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U2

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    U2's The Joshua Tree turns 25

    It's difficult to imagine, but U2 used to be cool. Not just cool, but one of the most innovative, inspiring and mysterious bands of their generation. The group challenged the sounds, look and emotional resonance of rock music, forever redirecting the cultural stream for good or ill. Today, while man ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    The Fray at Red Rocks on Friday, May 11

    Update (2/7/12): Isaac Slade and Joe King give a track-by-track breakdown of Scars & Stories, the Fray's new album. On the eve of releasing their third full-length album, Scars and Stories and almost exactly a year after playing at Invesco with U2, the Fray has announced plans to return to Red Rock ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Barry Fey on that time that he held a gun to Axl Rose's head and how the business has changed

    ​For years, Barry Fey says, music fans have been needling him to write a book. "You know, people have been saying 'When's the book? When's the book?' for fifteen years," Fey notes. "It was daily, wherever I would go out... 'When's the book? Come on, you've got to write a book!'" Well, he final ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    U2's Achtung Baby turns twenty Saturday

    ​ While U2 frontman Bono said "The Fly," the first single from Achtung Baby, was "the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree," it could easily be applied to the entire album, which was released on November 19, 1991. Achtung Baby is a document of the band, almost on the verge of breaki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    U2 360 tour by the numbers (infographic)

    ​When the U2 360 tour rolled through Denver on May 21 at Invesco Field, it was exactly one week removed from the massive 108,800-person concert in Mexico City. The tour was huge (Huge! Remember how that stage dwarfed the grid at Invesco?) and on Monday, Live Nation released a report drilling d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    If you could rewind the clock, which shows that you missed would you make sure to see?

    ​I've seen probably upwards of seven million shows in my lifetime, give or take five or six. In all that time, there's been a ton that I'm grateful for having the chance to have seen -- Mars Volta at Tulagi, the Killers at the Larimer Lounge, an unreal triple bill at the Coliseum featuring Pea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Issac Slade of the Fray talks about what it was like to open for U2, plus video of a few new songs

    Aaron Thackeray​Last night, we caught up with Isaac Slade for a few minutes as he was sitting aboard a plane on the tarmac at DIA waiting for his flight to take off. With the eagerly anticipated hometown, Denver date of the U2 360° tour now behind them, Slade and the other guys in the Fray we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Photos: U2 brings out crowds, shoes

    ​These days, U2 is less a rock band than some sort of weirdly beatific entity, to the extent that when the band comes to town, it even inspires good works. Case in point: the "Take off your Boots" ticket giveaway on Friday, where concert ticket retailer StubHub gave away some 150 tickets to Sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    The rapture didn't happen on Saturday, but a documentary about it got filmed

    There was none of this.​Despite the predictions of doomsayer Harold Camping, the Lord apparently did not see fit to visit destruction upon the earth Saturday, which passed somewhat unremarkably except that it was a particularly beautiful day. (Personally, I went to an apocalypse barbecue and a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    U2 tickets in 1981 and 2011: 30 years and $54.80 -- the difference of three decades

    U2 in 1981 in Denver​What a difference 30 years makes. Below: the $3.20 ticket to see U2 in Denver in 1981, side-to-side with the $58 nosebleed ticket to see U2 this past Saturday at Invesco Field. To put this in perspective, if we counted for inflation, that $3.20 ticket would be about $7.5 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2011

    U2 Denver, 360° Tour at Invesco Field, 5/21/11

    Photos by Aaron Thackeray U2 360° TOUR With The Fray 05.21.11 | Invesco Field View U2 at Invesco Field slideshow Say what you will about U2. Name another band that can fill a stadium these days... Time's up. Drawing a blank? That's because there aren't any -- certainly not any from this era. That ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2011

    U2 in Denver at Invesco Field, What to expect tonight: (likely) setlist, parking info and more

    Kevin Mazur Alright, so near as we can tell, when U2 takes the stage tonight at Invesco (after Isaac Slade and local homeboys in The Fray warm up the stage), the band's set will consist of two-dozen songs, possibly 25. Since the 360° Tour first kicked off in Barcelona in June 2009, the setlist ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Win tickets to see U2 at Invesco this Saturday!

    ​ Update (05/20 | 8 a.m.): Congratulations to Justin, Daniel, Christian, Jerry and Sessa709. You and a guest will be our guests at tomorrow night's show. Check your email for details on how to pick up your tickets. Thanks to everyone that entered!

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    U2 Invesco Field Denver: Channel your inner Bono with this downloadable rock star mask

    Be a rock star or just look like one at U2's concert tomorrow night at Invesco Field. Download hi-resolution PDF file here. Follow Backbeat on Facebook and Twitter @westword_music

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    U2 at Invesco Field 360° Tour: The stage is set

    Photo by Jon SolomonThe Claw has landed at Invesco for U2's 360 Tour on Saturday night If the weather gods are to be believed, this string of shitty weather we've endured for the past few days will be but a distant memory by the time U2 takes the stage at Invesco with the Fray on Saturday. Temps ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Jesus vs. Bono: Who would win? The founder of PeaceJam intends to find out

    Pictured here without cross.​Come Saturday, Colorado's poised to have more incoming messiahs than anybody ever asked for, including the evangelicals; besides being the scheduled day of Jesus' second coming according to Biblical number-cruncher Harold Camping, it's also the day Bono comes to De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Win tickets to see U2 at Invesco Field

    ​It's a great time to be Billy Bunting. Well, not that there's ever an especially bad time to make at least part of your living evoking the world's most iconic living frontman at the prime of his career. But now is a particularly optimal time to be fronting a U2 tribute band, in the weeks lead ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2011

    Is U2 providing the soundtrack to the End of the World? Survey says... yes!

    ​In a little more than a month, U2 is playing at Invesco Field. May 21, to be exact. Yeah, we're pretty psyched, too. Even more so now: Did you happen to notice any special significance of that date? Know what else is going down then? Um, just a little thing called Judgment Day. For realz! We' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    The Fray tapped to warm up for U2 at Invesco Field next spring

    ​Grammy nominations? Platinum status? Selling out Red Rocks? It's difficult to imagine any single event surpassing those sorts of mile markers in your career. Unless, of course, said event involves warming up for U2. In your hometown. Now that's beyond difficult. That's inconceivable. But tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    U2 reschedules its prevously postponed Denver date, Rihanna cancels show this Thursday

    ​A few weeks before U2 was slated to come to the States for another leg of its 360° tour, Bono injured his back while preparing for the dates and had to have emergency surgery, which resulted in the postponement of a number of US dates, including the June 12 show at Invesco Field. Live Nati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Under a Blood Red Sky to help soften the blow of U2's postponment

    Bummed out that Bono and his U2 compadres won't be at Invesco this weekend? Yeah? So are we. Luckily, we have Under a Blood Red Sky, Denver's trusty rusty U2 tribute band, which has pulled together a gig this weekend at the Hard Rock Cafe this weekend to help us forget that we're now going to have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    U2's Denver date postponed, along with the rest of the North American tour

    ​ File this one under: Worst. News. Ever. Well, unless you don't count yourself as a fan of U2, that is. We've just learned that one of the most highly anticipated concerts of the summer, due at Invesco field on Saturday, June 12, has been postponed until sometime in 2011. Although Bono's sur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Thank God "I See You" didn't win at the Golden Globe's

    This was not a good year for the "Best Original Song" category at the Golden Globe's. In fact, it's arguably one of the worst in recent memory. We're not certain what this means, if it means anything at all, but it's clear the film industry tossed original music to the wayside in 2009 in favor of li ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2010

    In the Name of U2

    This was not a good year for the "Best Original Song" category at the Golden Globe's. In fact, it's arguably one of the worst in recent memory. We're not certain what this means, if it means anything at all, but it's clear the film industry tossed original music to the wayside in 2009 in favor of li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Four is the magic number for Slayer and U2

    ​Dear, metal heads, prepare to be stoked: Slayer has unveiled the artwork for its forthcoming album, World Painted Blood, which is slated for release on Tuesday, November 3. While the music is sure to be dependably bludgeoning, the enticing aspect of this album is the fact that it will be issued w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    The Dream grabs top spot at Independent Records

    U2, which was the top seller the previous week, was knocked down to the number-ten spot after the Dream's brand-new Love Vs. Money, which was released last week, claimed the top stop for the week ending March 15. Jamie Foxx, Lamb of God and T.I. still hold on to top ten spots. See the full breakdown ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    The Fray still in Top 10 on Billboard 200

    In its fifth consecutive week on the charts, the Fray's self-titled sophomore release is still generating impressive sales figures, good enough, in fact, to remain in the top ten on the Billboard 200. Last week, the group registered 30,000 more sales, which moved it up a notch to number seven from n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Q&A with Ryan Hendrix of Colourmusic

    My first interview with Ryan Hendrix, one of the co-founders of Oklahoma's Colourmusic, didn't happen for one reason or another. But he more than made up for it the second time around. He was incredibly generous with his time, and extremely interesting and honest, too. These qualities come through ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Eno, electronic music history and pop songs summarized

    Stuck at work or bored at home, these three links should keep you busy for the rest of the day, either way. Fist up, enjoy these one-line summaries of the meaning behind some of the biggest pop songs in history.Second, electronic music pioneer and legendary producer (U2, Talking Heads, Coldplay, et ... More >>

  • Music

    November 27, 2008

    Negativland

    Tuesday and Wednesday, December 2 and 3, Old Main Chapel, CU-Boulder, free.

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    Voices from Red Rocks: Memories of U2's Greatest Concert

    Tuesday and Wednesday, December 2 and 3, Old Main Chapel, CU-Boulder, free.

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, October 2 edition

    Tuesday and Wednesday, December 2 and 3, Old Main Chapel, CU-Boulder, free.

  • Music

    August 14, 2008

    Mini Reviews

    Tuesday and Wednesday, December 2 and 3, Old Main Chapel, CU-Boulder, free.

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    U2 Live At Red Rocks Released on DVD

    Tuesday and Wednesday, December 2 and 3, Old Main Chapel, CU-Boulder, free.

  • Music

    July 17, 2008

    Coldplay

    Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
    Capitol

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    45 Second Reviews: Colour Revolt, Ours, Tokyo Police Club, Jordan Zevon

    Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
    Capitol

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    45 Second Reviews: Hawk Nelson, Moby, Van Morrison, Your Vegas

    Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
    Capitol

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    45 Second Reviews

    Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
    Capitol

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    Under a Blood Red Rocks Sky

    Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
    Capitol

  • Music

    October 6, 2005

    The Frames

    Friday, October 7, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

  • Music

    November 25, 2004

    U2

    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Interscope)

  • Music

    February 28, 2002

    Nine Inch Nails

    And All That Could Have Been (Nothing)

  • Music

    December 7, 2000

    U2

    All That You Can¹t Leave Behind (Interscope)

  • News

    May 29, 1997

    Letters

    All That You Can¹t Leave Behind (Interscope)

  • News

    May 15, 1997

    Letters

    All That You Can¹t Leave Behind (Interscope)

  • Music

    May 8, 1997

    Flop Mart

    U2 brings its carnival to Denver--and Denver shrugs.

  • News

    April 24, 1997

    Letters

    U2 brings its carnival to Denver--and Denver shrugs.

  • Music

    March 27, 1997

    Playlist

    U2 brings its carnival to Denver--and Denver shrugs.

  • Music

    September 7, 1994

    THE ORIGINAL GINN

    EX-BLACK FLAG GUITARIST GREG GINN STILL KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH PUNKS.

  • Music

    April 6, 1994

    HOUSES OF THE MOLDY

    THE BANDS THAT CAN FILL STADIUMS OFFER ONLY BLASTS FROM THE PAST.

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