On 3 February 2002, U2 performed during the Super Bowl XXXVI halftime show . In a tribute to those who died in the 11 September attacks, the victims’ names were projected onto a backdrop, and at the end, Bono opened his jacket to reveal an American flag in the lining.…
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In 2002, Johnny Cash covered the Nine Inch Nails’ ” Hurt ” for his album, American IV: The Man Comes Around , to critical acclaim. After seeing the music video, which later won a Grammy, Reznor himself became a fan of the rendition:
Looking back on Symbols in 2002, Konietzko said, “I listened to the Symbols album and heard exactly why KMFDM broke up in the first place. It told me the story of what went wrong. There were maybe two (good) songs on that album and the others were just a bunch…
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released on CD, DVD, and VHS in 2002 as And All That Could Have Been .
The day before the case was set to go to trial in October 2002, Love, Novoselic, and Grohl announced that they had reached a settlement.
The next month, the best-of compilation Nirvana was released
Rings Around the World is also notable for being the world’s first simultaneous release of an audio and DVD album. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2001. The ceremony took place on the day after the terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and…
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In the 2002 NRL Grand Final in Sydney, Idol entered the playing field for the half-time entertainment on a hovercraft to the intro of “White Wedding”, of which he managed to sing only two words before a power failure ended the performance.
At the 2002 Brit Awards the virtual members of Gorillaz “performed” for the first time, appearing in 3D animation on four large screens along with rap accompaniment by Phi Life Cypher , a production which reportedly cost £300,000 to create. The band were nominated for four Brit Awards , including…
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Also in 2002, Q featured New Order on their list of the “50 Bands to See Before You Die”, although this was as part of a sub-list of “5 Bands That Could Go Either Way”.