I know some of you check out twitter, and the front page and the like but not everyone does - so I'd like to take a moment to point out some new content on the site from the last couple of months. Please take a look if you're interested, and maybe you can bring back any comments here?
The main news URL is
http://u2wanderer.org/news/ - and we're trying to update it a little more frequently. I'll highlight a few of the more original pieces below.
A Look at the Singles from Songs of Innocence:
http://u2wanderer.org/news/2015/08/05/a-look-at-the-singles-from-songs-of-innocence/Brad writes a piece about the singles, or lack of, from the current album. What has been released? What formats are out there.
“Curiouser and Curiouser!” cried Alice.
http://u2wanderer.org/news/2015/06/24/curiouser-and-curiouser-cried-alice/Chris Jenkins (with a little help from me) looks at the "confetti" dropping from the sky during the #U2ieTour. Specifically this article discusses the pieces from Alice in Wonderland.
Dante's Paradiso from the Skies
http://u2wanderer.org/news/2015/06/29/dantes-paradiso-from-the-skies/Chris Jenkins (with a little help from me) looks at the "confetti" from Dante's "Paradiso" during the #U2ieTour. We also have a third article planned but not yet published, detailing the Psalms that have been dropped.
Alice in Inferno
http://u2wanderer.org/news/2015/06/29/alice-in-inferno/A response to the above article "Paradiso from the Skies" written by Miryclay, who most of you will know from around the forum.
Gateway to the Sun
http://u2wanderer.org/news/2015/07/14/gatew/A look at the wave imagery in use during the current #U2ieTour. This article was by Chris Jenkins.
Read by Wolves
http://u2wanderer.org/news/2015/07/18/read-by-wolves/A look at the books being used throughout the #U2ieTour, beyond the confetti. These are the books Bono is interacting with from the stage. Sometimes reading, sometimes kicking, sometimes ripping and throwing. We look at what has been used so far. Article by Chris Jenkins and myself.
There's a lot of other content there as well. Want to know what songs are being played in the pre-show? We have a couple of articles dealing with that. Looking for lyrics for Song for Someone from Red Nose Day, or Bullet the Blue Sky from the current tour, or the fan club released songs on u2.com? Those are all up. There's a recent article detailing some of the issues people have had with the Another Time, Another Place release. And we've transcribed the screens for "The Fly" being used as an intermission video on the #U2ieTour. All of that content can be accessed through
http://u2wanderer.org/news/ or even just on our front page. And we've added a bunch of older material back in so if you are looking for Brad's article titled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Baby" from 2011, it's not contained in that news site, and you don't have to go to an external site.
I'm really happy we've managed to start providing some content again. It's our 20th year, and I'm really looking forward to bringing this site back up to levels that we used to maintain. Hoping the discography and lyrics pieces are not far off. Thanks for sticking with us and a big thanks to everyone who has helped out along the way.
