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Jose Garces, What Are You Listening To?

​Jose GarcesThe Iron Chef and James Beard award-winning chef is executive chef of Distrito, Old Town Whiskey and Garces Trading Co. To-Go at The Saguaro Hotel. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I have Sirius/XM in my car, and ... More >>

Rich Berra, What Are You Listening To?

Rich Berra​Rich Berra Berra is one of the hosts of the Johnjay and Rich radio show heard on 104.7 KISS-FM here in Phoenix. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play? It sounds like a scam, but I listen to KISS to hear what our station sounds like af ... More >>

MY 103.9 Format Details Emerge

After tweets yesterday from Dave Pratt Live co-host Kassi Jayde indicated yesterday that KEXX-FM (103.9) would be shifting to a "classic rock" format, a Facebook post by Gadger, a X103.9 jock, who hosts (or hosted) the station's "Local Frequency" program, states that the format shift will be less " ... More >>

Barry Fey's Backstage Past: The Gun, Axl Rose, Lars Ulrich, and the Truth

Legendary concert promoter Barry Fey's Twitter bio is pretty revealing: "Its Barry Fey. I am a rock promoter. I have promoted a few shows here and there. Maybe you have heard of me?" Fey, "The Rockfather," retired from the business in 1997, but not before establishing himself as one of the big name ... More >>

U2 to Sell 360 Tour Stages to Create New Venues

​U2 wants the stages used during their extensive 360 Tour to be recycled and become new permanent venues rather than going to waste, according to Billboard.The band is selling three of their four-legged structures that stand over the stage. They each take up 29,000 square feet.Plans are currently ... More >>

The New U2 Album Will Not Be Coming Out Today

Wikimedia CommonsU2 has no Songs of Ascent for you right now.​Fans of Irish rockers U2 who are eagerly anticipating the band's next album, tentatively titled Songs of Ascent, will have to wait a while longer. The record was first expected in 2010, and in January of this year, the Germany branch o ... More >>

Beastie Boys to Release Star-Studded Short Film 'Fight For Your Right Revisited'

​In addition to releasing their highly anticipated upcoming album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, on May 3, the Beastie Boys will be releasing a short film in a few weeks, according to Pitchfork.Fight For Your Right Revisited is the Beastie Boys' new star-studded 22-minute short film directed by th ... More >>

Clothes Encounters

The Strokes, Angles: Worth the Wait

'Angles' by The Strokes. Could this be the big comeback we've all been waiting for?​After listening to the Strokes' new single, "Under Cover of Darkness" when it dropped, I didn't set my hopes very high for the rest of the album.The single, which dropped a few days ago, was just ta little better t ... More >>

The 10 Stupidest Music Stories of 2010

​Every year a few ridiculous stories get squeezed in between the serious ones. In honor of the year coming to a close, it's time to poke some fun at those who entertained us by making the stupidest headlines in music news in 2010.In no particular order, here are some real winners... err, well, act ... More >>

Google Translate Turns into a Beatbox

​It turns out that Google Translate can do way more than translate a foreign business documents, help confused travelers, or decode what your mail order bride is saying, according to Gizmodo.In fact, if you go to Google Translate and set both language transition settings to German, you've got a go ... More >>

U2's Manager Fights Illegal Downloading

​Paul McGuinness, U2's manager, is blaming Internet service providers for not working harder to put an end to illegal music downloading, NME reports.However, McGuinness has faith in Spotify, a paid online music subscription service that actually distributes royalties properly.While McGuinness's ar ... More >>

The Beautiful Train Wrecks

The Beautiful Train Wrecks

Incoming: Black Eyed Peas

In case you love the Black Eyed Peas but didn't care to see them open for U2 the last time they were in the Valley, get Pea-licious when the hip-hop dance group invades Jobing.com Arena March 31. Seriously, they're big enough to headline an arena? ​

Bon Jovi Comes To Glendale on February 24

​If this week's U2 stadium show didn't slake your thirst for overblown artists from yesteryear, the coming weeks and months will undoubtedly satisfy your cravings for throwback acts: KISS is on their way to the Valley, as well as The Misfits, Y&T, MC Hammer, Cameo, and Brian Setzer. You can s ... More >>

Concert Review: U2 Gets Intimate in Glendale

Luke Holwerda​There's something inherently incongruous about the serene, relentlessly thoughtful music U2 made at its creative peak and the stadium-sized spectacle that came to Glendale last night. Sure, the band has been one of the few extant rock acts capable of (nearly) selling-out football fie ... More >>

U2 in 140 Characters or Less

​How was last night's U2 show at The University of Phoenix Stadium? Well, I slaved over a review here but why take a critic's word for it when you can consult the twittersphere.And the Twittersphere says.... cdaukas: Traffic is bad. U2 is good. Almost there. So, yeah, t ... More >>

Is U2 a Supergroup? The Arizona Republic Says So

Maybe it's just that we've run not one but two think pieces on the concept of and criteria for "supergroups" in the last month, but I became physically ill upon seeing the headline over The Arizona Republic's review of U2's show in Glendale last night."Supergroup U2 delivers in Glendale," it read.Th ... More >>

October 21 In Blogs: Illegal Alien Costume, U2, Gallo Blanco, and Taser International

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Easley's Fun Shop Sells Out of Illegal Alien Costume. Is the Costume Racist? Nah. Up on the ... More >>

Hot Links: Flu Shots, Potato Fire, and $20 Parking for U2

​More than 13,000 students in the Glendale Elementary School District will receive free seasonal flu vaccinations from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. All shots will be administered by November 6, and parents must sign a permission form for their child to get the shot...The Potato ... More >>

New Smashing Pumpkins Will Be Free, Boy George Writes A Song About Amy Winehouse, New Kanye West Film

Idolator: Ticketmaster Brokers A Criminally Vulgar Tie-In With Morrissey's Upcoming ShowElectric Mustache: Photos: Elliott Brood, Matthew Reveles & Wooden Sky @ The Rhythm Room 10/14/09NME: Billy Corgan to give away new Smashing Pumpkings songs for freeNME: Boy George writes song about Amy Wineh ... More >>

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Michael Jackson Death Coverage Galore (And A Few Other Things)

NME:  Authorities release Michael Jackson 911 call Pitchfork: MGMT to Open for Paul McCartney Rolling Stone: U2's "Spider-Man" Musical to Star Evan Rachel Wood, Alan Cumming So Much Silence: Incoming: Sunny Day Real Estate (!), Oct. 9 Spin: Michael Jackson's Legacy: Neither Black Nor White NME: ... More >>

Red-Hot, White, and Brown

Canadian-Indian comic seeks world domination

Bloc Party Packs Them In At The Marquee

In their review of Bloc Party's latest record Intimacy, the guys over at Pitchfork went in to a long and arduous comparison between the band and U2. I didn't really see it, until last night's show at The Marquee.Playing for an impressively packed house - Sunday night shows are risky in Phoenix, whic ... More >>

After 25 years, U2's first concert video debuts on DVD

In Honor of Thanksgiving: The Top Music Turkeys of 2007

Paul Oakenfold

Greatest Hits & Remixes
(Ultra Records)

Mat Kearney

Holy crossover

The Darkness

One Way Ticket to Hell . . . and Back
(Atlantic)

Clumsy Lovers

A decade of picking -- and choosing

New Model Army

Rule Britannia

Letters

Letters from the week of April 28, 2005

World Leaders Pretend

U2's self-invented legacy is a figment of Bono's imagination

Top 10 selling CDs at Zia Record Exchange (1904 West Indian School Road) for November 22 through 28

I ♥ Bono

How to deconstruct U2's Bomb? Let Mom review it.

Joshua Treat

Achtung, baby: U2 tribute band plays The Venue

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The Best & B-Sides of 1990-2000 (Island)

Nine Inch Nails

And All That Could Have Been (Nothing)

The Fire and the Flame

For U2 fans feeling burned by the group's excesses, the band's latest album and tour is a soul-affirming revival

Critical Mass 2000

Our panel of writers offer up their takes on the top discs of Y2K

Oasis and U2

Familiar to Millions (Epic Records) and All That You Can't Leave Behind (Interscope)

Paloalto

Paloalto (American)

Molten Wax

Bono Fide

Shooting Craps

U2 takes over the world--and turns it into a commercial

Pop Stops the Traffic

U2 still hasn't found what it's looking for--but has it given up trying?

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