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Palmarès/Charts

A Look At This Week’s Music Charts

This week, Here Comes Goodbye by Rascal Flatts is staying put at the top of the Classic Country Calgary chart, but Rodney Atkins jumped from number four to two.  Here are the top five country songs:

1. Here Comes Goodbye – Rascal Flatts

2. It’s America – Rodney Atkins
3. She’s Country – Jason Aldean
4. I Told You So – Carrie Underwood
5. Nothin’ To Die For – Tim McGraw
Meanwhile, The Tragically Hip remain at number one, but U2’s Magnificent replaces Papa Roach at number five. The top five songs rock songs on Edmonton’s 100.3 are:
1. Love Is A First – The Tragically Hip
2. Use Somebody – Kings Of Leon
3. Brother (Remix) – Pearl Jam
4. Make Believe – Thornley
5. Magnificent – U2
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Musique

U2 Releases New Video

U2 has released a new video online for the single, Magnificent, from their latest album, No Line on the Horizon.

The video was directed by Alex Courtes who they also worked with on the videos for Vertigo and Get On Your Boots.

Shot in March, U2 chose the beautiful Moroccan city, Fez, for filming.

Besides scenes of the band, the video also includes shots of the medieval city, with its ancient buildings, and local residents at the market place.

 

 

 

 

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Potins

U2 Tour Could Be the Last

The U2 frontman admits that he and his band mates, guitarist The Edge, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton, plan to make the most of their next world tour, because it may be the last, reports FemaleFirst.

Bono said, "We want to play for each other as much as we want to play for the crowd this time. You just don’t know how long you are going to be doing this."

Larry Mullen Jr. recently revealed that he’s interested in retiring while U2 is on a high note, after 20 years in the music business.

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Potins

Jonas Brothers Mania Crashes Site

According to a report from RollingStone.com, the ticket demand for the Jonas Brothers was so high that their Web site crashed when Jonas Brothers fan club members were trying to get their presale tickets yesterday morning (March 23).

Even though some fans succeeded in getting their tickets before the technical hiccups, the Web site had troubles keeping up with the demand five hours after the presale.

This is not the first time that such problems have popped up. Similar incidences occurred when tickets for Phish, Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson went on sale.

History might be repeating itself when U2 tickets go on sale tomorrow.

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Potins

Chris Martin Denies Rivalry with U2

The Coldplay singer says that there’s no rivalry between the bands, even though U2 frontman, Bono, has criticised Coldplay, reports FemaleFirst.

Although Bono was quick to apologize for his attack on Martin, his comments were already circulating the media.

Martin said he’s not bothered by Bono’s opinion, explaining, "We never started any rivalry, because we are fully aware that we are a number six band. We are not even number two."

"We are always very thrilled when someone even bothers to compare us, but we are 23 years behind them and they are in a way different league," added Martin about U2.  He also mentioned that U2’s latest album, Line on the Horizon, is brilliant.

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Chris Martin Denies Rivalry with U2

The Coldplay singer says that there’s no rivalry between the bands, even though U2 frontman, Bono, has criticised Coldplay, reports FemaleFirst.

Although Bono was quick to apologize for his attack on Martin, his comments were already circulating the media.

Martin said he’s not bothered by Bono’s opinion, explaining, "We never started any rivalry, because we are fully aware that we are a number six band. We are not even number two."

"We are always very thrilled when someone even bothers to compare us, but we are 23 years behind them and they are in a way different league," added Martin about U2.  He also mentioned that U2’s latest album, Line on the Horizon, is brilliant.

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Musique

U2 Announces World Tour

The Kiss The Future tour will promote the release of the album No Line on the Horizon this week. Barcelona, Spain will be the first city U2 will visit, reports Billboard magazine.

For the upcoming tour, U2 will reunite on a stage surrounded by a 360-degree audience, and the concert will also be casted on a giant cylindrical screen.

Guitarist The Edge revealed, “We’re very excited about the idea to go on the road with this album," and added, "It’s an album that I think is going to translate so well to the live context. The songs we’ve tried in rehearsal are sounding fantastic, so that’s got everyone really fired up.”

The global tour by the Irish group will travel around Europe until August 22. After that, the show heads to America, starting on September 12, with a first stop in Chicago. The North American tour goes on until October 28, and the band plans to perform abroad again until fall 2010.

Even if the full tour details have yet to be announced, ticket prices will be fixed between $30 and $250, based on the market. Tickets for the European shows will go on sale in mid-March, and those for North American will become available at the end of March, early April.

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Potins

U2 Gets Honoured in New York City

At a ceremony hosted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 53rd Street was temporarily renamed U2 Way.

The Irish band was in the Big Apple promoting their latest album, No Line On The Horizon.

The band’s singer, Bono, told the crowd, "The Beatles had Penny Lane, Elvis lived on the end of Lonely Street. We’re here somewhere between 10th Avenue and funky, funky Broadway, somewhere south of Duke Ellington Way and north of Joey Ramone Place."

"We find ourselves where the streets have no name," added Bono, making reference to one of U2’s classics from the Joshua Tree album.

U2 performed for five nights in a row on The Late Show with David Letterman, which is aired from the Ed Sullivan Theatre on 53rd Street.

 

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Musique

Last.fm Denies Allegations

One of the founders of Last.fm, Richard Jones, categorically denies allegations the Web site TechnCrunch made against his company. The site claimed that Last.fm shared confidential information of those who illegally downloaded the new U2 album, No Line On The Horizon, with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

The controversy began last week when the U2 album leaked on pirate sites. The Australian division of Universal Music accidentally put the album online for two hours.

It was then published that Last.fm shared personal information with the RIAA to identify those who downloaded the unedited music.

According to Jones, these allegations are completely false and there is no such case of confidentialities being shared.

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Musique

Duffy Reigns at the BRIT Awards

Last night (February 18), the BRIT Awards ceremony was held in London’s Earl’s Court.  Duffy, of Wales, left the event with three trophies, reports Billboard.com.

The singer, who shot to fame in England in 2008, was awarded for her album, Rockferry, and her song Warwick Avenue during the evening.

The Nashville rock band, Kings of Leon, were named best international group, and won the international album of the year award for Only by the Night.

Katy Perry was named best international singer, beating competition from Beyonce, Gabriella Cilmi, Pink and Santigold.

The prize for best British song was determined by call-in votes, and was given to Girls Aloud for The Promise.

The ceremony opened with a performance by U2 of the song Get on Your Boots.