NEW YORK (AP) — In reimagining 40 of its best-known songs in new recordings, U2 considered how many fans experience the music: through earphones connected to a device in their pockets.
Most of the songs were written to be belted out onstage. So in revisiting the material for a project that comes out this week, U2 turns down the volume, reasoning it would be fun to see intimacy as the new punk rock, as guitarist The Edge explains.
He was the driving force behind the intriguing reinterpretation — somewhat ironic because the signature sound of his driving guitar is the most noticeable thing missing on the new disc. This year will provide a test for a band that can count on one hand the number of times it has performed without all four members.
U2 has committed to a run of shows in Las Vegas without drummer Larry Mullen, who is recuperating from surgery.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The metaphysical multiverse comedy "Everything Everywhere All at Once" wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood's top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Though worlds away from Oscar bait, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's anarchic ballet of everything bagels, googly-eyed rocks and one messy tax audit emerged as an […]
