Wikipedia:WikiProject U2/Outreach/newslettermay13

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U2 News

• Apr 28, 2013 – Promoter of U2’s Red Rocks concert Barry Fey dead at 73.^[1]
• Apr 25, 2013 - Bono revealed the working title of the new album is "10 Reasons to Exist" The band have been recording in Dublin, New York and the South of France over the last few months. ^[2]
• Jan 2013 – New species of trapdoor spider Aptostichus bonoi named after Bono.^[3]
• Nov 04, 2010 – U2, Gaga, Metallica, Swift Win Big at Billboard Touring Awards^[4]
• Dec 14, 2009 – U2 Scores Top Tour of 2009, Second of Decade.^[5]
• Mar 03, 2009 – New York names street 'U2 Way'.^[6]
• Dec 12, 2008 – Nobel laureates crown U2's Bono 'man of peace'^[7]

Project News

• We are looking to update the Tasks section at the Main Page of WikiProject U2. Please, if you want to collaborate feel free to contact Miss Bono
• The Collaboration of the Fornight Department is now available. Feel free to visit it!
• The The Outreach Department is also available. Feel free to visit it!
• We have now the Morleigh Steinberg's article.
• Cleanup listing for WikiProject U2 is available.
• Slug (song) has been FA nominated by Dream out loud.
• Wide Awake in Europe has been GA nominated by Dream out loud.
• Cullen328 is working on an article about the controversial Vaillaincourt Fountain in San Francisco. U2 played at the fountain in 1987.

Member News

• We have updated the Membership list.
• There are four new members this month.

Picture of the month

U2 performing at Charlottesville, VA on October 1, 2009, during their worldwide U2360º Tour, launched in support of the group's 2009 album.

From the Editors

Welcome to the May edition of the WikiProject U2 Newsletter.

This month's theme is No Line on the Horizon, the twelfth studio album by U2.

The Album

• No Line on the Horizon was released on 27 February 2009.
• It marked the longest gap between studio albums of U2's career.
• The band originally intended to release the songs as two EPs, but later combined the material into a single record.
• The supporting U2 360° Tour, spanning 2009 to 2011, was the highest-grossing concert tour in history, with ticket sales over $736 million.
• The singles for this album were "Get on Your Boots", "Magnificent", "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go :Crazy Tonight"

The Album's Cover

The cover art for No Line on the Horizon is a photograph of Lake Constance, taken by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto; titled Boden Sea, it is one of 200 pictures in his Seascapes collection.

New Members

1. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:10, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
2. Unreal7 (talk · contribs) 12:01, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
3. Teancum (talk · contribs) 14:08, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
4. Fylbecatulous talk 12:08, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did You Know?

• That the word "baby" is on Achtung Baby twenty-seven times.
• That Bono's first car was a secondhand Fiat Uno 127. He had an accident driving that car, crashing into a telegraph pole.
• That the full name of the song "United Colours" is "United Colours of :Plutonium"?
• That "Winter" and "White as Snow" were both written for the 2009 film Brothers?
• That "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is the most covered U2 song?

Written by Miss Bono.