U2360 the fever is raising! The Claw in Turin

The U2360 circus is coming to town! Bono’s back injury has been left behind and U2 are ready to rock this summer across Europe. The tour will start the 6th of August in Turin, if you want to to keep an eye on The Claw as it’s being built you must check this Turin webcam. There [...]

Bono’s gamble costs him

Irish rocker Bono is feeling the effects of the struggling economy thanks to his multi-million dollar investment in smart telephone maker Palm Inc. after stock shares have plummeted a staggering 35 percent since January. In December 2008, bosses at the U2 frontman’s Elevation Partners company announced they would make the investment to save the debt-riddled firm, [...]

Ten for the Next Ten

IF we have overindulged in anything these past several days, it is neither holiday ham nor American football; it is Top 10 lists. We have been stuffed full of them. Even in these self-restrained pages, it has been impossible to avoid the end-of-the-decade accountings of the 10 best such-and-suches and the 10 worst fill-in-the-blanks. And so, in the spirit of [...]

U2 movie Killing Bono to be filmed in Belfast

While Northern Ireland was in the grip of the Troubles in the late 1970s, something was happening south of the border which would have a global impact on music. In 1976, a band was formed in Dublin after a young drummer posted on the school noticeboard looking for other musicians to join him. That band was [...]

U2’s Bono admits he is overpaid

The U2 rocker – who is worth an estimated £400 million – says he devotes so much of his time to charitable projects because he believes he has more money than he deserves to have. Speaking at the launch of Nike’s Lace Up. Save Lives campaign, which raises money for HIV charity (Red) with Chelsea soccer star [...]