Isn’t it funny that Live Nation barely crossed our radar a few years ago, and yet here they are, merrily signing up major artists like they were collecting stamps!
Live Nation’s signing of U2 isn’t nearly as far reaching as their arrangement with Madonna - they’ll merely be looking after “merchandising, digital and branding rights” for the band. So, no ‘tipping the music industry on it’s head’ stories here then…
In reality, this is just a formalising of an ongoing business relationship between U2 and Live Nation - which will see the company manage U2’s online affairs and branding for the next 12 years. In a typically dumb soundbyte, Mr Bono said:
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His Holiness, Pope Bono and the other assorted members of U2 are holed up in their studio in Dublin working on material for a new album.
But don’t expect anything too amazing from them, they’re only trying to “break new sonic ground and deliver a masterpiece“ according to collaborator Daniel Lanois. And no classic U2 album would be complete without Brian Eno behind a curtain somewhere twiddling knobs and helping push things into the right creative direction.
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It has been reported by Variety magazine that Bono and The Edge from U2 are to write music and lyrics for the new Broadway musical version of Spiderman.
The pair also wrote the Batman theme song in 1995, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me.
