What are the Best Super Bowl Halftime Performances?

In my opinion Prince did the best Super Bowl Halftime performance ever. Who else can perform like THAT in the pouring rain?! Here are the songs which Prince performed “We Will Rock You,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” “1999,” "Baby I’m a Star," "Proud Mary," "All Along the Watchtower," "Best of You," "Purple Rain.” He truly showed what a musical genius can do! Check out what my other top 9 performances of the Super Bowl halftime are below.

My Top 10 Best Super Bowl Halftime Performances:

1. Prince

2. Michael Jackson
3. U2
4. Diana Ross
5. The Rolling Stones
6. Bruce Springsteen
7. Janet Jackson
8. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

9. No Doubt, Sting, Shania Twain

10. Aerosmith

What's your top 10 and where do you think the Black Eyed Peas will be placed?

Who do you think is going to win the XLV Super Bowl? The Green Bay Pakers or the Pittsburgh Steelers? I'm leaning towards the Green Bay Pakers.

Bono and Jarvis Cocker - Big Winners of Sony Radio Academy Awards

Bono and Jarvis Cocker were the winners at the annual Sony Radio Academy Awards hosted yesterday from London. The event honored the best of British radio talent, Jarvis picked up the ceremony’s Rising Star prize and Bono was awarded with the trophy for Best Music Special. Bono received the trophy for his one-off broadcast celebrating the music of Elvis Presley.

Jarvis Cocker recently began hosting a show on BBC 6 Music, and hopes that his win will influence BBC executives to save the station. Jarvis Cocker on the radio station: "6 Music is never going to be the biggest station in the U.K. but it would be devastating if it was to close. 6 Music isn't going to change the world - it just wants to make it a bit nicer."

U2 – To Release U2 360° At The Rose Bowl on DVD + Blu-ray

U2 has announced that their 2009 YouTube performance from California’s Rose Bowl stadium will become available on DVD. U2 played a record-breaking concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena last October, in front of 97,000 fans! It was their biggest concert ever in the United States. “U2 360° At The Rose Bowl” will be released on DVD and Blu-ray by Interscope Records on June 3rd.

The Blu-ray and deluxe formats, include a Two-Disc DVD Deluxe Edition and a Two-DVD Super Deluxe Box Set. These will feature a new documentary titled “Squaring the Circle: Creating U2 360” with new interviews from U2.

Track listing for “U2 360° At The Rose Bowl”:

'Get On Your Boots'
'Magnificent'
'Mysterious Ways'
'Beautiful Day'
'I Still Haven’t Found What I'm Looking For'
'Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of'
'No Line On The Horizon'
'Elevation'
'In A Little While'
'Unknown Caller'
'Until the End of the World'
'The Unforgettable Fire'
'City of Blinding Lights'
'Vertigo'
'I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight'
'Sunday Bloody Sunday'
'MLK'
'Walk On'
'One'
'Where The Streets Have No Name'
'Ultra Violet (Light My Way)'
'With Or Without You'
'Moment Of Surrender'

U2 Releases Remix Album “Artificial Horizon” For Limited Time

U2 is releasing a limited remixed edition collection of their performances titled “Artificial Horizon”, by using some of the best DJs and producers, including Hot Chip, Justice, and Trent Reznor. In 1995, U2 released another remix album titled “Melon – Remixes for Propaganda”.

The triple-vinyl set covers new and old music, with a remixed version of their 1997's “If God Will Send His Angels”  as well as 2009's “Get On Your Boots.” The 60-minute set aldo includes three never before released tracks: “I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight” (Live U2360 Remix), “City Of Blinding Lights” (Hot Chip 2006 Remix), and “Get On Your Boots” (Fish Out Of Water Mix). Two other tracks with only limited previous release will also be added to the set: “Staring At The Sun" (Brothers in Rhythm Ambient Mix) and "Magnificent” (Falke Radio Mix).

“Artificial Horizon” is available on U2’s website for eight weeks only, until May 14th. 

Official track listing:

1. Elevation (Influx Mix)
2. Fast Cars (Jacknife Lee Mix)
3. Get On Your Boots (Fish Out Of Water Mix)
4. Vertigo (Trent Reznor Remix)
5. Magnificent (Falke Radio Mix)
6. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Live U2360 Remix)
7. Beautiful Day (David Holmes Remix)
8. Staring At The Sun (Monster Truck Remix)
9. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Danny Saber Mix)
10. Get On Your Boots (Justice Remix)
11. City Of Blinding Lights (Hot Chip 2006 Remix)
12. If God Will Send His Angels (Grand Jury Mix)
13. Staring At The Sun (Brothers in Rhythm Ambient Mix)

U2 Tops North American Tour Sales

 
U2 hasn’t done so well with the sales of their latest album “No Line on the Horizon”, selling 1.06 million copies in the United States. However, their tour was the all time hit of the North American tours for 2009!

The band sold $123 million worth of tickets to its stadium tour, while Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band came in second with $94.5 million.

The band played to 1.3 million people at 20 shows on the North American leg of its world tour, and charged an average of $93.77. The tickets were pretty pricey, but if U2 is one of your favorite band, it sure was worth it.

U2’s 360 Tour will continue this year, dates will be announced soon on their official website.

U2 Free YouTube Concert

U2 will be broadcasting a live show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on October 25th, live on YouTube.

The show will be streamed on YouTube free of charge, which will also mark the second-to-last show on U2’s 360 tour.

The 96,000 people expected to attend will reportedly be the most ever to fit in the large stadium, which is home to the UCLA Bruins and site of the annual BCS Rose Bowl game.

According to Pitchfork, those who have attended U2 performances this year have witnessed a “gigantic spaceship-looking contraption and use it to bring themselves closer to the people in the cheap seats,” writes Brian Leli.

New U2 Video - Magnificent

U2 have released a new video for their second single from "No Line On The Horizon". It's titled "Magnificent", it was directed by Alex Courtez and shot in Fez, Marocco.

Originally titled "French Disco", the song penned by the band's members themselves revolves around "two lovers holding on to each other and trying to turn their life into worship."

U2 - New Album Promo on The Late Show!

U2 is getting ready to release their twelfth album "No Line On The Horizon" in Ireland on Feb. 27th, Europe Mar. 2nd, and U.S March 3rd. 

It will be available for purchase in five formats, including Standard jewel case with 24 page booklet, and Digipak format with 32 page color booklet and fold out poster. 

The band will promote their new album on the Late Show with David Letterman from March 2nd through March 6th.

Get a preview to U2's upcoming album "No Line On The Horizon":

New U2 Album - "No Line On The Horizon"

U2 have revealed that their next album will be titled "No Line On The Horizon". Their 12 album will be released on March 3rd. Their new album was supposed to drop at the end of this year, however due to the firing of producer Rick Rubin, it has taken U2 longer to complete the last songs of "No Line On The Horizon".

"I met with the guys in U2, and they say to me, 'You know what? This album needs two more songs, and it will be exactly what we have in mind.' I go there and I listen, and I agreed with them," Interscope-Geffen-A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine told Billboard last month. "It's a great record, but it deserves the time. Labels need to work with artists to help them achieve their best work, not to jam records out that are half-baked or three-quarters baked."

Here are Bonos' comments on the new album:

"I'm always the one who underestimates how easy it is to simply 'put out the songs now.' If it was just up to me they'd be out already! But early next year people will be able to start hearing what we've been doing. We want 2009 to be our year, so we're going to start making an impression very early on."

The tracking list hasn't been announced yet.

New U2 Video + Bono "Man of Peace"

U2 has filmed a video for the first single from its upcoming new album. The band was in London last week to shoot the clip and said: "We are sworn to secrecy on the finer details of the shoot... but there may have been some marching girls involved. With their boots on." The last sentence could be a hint about the song's title, which is rumored to be "Sexy Boots." The new U2 record, tentatively called "No Line on the Horizon", is due out sometime in the first half of 2009.

Besides news on the new album, Bono was given the annual "Man of Peace" award by a gathering of Nobel Prize winners on Friday (December 12th) in Paris. Bono was bestowed with the award for his continuing efforts to battle debt, poverty and disease in Africa. Bono said at the ceremony, "This is a very big award for me, because let's be honest, this is as close as I am going to get -- as close as a rock star is ever going to get to the Nobel Peace Prize."

"I am an over-awarded, over-rewarded rock star. You are the people who do the real work."

U2 - Lands Shares With Live Nation

U2 is about to cash in on an amazing deal! They have landed 1.56 million shares from their concert promoters Live Nation.

The move is worth over $18 million, and comes seven months after U2 announced a 12year deal with Live Nation, handing over merchandising, branding, touring and other rights to the concert promoter.

The value of the shares is estimated at 2.1 per cent, according to filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

U2 is one of five artists that Live Nation has signed in the last year - Jay-Z and Madonna have also received shares.

Live Nation's most recent additions, Shakira and Nickelback, have missed out on the share hand out.