Organizers say U2 will headline Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival.
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Michael Eavis promised something special for Glastonbury's 40th birthday next year -- and boy has he delivered. U2 will headline on Friday night -- the first time the Irish rockers have ever played the festival.
Even while maintaining its status as one of the few musical acts that can still fill stadiums, U2 is struck by how quickly its world is changing — musically and politically.
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg admits that taking a helicopter to the U2 show might not have been the most environmentally friendly way to travel.
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has lined up many of its members for a blowout concert celebrating its 25th anniversary.
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U2 were in London this weekend, playing two dates at Wembley Stadium. Now, I am well aware that not all rock critics share my enthusiasm for the band (my colleague Michael Deacon awarded the show a mere three stars) but I was blown away once again.
This is a strange time for U2. Their latest album, No Line on the Horizon, has by their standards sold weakly; yet on Friday they played to 88,000 people, the greatest number a band has crammed into Wembley.
Singer and activist Bono says his "mouth is unusually shut" after the death of his friend, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
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Dubliners angry over the around-the-clock dismantling of U2's monumental concert stage mounted street protests Tuesday, threatening the Irish band's plans for the next stop on their European tour.
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U2 frontman Bono Vox took the chance to get up-to-date on global hunger this week by chatting with WFP's Executive Director Josette Sheeran before going on stage for the Irish band's sell-out concert in Amsterdam.
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