Ryan Smith
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Inside U2âs Dublin homecoming: Back to school, Grafton Street takeover and new songs as band gets the reception they deserve on 50th anniversary (opens the original)
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It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. Playing a concert at the school where you were formed 50 years ago. On the same day that you had your first rehearsal in your drummerâs tiny kitchen. On the same stage you last played as teenagers in the 1970s in questionable clothing with very different hairstyles. But in the moments before going on stage, your guitarist poses the question: Iâm worried, what if they donât like us? Teenagers can cut you down to size when youâre their age,
Rock âNâ Roll high school: U2 bring it all back home with gig at their former Dublin school (opens the original)
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U2 turned their former school into a Rock âNâ Roll high school on Friday, marking 50 years of the band. Around 100 kids and teachers packed into the grounds of Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, where they were treated to a set from the schoolâs most esteemed past pupils. Frontman Bono, 66, told the crowd: âWe escaped the lab, howâs the experiment going for you?â The band ran through some of their biggest hits, including I Will Follow, Beautiful Day and, after a âone more
U2âs first album in nine years promises âcarnival of lightâ.. and duet with the late Dolly Parton (opens the original)
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U2âs first studio album in nine years will feature a duet with the late Dolly Parton, her last recorded vocals. The Dubliners, who celebrate 50 years as a band this week, will release their 16th album, Carnaval De Luz, on November 13. Single âSilencioâ, was released on Friday, with details on an extensive tour in 2027 expected to follow in the coming weeks. The release of the new album caps a prolific year for the four-piece after two surprise EPs - Days of Ash and Easter Lily - were relea
Jalen Ngonda: Soul survivor (opens the original)
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âSoul music has been around me my whole life,â Jalen Ngonda says days out from his headline show in Belfast. The 32-year-oldâs modern take on â60s soul has made him one of the most compelling voices to emerge in recent years. Now London-based, but from Maryland in the United States, his music harks back to what feels like a timeless era. Or, in his case, an era that he almost quite literally pulled from a TV screen at 11-years-old, when he saw an advertisement for a Temptations mini-seri
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