
HBO has set Dec. 7 as the new date for the U2 live concert special that was postponed because of the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris. The band had been set to perform Nov. 14 at the Accorhotel Arena outside Paris. But after 129 people were slain in coordinated terror attacks, the concert was quickly […]

The Paris stop on U2’s current Innocence + Experience tour will air Nov. 14 on HBO, the premium cable network announced Thursday. The performance at the Bercy Arena will air in the U.S. on the same day in prime time. A week earlier, on Nov. 7, HBO will premiere a behind-the-scenes documentary special that follows […]

Rock band U2 will perform their Oscar-nominated song, “Ordinary Love” for a global audience at the Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. U2’s exclusive Oscar show performance will be the first time the band will perform the song live on Sunday, March 2. “Ordinary Love” was written by the group for Mandela: […]

U2’s manager Paul McGuinness has voiced his thoughts on the arrival of ad-driven online radio services exemplified by Spotify. While McGuinness was supportive of the concept, and can see it as a viable make-up of the way that music is distributed in the future, he still has serious reservations about it. The main problem, according […]

The lyrics of David Bowie‘s 1969 classic ‘Space Oddity’ have been used as the basis of a colorful, if somewhat scary, illustrated children’s novel by artist Andrew Kolb. A PDF of the entire book can be downloaded for free at Kolb’s website. In just under 40 pages, the book tells the story of brave astronaut […]

All is well with Bono, despite what you may have heard. The U2 singer is denying rampant reports that he was taken to a French hospital last week for heart palpitations and chest pains. “Despite press stories to the contrary, Bono has not suffered a recent health scare,” a spokesman told Reuters in a statement. […]

“Spider-Man” musical on Broadway, just the one that is the butt of so many late-night talk show jokes, cast album will go on sale June 14. The 14-song album “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” written by U2’s Bono and The Edge will be produced by Steve Lillywhite and will be released by Interscope Records. The […]