Latest U2 News from U2 Exit News Blog

The African Well Fund is accepting donations for its sixth annual Bono’s Birthday Well fundraiser, “Walk to the Water … Walk with Me,” through Saturday, May 10, Bono’s 48th birthday. Donations can be made at http://www.africanwellfund.org/Bono-Well-2008.html. Donors to the Bono’s Birthday Well are invited to sign their names to an online birthday card that will be [...]

Available October 2008 U2 is the biggest band in the world and U2: A Diary (Oct., 2008, $29.95) is the single most comprehensive resource that details all of the relevant day-to-day events that have shaped U2 into the group it is today. It provides the important stories behind the ‘who, what, when and where’, including insights [...]

Editorial Note: Okay, I was pushed back in my chair when I saw this news item come across the U2 Exit News desk, but should we surprised by much these days?! I guess not. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Rhinestone Cowboy is trying on some more fashionable threads. Country singer/guitarist Glen Campbell is following in the footsteps [...]

U2 are reportedly top of the rich list of Irish entertainers for the 12th consecutive year. Reports this morning say the Dublin super-group have a combined fortune of €618m. Michael Flatley is the second-richest entertainer with an estimated €465m. This year’s overall Sunday Times rich list is reportedly headed by Dublin-born [...]

Rockers U2 are scrapping all the tracks they have written for their next album to start all over again - ditching a year’s worth of work. The band has been working on the follow up to 2004 LP How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb for the past 12 months, but they’re far from happy with the [...]

By Sandy Cohen, AP Entertainment Writer Guitarist the Edge takes a break from recording new U2 album to host charity auction LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the second year in a row, the Edge is putting his money where the music is. The U2 guitarist announced Wednesday he will donate two Gibson guitars and other items from his [...]

A T-Shirt, designed by Bono for Hard Rock International, will raise funds to benefit cotton farmers and garment workers in Africa. The design features a fish soaring through the moon and stars. With Bono’s signature. The ‘Bono Signature Series T-shirt’ is set on a black 100% African cotton t-shirt (men’s) and on a white 100% African [...]

THE architect at the centre of the 1990s regeneration of Temple Bar yesterday said if ambitious plans like those for U2’s Clarence Hotel were on the table back then he would have backed them. James Howley, who oversaw much of the regeneration of the cultural centre of Dublin, told a hearing of An Bord Pleanala into [...]

The lead singer for the Irish rock band U2 is expected to attend the 10th anniversary celebration of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland on Friday, April 11. He will be one of over 200 expected guests to attend. Ireland’s Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, former British premier Tony Blair, US Senator George [...]

After an Easter break, U2 is back in the studio in Dublin to work on its next album with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. “Everyone [is] still hoping the new album will be out this year,” reads a post on U2.com. The as-yet-untitled disc will be followed by a 2009 tour, U2’s first since recently [...]

April 9, 2008 — AFTER more than two years, Bono has finally found a buyer for his co-op apartment at 300 Central Park West. The Post’s Braden Keil reports that the U2 frontman sold his three-bedroom, fourbath co-op in the Eldorado for $4.9 million after first listing it for $5.5 million. Under his given name, [...]

In ‘The View Presents… The Edge’ the guitarist talks about the responsibilities of fame, creativity and the band’s longevity. Commenting on how U2 have remained so cohesive a unit over 30 years, he says: “Maybe it’s because we were friends before we were a band. So in a sense the friendships were solid, so when it [...]

THE Sunday Independent in Ireland published its annual list of who’s making what over there, and to absolutely no one’s surprise, U2 top the list of wealthiest entertainers, with a healthy bank balance of €900 million. Nice! “The band, which has traditionally split earnings equally among Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, the Edge and manager [...]

Live Nation, the promoter that owns or manages venues such as Wembley Arena and Manchester Apollo, has signed an $80 million (£40 million) upfront deal with U2 that will tie the Irish rock band to its venues for the next 12 years. The deal underlines the growing battle for live rights and cements the Irish [...]

US concert promotion company Live Nation has signed U2 up to for 12-year deal for merchandising.While U2 will stay with Universal Music, all merchandising, digital and branding rights will now be controlled by Live Nation. The deal will be global. Live Nation has managed U2’s world tours for the last 20 years. Licensing rights, sponsorship opportunities, fan club [...]