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9 hrs ago | WNOL-TV New Orleans

'Spectacle: Elvis Costello With ...' welcomes Bono and the Edge

U2's the Edge, left, and Bono have a sit-down with Elvis Costello on Sundance. 'Spectacle: Elvis Costello With ... ' Upping the ante on any TV show that got off to as auspicious a start as the first season of the Sundance Channel's music interview-performance series " Spectacle: Elvis Costello With" is a tall order.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Theater, Arts, Entertainment

16 hrs ago | The Cincinnati Enquirer

TV's Best Bets

Glee, 9 p.m., Fox. 'Glee' has its fall-winter finale, with Eve returning as an opposing director.

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Related Topix: The Middle, Entertainment, Television, Pop/Rock, Modern Family, Drama, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Cougar Town

Tue Dec 08, 2009

MELODIKA.net

The $5 Buck Music Truck Visits '12 Stops of Christmas' to Raise Support for City of Hope

In a unique charitable effort called the "12 Stops of Christmas," music fans who give a suggested donation of $5 to City of Hope, a leading research, treatment and education center for cancer and other life-threatening diseases, will be eligible to receive a free album.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA), Century City (Los Angeles, CA), John Fogerty, Pop/Rock, Morrissey

Mon Dec 07, 2009

JamBase

"Elvis Costello With..." Bono, Toussaint, The Boss, More

BONO, ALLEN TOUSSAINT, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AMONG GUESTS IN SEASON TWO OF SUNDANCE CHANNEL'S "SPECTACLE: ELVIS COSTELLO WITH..." Elvis Costello Sundance Channel will launch the second season of its critically acclaimed music/talk original series "Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..." on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. et/pt with an episode ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Elvis Costello

Sat Dec 05, 2009

SW Radio Africa

World unites to commemorate World Aids Day

Dignitaries, political leaders, and even sports and films stars,, united on Tuesday for the global commemoration of World Aids Day.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, HIV/AIDS, Health, Medicine, Malaria

Thu Dec 03, 2009

Vue Weekly

Old Sounds: U2

Now that U2 has graduated to the "retirement home" of rock - big-budget arena tours that serve mainly to crank out the greatest hits - it's too easy to take pot shots at the lacklustre quality of the band's recent material or its tired persona.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Wed Dec 02, 2009

WORC-FM Worcester

Bono Defends Charity Efforts

Even though Bono has fronted the massively popular band U2 for well over three decades, the singer took a moment recently to acknowledge his fortunate life and career, and the beneficial effect they've had on his pocketbook.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

The London News.Net

U2 "humbled" to be headlining Glastonbury

The London News.Net Tuesday 1st December, 2009 London, December 1 : U2 frontman Bono has said that the band is "delighted and humbled" to play at next year's Glastonbury Festival.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Tue Dec 01, 2009

CBS 5

Zakim Bridge Lights To Turn Red

Zakim Bridge drivers will be seeing red, and not just from the tailights on the car in front of them.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Transportation

Associated Content

For Diehard U2 Fans: An in Depth Look at the Direction for U2's New 2010 Album

U2 maybe taking a break from their 360 tour schedule and home in Dublin for the holidays but they are busy, as ever.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Ain't It Cool News

Great Balls Of Fire!! Have You Seen The Line-Up For HBOa s...

Tom Hanks and Cameron Crowe are among the many behind this monster. Look! Press Release!! THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERT, A FOUR-HOUR EVENT FEATURING MUSIC'S BIGGEST STARS, DEBUTS NOV.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Rock-N-Roll, Folk, Simon & Garfunkel, Aretha Franklin, Black Entertainment, Soul, Metal, Metallica, Pop/Rock

Fri Nov 27, 2009

The Winnipeg Free Press

Documentary on electric guitar pulls the wrong strings

GIVE him this: documentary director Davis Guggenheim had a nifty idea to examine the history of the electric guitar in rock music, centred on a "summit" meeting of practitioners from three distinct eras.

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Related Topix: It Might Get Loud, Pop/Rock, The White Stripes, Travel

Hecklerspray

U2 Set To Bore Festival Goers At Glastonbury

Festivals are brilliant. Standing in fields, listening to music out of ropey speakers, complaining about being covered in mud and spending A 10 on organic hemp burgers.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Wyoming PBS Welcome!

American Masters "Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home"

The music of Woody Guthrie, the nation's signature folk singer/songwriter, has been recorded by everyone from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to the Irish rock band U2.

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Related Topix: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Chorus, Pop/Rock

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Wyoming PBS Welcome!

Secrets of the Dead "Mumbai Massacre"

Program returns to the scene of the Mumbai bombings one year later to learn how current consumer technology enabled the terrorist attacks on November 26, 2008.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Pop/Rock

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Hellomagazine.com

U2 to help Glastonbury celebrate 40th birthday

Irish rock band U2 will make their debut at Glastonbury next year to help celebrate the festival's 40th anniversary.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Online Sun

U2 to rock 40th Glastonbury

MICHAEL EAVIS promised something special for Glastonbury's 40th birthday next year - and boy has he delivered.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Offbeat

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Examiner.com

U2 announces another Canadian date for 2010

Montreal U2 fans will be excited to learn that a 2nd night at the Montreal Hippodrome has been added for the 360 Tour next year - it will be on July 17th.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

New York Daily News

Editorial: John's harvest of shame

If he has not already done so, state Senate Democratic conference leader John Sampson will soon discover in his mail a note from Bono , leader of the renowned rock group U2 .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, New York Metro, US News, Opinion

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Associated Content

Lyric Switch Changes Song - I Believe in Father Christmas

I got this CD today, "All You Need is Love," which is a compilation for Paul David Hewson's Project .

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