Friday, December 10, 2004
Some more U2
Since the blog is named after a U2 song, I might as well throw is some more U2 news in here, hey? So, MTV showed a 30 minute documentary on the secret Brooklyn concert as part of a new program called MTV Jammed. They will replay it again on the 14th at 2 am EST for those of you who missed tonight's show. Was pretty awesome since it also showed little bits of U2's little traffic stopper through Manhattan, including a shot of the guy who was behind me in line delivering 4 Guinesses to the band.
In addition to the MTV shows, iTunes has the concert EP (4 songs) available for sale at $3.96 and boy, the soundboard has incredible sound quality. I also see where U2 are headed now. They are probably going to put up soundboards from every single concert from their upcoming world tour up for sale on iTunes, thereby opening an entirely new revenue stream for the band. This on top of the constant playing of the Ipod commercial which has sent the album to No:1 status in 24 countries including the U.S. and the U.K. This tie-up with Apple is beginning to make more and more sense to me now, beyond the fact that Bono's New York apartment (the San Remo) was bought from Steve Jobs.
On another note, Dimebag Darell, the lead guitarist of now defunct thrash metal band Pantera (a band I truly hated) was killed in a senseless nightclub shooting in Ohio. Whats eerie about the killing is that it happened exactly 24 years (to the day) after John Lennon was killed by Mark Chapman, another crazed fan.
In addition to the MTV shows, iTunes has the concert EP (4 songs) available for sale at $3.96 and boy, the soundboard has incredible sound quality. I also see where U2 are headed now. They are probably going to put up soundboards from every single concert from their upcoming world tour up for sale on iTunes, thereby opening an entirely new revenue stream for the band. This on top of the constant playing of the Ipod commercial which has sent the album to No:1 status in 24 countries including the U.S. and the U.K. This tie-up with Apple is beginning to make more and more sense to me now, beyond the fact that Bono's New York apartment (the San Remo) was bought from Steve Jobs.
On another note, Dimebag Darell, the lead guitarist of now defunct thrash metal band Pantera (a band I truly hated) was killed in a senseless nightclub shooting in Ohio. Whats eerie about the killing is that it happened exactly 24 years (to the day) after John Lennon was killed by Mark Chapman, another crazed fan.
