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The Absolute Top 101 Songs of WFNX History #63 - U2 "With Or Without You"

You can vote for your favorite songs & check out the countdown so far right here! #63 - U2 "With Or Without You" Arguably U2's...
By FNXAdmin | June 07, 2011

Podcast: New Coldplay Tracks Unveiled 6-7-11

Fletcher and Henry discuss the new tracks Coldplay unveiled at a German Festival. They also touch on U2 comparisons and the beauty of The Script...
By FNXAdmin | June 07, 2011

Undercover: U2 & Green Day-"The Saints Are Coming" [VIDEO]

By FNXAdmin | June 02, 2011

[VIDEO] U2 - No Line On The Horizon

Let the U2 Nerd-dom ensue!
By MorningIntern | May 24, 2011

Undercover: U2-"Helter Skelter" [VIDEO]

By FNXAdmin | April 22, 2011

Undercover: Elbow-"Running To Stand Still"

By FNXAdmin | April 20, 2011

U2 and Muse Cover Talking Heads - "Secret Gig" or Karoake Throwdown?

At a "secret gig" in a Brazil nightclub Wednesday night, members of Muse and U2 covered Talking Heads, David Bowie and The Rolling Stones. Looks...
By FNXWeekenders | April 16, 2011

Undercover: The Bravery-"An Cat Dubh"

By FNXAdmin | March 15, 2011

U2's 'Spider-Man' Debuts

Below is a laundry-list of "minor hiccups" from the opening night of U2's Spidey musical. Click here for more. (via The A.V. Club)- The show...
By FNXAdmin | December 01, 2010

Spider-Man musical already a big hit...with orthopedic surgeons

When we first caught wind of the soon to be premiered pop-culture monstrosity that is Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (a.k.a. Wherein U2 Scores an...
By Steve Miller | November 01, 2010

U2-"Boy Falls From The Sky (live)" [VIDEO]

Hey! It's that U2 song from the 'Spiderman' musical they wrote! And they're playing it live!
By FNXAdmin | October 05, 2010

On Tuesday, musician Ben Folds (formerly of the Five) and rock-obsessed novelist Nick Hornby ( High Fidelity ) released a collaborative record called Lonely Avenue . The result of this musical-literary team-up isn't excruciating.
Worst of Both Worlds
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | October 01, 2010

Blog: Paul McGuinness of U2 Is No Fan Of Music Piracy

Fletcher shared an LA Times article, where U2's manager, Paul McGuinness describes the effects that music piracy has had on the industry, and his belief...
By MorningIntern | September 21, 2010

'Achtung Baby' Re-Issued?

Word on the street is the 1991 disc is being re-mastered right now. Click here to find out more (via Clash Music)
By Adam12 | September 20, 2010

U2's 'Spiderman' Tune

Click here for the 411 on 'Turn Off The Dark,' then below for a live performance of the first tune from U2's 'Spiderman' musical. ...
By Adam12 | September 13, 2010

Bono's Rolling

U2's Bono. Rolling Stone's Fricke. Ol' pals, they are. Click here to read their recent chat, where Bono talks new albums (plural) and coming back...
By Adam12 | August 20, 2010

The Absolute Top 101 WFNX Artists of All Time #14 - U2

You can vote for your favorite artists & check out the countdown so far right here! #14 - U2 As recently as last month, U2...
By Adam12 | August 16, 2010

The Absolut Top 101 WFNX Artists of All Time #14 - U2

Just a few weeks ago today’s band was listed at #39 on the countdown. Being super fans here on the breakfast show, we...
By MorningIntern | August 16, 2010

New U2 Tune? [VIDEO]

Here's footage from a recent gig in Torino, Italy. Pre-show soundcheck showcased a new song. Quality's iffy, but still...it's new U2! Keith Dakin just pooped...
By Adam12 | August 05, 2010

One night, one jazz trifecta

True, there aren't enough paying gigs for musicians, but the live music is out there — and last Wednesday, I had to scramble to make three promising shows.
Taylor Eigsti, the October Trio, and the BC Quintet
By JON GARELICK | July 02, 2010

Video: The 12 acts you should've seen at Bonnaroo 2010

When I told my bosses here at the Phoenix that I was going to need some time off to attend Bonnaroo for my third year in a row, I expected to hear something along the lines of, "Have fun, don't die, and we'll see you when you get back."
From the xx to Jay-Z
By MICHAEL C. WALSH | June 25, 2010

Freaks, Geeks, and Faux Bono

As Bay Staters, we recognize that our European ancestors sure knew how to roll: scarlet letters, sticks up asses, if-she-drowns-she's-not-a-witch-if-she-floats-she's-a-witch-so-let's-kill-her legal applications.
Boston-area subcultures keep the Bay State comfortably kooky this summer
By ALEXIS HAUK | June 18, 2010

Sunday Bloody Sunday "Unjust"

12 years, 900 witnesses, 400 days of testimony, $300 million. Click here for the NPR article on the inquiry into the 1972 killings in Northern...
By Adam12 | June 16, 2010

Talking ’bout a revolution

It takes a theatrical genius like Tom Stoppard to come up with Rock ’n’ Roll, which merges the pulsing spirit of both until they feel like one. And it takes a theater of the caliber of the Gamm to make history feel like a Stones concert that becomes a po
The Gamm’s life-affirming Rock ’n’ Roll
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 07, 2010

The Big Hurt: Bieber fever

Of the 45 headlines on mtv.com’s music-news section, nine are about JUSTIN BIEBER . That’s precisely 20 percent.
Plus U2’s purported fans, and Keane hits the green
By DAVID THORPE | April 02, 2010

U2's YouTube DVD

The Dubliners drop it in June. Click here for the 411 & trailer. (click blog title for link)
By Adam12 | March 31, 2010

Spring clearance

I've seen the best music snobs of my generation destroyed by downloading — instead of savoring full albums the way one might enjoy a vintage claret, they're slamming down random shots of bands with stupid names, passing out, and blanking on what they hea
Discriminatin' picks for the frugal music snob
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | March 12, 2010

U2 Tour 2KX

U2 live? With Interpol? It's true. Hit our Facebook page for the dates. (click blog title for link)
By Adam12 | February 22, 2010

Flanagan’s empire

Once a staple of the pages of The NewPaper (original incarnation of The Providence Phoenix ), Warwick-born Bill Flanagan went on to become a prominent rock journalist whose credits include U2: At the End of the World , the definitive portrait of on
Native son Bill Flanagan — novelist and MTV executive — dissusses big books, musical longevity, Irish Catholicism, and behind the music.
By MICHAEL ATCHISON | February 05, 2010

Podcast: The Joshua Three Game 2-1-10

This week you can win tickets to Spoon on the Breakfast Show. Keith Dakin is a super U2 nerd, so this game wasn't much of...
By Fletcher | February 01, 2010

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