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The fact that many top artists \u2014 like\u00a0Coldplay<\/strong>‘s Chris Martin<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Beyonce<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 are available to hire for weddings and birthday parties if the price is right is one of the worst-kept secrets in the music industry. But some artists just flat-out refuse to do them, even if the money is insane. Case in point: U2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Jay Siegan,<\/strong> whose company specializes in organizing private gigs by big stars, tells The Times of London<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>“We recently made an offer to U2 of $10 million to perform on an island in the Caribbean for a private client. They quickly declined.” Other acts who “never” do private shows include Bruce Springsteen<\/strong>, AC\/DC<\/strong>, Taylor Swift<\/strong>, The Cure <\/strong>and Depeche Mode<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Of course, those acts don’t exactly need the money. Just think of how much U2 must have raked in during their recent residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, which grossed some $256 million.<\/p>\n

In other U2 news, the group has just released the 10th edition<\/a> of its ongoing digital playlist series,\u00a0To Love and Only Love — Deep Dives and B-Sides.\u00a0<\/em>The remastered collection is comprised of\u00a0songs that until now were only available on vinyl, CD or cassette.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>latest playlist<\/span><\/a> is centered around \u201cElevation,” from their 2000 album,\u00a0<\/span>All That You Can’t Leave Behind<\/span><\/em>. The 10 tracks include six different mixes of “Elevation,” including the “Tomb Raider Mix” from the 2001 film<\/span> Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. <\/span><\/em>There are also live versions of “New York,” “I Will Follow” and the Ramones<\/strong> cover “I Remember You,” plus a remake of Johnny Cash<\/strong>‘s “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town,” which was the original B-side of “Elevation.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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