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The U2 summer concerts that were postponed after Bono’s back surgery have been rescheduled for the spring and summer of 2011. The band was supposed to start the second U.S. leg of their “360″ tour on June 3 in Salt Lake City, but Bono had to undergo emergency surgery in May. Live Nation announced Tuesday that the [...]

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U2’s guitarist the Edge joined, English rock band, Muse on stage at Glastonbury on Saturday. Muse played the main “Pyramid Stage” at the festival bringing the second day to a close. U2’s plans to be the headliners act at this year, the 40th anniversary of Glastonbury, were kyboshed as Bono was rushed for emergency surgery. The [...]

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U2 lead singer Bono had emergency surgery on his back in a Munich hospital on Friday after being injured while preparing for the next leg of a world tour, the first date of which has been postponed. The 50-year-old from Ireland had been getting ready for the North American leg of the “360 Degree” world tour [...]

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As he turns 50 next week Bono has much to celebrate, not least achieving world domination as the frontman of U2. But are his lyrics worthy of celebration and will they be relevant in another 50 years, asks TONY CLAYTON-LEA CONSUMERS OF pop music are fussy about lyrics; the examples of good and bad are far too numerous to [...]

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From 14th April Proud Galleries in Camden, London, is putting on a photographic exhibition called U2: The Early Years. This is a never-before-seen show focusing on the band from their interception up until the filming of Rattle & Hum. The exhibition is shot by award-winning photographer Colm Henry, who met the band whilst [...]

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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, [...]

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The Irish stadium rockers and the hip-hop heavyweight are to release a charity single in aid of victims of the Haiti earthquake. U2 have teamed up with Jay-Z to release a charity single in aid of victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Speaking to Irish radio station 2FM, U2 guitarist the Edge said the song was [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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U2’s 2010 North American tour continues to take shape, with the Irish rock icons unveiling a new stop in the Midwest and locking in a venue for a previously announced Montreal stop. The tour–which, as previously reported, gets underway with an early June two-night stand in Southern California–now includes a June 27 engagement at Minneapolis’ TCF [...]

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He has long been a fan of world-renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando, whom he once described as “simply awesome,” and now Bono is putting his money where his mouth is and has commissioned Ando to design his very own art gallery. The planned modern art gallery — a gift to the people of Dublin — will [...]

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Bono hopes to give a rare performance in Dublin this week but don’t expect to hear any of the rockstar’s greatest hits. The U2 front man is instead hoping to appear before planning officials in the latest bid to win approval for a $237.2 million plan to expand his Clarence Hotel.Bono, U2 guitarist The Edge and [...]

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“We could do it together,” Bertie whispered to Tony, and the pair of them dissolved into fits of giggles like two naughty schoolboys. The outgoing Taoiseach and the already-departed prime minister were taking a few questions from the media in Dublin Castle before a gala dinner to honour Bertie’s old pal Tony Blair for getting stuck-in [...]

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U2’s first three albums have been remastered and will be released by Universal on July 21st. Following the remastered release of The Joshua Tree last year, Edge has overseen a similar remastering of Boy (1980), October (1981) and War (1983). All of which have been remastered from the original audio tapes. Each album will be released as [...]

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