📺 Telemundo TV commentator: "We are one of the only networks in the world to NOT show ads during the World Cup cooling breaks."
"We prefer the old school way. We should be able to see what the players do. We show fans, people enjoying, not the corporate direction of football."
What has happened at the #2026WorldCup over the last 48 hours:
• Swiss footballer Embolo's visa was put under review and he was only able to join his team days later.
• Iraqi national team player Aymen Hussein was held for questioning for nearly 7 hours upon entering the United States.
• The Iranian national team spent days dealing with visa procedures at the U.S. Consulate in Türkiye. The U.S. only allowed them entry on match days. Fifteen members of the delegation were denied visas.
• Omar Abdulkadir Artan, named CAF's Best African Referee of 2025, was denied a visa. Despite travelling to the U.S. with a diplomatic passport, he was refused entry and sent back. FIFA announced that he will not be able to officiate at the tournament.
• The South African national team arrived in the United States much later than planned because part of the delegation was not granted visas.
• Members of the Senegal national team staff were forced to remove their shoes and subjected to lengthy searches, sparking accusations of racism.
• The Uzbekistan national team was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs and the footage went viral in international media.
• Some Scottish supporters, despite being eligible to enter the U.S. visa-free under the ESTA programme, had their travel authorisations revoked just days before departure.
• Many supporters who had already bought tickets and booked accommodation had their visa applications rejected, resulting in financial losses.
Un nuevo documental contará la historia de Andy 'Guck' Rowen, el hombre de Dublín cuyas experiencias ayudaron a inspirar a la canción #BAD de #U2
Bad: The Song That Saved My Life explora la vida de Rowen, desde su infancia en el lado norte de Dublín hasta sus luchas contra el trauma y la adicción a la heroína, y la amistad que lo conectó con Bono y otras figuras de la escena musical de Dublín de la década de 1980.
Rowen tenía 11 años cuando presenció los atentados de Dublín de 1974, una experiencia que el documental examina como parte de una historia más amplia sobre el trauma personal, la adicción, la recuperación y la reconciliación.
La película también analiza la conexión de Rowen con U2, incluyendo Bad, la pista épica del álbum de 1984 de la banda The Unforgettable Fire, que se convirtió en un elemento básico de los espectáculos en vivo de la banda después de aparecer en su EP de 1985 Wide Awake in America.
El documental sigue a Rowen mientras reflexiona sobre un período de su vida en el que estaba sin hogar y luchando contra la adicción antes de que le ofrecieran un lugar en una clínica de rehabilitación en los Estados Unidos.
También presenta una serie de momentos que ayudaron a dar forma a su recuperación, incluido un encuentro con la letra manuscrita de Bad y un homenaje de Bono frente a la audiencia de un estadio.
Bad: The Song That Saved My Life se cuenta a través de entrevistas con Rowen, miembros de su familia, la madre de sus dos primeros hijos, su hija y Bono.
En el documental, Rowen dice: "Lo único que quería ser cuando era pequeño, era bueno. Desafortunadamente, descubrí que no podía serlo".
Bono dice: "Probablemente tenía el coeficiente intelectual más alto de cualquier niño de nuestra calle, y a veces parecía que había memorizado la Enciclopedia Británica. Podía recordar haber cumplido dos años. Podía recordar muchas cosas que le hubiera gustado haber olvidado".
Bad: The Song That Saved My Life se emite el lunes 15 de junio a las 9:35 p. m. en RTÉ One y RTÉ Player.
Bryce Mitchell on Trump's White House UFC fight:
Our government is desecrating its role in society by entertaining sports. Our government is to protect and serve the people. Our tax dollars and resources are funding this operation. The government is supposed to protect us, not entertain us.
Introducing Bleed American Breakdown, a track-by-track video series to celebrate the seminal album Bleed American and its 25th anniversary.
Filmed at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, CA in April 2026, the videos will be released in album order. Up first is the title track, Bleed American, which was released on June 5, 2001 via DreamWorks Records - 25 years ago today!
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"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" was created at a jam session where drummer Larry Mullen Jr. created a very different rhythmic pattern than usual. From this demo (initially called "The Weather Girls" or "Under the Weather"), The Edge developed the chord sequence and the title, which he took straight out of his notebook. Bono wrote the lyrics inspired by American gospel music.
It was the second single from the album, after "With or Without You," and became U2's second consecutive #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (two weeks in August 1987). Years later, he won a legendary live version with a gospel choir of Harlem in the film Rattle and Hum.
May 30, 1983. A day that changed my life musically I saw @U2 live for the first time. Made me get a ticket at Ticketron at Indian Hill Mall for my dad and I. He had to drive TBF. 42 shows later, I don’t regret pissing on the floor at Glen Helen. The vinyl from that night.