Rumor: U2 to play Apple’s Sept. 9 Event

[decay]

wallpaper? nice!!

not on this list, though.

10 of the Strangest Officially Licensed Beatles Products Ever

Long before Kiss set the gold standard in licensing their band (brand?) to death, the Beatles were the kings of merchandise. And while some Beatles products made sense — pins, wigs, lunch boxes, posters, and the like — there was some really odd stuff sold using the Fab Four’s likeness. Here are ten such items, in no particular order.

http://popdose.com/10-of-the-strangest-o...ucts-ever/

[Black]

rz wrote:
[quote=Black]
I feel like their last album is still barely off of the presses.

Actually, it's been 5 years. I can't believe it's been that long, but it has. Saw them on both legs of the 360 tour, two years apart.
Oh.... it's so long since the singles came out I didn't realize the current album hadn't come out yet.

Considering Danger Mouse produced both singles, I hope he has a hand in the album too-- everything he touches seems to turn to gold lately.
Evidence piece A:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0HG0RTyvYo

[Black]

voodoopenguin wrote:
[quote=decay]
do you know how much Beatles merchandise was licensed when they were popular?

didn't hurt them, did it?

Bought a couple of months ago.




A roll of 1960s Beatles wallpaper from Crown.

Paul
You guys (at least Paul, not sure about dk) are missing my meaning.
I'm not talking about band-related merchandise. I'm talking about the band performing like trained seals to promote an unrelated commercial purpose.
Yes, Pearl Jam was on a series of spots, could have been Target-- what;s left with me is that every time I hear the opening chords of "Fight to get it Back Again" I picture a TV commercial.

[pinkoos]

I saw the U2 info posted yesterday as well. Looking forward to whatever the tie in ends up being...new album, pre-loaded new album, new single, an actual album release date, whatever.

I'm a big U2 fan (despite the current trend to dislike U2) and anything they can do to help push the new album is fine by me.

[beagledave]

Nope.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/u2-...61793.html

U2 has quashed rumours it has struck a deal with Apple to pre-load their new album on to the iPhone 6.

A spokeswoman for the band said Bono and co have not struck a deal with Apple to release their upcoming album on its next

"They are not releasing their album on the iPhone, and they are not performing at the IPhone launch," she said.

[voodoopenguin]

Black wrote:
You guys (at least Paul, not sure about dk) are missing my meaning.

Sorry, I hadn't missed your meaning but just thought a little slightly related bit of fun could be popped in.

Paul

[decay]

well, there was a special U2 iPod.

so there is a connection, if somewhat tenuous and in the past.

[rjmacs]

decay wrote:
well, there was a special U2 iPod.

so there is a connection, if somewhat tenuous and in the past.

Yeah, but that was Bono's way of coercing Apple to do something charitable, which was all but anathema to Steve Jobs. It definitely wasn't about U2 selling out to Apple.

[ztirffritz]

So Bono was shilling for Blackberry, while his investment firm, Elevation Partners, was buying 40% of Palm, and this followed the U2 iPod by only a few years. Seems they managed to play, and lose from every angle on the smartphone front...then again, HP bought Palm for $1Billion and Elevation Partners bought 40% for $100Million...so actually they did pretty well on that investment.

[JoeM]

The new U2 album will come preloaded on Pono. :dunno: