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I Read The News Today... For June 2, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 2, 2011 3:48 pm

It's not every day you pick up Bono hitchhiking, like Edmonton Oiler right winger Gilbert Brule did. Kittie are touring the U.S. this summer. Appropriately, their website still looks like it's from 2001. Edmonton singer/songwriter Eamon McGrath is taking his tunes on the road this summer. If the upcoming Holy Ship! cruise isn't your thing, maybe...

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I Read The News Today... For March 23, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 23, 2011 3:22 pm

Tokyo Police Club are the final addition to the list of acts who will perform at this year's Juno Awards on Sunday. OOOOOOH! OOOOOH! Does that mean they're winning something? Guess we'll have to watch to see. City And Colour's March 18 set at Austin, Texas' St. David's Episcopal Church as part of South By Southwest is already available as a live...

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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 20, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 20, 2010 3:01 pm

Wintersleep's Paul Murphy has made two unreleased songs from his Postdata project available for free download as a special holiday present. You can get them here.In case you still care about them, Panic! At The Disco will release a new album called Vices And Virtues in March. —Alternative Press Paramore drummer and guitarist Zac Farro and Josh...

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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 25, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 25, 2010 1:02 pm

Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine debut album will be reissued on Nov. 22. Trent Reznor remastered the album himself with Tom Baker, and the cover's also been changed this time. It's still as angry as before. —nin.com Girls will release a new EP, Broken Dreams Club, on Nov. 22. It's not known whether it will contain any singles, nor whether...

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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 13, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 13, 2010 12:37 pm

Broken Social Scene and Superchunk will play Toronto's Sound Academy on Dec. 9. —Collective ConcertsGang Of Four's first album in 15 years, Content, is out Jan. 25. Oh, and it comes with vials of the band members' blood. Biohazard, much? —Yep Roc tUnE-yArDs (fucking hell, I hate typing that out so much) has remixed the...

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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 10, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 10, 2010 12:11 pm

Broken Social Scene have scored It's Kind Of A Funny Story, the new Zach Galifianakis film, and have also written a new song for its soundtrack. —PitchforkFeist: Look At What The Light Did Now, a documentary about the singer/songwriter, will premiere during this year's Pop Montreal festival. —popmontreal.com Remember that...

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I Read The News Today... For July 28, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 28, 2010 1:10 pm

Win Butler says he will "forever give" Bono "credit" for "engaging with George W. Bush when he was president," no matter how much people slag the U2 frontman. We're less concerned about Bono as we are this codified endorsement of GWB by an "indie rocker." —NME Kanye West might hate Twitter with...

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U2's The Edge, Bono and Adam Clayton (Photo by Richard Beland)

Bono's Back Injury Costs Insurers Millions, U2 Spider-Man Musical Finally On

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 22, 2010 2:25 pm

I'll bet Robertson Taylor don't want Bono to ever hurt his back again. Britain's The Sun tabloid reports the music industry insurers and brokers for Lloyd's Of London ended up paying £11 million (about $17 million Canadian) for the U2 frontman's injury, a slipped disc he sustained while dancing during a rehearsal. The...

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I Read The News Today... For June 17, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff June 17, 2010 12:09 pm

Beck's next Record Club will feature Sonic Youth singer/guitarist Thurston Moore and Tortoise. —NME See, Bono really did have the weight of the world on his shoulders: U2 stand to lose up to $150 million over the world tour they were forced to cancel this year after Bono had emergency back surgery. —World Entertainment News Network Ozzy...

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I Read The News Today... For June 3, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff June 3, 2010 3:26 pm

Rush want Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand "I'm really, really scary" Paul to stop using their music in his campaign. No wonder — who'd want their music to be associated with this? (Besides Ted Nugent, of course.) —World Entertainment News Network Wilco are sponsoring little league teams throughout Chicago and Northampton...

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I Read The News Today... For May 25, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff May 25, 2010 1:16 pm

K'Naan will play four western Canadian shows in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg this September. —Live Nation Hot Hot Heat's Steve Bays, Sarah Slean, Crash Parallel's Tim Edwards, Damhnait Doyle and producer David Bottrill (Muse, Tool) recently visited Rwanda to shoot a documentary titled Rwanda: Rises Up!. It's about the country's...

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Shadow Play: The Making Of Anton Corbijn Has Lots Of Bono

By Sarah Kurchak (CHARTattack) May 10, 2010 12:41 pm

Shadow Play In Three Minutes Bono: HI, I'M BONO AND I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING CHEEKY ABOUT ANTON CORBIJN AND PHOTOGRAPHY AND YOU WILL ALL THINK I'M SO CLEVER BECAUSE I AM. Michael Stipe, Dave Gahan, Kurt Cobain: We will now provide you with insight into this legendary photographer's career and life and intelligently discuss our...

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David Cross, Kevin Drew Imitate Bono On Fucked Up's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Charity Cover

By Siobhan Ozege (CHARTattack) December 9, 2009 12:34 pm

Fucked Up have kept their Polaris Music Prize promise to record a holiday season benefit album to raise funds and awareness about crimes against aboriginal women, and have released their star-studded cover of "Do They Know It's Christmas" for download on iTunes. The recording was funded entirely by the $20,000 Polaris Muse Prize...

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Bono Admits He's Overpaid

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By Siobhan Ozege (CHARTattack) December 3, 2009 3:20 pm

U2 singer Bono has admitted he's been financially "over-rewarded" throughout his musical career. But he's dismissed criticism that it's hypocritical for him to be crusading against poverty in the developing world when he's making millions of dollars at the same time. "You can still contribute even if you are not as fortunate as...

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