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Neil McCormick
Neil McCormick (born 31 March 1961) is a British music journalist, author and broadcaster. He has been the chief music critic for ''The Daily Telegraph'' since 1996, and presented a music interview show for Vintage TV (TV channel), Vintage TV in the UK, Neil McCormick's Needle Time. McCormick is a close associate of rock band U2. Early life McCormick was born in England but later moved with his family to Scotland, then Ireland. He attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin at the same time as all the future members of U2. Career McCormick was songwriter and vocalist in a succession of unsigned bands: Frankie Corpse & the Undertakers (1978), the Modulators (1978–79) Yeah!Yeah! (1980–83) and Shook Up! (1985–88). He released one solo studio album, ''Mortal Coil'', under the pseudonym the Ghost Who Walks in 2004. His song, "Harm's Way", features on the album ''Songs Inspired by The Passion of the Christ'' (2004). Writing in ''The Daily Telegraph'', McCormick said, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph and Courier''. ''The Telegraph'' is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", was included in its emblem which was used for over a century starting in 1858. In 2013, ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Telegraph'', which started in 1961, were merged, although the latter retains its own editor. It is politically conservative and supports the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. It was moderately Liberalism, liberal politically before the late 1870s.Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalismp 159 ''The Telegraph'' has had a number of news scoops, including the outbreak of World War II by rookie reporter Clare Hollingworth, desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U2 By U2
''U2 by U2'' is an autobiography written by the members of Irish rock band U2, first published in 2006, edited by Neil McCormick. It portrays the story of U2 in their own words and pictures. Background ''U2 by U2'' was inspired by ''The Beatles Anthology'', a book released in October 2000 as part of The Beatles Anthology film project. The book took over two years to complete and features more than 1,500 photographs taken from U2's personal archives, depicting the evolution from their early days in Dublin in 1978, to achieving rock superstar status. More than 150 hours of interviews were conducted by journalist Neil McCormick with singer Bono, guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton, drummer Larry Mullen Jr., and manager Paul McGuinness. Content ''U2 by U2'' is an oral history created by Neil McCormick with the band, an in depth look at U2 with more than 150 hours of interviews from the 1970s on. This large heavy book describes the band started by four teenagers in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Music Journalists
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Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Births
Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Music
Amazon Music (previously Amazon MP3) is a music streaming platform and digital music store operated by Amazon. As of January 2020, the service had 55 million subscribers. It was the first music store to sell music without digital rights management (DRM) from the four major music labels ( EMI, Universal, Warner, and Sony BMG), as well as many independents. All tracks were originally sold in 256 kilobits-per-second variable bitrate MP3 format without per-customer watermarking or DRM; however, some tracks are now watermarked. The service was launched in the United States as a public beta on September 25, 2007, and the final version followed in January 2008. Amazon MP3 was launched in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2008, in Germany on April 1, 2009, and in France on June 10, 2009. The German edition has been available in Austria and Switzerland since December 3, 2009. The Amazon MP3 store was launched in Japan on November 10, 2010. The Spanish and Italian editions were la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotify
Spotify (; ) is a List of companies of Sweden, Swedish Music streaming service, audio streaming and media service provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. , it is one of the largest providers of music streaming services, with over 678 million monthly active users comprising 268 million paying subscribers. Spotify is listed (through a Luxembourg City–domiciled holding company, Spotify Technology S.A.) on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts. Spotify offers Digital rights management, digital copyright restricted recorded audio content, including more than 100 million songs and 7 million podcast titles, from record labels and media companies. Operating as a freemium service, the basic features are free with advertisements and limited control, while additional features, such as offline listening and commercial-free listening, are offered via paid Subscription business model, subscriptions. Users can search for music based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by the nickname Bono ( ), is an Irish singer-songwriter and activist. He is a founding member, the lead vocalist, and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. Bono is known for his impassioned vocal style as well as his grandiose songwriting and performance style. His lyrics frequently include social and political themes, and religious imagery inspired by his Christian faith. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, he attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where in 1976 he began dating his future wife, Alison Stewart, as well as forming, with schoolmates, the band that became U2.; ; During U2's early years, Bono's lyrics contributed to the group's rebellious and spiritual tone. As the band matured, his lyrics became inspired more by personal experiences shared with the other members. As a member of U2, Bono has received 22 Grammy Awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aside from his music, Bono is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vintage TV (TV Channel)
Vintage TV may refer to: *Vintage TV (Canada), a Canadian music television channel *Vintage TV (TV channel), a music television channel which was available in the UK, Canada and Ireland *Vintage Television, a Philippine sports-oriented media company *In2TV, a US television channel which has a 'TV Category' called ''Vintage TV'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin McCann (actor)
Martin McCann (born 20 July 1983) is an actor from Northern Ireland. In 2020, he was listed as number 48 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Biography McCann was born to Martin John Paul McCann and Anne(nee Docherty) McCann. He grew up with a brother and sister in the working-class Divis Flats area of Falls Road in Belfast.Ingle, Roisin (30 June 2007), "The writing's on the Wall", ''The Irish Times''. He joined YouthAction NI's Rainbow Factory, a cross-community drama troop for Catholic and Protestant children and also got to spend time in the United States in the summer as part of an exchange programme. His mother found a role for him by checking the local newspapers, and he soon won the stage production part of the Artful Dodger in ''Oliver Twist''. He got lead roles in productions of '' Bugsy Malone'' and ''The Crucible''. Popular in Northern Ireland for various sketches (including the trendy priest) in '' ''Dry Your Eyes'''', he had a feature rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Barnes (actor)
Benjamin Thomas Barnes (born 20 August 1981) is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his roles as Prince Caspian in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' film series (2008–2010), Logan Delos in ''Westworld'' (2016–2020), Billy Russo/Jigsaw in the Marvel series '' The Punisher'' (2017–2019), and The Darkling in the Netflix series '' Shadow and Bone'' (2021–2023). He also played young Dunstan Thorn in '' Stardust'' (2007), the title role in '' Dorian Gray'' (2009), Neil McCormick in '' Killing Bono'' (2011), Alejandro in '' The Big Wedding'' (2013), Tom Ward in '' Seventh Son'' (2014), Samuel Adams in ''Sons of Liberty'' (2015) and Benjamin Greene in ''Gold Digger'' (2019). Also known for his contributions to the soundtracks of films in which he appeared, Barnes released his debut single "11:11" in September 2021. This preceded the release of his debut extended play, ''Songs For You''. His debut album, ''Where The Light Gets In'', was released on January 10, 2025. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
