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U2 Berlin Wall Performance November 5
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
U2 will perform a free concert to help the city celebrate 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, MTV announced on Tuesday evening.
The Irish rockers will perform in front of the Brandenburg Gate on Nov. 5 during the network’s Europe Music Awards, hosted by Katy Perry. The band’s performance will be beamed via satellite to the awards ceremony at Berlin’s nearby O2 World Arena.
The Berlin Wall fell Nov. 9, 1989, ending almost 30 years of separation between east and west. In a statement Tuesday, U2 manager Paul McGuinness said it would be exciting to be in Berlin, “20 years almost to the day since the wall came down.”
U2’s 1991 album Achtung Baby was partly inspired by the band’s stay in the city.
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2009 MTV Video Music Awards Winners List
Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Best Female Video
- Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
- Katy Perry “Hot N Cold”
- Kelly Clarkson “My Life Would Suck Without You”
- Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
- Pink “So What”
- Taylor Swift “You Belong With Me”
Best Hip-Hop Video
- Asher Roth “I Love College”
- Eminem “We Made You”
- Flo Rida “Right Round”
- Jay-Z “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
- Kanye West “Love Lockdown”
Best Male Video
- Eminem “We Made You”
- Jay-Z “D.O.A. (Death of Auto Tune)”
- Kanye West “Love Lockdown”
- Ne-Yo “Miss Independent”
- T.I. Featuring Rihanna “Live Your Life”
Best New Artist
- 3OH!3 “Don’t Trust Me”
- Asher Roth “I Love College”
- Drake “Best I Ever Had”
- Kid Cudi “Day N’Nite”
- Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
Best Pop Video
- Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
- Britney Spears “Womanizer”
- Cobra Starship “Good Girls Go Bad (Featuring Leighton Meester)”
- Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
- Wisin y Yandel “Abusadora”
Best Rock Video
- Coldplay “Viva La Vida”
- Fall Out Boy “I Don’t Care”
- Green Day “21 Guns”
- Kings Of Leon “Use Somebody”
- Paramore “Decode”
Video Of The Year
- Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
- Britney Spears “Womanizer”
- Eminem “We Made You”
- Kanye West “Love Lockdown”
- Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
Break Through Video
- Anjulie “Boom”
- Bat For Lashes “Daniel”
- Chairlift “Evident Utensil”
- Cold War Kids “I’ve Seen Enough”
- Death Cab For Cutie “Grapevine Fires”
- Gnarls Barkley “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
- Major Lazer “Hold The Line”
- Matt And Kim “Lessons Learned”
- Passion Pit “The Reeling”
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Heads Will Roll”
Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman)
- Beastie Boys “Sabotage”
- Bjork “Human Behaviour”
- David Lee Roth “California Girls”
- Dr. Dre “Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang”
- Foo Fighters “Everlong”
- George Michael “Freedom”
- OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
- Radiohead “Karma Police”
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers “Into The Great Wide Open”
- U2 “Where The Streets Have No Name”
Best Art Direction
- Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
- Britney Spears “Circus”
- Coldplay “Viva La Vida”
- Gnarls Barkley “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
- Lady Gaga “Paparazzi”
Best Choreography
- A.R. Rahman & Pussycat Dolls F/ Nicole Scherzinger “Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)”
- Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
- Britney Spears “Circus”
- Ciara f/ Justin Timberlake “Love Sex Magic”
- Kristinia DeBarge “Goodbye”
Best Cinematography
- Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
- Britney Spears “Circus”
- Coldplay “Viva La Vida”
- Green Day “21 Guns”
- Lady Gaga “Paparazzi”
Best Direction
- Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
- Britney Spears “Circus”
- Cobra Starship “Good Girls Go Bad (Featuring Leighton Meester)”
- Green Day “21 Guns”
- Lady Gaga “Paparazzi”
Best Editing
- Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
- Britney Spears “Circus”
- Coldplay “Viva La Vida”
- Lady Gaga “Paparazzi”
- Miley Cyrus “7 Things”
Best Special Effects
- Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
- Eminem “We Made You”
- Gnarls Barkley “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
- Kanye West F/ Mr. Hudson “Paranoid”
- Lady Gaga “Paparazzi”
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Michael Jackson "Thriller" Greatest Album Ever According To MTV Poll
Posted on 09. Apr, 2009 by CSS.
Michael Jackson’s 1983 LP Thriller has been named the “Greatest Album Ever” in a new poll from MTV. The pop superstar’s Quincy Jones-produced album–which featured hits like “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” “Thriller,” and “The Girl Is Mine”— is the world’s best-selling album and dominated a poll of MTV viewers.
“I don’t think there’ll ever be another album like it in the history of music,” says MTV Base presenter Trevor Nelson. “There will never be a marriage of producer and artist, or songwriting and pop sensibility like that again. Due to the way people buy records now, there’ll never be an album that sells as many copies.”
More than 40,000 votes were cast by fans asked to choose their favorite album since 1981 from a shortlist of 26 LPs. The final list was then compiled by music industry experts from MTV’s three UK channels – MTV2, VH1 and MTV Base.
Check out the Top 20 and let us know what you think of the album rankings.
MTV’s Greatest Album Ever Top 20:
- Michael Jackson – “Thriller”
- Craig David – “Born To Do It”
- Guns N’ Roses – “Appetite For Destruction”
- Radiohead – “OK Computer”
- Nirvana – “Nevermind”
- Oasis – “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”
- Oasis – “Definitely Maybe”
- U2 – “The Joshua Tree”
- Arctic Monkeys – “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”
- Amy Winehouse – “Back to Black”
- The Strokes – “Is This It?”
- Kanye West – “The College Drop Out”
- The Stone Roses – “The Stone Roses”
- Eminem – “The Marshall Mathers LP”
- The Smiths – “The Queen Is Dead”
- Rage Against The Machine – “Rage Against The Machine”
- Prince and The Revolution – “Purple Rain”
- REM – “Automatic For The People”
- Usher – “8701?
- Pixies – “Doolittle”
- The Notorious B.I.G – “Ready To Die”
- Lauryn Hill – “The Mis-education of Lauryn Hill”
- Human League – “Dare”
- Jay-Z – “Blueprint”
- Dizzee Rascal – “Boy In Da Corner”
- Mary J. Blige – “What’s the 411?”
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U2 Letterman Top Ten List
Posted on 05. Mar, 2009 by CSS.
U2 delivered the Top Ten List on the Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday.
Can you believe producers convinced the legendary rockers to do a Top Ten?
Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry present the “Top Things U2 Has Learned Over The Years” in this video clip from last night’s show.
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U2 Gets A Street Named After Them In New York
Posted on 03. Mar, 2009 by CSS.
To celebrate U2’s weeklong gig on CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman,” a block-long stretch of West 53rd Street was temporarily renamed after the veteran Irish rockers on Tuesday.
“Somewhere south of Duke Ellington Way and north of Joey Ramone Place we find ourselves,” said lead singer Bono. “And we’re the band where the streets have no name.”
The four band members joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in unveiling the “U2 Way” street sign on Broadway across West 53rd Street from the Ed Sullivan Theater, where Letterman’s show is taped.
Pretty cool… wonder how long it will take for their to be a “HomeTownHollywood Way”… I’m just sayin…
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U2 "Breathe" Letterman Performance
Posted on 03. Mar, 2009 by CSS.
In honor of today’s relase of their new album No Line on the Horizon, U2 will be performing on the Late Show with David Letterman every night this week.
The boys kicked off a week of live sets on Letterman with a rendition of their single “Breathe.”
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U2 'No Line On The Horizon' Album Release March 3.
Posted on 18. Dec, 2008 by CSS.
U2 fans are in for a “beautiful day.” The Irish rockers will release their new album, No Line on the Horizon, in the States on March 3, Reuters reported Thursday. Tour plans haven’t been announced yet.
The new LP is the follow-up to the successful 2004 album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.
