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Fundraisers for Backline and Little Kids Rock top this week’s online concerts Gary Graff, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — There will be lots of music for a couple of good causes during the coming week. A loaded lineup — Alanis Morissette, Bob Weir and the Wolf Bros, Dawes, Ben Folds, Black Pumas and many more — takes part in Set Break, Backline’s benefit to support mental health in the music industry. The festival kicks off at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 10, free via twitch.tv/therelixchannel. Donations can also be made via backlin.care. A few days later, Metallica’s Ja...

By Dewayne Wells Mar 16, 2021 U2 will share four concerts with fans on YouTube . Three of the four shows have never been released digitally. The first of the four in the U2: The Virtual Road series will premiere on Wednesday for St. Patrick’s Day. This one is the U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle show from September, 2001.  The next release will come on March 25th with their Live At Red Rocks show from June, 1983 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. The third in the series will premiere on April 1st with a December 1997 show in Mexico City during the band’s

U2 is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day this year by launching their brand new “U2: The Virtual Road” streaming concert series on their official YouTube Channel. The series will feature four concerts that will be broadcast for the first time and will be available to view for just 48 hours. Three of the shows– Slane, Red Rocks, and Mexico– have never been available digitally. The series will kick-off on March 17th with the broadcast of U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle which celebrated the band’s return to the legendary Irish concert site on September 1, 2001. The second show in the ...

No Apri Fools here, the 1 st April is Popmart: Live From Mexico City.  It was filmed in December 1997 at the Foro Sol Stadium and Carla Morrison will open for the band, only on YouTube. 10th April is iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE: Live in Paris, with Feu! Chatterton on support. Dan Chalmers, Director of YouTube Music for EMEA said -  “It's fantastic that YouTube is partnering with U2 for this exclusive broadcast. The four concerts featured in The Virtual Road are the most memorable and iconic in the band’s history, and indeed rock history at large. As one of the world’s best-sellin...

U2 are unable to tour because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so instead, the Irish rock legends are planning to treat fans to an archival concert series, b...