Topic: U2
Irish rock megastars U2 have postponed one of their two concerts in Spain next month due to a general strike called by the country's unions on the same day, the band announced Thursday. "Due to the scheduled general strike in Spain, on ...
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - U2 frontman Bono burst back onto rock's center stage on Friday after a two-month absence for a back injury, as the Irish band resumed what its manager predicts will be the most lucrative concert tour in history. U2 ...
Bono's back: 50-year-old U2 rocker says he's ready to roll after surgery postponed US tourBono's back. The 50-year-old frontman for Dublin supergroup U2 has announced he's fully recovered from emergency back surgery in Munich in May — and has apologized to ticket-holding ...
Stevie Wonder was set to close Glastonbury's 40th birthday celebrations Sunday after a sun-drenched weekend of music described by festival founder Michael Eavis as "total magic". Surprise performances from Kylie and U2 guitarist "The Edge", who joined Muse on Saturday night, were ...
ESPN using U2's music as soundtrack to World Cup soccer coverageESPN is using U2's music as a soundtrack to its World Cup coverage. The band struck a deal with the network for its music to be featured in promotions of World Cup ...
Damon Albarn's "virtual band" Gorillaz will replace rockers U2 to headline UK's Glastonbury Festival, after the Irish megaband pulled out, organisers said Wednesday. The world's largest greenfield music and performing arts festival was thrown into disarray after U2 were forced to pull ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Damon Albarn's band Gorillaz will play at the Glastonbury festival next month following the withdrawal of U2, festival organizers said on Wednesday. Gorillaz, best known as a cartoon virtual band, will play the headline slot on Friday June ...
LONDON/MUNICH (Reuters) - U2 frontman Bono left hospital in Germany on Tuesday after undergoing emergency surgery on his back, but the injury has forced the Irish band to postpone the entire North American leg of its world tour. U2 is also almost ...
Record industry bosses hit back Tuesday at the "myth" that musicians no longer need them to become successful, insisting the Internet can help raise their profile but cannot make them stars. The success of the Arctic Monkeys, the British band who made ...
A BBC editorial watchdog body criticised the British broadcaster Thursday for breaching its own guidelines by appearing to promote the bands U2 and Coldplay in its coverage of them. The BBC's Editorial Complaints Unit slammed an on-screen slogan "U2=BBC" used during its ...
