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"U2 is one of the greatest bands in the world and we are floored to be working with them," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We just want to make some innovative products together, and we hope U2 fans will love having their very own special edition iPod."
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Merchandise of Irish rock group U2 is displayed before the opening show of the band's "Vertigo" world tour in San Diego. U2 has sold more than 2.2 million tickets and grossed some $185 million from advance ticket sales.
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U2 singer and social activist Bono last week in Davos, Switzerland praised Microsoft head honcho Bill Gates for pledging to spend $306 million on environmentally friendly technology and farming techniques to aid impoverished African farmers. "This is Bill Gates' last trip to Davos as Microsoft leader," Bono told the AP, "and I think it is an extraordinary thing that this man has not just changed the world once, but has now set aside the next act of his life to change the world again." Both Bono and Gates were in the Swiss city for an economic summit.
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Rocker faces opposition over hotel renovations and plans to erect `egomaniacal’ U2 Tower U2’s Bono helped persuade George W. Bush and Tony Blair to increase African aid and cancel a portion of Third World debt. But Ireland’s most famous rock star is finding it harder to charm Dublin preservationists as he seeks to expand the 177-year-old Clarence [...]
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Due to their uncanny ability to change with the times, U2 have managed to stay alive as the majority of their '80s counterparts have disappeared. The evolution of their music is ongoing, and each new record seems to bring a never-before encountered style to the band's oeuvre. From the jangly Post-Punk of their earliest records to the genre-exploding extravaganza that marked their hyper-rhythmic re-entry into the post-Nirvana world, the quartet has provided an utterly original sound and a rarely matched depth of feeling every time. The band continues to produce emotionally stunning music, injecting everything from countrified pedal steel, gurgling Techno sounds and processed hip-hop beats into their particular brand of Euro-rock.In 2000, U2 showed a spectacular return to form with the release of All That You Can't Leave Behind. Singles such as "It's a Beautiful Day," "Stuck In A Moment...," "Walk On" and "Elevation" helped redefine the band's sound once again, with All That You Can't Leave Behind going platinum three times over. Original players in the post-rock sound, U2 came full circle in 2004, when they released How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Epiphone and Music Rising have announced the sale of ten Epiphone Music Rising guitars signed by U2's The Edge. All proceeds will benefit Music Rising (www.musicrising.org) which has recently launched the second phase of the campaign which grants musical instrument assistance to churches and schools of the Gulf Coast region. On September 25, 2006 U2 and Green Day helped re-open the Louisiana Superdome in a pre-game show where they performed "The Saints Are Coming" to a worldwide audience. The Edge personally put his autograph on ten of the Epiphone Music Rising guitars prior to the show. The ten exclusive guitars will sell for $10,000 each and are available through Musician's Friend (www.musiciansfriend.com/musicrising) until they are gone, with all proceeds benefiting the charity directly. There will be no others offered with the legendary artist's autograph and each have been signed by him on the front portion of the guitar.
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