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U2 is seen performing in front of a capacity crowd at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The Black Eyed Peas were the opening band. (Photo Agency) more pics » U2 performed in front of a sold-out live crowd yesterday, and then they went out and streamed the concert on YouTube to add, oh, 7 million viewers. Talk about performing for the masses! The Irish band became one of the first major groups to stream an entire show live on the Internet for free when they posted a video link to their concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. U2 posted their performance yesterday ... Read Full Story

Achtung, baby: U2 will play a free concert in Berlin to help the city celebrate 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Music network MTV said the Irish rockers will perform in front of the Brandenburg Gate on Nov. 5 during the MTV Europe Music Awards The show will be beamed into the awards ceremony at Berlin's O2 World arena. U2 manager Paul McGuinness said it would be exciting to be in Berlin, "20 years almost to the day since the wall came down." The wall fell Nov. 9, 1989, ending almost 30 years of separation between east and west. U2's 1991 ... Read Full Story

U2 Tickets Atlanta Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 7:00 PM at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA Now is the time to buy your tickets to see U2 in concert in Atlanta, GA. Don’t miss out on seeing this iconic Irish band that has been thrilling audiences throughout the world for decades now. Their staying power is truly amazing, and the band music continues to evolve, adding more classics to their already robust discography. U2 tickets – Atlanta are now available, so don’t waste time! Be sure to snag a pair before it’s too late. Click here for best deals on U2 Tickets Atlanta!   ... Read Full Story

U2 rocked Berlin on Saturday, returning to the German city where almost 20 years ago the Irish band came to reinvent themselves and make "Achtung Baby", for many fans their best album. "Thank you for coming to our 'grosser party' (big party)," singer Bono told a crowd of 90,000 people during a two-hour set in the Olympic Stadium built by Hitler in the 1930s. "We wrote many songs here in Berlin." U2 came in 1990 to get inspiration from a city undergoing profound change in the wake of a peaceful revolution that pulled down the Berlin Wall the previous November and brought to an ... Read Full Story

One Band, One Stage Tune in for U2's live global webcast from the Rose Bowl October 25th @ 8:30 p.m. (PT) U2, a rock band that formed in Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono (vocals and rhythm guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion). Throughout their career, as a band and as individuals, they have campaigned for human rights and philanthropic causes, including Amnesty International, the ONE Campaign, Product Red, and Bono's DATA campaign. Sunday, October 25, 2009 @ 8:00 Pacific Time, U2 will perform live from the Rose Bowl. This concert ... Read Full Story

(Reuters) - U2's latest album, "No Line on the Horizon," debuted at No. 1 in 30 countries, including the United States and Britain, according to preliminary data issued Wednesday by the Irish rock band's Interscope Records label. Here are some facts about their U.S. sales: * "No Line on the Horizon" sold 484,000 copies in the United States in the six days ended March 8, their second-highest, first-week tally. Their previous album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," started with 840,000 copies in 2004. * It marks U2's seventh No. 1 album in the United States, a run that began with 1987's "The Joshua ... Read Full Story

I will first admit that I am a huge U2 fan. I absolutely loved their most previous album How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb . Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby were also excellent albums as well. The one aspect of U2 that I have always appreciated is their ability to add experimental layers of sounds, while still keeping intact, the unmistakable U2 melody. U2's latest offering is no different, and I chalk No Line on the Horizon as an instant classic. ' Horizon ' combines the the pure melody genius of the Joshua Tree and blends it with experimental layering of Achtung Baby . ... Read Full Story