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U2 owned the road in 2011
Dec 29, 2011, 15:12 GMT
Rock icons U2 showed they still know how to put on a good show as the top earning tour for 2011 with an estimated $156 million in North America and 2,387,535 tickets sold across the globe. ... moreGlastonbury Festival 2011 Pictures
Jun 26, 2011, 12:32 GMT
We have added a new set of pictures from the event Glastonbury Festival 2011. ... moreU2 Concert Pictures
Aug 7, 2010, 15:32 GMT
We have added a new set of pictures from the event 'U2 Concert Pictures'. ... more
U2 rescheduled dates for U.S. announced
Jul 14, 2010, 16:39 GMT
Live Nation Entertainment has announced the postponed U2 360° tour dates in the U.S. have all been rescheduled for Spring/Summer 2011 with all tickets being valid at the rescheduled performances. The original tour dates were postponed following Bono’s emergency back surgery to allow time for the singer to heal and rehab from the injury. ... moreU2 North American tour dates postponed
May 25, 2010, 14:45 GMT
U2 has announced its 360° North American Tour will be postponed until 2011 following lead singer Bono’s emergency back surgery in Munich. ... moreESPN brings U2 and Soweto Gospel Choir for 2010 FIFA World Cup
Apr 18, 2010, 17:43 GMT
ESPN Launches 2010 FIFA World Cup “One Game Changes Everything.” The network’s presentation to include U2 and Soweto Gospel Choir. ... moreU2 named top North American touring act in successful concert year
Jan 1, 2010, 17:23 GMT
New York - Irish rock group U2 was the top earner in US concert sales for 2009, with 123 million dollars in gross sales on 1.3 million tickets sold, according to US website Pollstar. ... more
U2 to make Glastonbury debut
Nov 23, 2009, 9:27 GMT
U2 are to headline the Glastonbury Festival next year. ... more
U2 at MTV European Music Awards on November 5
Oct 28, 2009, 10:39 GMT
U2 will play a free show in Germany to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall. ... moreU2 concert online draws seven million people
Oct 27, 2009, 10:31 GMT
Nearly seven million people went online to watch U2 live in concert yesterday (26.10.09). ... moreU2's tour a money suck
Sep 30, 2009, 9:12 GMT
U2's world tour costs £470,000 a day to stage - even when the band has the day off. ... moreIn Pictures: 'U2 in Concert at Soldier Field'
Sep 15, 2009, 16:15 GMT
We have added a new set of pictures from the event 'U2 in Concert at Soldier Field'. ... moreU2 move in Mysterious Ways
Aug 13, 2009, 9:30 GMT
U2 are successful because of their 'mysterious' relationships. ... moreU2 roadies break down stage to Dubliners annoyance
Jul 29, 2009, 12:00 GMT
U2's world tour was brought to a standstill by protesters angry about noise from their last concert in Ireland yesterday (28.07.09). ... moreBell X1 – ‘Blue Lights on the Runway’ – Album Review
Mar 24, 2009, 20:16 GMT
The sound of Bell X1 is definitely unique, mixing shades of U2 and Blue October into their somewhat “folky” new album, ‘Blue Lights on the Runway.’ ... moreU2 to retire
Mar 20, 2009, 10:45 GMT
U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. wants the group to retire while they are on top. ... moreU2 hit the road for 360 tour
Mar 9, 2009, 17:18 GMT
U2 have announced plans to hit the road for a European tour that will kick off at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on June 30th. ... moreIn photos: 'New York Street Renamed for U2'
Mar 3, 2009, 19:26 GMT
We have added a new set of images from the event 'New York Street Renamed for U2.' ... moreSpringsteen and U2 to rock Glasgow's Hampden Park
Mar 2, 2009, 18:25 GMT
Hot on the heels of the announcement Bruce Springsteen would play Glastonbury and Hyde Park, the rock icon will now apparently play an outdoor summer concert at Glasgow's Hampden Park. Rockers U2 will also take the stage at Hampden Park later in the summer. ... moreBrad Pitt's Edge-y role
Mar 2, 2009, 11:35 GMT
U2 want Brad Pitt to star in a movie about their lives. ... moreU2 to buy Olympic studios in London
Jan 29, 2009, 9:15 GMT
U2 are to buy the Olympics. ... more
U2's new tour will be a 'feat of genius'
Jan 13, 2009, 10:10 GMT
U2's new tour will be a 'feat of genius'. ... moreU2 announced to perform at BRITs
Jan 12, 2009, 10:20 GMT
U2 are to perform at this year's BRIT Awards. ... moreBono, Edge find inspiration from Jimmy Page and Company
Jan 7, 2009, 9:35 GMT
U2's new album 'No Line On The Horizon' is inspired by Led Zeppelin and the White Stripes. ... moreU2 to earn big bucks from Live Nation contract
Oct 21, 2008, 10:00 GMT
U2 could earn more than £500 million after signing a new contract. ... moreBono snorts salt water to help voice
Aug 13, 2008, 10:25 GMT
Bono snorts salt to aid his singing voice. ... moreMovie Review: U2 3D
Feb 2, 2008, 9:11 GMT
A very real and state-of-the-art 3-D experience showing the undubbed work of the one the greatest rock bands and several of the greatest rock audiences, in the world. ... moreU2's Bono blasts Blair
Nov 2, 2007, 12:30 GMT
Bono has hit out at former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for invading Iraq. ... moreU2’s PopMart Live from Mexico City arrives on store shelves
Sep 11, 2007, 16:02 GMT
Filmed at the Foro Sol Autodromo in Mexico City on 3rd December 1997, U2’s PopMart Live from Mexico City was directed by David Mallet and first released on video the following year; this is the first time it has been released on DVD.... more
U2 brings the rock to Cannes
May 20, 2007, 16:08 GMT
U2 brought the rock to the Cannes' red carpet on Saturday with a performance before the screening of the band’s new concert movie U23D. ... morePolice add concert dates for Oakland and Los Angeles
Feb 21, 2007, 14:10 GMT
The Police have added more stops to their planned reunion tour which will now take the band to Oakland and Los Angeles. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale Monday morning and should range in price from $50 to $225. ... more
Bono wins back cowboy hat in final court showdown
Nov 15, 2006, 12:31 GMT
Dublin - Irish rockstar and anti-poverty campaigner Bono and his group U2 Wednesday won an Irish High Court battle to retrieve a cowboy hat and other possessions from a former stylist who claimed she had been given the items as a present. ... moreU2 leave Island to move to Mercury
Oct 9, 2006, 15:54 GMT
After more than 20 years together, Irish rockers U2 have split from their long-time label Island Records to move to Mercury Records – which is part of the Universal Music Group the world’s largest music company. ... moreThe Killers complete as-yet-untitled album and set for October release
Jul 10, 2006, 21:54 GMT
Island recording group The Killers have completed the recording of their eagerly anticipated second album. Due to arrive in stores in October 3rd 2006, the as-yet- untitled new album will impact radio with lead single “When You Were Young” in July.... more
Kenny Chesney’s The Road & The Radio tour graces People in four-page spread
Jul 10, 2006, 14:48 GMT
if you’re looking for a category to put People’s whopping four pages on Kenny Chesney – the only country star to sell over a million tickets for the past four years and who followed the Rolling Stones and U2 as last year’s three biggest ticket sellers – or rather Kenny Chesney’s The Road & The Radio 2006 Tour, it would probably have to be the latter... ... more
Metallica gets animated with appearance on The Simpsons
Jul 6, 2006, 12:17 GMT
Metal band Metallica will join a long list of other rock acts when the band gets animated for an appearance on the hit Fox show ‘The Simpsons’ in September. ... more
U2 is filthy rich
Mar 16, 2006, 16:45 GMT
Irish band U2 have topped Rock's Top Thirty Moneymakers list of 2005. Bono and the boys made an estimated $154.2 million last year from their worldwide Vertigo tour and album sales of the group’s 2004 hit record How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. ... more
Irish rockers U2 reschedules Vertigo Tour
Mar 13, 2006, 11:08 GMT
Sydney - Irish rock band U2 has rescheduled the Australian leg of its Vertigo Tour for November, lead singer Bono announced Monday. ... more
New U2 album due later this year?
Mar 7, 2006, 17:18 GMT
It's been a month since U2 cleaned house at the 2006 Grammy Awards, winning five tropies including the 'Album of the Year' award for their album 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb,' but already talk has shifted to the possibility of the band releasing a brand new album later this year. ... more
U2 band reconciles with Mexico: first concert in 9 years
Feb 16, 2006, 19:41 GMT
Mexico City - The Irish pop band U2 has reconciled with Mexico after a nine-year absence, making its second appearance this week on Thursday. ... more
U2 dominates Grammy music awards
Feb 9, 2006, 12:42 GMT
Los Angeles - Irish supergroup U2 picked up a leading five Grammy awards Thursday night including album of the year for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. ... more
Second U2 concert sells out in 90 minutes
Dec 12, 2005, 3:03 GMT
Wellington - Hundreds of New Zealand fans who camped out in queues for up to 42 hours snapped up 38,000 tickets in 90 minutes on Monday for a second U2 concert in March in Auckland. ... more
The gospel according to Bono
Sep 15, 2005, 0:30 GMT
Irish rockers U2 are in Toronto this week on the second leg of their highly successful Vertigo tour, which has become one of the most successful tours of the year alongside The Rolling Stone's most recent outing and Green Day's American Idiot tour. ... more
Dashboard Confessional hop aboard the U2 train
Aug 30, 2005, 22:02 GMT
Rockers Dashboard Confessional are the latest band to be named openers on
U2's mammoth Vertigo world tour. ... more
70,000 U2 fans form huge Polish flag to Cold War anthem
Jul 5, 2005, 23:43 GMT
Chorzow, Poland - Some 70,000 fans of Irish rock band U2 waved shirts, scarves and handkerchiefs to compose a massive red-and- white Polish national flag to U2's 'New Year's Day', an anthem inspired partly by Poland's Solidarity struggle against communism. ... more
U2 Tour Was Threatened By Appalling Rehearsals
Apr 7, 2005, 6:05 GMT
Bono has confessed U2's latest world tour was under threat just weeks before it kicked off in San Diego, California - because they were sounding so bad in rehearsal. ... more
U2 Tour Tops Online Ticket Sales
Apr 7, 2005, 3:28 GMT
Twenty-five years into the band's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame career, U2 is still one of the biggest acts around as their 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb' tour continues to generate tremendous sales, according to the TicketsNow Entertainment Index. ... more
Early U2 Photos Could Fetch $10000 at Auction
Apr 5, 2005, 14:31 GMT
Rare early photos of rock band U2 are expected to sell for thousands of dollars in an auction in Dublin today. ... more
U2 Coming Back State Side in Fall
Mar 8, 2005, 1:02 GMT
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U2 Top UK Singles Chart
Feb 14, 2005, 5:52 GMT
U2 have topped the UK singles chart with 'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own.' ... more
U2 Dublin Dates Sell out in One Hour
Feb 4, 2005, 15:15 GMT
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U2 'Vertigo' Tour: US Dates Announced
Jan 24, 2005, 17:52 GMT
U2 have now announced the dates for the US leg of their 'Vertigo' tour in support of the 'How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb' album. ... more
U2 Bringing Vertigo to a City Near You
Jan 22, 2005, 16:27 GMT
U2 have announced details of their 'Vertigo' tour in support of the 'How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb' album. ... more
U2 Top of Rolling Stone Annual Poll
Jan 14, 2005, 0:35 GMT
U2 have stormed the most important readers poll of 2004 after landing Best Single, Best Album, Artist of The Year, Best Band and Best Video prizes in rock bible Rolling Stone. ... more


















