Judas betraying Jesus, the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland past and present, heroin addiction and gun-running in South America, writes Ben Gilbert for DotMusic.co.uk.
The Boys Are Back In Town..... U2's return to Slane Castle, twenty years after supporting Thin Lizzy here, was the night to remember that everyone had anticipated.
There is a simple reason that U2 can make the casually patronising claim that they are "reapplying" to be the best band in the world, writes Peter Aspen of the Financial Times.
Four years ago it was all oversized lemons, giant video screens and generous portions of irony. Oh, and stadiums, writes Sky News Online reporter Rob Cole.
U2's shows at Slane Castle on the next two Saturdays, August 25th and September 1st, will be their first Irish appearances since the PopMart Lansdowne Road concerts in August 1997.
Four years ago it was all oversized lemons, giant video screens and generous portions of irony. Oh, and stadiums, writes Sky News Online reporter Rob Cole.
To coincide with the first of four London dates on Elevation 2001 tonight, Radio Two in the UK broadcasts the first of a two part documentary The U2 Story.
The final notes of the intro tape, the Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," faded, writes Andy Coleman, and four musicians ambled on to the NEC stage - Birmingham Evening Mail
Compared to a lot of bands I have worked with,' says Tommy Whitelaw. 'U2 put a lot of time into the quality of their merchandising. What we are selling on tour is what they have selected from many more items.
'Just the bang and the clatter, I wish Ian Curtis was still around.' U2 are back in England for the first time since February and the Astoria, the first time on tour since 1997 and the first time in Manchester for ten years.
