DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM" doesn't help much when ... More >>

Intake

Moments+Definition (Self-released)

Today In Music News: Bono Wants More Money and The Aussie PM Doesn't Know 'Bout Jimi

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, October 27, 2009...Bono seems to think the new U2 record hasn't sold as well because people are feeding on a "diet of pop stars." By and large, there may be merit in that statement. But, c'mon Bono, maybe it's just not that good.Wanna know how to s ... More >>

Last Night: U2, Muse at Cowboys Stadium

U2, MuseCowboys StadiumOctober 12, 2009Better than: Half-time at the proper name spelling bee.Hal SamplesFor more photos from last night's performance, check out Hal Samples' slideshow.​The first thing everyone noticed, of course, was the much ballyhooed stage, a spider-looking contraption that ho ... More >>

Gig Alerts: Death Hickey Blues at Poor David's Pub, La Dispute at 1919 Hemphill

​For all the losers like me who are not going to the Death Star in Arlington to catch U2 and Muse tonight (or, for that matter, either the Alice Cooper show at the Palladium or the Maxwell/Common show at the AAC), there are a few out-of-town artists who dare show their faces in our area the same n ... More >>

Today In Music News: U2 Wants Its Own Rock Band, Does It Offend You Yeah? Wants You and Boston Shows Are All Wet

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 9, 2009...U2 would like their own version of Rock Band, just like The Beatles. Would you get more points for preening like Bono?Do you want to be on the new Does It Offend You Yeah? album? All you need to do is say "yeah."Don't go to see sh ... More >>

U2, Muse

Monday, October 12, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington

Today In Music News: Kelly Tops Charts, Madonna Twitters For Hits, Liam Gallagher Gets Fashionable and You Can Download Some SXSW Songs...

 Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, March 19, 2009... Kelly Clarkson made a triumphant return to the charts as she grabbed the top Billboard spot from U2 and Bono's guyliner. It seems everyone is turning to Twitter these days--even President Obama has an account! But Ma ... More >>

Quincy Jones Can't Help But Look Back on His Life and Legacy

Today In Music News: Bono's Frightened, Eminem's Angry, Faith No More's Back and Fred Durst Has A Fan.

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, February 25, 2009... I guess Bono has forgotten he's in U2. Because, suddenly, he says he's afraid that Coldplay, The Killers and Kings of Leon are making better music than he is.  Eminem's potentially landmark lawsuit a ... More >>

Today In Music News: U2 To Stay Late For A Week, Limp Bizkit To Reunite

Your daily dose of music news for Friday, February 13, 2009... Beginning on Monday, March 2, you can see Bono preening for five straight nights. Yep, U2 will be the lone musical guest on Late Show With David Letterman that whole week long.  Fred Durst will once again lead his army of thic ... More >>

Today In Music News: No One Saw Notorious, U2 Streams Its New Single, LEGO Offers Mp3 Player...

Your daily dose of music news for Tuesday, January 20, 2009... Apparently the Notorious B.I.G. biopic wasn't the hit it was built up to be. Beat in the box office by a movie about a bumbling mall cop? Really? U2 is streaming its first single, "Get on Your Boots," from the forthcomi ... More >>

Natalie Maines Still Isn't Ready To Make Nice--Even When She Probably Didn't Intend To Be Mean In The First Place. Oh Well!

This should come as a surprise to absolutely no one: Natalie Maines, of the one-time Dallas-based Dixie Chicks, is in the news again, this time because she's, like, totally getting sued by this guy who is upset at claims that Maines, who's no stranger to controversy, once made that basically sugges ... More >>

It's Not Americana; It's Dress-Up

Don't be fooled by the faded denim and snap-button cowboy shirts

Burning Hotels

Thursday, August 23, at the Cavern|Friday, August 24, at the Moon, Fort Worth

U2 Can Revisit Bono's 1983 Visit to the Rock and Roll Alternative

The Tragically Hip

World Container (Fontana)

Cowboys and Indians

See Ranney's West

Ahoy There, Baby Gramps Ahead

The Killers

Sam's Town (Island)

Pub-ropa

Get your U2 fix at the Tip

Net Gain or Net Loss?

Bono and You Too

The Fly buzzes on world affairs

Secret Machines: All You Need is Bono

The End Is Near

Famine, pestilence, war, death--at Dallas Theological Seminary, the Apocalypse is the horse to bet on

Belafonte

Any Place Is Better Than Here (self-released)

Bono Fide

The U2 lead singer's lyrics speak for themselves. Literally.

Coldplay

X&Y (Capitol)

Letters

World Leader Pretend

U2's self-invented legacy is a figment of Bono's imagination

Dolly Parton

Friday, December 3

Rodent Tales

It's man vs. squirrel

MABI, Baby

Un Jung Lee wasn't made in America, but the art was

Various Artists

The Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC Video)

U2

The Best & B-Sides of 1990-2000 (Island)

The Sound of Violence

In a world at war, there was still plenty of beauty to be found

Hear This

Back to business as usual: I dig music

Hunger Strike

Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

Just Beautiful

A year so good, not even Sleater-Kinney makes the Top 10

Oasis / U2

Familiar to Millions (Epic Records) / All That You Can't Leave Behind (Interscope)

Out There

The beat goes on

Sonny Bono got more respect in death than in life

Roadshows

Letters

Out There