U2 headline Glastonbury festival

The band will top the bill on the Friday night (June 27) of the three-day event for the first time in their 32-year career, flying in for the weekend before heading back to America to resume their tour.
Festival organiser Michael Eavis told the event’s official website, Glastonburyfestivals.co.uk: “I promised the best possible line-up for the [...]

MTV Europe Music Awards held in Berlin last night (these ceremonies going shittier from year to year)

Held in Berlin to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall the show featured performances of Foo Fighters, Leona Lewis and U2, who played at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate (looked pretty tiny compared with the 360° stage *LOL*).
The full list of winners are:
Best Male: Eminem <- that guy and his music is [...]

U2 Live

The world’s biggest band on the world’s largest stage. Watch the rebroadcast of the full performance from the  Pasadena Rose Bowl. Recorded on Sunday, October 25th.

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U2 to stream gig live through YouTube next Sunday

U2 are set to stream a gig live via the internet. According to an early promo that has appeared on YouTube.com and can be watched below, the band’s show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl will be shown live on the video site.
The concert kicks off at 8.30pm pacific time (5.30am CET ) on Sunday (October [...]

U2 singer applauds the US president

Bono has stated he believes Barack Obama “might deserve the hype”, following criticism of the president’s Nobel Peace Prize.
The U2 singer applauded Obama’s commitment to ending global poverty in an opinion piece, titled ‘Rebranding America’, in the New York Times on Saturday (October 17). “I think the virtual Obama is the real Obama,” writes Bono, [...]

Get on your boots

Heute Morgen startete der Vorverkauf für die drei Deutschlandkonzerte von U2 im nächsten Sommer. Inzwischen sind die Stehplatzkapazitäten bereits nahezu ausverkauft und auch die Sitzplätze werden nicht auf lange Zeit verfügbar sein. Wer also die spektakulärste Tour aller Zeiten live erleben möchte sollte sich beeilen. Das Konzert in Wien ist bereits ausverkauft, über eine Show [...]

U2 Bring 360 Show to “Saturday Night Live

Bono and Co. performed to an television audience of millions as they served as the musical guest on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. The band performed three songs, a rarity for the live comedy sketch show, plus a fourth track for the studio audience after the end credits rolled. [...]

The music industry keeps finding ever more outlandish ways to degrade itself in pursuit of vanishing profits

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve seen Kurt Cobain, Iggy Pop and Daft Punk rendered as video game sprites. And now it seems the world’s biggest bands, or at least those managing their legacies, are tripping over each other to embrace the ultimate in shonky brand extensions: the stage musical.

Green Day’s ‘American Idiot: The [...]

U2 coming back to Europe next summer

Following the success of the 2009 tour, U2 have confirmed that their acclaimed 360° Tour will continue in 2010. European fans who missed out in 2009 will have a new opportunity to experience the U2 360° Tour extravaganza.
10.08. Frankfurt, Commerzbank Arena
12.08. Hannover, AWD Arena
15.08. Horsens, Dänemark, Stadion
20.08. Helsinki, Olympiastadion
25.08. Moskau, Lushniki Stadion
30.08. Wien, [...]

It doesn’t get any better? Should bands call it a day at their peak or remain on the scene and try to continue their success

“Rock stars should quit before they’re 40.” So said Noel Gallagher, not long after Oasis first burst onto the music scene in the early 90’s.  Should Noel and men like him have followed their advice and got out while they were still at their peak or do they remain a relevant force to this day?
When [...]