The Decemberists are back with “All I Want Is You,” an “unapologetic love song” and the latest single from their upcoming album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again.
A stripped-back song featuring a finger-plucked acoustic guitar and rich vocal harmonies, “All I Want Is You” is a hymnal-like ode to earnest love, climaxing as a smooth bed of brass enters beneath Colin Meloy’s gentle delivery of the titular refrain.
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Speaking about the song, Meloy said, “‘All I Want Is You’ is a love song. An unapologetic, wear-it-on-its-sleeve love song. I don’t write a ton of those, at least not in this vein.”
Continuing, Meloy offered insight into the origins of the new single. “The song grew out of the finger picking pattern — ‘Don’t want pretty poses…’ — and I just followed that lead,” he said. “In the end, it just kind of wrote itself.
A stripped-back song featuring a finger-plucked acoustic guitar and rich vocal harmonies, “All I Want Is You” is a hymnal-like ode to earnest love, climaxing as a smooth bed of brass enters beneath Colin Meloy’s gentle delivery of the titular refrain.
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Speaking about the song, Meloy said, “‘All I Want Is You’ is a love song. An unapologetic, wear-it-on-its-sleeve love song. I don’t write a ton of those, at least not in this vein.”
Continuing, Meloy offered insight into the origins of the new single. “The song grew out of the finger picking pattern — ‘Don’t want pretty poses…’ — and I just followed that lead,” he said. “In the end, it just kind of wrote itself.
- 4/24/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
The Decemberists have announced a new double album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, due out June 14th on the band’s label Yabb Records via Thirsty Tigers. To accompany the announcement, the band has also shared the 19-minute album closer “Joan in the Garden.”
As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, the folk-rock act’s ninth album, marks the band’s return after a six-year hiatus. Teased by the recent single “Burial Ground” and split into four thematic sides, the double-lp also notably boasts guest appearances from The Shins’ James Mercer and Rem’s Mike Mill.
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Contrasting the relative brevity and accessibility of “Burial Ground,” which serves as the album’s opener, “Joan in the Garden” arrives as an extended, multi-part epic. The song’s subject matter is fittingly grand, as the origins of the song derive from the story of Joan of Arc.
As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, the folk-rock act’s ninth album, marks the band’s return after a six-year hiatus. Teased by the recent single “Burial Ground” and split into four thematic sides, the double-lp also notably boasts guest appearances from The Shins’ James Mercer and Rem’s Mike Mill.
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Contrasting the relative brevity and accessibility of “Burial Ground,” which serves as the album’s opener, “Joan in the Garden” arrives as an extended, multi-part epic. The song’s subject matter is fittingly grand, as the origins of the song derive from the story of Joan of Arc.
- 3/19/2024
- by Jonah Krueger
- Consequence - Music
The Decemberists have a new album on the way — and they’re dropping 19 minutes of it.
On Tuesday, the group released the 19-minute prog rock track “Joan in the Garden” as they announced the upcoming release of their ninth album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, on June 14. The project will be their first full-length LP since 2018’s I’ll Be Your Girl.
“‘Joan in the Garden’ has been kicking around as an idea since the ‘I’ll Be Your Girl’ sessions,” said Colin Meloy in a...
On Tuesday, the group released the 19-minute prog rock track “Joan in the Garden” as they announced the upcoming release of their ninth album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, on June 14. The project will be their first full-length LP since 2018’s I’ll Be Your Girl.
“‘Joan in the Garden’ has been kicking around as an idea since the ‘I’ll Be Your Girl’ sessions,” said Colin Meloy in a...
- 3/19/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
U2 wrapped the inaugural residency at Las Vegas’ $2.3 billion technical and visual marvel Sphere this weekend, closing out a 40-show run that started in September. Fittingly, the legendary band did so by bringing things full circle.
The shows commemorated one of U2’s most successful records, the chart-topping 1991 release Achtung Baby, played in its entirety with selected tracks from other U2 efforts over the years. To further honor the album, U2 bandmates Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Bram van den Berg (sitting in during the residency for an ailing Larry Mullen Jr.) welcomed Achtung Baby producer Daniel Lanois to the stage Saturday night to play guitar and sing backup on the track “One.”
“There would be no Achtung Baby without Daniel Lanois,” Bono said in welcoming him up the back stairs with a request to the audience. “Show him your light,” and they did by holding up smartphone flashbulbs in a beautiful scene.
The shows commemorated one of U2’s most successful records, the chart-topping 1991 release Achtung Baby, played in its entirety with selected tracks from other U2 efforts over the years. To further honor the album, U2 bandmates Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Bram van den Berg (sitting in during the residency for an ailing Larry Mullen Jr.) welcomed Achtung Baby producer Daniel Lanois to the stage Saturday night to play guitar and sing backup on the track “One.”
“There would be no Achtung Baby without Daniel Lanois,” Bono said in welcoming him up the back stairs with a request to the audience. “Show him your light,” and they did by holding up smartphone flashbulbs in a beautiful scene.
- 3/4/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
U2 closed out the final night of their Las Vegas Sphere residency by playing the War deep cut “40” for the first time since 2016. The 1983 tune closed out countless U2 shows throughout the Eighties, and it happened to be U2’s 40th show at the Sphere since they opened up the $2 billion venue in September 2023.
Astute fans knew “40” was coming when bassist Adam Clayton and guitarist The Edge swapped instruments, which was a ritual in the group’s early days. “It’s been 40 days and 40 nights in the desert,...
Astute fans knew “40” was coming when bassist Adam Clayton and guitarist The Edge swapped instruments, which was a ritual in the group’s early days. “It’s been 40 days and 40 nights in the desert,...
- 3/3/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
With her four Album-Of-The-Year Grammys, Taylor Swift wasn’t the only person to make history because Irish rock band U2 also did their share of history-making.
On Sunday, U2 performed for the Grammys. This was their first time in six years performing for the awards show, but that’s not why this particular show was historical. The Grammys were held in Santa Monica, California, but U2 was in Las Vegas. Instead of going to the awards show in person, they televised their performance live from the Sphere.
This was a first for the Las Vegas stadium.
During their performance, U2 sang “Atomic City,” and sang for their audience as if they were in the same room.
Their Las Vegas residency will be ending soon, though, with only ten shows left. Their last show is set for March 2.
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On Sunday, U2 performed for the Grammys. This was their first time in six years performing for the awards show, but that’s not why this particular show was historical. The Grammys were held in Santa Monica, California, but U2 was in Las Vegas. Instead of going to the awards show in person, they televised their performance live from the Sphere.
This was a first for the Las Vegas stadium.
During their performance, U2 sang “Atomic City,” and sang for their audience as if they were in the same room.
Their Las Vegas residency will be ending soon, though, with only ten shows left. Their last show is set for March 2.
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- 2/6/2024
- by Rose Anne Cox-Peralta
- Uinterview
Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante and Butcher Babies singer Carla Harvey got engaged on Saturday (January 27th) while attending U2’s show at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The two shared the happy news via their respective Instagram accounts.
Benante, who also plays drums in the revamped Pantera lineup, posted pictures of the special moment, including a silhouetted image of the metal couple in the audience as Bono and company performed behind them. Another photo shows Harvey with a ring on her left hand.
“We went to see @u2 and this happened...
Benante, who also plays drums in the revamped Pantera lineup, posted pictures of the special moment, including a silhouetted image of the metal couple in the audience as Bono and company performed behind them. Another photo shows Harvey with a ring on her left hand.
“We went to see @u2 and this happened...
- 1/29/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
U2’s amazing Las Vegas residency, U2:uv Achtung Baby Live at Sphere, is soon coming to an end.
Though the Irish rock band had initially announced residency dates only until October 8, they have extended four times, with the last extension going until March 2, 2024.
The residency spans a total of 40 shows that Live Sphere, with their focal album being Achtung Baby. This is also the band’s first performance without drummer Larry Mullens Jr., who is recovering from surgery.
Achtung Baby was released in 1991 and is the band’s seventh studio album. It is also one of the most successful albums the band has released, and it even placed number on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums a few weeks after its release, having sold 295,000 copies during its first week.
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Though the Irish rock band had initially announced residency dates only until October 8, they have extended four times, with the last extension going until March 2, 2024.
The residency spans a total of 40 shows that Live Sphere, with their focal album being Achtung Baby. This is also the band’s first performance without drummer Larry Mullens Jr., who is recovering from surgery.
Achtung Baby was released in 1991 and is the band’s seventh studio album. It is also one of the most successful albums the band has released, and it even placed number on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums a few weeks after its release, having sold 295,000 copies during its first week.
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Remaining Las Vegas Residency at the Sphere dates:
January 26, 27, 31
February 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 23, 24,
March 1, 2
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- 12/27/2023
- by Rose Anne Cox-Peralta
- Uinterview
While Achtung Baby is the centerpiece of U2’s game-changing Las Vegas residency, the band have been using the Sphere to revisit long-forgotten songs from their catalog. That continued Friday night as Bono and company dug out “Seconds” for the first time live since 1985.
“A great Adam Clayton bassline that he has not played for 40 years,” Bono said in the lead-up. “From the War album, ‘Seconds.'” Bono then turned lead vocals over to the Edge, who sang the majority of the unlikely performance, with plenty of audience participation. “Good singing,...
“A great Adam Clayton bassline that he has not played for 40 years,” Bono said in the lead-up. “From the War album, ‘Seconds.'” Bono then turned lead vocals over to the Edge, who sang the majority of the unlikely performance, with plenty of audience participation. “Good singing,...
- 11/4/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
U2 have been reigning over the new Msg Sphere in Las Vegas for their ongoing “U2:uv Achtung Baby” residency, and they got a little help from Lady Gaga during their show on Wednesday night (October 25th).
Bono introduced the evening’s surprise guest as “the most audacious, vivacious woman in any room she’s ever in. Would you welcome to our turntable, the divine — the divinyl! — Lady Gaga.”
Gaga and the band sang “Shallow,” naturally, as well as two U2 classics: “All I Want Is You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” Bono continued to praise the pop star mid-set: “Take it to the Elvis chapel!” he yelled to her during “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” adding: “You are the vestal virgin of Las Vegas!”
Gaga appeared to honor Bono herself, dressed in a similar leather jacket and sunglasses.
Bono introduced the evening’s surprise guest as “the most audacious, vivacious woman in any room she’s ever in. Would you welcome to our turntable, the divine — the divinyl! — Lady Gaga.”
Gaga and the band sang “Shallow,” naturally, as well as two U2 classics: “All I Want Is You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” Bono continued to praise the pop star mid-set: “Take it to the Elvis chapel!” he yelled to her during “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” adding: “You are the vestal virgin of Las Vegas!”
Gaga appeared to honor Bono herself, dressed in a similar leather jacket and sunglasses.
- 10/26/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
The long-awaited opening for the Sphere in Las Vegas has come. U2 performed over the weekend playing at the debut of the stadium on the opening night of their tour U2: Uv Achtung Baby Live at Sphere.
The band performed many of their famous songs, drawing inspiration for their setlist from their album Achtung Baby. They played their songs “Zoo Station,” “Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around the World” and “So Cruel.” They will continue their tour until December 16 with 24 more shows to come.
The visuals have been described as similar to an IMAX theater movie. The Sphere was created by Madison Square Garden Entertainment and is currently the largest spherical structure in the world, taking up two blocks and is taller than the length of a football field. It includes amenities such as the highest and largest resolution LED screen in the world and covers the entire stadium.
The band performed many of their famous songs, drawing inspiration for their setlist from their album Achtung Baby. They played their songs “Zoo Station,” “Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around the World” and “So Cruel.” They will continue their tour until December 16 with 24 more shows to come.
The visuals have been described as similar to an IMAX theater movie. The Sphere was created by Madison Square Garden Entertainment and is currently the largest spherical structure in the world, taking up two blocks and is taller than the length of a football field. It includes amenities such as the highest and largest resolution LED screen in the world and covers the entire stadium.
- 10/2/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
It looked like a typical U2 outdoor concert: Two helicopters zoomed through the starlit sky before producing spotlights over a Las Vegas desert and frontman Bono, who kneeled to the ground while singing the band’s 2004 hit “Vertigo”.
This scene may seem customary, but the visuals were created by floor-to-ceiling graphics inside the immersive Sphere. It was one of the several impressive moments during U2’s “Uv Achtung Baby” residency launch show at the high-tech, globe-shaped venue, which opened for the first time Friday night.
The legendary rock band, which has won 22 Grammys, performed for two hours inside the massive, state-of-the-art spherical venue with crystal-clear audio. Throughout the night, there were a plethora of attractive visuals — including kaleidoscope images, a burning flag and Las Vegas’ skyline, taking the more than 18,000 attendees on U2’s epic musical journey.
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“What a fancy pad,...
This scene may seem customary, but the visuals were created by floor-to-ceiling graphics inside the immersive Sphere. It was one of the several impressive moments during U2’s “Uv Achtung Baby” residency launch show at the high-tech, globe-shaped venue, which opened for the first time Friday night.
The legendary rock band, which has won 22 Grammys, performed for two hours inside the massive, state-of-the-art spherical venue with crystal-clear audio. Throughout the night, there were a plethora of attractive visuals — including kaleidoscope images, a burning flag and Las Vegas’ skyline, taking the more than 18,000 attendees on U2’s epic musical journey.
Read More: U2’s Bono & The Edge Perform Surprise Show In Ukraine Bomb Shelter
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- 10/1/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
U2 kicked off their “U2:uv Achtung Baby” residency at Las Vegas’ Msg Sphere on Friday night. The sphere, which cost $2.3 billion to construct, features a wraparound interior LED screen, 170,000 ultra-directional speakers that utilize beamforming technology to deliver targeted audio to every seat in the venue, and a haptic flooring system, among many other high-tech features.
Bono and co. made full use of these features as they ran through a 22-song set that included material from their 1991 studio album, Achtung Baby, as well as their new song “Atomic City” and classics like “Vertigo,” “Where the Streets Have No Name,” With or Without You,” and “Beautiful Day.”
Oftentimes, the 35-story building’s floor-to-ceiling screens would project Es Devlin and Brian Eno-inspired artwork, while fans were treated to a crystal clear street view of Sin City during their new Vegas-inspired song. At one point, moving visuals came down from the ceiling to suspend over the audience,...
Bono and co. made full use of these features as they ran through a 22-song set that included material from their 1991 studio album, Achtung Baby, as well as their new song “Atomic City” and classics like “Vertigo,” “Where the Streets Have No Name,” With or Without You,” and “Beautiful Day.”
Oftentimes, the 35-story building’s floor-to-ceiling screens would project Es Devlin and Brian Eno-inspired artwork, while fans were treated to a crystal clear street view of Sin City during their new Vegas-inspired song. At one point, moving visuals came down from the ceiling to suspend over the audience,...
- 9/30/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
U2 is kicking off their 25-night run at Las Vegas’ Sphere with U2:uv Achtung Baby Live At Sphere!
The legendary band kicked off their residency on Friday night (September 29) at the Sphere at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas.
The setlist includes all of their classic 1991 album Achtung Baby, as well as tracks from Rattle and Hum, fan favorites, and a new song that the band released over the weekend, “Atomic City.”
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During the mid-section, Bono revealed that the band plans to focus on a different album during that section – much like Taylor Swift‘s “secret songs” section of the Eras Tour.
Variety speculates that the band may have gone with Rattle and Hum songs on opening night because the album’s producer Jimmy Iovine was in the audience, alongside stars like Kate Hudson, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, as well as Paul McCartney.
The legendary band kicked off their residency on Friday night (September 29) at the Sphere at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas.
The setlist includes all of their classic 1991 album Achtung Baby, as well as tracks from Rattle and Hum, fan favorites, and a new song that the band released over the weekend, “Atomic City.”
Keep reading to find out more…
During the mid-section, Bono revealed that the band plans to focus on a different album during that section – much like Taylor Swift‘s “secret songs” section of the Eras Tour.
Variety speculates that the band may have gone with Rattle and Hum songs on opening night because the album’s producer Jimmy Iovine was in the audience, alongside stars like Kate Hudson, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, as well as Paul McCartney.
- 9/30/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Back in 2018 with “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,” Netflix introduced interactive features as a way for viewers to take charge of a movie, using a controller to select diverse story paths. The filmmakers offered choices branching off from pivotal points within the narrative that led to a range of conclusions that either worked, eventually triggering the end credits, or didn’t, propelling the viewer back to an earlier point to try again. More programming utilizing this style shortly followed in other genres: the scripted comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend,” the animated special “We Lost Our Human,” and the reality series “Ranveer vs. Wild with Bear Grylls.”
This innovative concept is now applied to the streamer’s growing stable of saccharine-but-sentimental romantic comedy features with “Choose Love.” Director Stuart McDonald (“A Perfect Pairing”) and writer-producer Josann McGibbon (“Runaway Bride”) center their tale on an indecisive career-driven woman who must choose...
This innovative concept is now applied to the streamer’s growing stable of saccharine-but-sentimental romantic comedy features with “Choose Love.” Director Stuart McDonald (“A Perfect Pairing”) and writer-producer Josann McGibbon (“Runaway Bride”) center their tale on an indecisive career-driven woman who must choose...
- 8/31/2023
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
[August 11, 2023 – location: los Angeles] Miguel has released his next single “Number 9 feat. Lil Yachty” from his highly anticipated and now confirmed forthcoming album via ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Records.
The new release from Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/artist Miguel mesmerizes with ethereal vocals and hypnotizing sounds that pulse through this addicting earworm, accentuated by a verse from Lil Yachty. Hovering in the background Miguel chants “Wash It” to symbolize the numerological meaning of the number nine, which represents an awakening from life experiences and struggles. Miguel stated that this song is “about end the old, starting new, and the cylindrical nature of change.”
Though nine is the final numeral, the track is anything but a finale – as today also marks confirmation of Miguel’s forthcoming album in Fall 2023.
Last week Miguel reached new heights with the release of Sony’s “For the Music” campaign where he came up with the concept of scaling a massive...
The new release from Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/artist Miguel mesmerizes with ethereal vocals and hypnotizing sounds that pulse through this addicting earworm, accentuated by a verse from Lil Yachty. Hovering in the background Miguel chants “Wash It” to symbolize the numerological meaning of the number nine, which represents an awakening from life experiences and struggles. Miguel stated that this song is “about end the old, starting new, and the cylindrical nature of change.”
Though nine is the final numeral, the track is anything but a finale – as today also marks confirmation of Miguel’s forthcoming album in Fall 2023.
Last week Miguel reached new heights with the release of Sony’s “For the Music” campaign where he came up with the concept of scaling a massive...
- 8/11/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
[August 11, 2023 – location: los Angeles] Miguel has released his next single “Number 9 feat. Lil Yachty” from his highly anticipated and now confirmed forthcoming album via ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Records.
The new release from Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/artist Miguel mesmerizes with ethereal vocals and hypnotizing sounds that pulse through this addicting earworm, accentuated by a verse from Lil Yachty. Hovering in the background Miguel chants “Wash It” to symbolize the numerological meaning of the number nine, which represents an awakening from life experiences and struggles. Miguel stated that this song is “about end the old, starting new, and the cylindrical nature of change.”
Though nine is the final numeral, the track is anything but a finale – as today also marks confirmation of Miguel’s forthcoming album in Fall 2023.
Last week Miguel reached new heights with the release of Sony’s “For the Music” campaign where he came up with the concept of scaling a massive...
The new release from Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/artist Miguel mesmerizes with ethereal vocals and hypnotizing sounds that pulse through this addicting earworm, accentuated by a verse from Lil Yachty. Hovering in the background Miguel chants “Wash It” to symbolize the numerological meaning of the number nine, which represents an awakening from life experiences and struggles. Miguel stated that this song is “about end the old, starting new, and the cylindrical nature of change.”
Though nine is the final numeral, the track is anything but a finale – as today also marks confirmation of Miguel’s forthcoming album in Fall 2023.
Last week Miguel reached new heights with the release of Sony’s “For the Music” campaign where he came up with the concept of scaling a massive...
- 8/11/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
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