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Noted for his business acumen, he has been responsible for U2 3D concert films, U2-branded iPods, sponsorship from BlackBerry and the first-ever concert streamed live on YouTube. [ 9 ] McGuinness was regarded as the fifth member of U2, although in an interview with The Irish Press in 1985, when asked if he was the fifth member of U2, he replied ...
He won Top Manager at the Billboard Touring Awards in 2006 and 2009. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In 2007, Oseary negotiated a 360 deal partnering Madonna with Live Nation worth $120 million. [ 11 ] On November 12, 2013, it was announced that Oseary would be replacing Paul McGuinness as manager of U2 in a $30 million deal which would see Live Nation buy both ...
After Bono's recovery, U2 resumed the 360° Tour in August 2010 with legs in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, during which they began to play new, unreleased songs live. [281] By its conclusion in July 2011, U2 360° had set records for the highest-grossing concert tour ( US$736 million ) and most tickets sold for a tour (7.3 million).
The music for "Where the Streets Have No Name" originated from a demo that guitarist The Edge composed the night before U2 resumed The Joshua Tree sessions. In an upstairs room at Melbeach House—his newly purchased home—he used a four-track tape machine to record an arrangement of keyboards, bass, guitar, and a drum machine.
The free album download was an attempt to assert Apple’s dominance in the streaming boom when Spotify was rapidly gaining popularity and to reintroduce U2 to a new generation of fans.
Kevin Courtney from Irish Times wrote, "Once again, it's the end of the world as U2 know it, and the band is gonna party like it's 1999. The dance beats give way to full on guitar riffs, The Edge getting down and dirty with his toggle switch and whammy bar, and Bono chanting the urgent chorus of 'you've got to give it away.'
U2 will begin its residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere with at least one new song to perform: “Atomic City,” a Vegas-themed tune that is expected to be released on or before the band’s Sept. 29 ...
In 2010, U2 manager Paul McGuinness said that "An Cat Dubh" remained one of his favourite live tracks, describing it as "symphonic", adding that it had "very big musical ambitions." He stated that the later compositions " Bad " and " One " were "the songs in line of descent from [An Cat Dubh]" because of their ability to continually grow in the ...