U2 Has the Edge: Band Had 2011's Highest-Grossing Tour

December 29, 2011 By Kurt Orzeck 6 weeks ago

Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Lady Gaga and Bon Jovi also raked in big bucks on the road

  

Thanks to Gaga and Adele, Music Business Finally Improves in 2011

December 26, 2011 By Chris Willman 6 weeks ago

Album sales are up only about 1%, but that's still great news after a decade-plus of decline

  

Review: Jane's Addiction Sounds Like Second-Tier U2 in 'Escape Artist'

October 18, 2011 By Chris Willman 16 weeks ago

The pioneering alt-rock band's first album in eight years sounds more like mid-level U2 (or Muse) than their own trailblazing '90s explosiveness

  

Lessons Learned at the Toronto Film Festival (So Far)

September 11, 2011 By Steve Pond 21 weeks ago

George Clooney is overexposed, docs are hot, the Oscar race is confusing ...

  

U2's Bono and the Edge on the Problem with Rock Bands (Video)

September 9, 2011 By Steve Pond 21 weeks ago

At the Toronto Film Festival, U2 members analyze the trouble with bands -- turns out it's a male thing

  

Producer Joel Gallen on the 9/11 Telethon: 'It Was Wall-to-Wall Emotion'

September 9, 2011 By Steve Pond 21 weeks ago

The producer of the moving 9/11 telethon revisits the pressures and pleasures of putting together a worldwide special in one week (Videos)

  

U2 Rocks Toronto, Launches Film Fest

September 8, 2011 By Steve Pond 21 weeks ago

Toronto kicks off festival with its first opening-night documentary

  

U2 Revisits 'Achtung Baby' in 'From the Sky Down' Trailer (Video)

September 8, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 22 weeks ago

Bono and his brothers in rock look back at their 1991 album in Davis Guggenheim documentary

  

TIFF Gets Ready for the Stars -- and the Lines

September 7, 2011 By Steve Pond 22 weeks ago

Toronto's giant film festival -- an 11-day haven for cinema fans -- slowly comes to life

  

Springsteen to Alan Jackson: Top 10 Tunes About 9/11

September 7, 2011 By Steve Pond 22 weeks ago

The tragedy produced more bad songs than good ones -- here are the ones that rose to the challenge

  

Showtime to Air U2 Documentary 'From the Sky Down'

September 6, 2011 By Tim Molloy 22 weeks ago

Film will premiere on Showtime the month after its Toronto Film Festival debut

  

It's Only Rock 'N' Roll, But Toronto Likes It

August 25, 2011 By Steve Pond 24 weeks ago

One year after Bruce Springsteen took the festival by storm, Toronto rocks out with U2, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Paul McCartney

  

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, U2 Among Guests at Toronto International Film Festival

August 23, 2011 By John Sellers 24 weeks ago

Salman Rushdie, Cameron Crowe and Nicolas Cage are also expected to attend, along with hundreds of other familiar names

  

Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Others Join Famine-Relief Effort for Somalia

August 9, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 26 weeks ago

Campaign will utilize Facebook and Twitter to draw attention to growing food crisis

  

Tonys: Bono, The Edge Joke About 'Spider-Man' Delays

June 12, 2011 By Tim Molloy 34 weeks ago

"We used to be famous for being in U2"

  

U2 Picketed as 'Union Busters' by Stage Employees Group

May 31, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 36 weeks ago

Group's decision to use non-guild stage hands causes a local organization to rattle and hum with indignation

  

U2 to Perform on 'American Idol' Season Finale

May 23, 2011 By John Sellers 37 weeks ago

The Irish band will perform just before this season's winner is revealed

  

U2 Dethrones the Rolling Stones With Biggest-Grossing Tour of All-Time

April 11, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 43 weeks ago

Band's 360° tour passes Stones' "Bigger Bang" record with $558 million, Live Nation says

  

Will the 'Spider-Man' Musical Ever Open?

March 8, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 48 weeks ago

Julie Taymor, director of the $65 million Broadway disaster, may be on her way out, the New York Times reports

  

No Changes at 'Spider-Man,' Troubled Broadway Show Says

February 20, 2011 By Dominic Patten 50 weeks ago

Despite onstage and backstage problems, "Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark" says media report that another director besides Julie Taymor has been hired are false

  

‘Spider-Man’ Broadway Opening Delayed Again

January 13, 2011 By Dominic Patten 1 year ago

Now curtain will rise on troubled superhero musical on March 15 instead of Feb. 7 due to need for more fine tuning says producer

  

'Spider-Man' Musical's Broadway Opening: Dec. 21

August 10, 2010 By William Yelles 1 year ago

Julie Taymor's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" features music and lyrics by U2's Bono and the Edge

  

Academy Goes 3D for Panels, Screening

June 9, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Series of three events will explore technology, show U2 concert film

  

Cumming Drops Out of 'Spider-Man' Musical

April 20, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Tony Award-winning actor cites scheduling conflicts with his CBS series "The Good Wife"

  

An Opinionated Guide to All 63 Oscar Songs

December 22, 2009 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

We've heard every one of the Oscar-eligible songs, from the great ("Crazy Heart") to the awful ("Invictus")

  

How U2 Got That Globes Nomination

December 18, 2009 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

The Edge gives the inside scoop on the band's song for "Brothers"

  

Academy Announces 63 Song Contenders

December 16, 2009 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

U2 and Paul McCartney are listed, but Mary J. Blige's "Precious" song is disqualified

  

U2 to Headline UK Music Fest

November 23, 2009 By Reuters 2 years ago

Irish rockers are on board for Glastonbury's 40th anniversary.

  

Brotherly Love Inspires Oscar Campaign

November 12, 2009 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Director Jim Sheridan's war-themed film launches an Academy Awards push after a rousing reception at the DGA.

  

U2 Concert Stream a Record Breaker

October 29, 2009 By the Hollywood Reporter 2 years ago

Over 10 million watched group's Rose Bowl show on YouTube.

  

U2 YouTube Gig Gets 10 Million Streams

October 29, 2009 By Tech Digest 2 years ago

Band's Rose Bowl gig watched by record audience online.

  

U2 at the Rose Bowl: Bigger, but Better?

October 26, 2009 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Once discomfited by the glitz of the Kodak Theater, the Oscar nominees build their own big, shiny cathedral.