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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  June 13, 2009 – This week, Jay-Z unleashed a new song, "D.O.A.," from his upcoming release, Blueprint 3 -- while the Killers premiered the epic video for Day and Age cut "A Dustland Fairytale."U2's Bono and the Edge talked about their involvement in the much-anticipated Spider-Man musical, while Blink-182 revealed details about their new material for this summer's reunion tour. All these stories, plus the week's top news, photo galleries, editor's blo …
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  U2 Discuss 'Spider-Man' Musical

  June 10, 2009 – Set the stage, and light the lights: The much-anticipated Broadway musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, featuring music and lyrics by U2's Bono and the Edge, is set to open February 18, 2010. In anticipation, U2's songwriting pair recently sat down to chat about what first attracted them to the project, including the relationship between rock bands and comic books. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  May 9, 2009 – SPIN cover stars No Doubt played their first concert in five years this week, kicking off a massive summer reunion tour.Meanwhile, SPIN traveled to New Jersey's Bamboozle Festival (and got all wet), Green Day unveiled plans to broadcast an intimate New York City show over the Internet, and SPIN's Charles Aaron took Eminem's latest music video to task. All these, plus the week's photo galleries, news, audio/video, and reviews, below.TOP …
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  New Video: U2's 'Magnificent'

  May 6, 2009 – U2 have released the music video for their latest single, "Magnificent," which gives fans both a look inside the studio in Fez, Morocco, where they wrote their new album, No Line on the Horizon, and an exquisite, conceptual element: views of the ancient city covered in giant white sheets. Director Alex Courtes, who also directed the first Horizon video for "Get On Your Boots," captured Bono and the boys playing the song in their palati …
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  Bono, Madonna, and Chris Martin Unite for Spoof Song

  April 1, 2009 – What has the power to lure the likes of Bono, Chris Martin, Madonna, Elton John, Sting, and the Village People to record on the same track? Disaster Relief? Global Warming? World Peace? Try comic Sacha Baron Cohen, a.k.a. …
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  What Makes U2 Run?

  March 25, 2009 – The distinguished gentlemen of U2 are in a Dublin studio having their photograph taken for what must, to them, feel like the 342,675th time. But they go about the task gracefully, as they well know that this is part of their job, and in 2009, no job is to be taken for granted, even if it's that of biggest band in the world. Especially if it's that of biggest band in the world. "Rock stars! …
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  U2 Play Secret Boston Show

  March 13, 2009 – Call it the luck of the Boston Irish. …
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  Exclusive: Behind U2's SPIN Cover Shoot

  March 12, 2009 – Three decades, 12 studio albums, and 145 million copies sold have made U2 the biggest band in the world. And now the Irish quartet's latest release, No Line on the Horizon, is No. 1 on the Billboard album chart.But how have Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. maintained their mojo for some 30 years? …
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  U2 Tops Charts, While Fake Bono Charms Miami

  March 11, 2009 – It's official: U2's latest album, No Line on the Horizon, is a Bono-fide hit, landing the No.1 spot on the Billboard charts. Horizon sold 484,000 copies, the biggest one-week sales so far this year. This marks the band's seventh No. 1 release, matching Led Zeppelin for the second most chart-toppers ever. …
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  Web Weirdness: Kings of Leon Practice Magic, and More

  March 6, 2009 – The Kings of Leon tapped London conjuror Sav for magic lessons. Meanwhile their grandfather Leon, a longtime preacher, has asked the band to rescind their name. [Chartattack] New York City officials have named Times Square's 53rd street "U2 Way." Why? To stop Bono from complaining about streets with no names. [New York Daily News] Weezer are rumored to be opening blink-182's reunion tour. Guys, say it ain't so. …
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