Pete The Chop

Variety reports that the “U2 360 at The Rosebowl” Blu-ray DVD’s BD-Live content “marks the first Blu-ray title to be produced in the U.K. with BD-Live content. It was installed through specialty content production company the Pavement.”

“Users are given a live feed of the band’s progress throughout the tour: The first download will feature a video that U2 filmed for users, in which they apologize to fans for missing a leg of their tour,” Variety states.

Um, really? That’s the *same* video that is found on U2.com.

So, why the hype around the BD-Live content when it would appear you can get the same from the band’s own website? It was my hope that the BD-Live content would add something that you couldn’t find anywhere else. It disappoints me that so far this is not the case.

The company who installed the BD-Live content is quick to mention, “It’s important that the world knows the tech is out there,” says Pavement founder Andy Evans. That’s all fine and well if the content is fresh, but when it’s nothing more than a rehash of content already available, then it’s nothing worth tooting a horn about.

This is a post from the @U2 blog.

BD-Live vs. U2.com

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U2 was supposed to play last night in Edmonton, a city that hasn’t seen a U2 concert since the PopMart tour and one that was sure to bring in Canadian fans from all over the provinces. Even though the show was postponed, a local radio station cleverly did a live broadcast from outside the empty stadium, played some live U2 songs, did a DVD giveaway, etc. And about 5-10 fans actually showed up to hang out together.

All of that was captured on the video below, but pay close attention to the couple that begins talking at about the 1:00 mark. You’ll hear them say that they traveled from Saskatoon to Edmonton (about 330 miles by car) and didn’t know that the concert had been postponed!

Isn’t that the saddest thing!!?? How do you not know the tour was postponed?? Poor folks.

Well, we don’t know who they are, and they apparently don’t know what @U2 is. But if anyone knows them, tell the guy and girl to come check out @U2 and get in touch with us and we’ll send them out a little something from our @U2 prize box.

(thx to Heather on Twitter for the link)

This is a post from the @U2 blog.

What Happens When You Don’t Read @U2 Regularly

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I know it’s been a few months since the @U2 event in Boston to celebrate U23D’s release, but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to share some photos taken from it. Special thanks to Ayaz for sharing his photos with us. Check them out on his site.

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Thanks to Tim K. for pointing us to this John Legend cover of “Pride (In the Name of Love)”, which appears to come from an upcoming History Channel special simply titled, KING. The program airs April 6th. John Legend performs PRIDE (In The Name of Love)Uploaded by ElectricArtists I’ve said many times that U2 should do more [...]

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