Tuesday, August 19, 2008

@U2, the best place for your news

if you want to keep up with the latest on anything related to U2, you can never go wrong with my friends @U2.com.

as someone who has been a fan of the band since 1982, I can assure you their news stories are informative, classy, prompt and complete. While other sites may post rumors, @U2 like true journalists, will cover their tracks and facts and post from reliable sources. They have the trust and respect of most hard-core fans and never compromise their integrity by lowering their standards to write like a tabloid magazine might, just trying to get a candid and rude picture of the band invading their privacy.

it's no wonder Hot Press Magazine (Ireland version of Rolling Stone) readers picked @U2.com the top fan site on the internet (not just U2 but all bands).

the one thing I wish they would do is have a good comprehensive list of U2 collectables, promotional goods and rarities for fans.
and also (this is my selfish side) post more stories about U2 fans out there who have blogs (like me!) where fans can learn about other bands maybe related to U2 (like Hothouse Flowers, Daniel Lanois, Maria McKee) or just music in general.. there is a great network of music fans out there and not all of it is about U2 only but the spirit revolves around U2.. and it would be nice to help each other out by posting links for each other (maybe they do this and I just dont know) but regardless, they deserve my "two thumbs up" and I am giving it to them here. maybe they can return the love :) (and yeah sure they are giving away some free CDs so why not really embellish!) or if not maybe more video, with the invention of You Tube there is a lot of great rare things out there but a bunch of crap to sort through.

and take a poll how many fans have heard of "Womanfish"? :)

and I always have to finish with a video.. what else, but the uber-rare and still not part of the Joshua Tree b-side sessions
"Womanfish" live on RTE circa 1986

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