Kelly Clarkson Lands Second No. 1 Album
Kelly Clarkson has scored her second No. 1 album with her fourth disc, All I Ever Wanted, which moved 255,000 copies last week, ousting U2 from the top spot.Clarkson's first chart-topper was her debut...
View ArticleU2 Sells Out Chicago, New York, Boston, Toronto (LYV, RIMM)
We were skeptical about how willing people would be to buy U2's recession-priced tickets: 85% for less than $120 each. (What a bargain!) But apparently the still relatively high prices weren't a...
View ArticleConcert Haul: U2 Tour Racks Up A $19M Monday (LYV)
U2's latest tour made nearly $20 million yesterday, quickly selling out the foursome's first three U.S. shows in Chicago, Boston and New York--raking in more in just a few hours than it did in the...
View ArticleU2, Kelly Clarkson Both Booted Out Of Billboard's Top 10 Albums (SNE)
Two of March's most high-profile albums, U2's No Line on the Horizon and Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted, have already dropped off of Billboard's top 10, suggesting that neither one may have much...
View ArticleU2 Concert Draws 10 Million Live Streams (GOOG)
U2's concert at the Rose Bowl on Sunday was streamed live by over 10 million viewers, Variety reports.That makes it the most successful live event in YouTube's history. The number falls short of the...
View ArticleU2 Concert Forces The Florida Marlins To Play 3 "Home" Games In Seattle
MLB announced that the an interleague series between the Marlins and Mariners this summer will be moved from Miami to Seattle, because of a scheduled U2 concert at Sun Life Stadium.The concert is...
View ArticleU2's Bono Will NOT Make More On The Facebook IPO Than Throughout His 30-Year...
UPDATE: The original stories were wrong, and based on some fundamental misunderstandings of how venture capital works. Glenn Peoples at Billboard.biz explains that Bono will be lucky if he made $10...
View ArticleU2's New Album Was Downloaded 26 Million Times Since Its September Debut (AAPL)
U2's album "Songs of Innocence" was released into the world in a nontraditional way: It was available as a free exclusive download to the 500 million people who use iTunes. And it seems that...
View ArticleApple Music just launched its first virtual reality music video with U2
Chris Milk and his virtual reality company Vrse teamed up with Apple Music to transform U2's "Song for Someone" into a virtual reality experience. The music video is available on iOS and Google Play...
View ArticleThe Eagles of Death Metal returned to Paris for a surprise performance with U2
Members of the California rock band Eagles of Death Metal have made a surprise return to a Paris stage during a concert by U2, less than a month after suicide bombers stormed the band's Nov. 13 gig at...
View ArticleBono is testifying on violent extremism before Congress
U2 front man Bono is testifying before a Senate appropriations subcommittee on the refugee crisis and violent extremism.Before sitting at the witness table on Tuesday, Bono posed for photos with three...
View ArticleU2's lead guitarist 'The Edge' just made history at the Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Edge, lead guitarist with the Irish band U2, has become the first rock star to play in the Sistine Chapel, a venue he described as "the most beautiful parish hall in the...
View ArticleHere is the spectacular view from a U2 spy plane at 70,000 feet
The U2 was produced in 1955 by Lockheed’s Skunk Works for aerial reconnaissance missions over the Soviet Union. The proposal to build a plane that could fly 70,000 feet came from the need to fly beyond...
View ArticleJordan Hewson, the daughter of U2's Bono, just made it easier to donate to...
Jordan Hewson founded her company on one premise: Millennials aren't taking action on the issues they care about because the process is difficult, confusing, and time-consuming. So Hewson created...
View ArticleWatch a Tesla Model S assist one of the US's most well-known spy planes...
The US's U2 spy plane, designed during the 1950s, has provided intelligence for more than a half-century by flying at high altitudes over sensitive and remote locations.But the same features that make...
View ArticleThe 5 best new songs you can stream right now
This week, Frank Ocean and U2 released new singles, and LCD Soundsystem dropped its first album in seven years. Here are the 5 best songs from the past week that you can stream right now:Frank Ocean —...
View ArticleU2 released the first single from its upcoming album — listen to it here
A week after releasing “The Blackout,” the first song from their long-awaited “Songs of Experience” album, U2 have dropped a second track, “You’re the Best Thing About Me” — which is apparently being...
View ArticleMore protests erupted in St. Louis after acquittal in police shooting
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Activists marched peacefully through a suburban St. Louis-area shopping mall on Saturday, hours after police clashed with a crowd protesting the acquittal of a white former...
View ArticleWatch U2 delight commuters with a surprise concert on Berlin's U2 subway line
On Wednesday, U2 played a surprise set on the U2 subway line in Berlin, Germany.Bono and The Edge performed for 120 lucky fans who applied for and won tickets through local radio station Radioeins, The...
View ArticleWatch Kendrick Lamar and U2 open the 2018 Grammys with a bang
Kendrick Lamar performed to open up the 2018 Grammy Awards ceremony.He performed a medley of songs. He recruited Dave Chappelle and U2 to pull it off.Lamar made some serious statements with the...
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