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This Should Make Up For Joaquin Phoenix

Posted at 9:35 AM on February 13, 2009 by Steve Seel (3 Comments)

Breaking news: U2 will perform as the musical guests all five nights on The Late Show with David Letterman, the week of March 2nd-6th. Apparently, this massive counter-balancing measure is also necessary to clear your brain of the memory of The Jonas Brothers last night.

Comments (3)

I admit to dorking out over this a little bit. Yes, total PR stunt. Yes, could bite them on the (ahem) boot, but I still think that this is a pretty cool move for one of the biggest bands in the world to make. I hope they have fun with it and pull out some oldies too, like their SNL appearance from two years ago. Dave should have these residencies every now and then: 5 nights with Bruce, 5 nights with Beyonce, Justin, REM, etc... get those hard-core fans to tune in repeatedly and see if it can become habit!

Posted by Ali Lozoff | February 13, 2009 10:00 AM

I agree! And something tells me U2 won't screw it up; I think they probably learned so much from the one big flubbed PR episode of their career - the Pop Mart tour and everything associated with it - that at this point they're likely some of the most savvy "hype strategizers" in the music business.

Oh, and I should have specified, since I didn't make it explicitly clear: this is all to coincide with the release of No Line On the Horizon on March 3rd, natch.

Posted by Steve Seel | February 13, 2009 12:02 PM

judging by Joaquin's appearance on the Letterman show, he might be going through an identity crisis

Posted by Joe | February 15, 2009 4:42 AM

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