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JUKEBOX 2026 – WEEK 8 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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Hello, music junkies.

Another edition of 5 new, stellar tracks are
added to Turn Up The Volume’s Jukebox.

All for your aural pleasure.

ALL TOGETHER

TRACK BY TRACK


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Band: PULP
Track: BEGGING FOR CHANCE
One of the 23 tracks performed by big-name bands/artists on a new album,
named Help, with all benefits going to War Child. An organisation that shapes
systems that protect and support the well-being of children affected by conflict.

The record is out on March 6th. More info here.

TUTV: The common people of Pulp rock out for charity.

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Band: SPECIAL FRIEND
Who: French-American indie
guitar pop, based in Paris.

Track: CLIPPING
New appetizer from their upcoming 3rd album, named
Clipping. It’ll arrive on March 20th. More info here.

TUTV: Lazy groovin’, lazy movin’. Echoes of slacker rock.

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Band: FOO FIGHTERS
Who: Former Nirvana drummer Dave
Grohl fav grunge rock toy, since 1994.

Track: YOUR FAVOURITE TOY
Title piece from their upcoming 12th LP,
which will show up on April 24th.

TUTV: The Foos punk their butts off as never before on this raging ripper.

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Band: U2
Who: You know who.

Track: AMERICAN OBITUARY
Opening piece from their brand new anti-political
violence EP, titled DAYS OF ASH, featuring 6 songs.

TUTV: I wondered when Bono would jump on the fence and critise, rightfully so, all BS going on right now in the US. Here he is with his mates translating their dissatisfaction with Trump’s Ubermensch politics into a raucous rocker.

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Photo by Neil Krug

Artist: THUNDERCAT
Who: Singer-songwriter, record producer, and bass player
from Los Angeles, California, doing his thing since 2000

Track: SHE KNOWS TOO MUCH
Single from his forthcoming 5th LP, first in six years, called Distracted.
Out April 3rd. It features vocals by the late rapper Mac Miller (1992-2008),
a good friend and multiple collaborator of his.

TUTV: Shake your booty to the funky beat, folks.

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U2 Released All Killers No Fillers Album’ ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND’ 25 Years Ago

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

30 October 2025

Irish pop giants U2 their 10th album ALL THAT YOU
CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND on 30 October 2000, today
25 years ago.

It went #1 in most European countries and #3 in the US

AllMusic‘s editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine said: “It’s U2’s return to the generous
spirit that flowed through their best ’80s records. A clever and craftsmanlike record,
filled with nifty twists in the arrangements, small sonic details, and colors.”

Turn Up The Volume: Along with ‘Achtung Baby‘ the Irish stadium rockers’
best work to mye ars. All killers, no fillers. They found what they were looking
for. Eat your heart out U2 haters and Bono mockers.

Top tracks: Elevation / Kite / Grace

– ELEVATION –

– KITE –

– GRACE –

ALBUM


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U2 Had A ‘BEAUTIFUL DAY’ 25 Years Ago Today

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Top singles from the past

9 October 2025

Irish superstars U2 released their king-sized hit
BEAUTIFUL DAY today, 25 years ago, on 9 Oct 2000.

It was the opener of their formidable (along with Achtung Baby my 2 fav U2 LPs)
10th album All That You Can’t Leave Behind, produced by Brian Eno and Daniel
Lanois.

The song was a huge commercial success, helping launch the album to multi-platinum status, and is one of U2’s biggest hits to date. No. 1 in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and several European countries.

Bono explained that the upbeat track is about
losing everything but still finding joy in what one has.

Beautiful Day won 3 Grammy Awards. The Irishmen have played it at every
one of their concerts since the song’s live debut on the Elevation Tour in 2001.

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13 July 1985 – This Day 40 Years Ago The ‘LIVE AID’ Concert Marathon Was Held

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13 July 2025

On 13th July 1985, 40 years ago today, the massive concert marathon LIVE AID
was held, organized by artists/musicians Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats) and Midge
Ure (Ultravox) to raise funds for the devastating Ethiopian famine.

Announced as the ‘global jukebox’, the event was held simultaneously
at Wembley Stadium in London for 72,000 people, and at John F.
Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia with a crowd of 89,500. And an
audience of 1.9 billion TV viewers across 150 nations, that’s nearly
40% of the world population.

3 of the many highlights.

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QUEEN

SIMPLE MINDS

U2 – 20th Anniversary Edition ‘HOW TO RE-ASSEMBLE AN ATOMIC BOMB’ Out Now

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24 November 2024

Irish superstars U2 celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 11th LP How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, which was released on 22 November 2004 and features their smashing hit single Vertigo, with an anniversary reissue simply named How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb.

It features a couple of previously unreleased tracks.
One of them is a genuine banger, called HAPPINESS.

Full Anniversary Album


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