U2 to Headline Glastonbury 2010
Festivals don’t get bigger than Glastonbury. And bands don’t get bigger than U2. How the two haven’t paired up before now, in retrospect, seems kinda crazy. But it’s finally happened: The Irish juggernauts will headline next year’s Glastonbury Festival, its 40th anniversary, which will go down June 25-27, 2010.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsU2 announces more tour dates
With a new album often comes a tour. For many bands, this means spending a summer crossing the country in a stinky, over-crowded van without air conditioning. For U2, it means amphitheatres brimming with screaming fans and 360° views of flashing lights and pyrotechnics.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsU2 announces 360° world tour dates
After taking over Late Night with David Letterman for a whole week and free streaming their new album on MySpace a week before its official release, those fellas in U2 seem more than ready to hit the road for a world tour. Fittingly enough, the Irish rockers just announced their tour dates and a new stage concept that promises no bad seats. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNext U2 record, Songs Of Ascent, to be a reggae album?
Around Paste HQ, we usually shy away from gossip, but sometimes it's hard to stop ourselves. Here we go, then, making our foray into the wild world of European tabloids with a question that will be sure to boggle music lovers' minds across the world: Is U2 making a reggae album?... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWRXP celebrates U2's Day with all-day streaming
Listen up, U2 fans. Today is your day. Or, rather, U2's day, if we're going to get technical about it. In honor of the band's brand-new album, No Line On The Horizon, New York-based radio station WRXP has deemed today "U2's Day," and is celebrating appropriately.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsU2: No Line on the Horizon
With each passing studio release U2 has increasingly... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsU2 streams No Line on the Horizon on MySpace
More than a week before its release, U2's No Line on the Horizon was put up for streaming in its entirety and in high-quality format on the band's MySpace page. But it was not only the U.S. that enjoyed an early treat; many fans in Australia were able to obtain the release through Getmusic.com.au, a digital store operated by Universal Music. The tracks were taken down shortly after, but not before they spread through various peer-to-peer file sharing networks.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsU2 to take over David Letterman for a week
Get your boots on and prepare for some U2 overload because starting March 2, those iconic Irishmen will be performing on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman for five nights in a row, in support of their upcoming album, No Line on the Horizon (out March 3).... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsU2 reveals "Get On Your Boots" single
Looks like U2 is trying to rival Bruce Springsteen to see who can create the biggest buzz in advance of each of their early '09 records. Just a few days after revealing the full tracklist for No Line on the Horizon, U2 debuted lead single "Get On Your Boots" on its official site. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsU2 releases new single and Horizon tracklist
Apparently it's no longer cool to record an album all in one place, or even in one country for that matter. U2 got her done international-style, from Morocco to Ireland and several countries in between, for the forthcoming No Line On The Horizon. ... read more
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