It would be hard to imagine a more busy time in the lives of U2 than the one they are currently facing. Next Tuesday marks the release of their latest effort, No Line on the Horizon, which will be promoted heavily by the band’s week-long turn as house band for David Letterman and followed up by the band’s first ever morning show appearance that Friday (March 6) on Good Morning America. All of this U.S. promotion comes on the heels of a week-long blitz from the band through the United Kingdom where they seemed to be omnipresent on Britain’s BBC.
If all of this excitement was not enough, this week has found the band in a firestorm back in their homeland for the band’s decision to withdraw a portion of their business from Ireland to the Netherlands in order to capitalize on more beneficial tax policies. The controversy stems from the fact that in his work advocating for expanded financial support to African nations from the Irish government, Bono is acting hypocritical by taking business away from Ireland. The dispute has been around for a few years and only time will tell if the band can lay it to rest.
In addition to all this, this week produced confirmation of a start date for the 2010 Broadway production of Spider-Man the musical which Bono and the Edge wrote the music for. No confirmations on the cast of the musical was made at this time.
2009 is off to a fast start for U2 and it seems as though things are just getting started for the Irish rockers.
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