U2 have posted a clip from a recent acoustic performance of their iconic protest song Sunday Bloody Sunday online to raise awareness about the One Campaign's agit8 anti-poverty initiative.

The rockers filmed the low-key footage on a New York rooftop earlier this month (Jun13), according to RollingStone.com while recording new material.

During the short clip, frontman Bono breaks off to talk about the power of protest songs in his life, recalling the moment he heard classic tunes from John Lennon and Bob Marley, which suggested the world was "more malleable than you think, that things coul...

Bono and Denzel Washington brought some superstar glamour to graduation day in New York on Wednesday (22May13) as the celebrated their daughters' academic achievements.

The pair was in attendance at Yankee Stadium for the New York University's graduation ceremony, and watched proudly as their girls graduated.

The U2 rocker's 21-year-old actress daughter Eve Hewson picked her diploma, as did Olivia Washington.

Bono had been offered an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by university bosses, but decided to turn down the honour so he could concentrate on cheering on his daughter's ach...

Beyonce will have the honor of entertaining Super Bowl halftime audiences that don't switch over to the Puppy Bowl this weekend (they have hedgehog cheerleaders now!). The history of the halftime show is a surprising display of ups-and-downs, from mind-blowing performances to corny overproduced ego trips. Here are some of the best and worst Super Bowl halftime shows:

Best: Michael Jackson, Super Bowl XXVII

The halftime show was hurting. Two years prior, the New Kids on the Block performance was pre-empted by coverage on Desert Storm and their performance was edited down and shown after th...

For any fan of U2, the new double-disc live album U22, from the record-breaking U2360° tour, is something really special. This exclusive U2 Fan Club release features 22 live tracks that were voted on by fans, all recorded during the two year, 110 show tour. What's really unusual with this release is that the tracks selected are not just the classic U2 hits you might expect but fan favorites like 'Bad', 'Ultra Violet', 'Moment of Surrender' and 'Zooropa.'

Another innovation with the release of U22 is the beautiful packaging. The 2-disc set comes in an LP-sized book of breathtaking photos fr...

U2 rocker Adam Clayton's former aide has been convicted on 181 counts of theft after dipping into the musician's savings over a four-year period.

Carol Hawkins was accused of misappropriating the bassist's funds from 2004 to 2008 and buying herself a new car, several vacations, 22 horses and university courses for her children - at a cost of $3.6 million.

The Irish musician fired Hawkins and filed suit against her in 2009 after she personally confessed to the crime, and she was officially charged in connection with the case last year.

On Friday, a jury at the Dublin Criminal Court fou...

U2 lead singer Bono is shooting down speculated reports that he is now the richest rock star in the world following Facebook's IPO Friday.

The social networking site became one of the U.S. stock market's largest ever IPO, with the site eventually being valued at $105 billion, more than McDonalds and Amazon.com, when trading closed on Friday.

Bono was rumored to overtake Paul McCartney in the money stakes thanks to his 2.3 per cent stake in the site which his investment group, 'Elevation Partners' snapped up for $90 million in 2009.

It was believed the deal would net him around $1.5 billi...

Adele's amazing 2012 has just reached new heights - she has landed 18 nominations for the upcoming Billboard Music Awards.

The multiple Grammy winner, who was named among Time magazine's most influential people earlier this week, will compete for the Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist and Top Hot 100 Artist trophies among others.

Rihanna, LMFAO, Lil Wayne and Katy Perry are also nomination leaders for the prizegiving ceremony, which will take place in Las Vegas on May 20.

Competing with Adele, Rihanna and Perry for Top Artist honors will be Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne, w...

U2 star Bono has helped Courtney Love land a condominium in New York's trendy Nolita neighbourhood - she used his name as a reference.

The Hole rocker now has a new Manhattan address after being evicted from a West Village townhouse - and she has the "One" singer to thank.

Bono wrote her "a paragraph" after her new landlord asked her for a character reference.

Love tells the New York Daily News she loves her new pad, but admits she has already upset another tenant - a pregnant neighbor complained about the noise she was making.

She explains, "I've never gotten a noise complaint. It soun...

Taylor Swift was the top musical money maker in 2011, according to Billboard.com.

The country star's estimated $35.7 million haul from her "Speak Now Tour" profits, album sales and digital successes, gave her the edge over U2 and fellow country star Kenny Chesney on the new rich list.

Also making the top five: Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne, while Sade, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Jason Aldean and Adele round out the top 10.

Taylor currently stars in "The Lorax," which is also doing great financially. Last week it shattered box office records by grossing a whopping $70.7 million in its opening weeke...

Brad Pitt has credited Bono with giving him humanitarian advice that helped him become the man he is today.

In a candid new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the movie star admits he "sought out" the U2 singer after a visit to Morocco made him realize just how severe poverty was in certain areas of Africa.

The life-changing trip forced Pitt to "get off the couch" and join Bono and the other celebrities who attempt to make a difference in the world.

He says, "I sat down with him a few times and got involved in some of the stuff he was doing."

And Pitt reveals it was shortly after th...

U2 star Bono gave Mali's annual Desert Festival a big boost on Thursday night by appearing onstage to launch the three-day event.

The Timbuktu-based festival is located in a former warzone, close to an al-Qaeda terrorist hub, prompting music fans to stay away in recent years.

But defiant Bono was among the opening acts performing for an audience made up of lucky tourists, nomads and local music lovers.

Organizers have been criticized for staging the festival just two months after three tourists were kidnapped.

Broadway's much-maligned Spider-Man musical closed out 2012 in style by setting new box office records for New York theater.

The spectacular, which opened to scathing reviews last year following multiple delays and safety issues, grabbed the record for the highest single-week gross of any show in Broadway history on Tuesday thanks to post-Christmas ticket sales of over $2.9 million.

The previous record holder, Wicked, took in $2.2 million a year ago and ironically The Wizard Of Oz spin-off had another huge end to the year, raking in over $2.7 million from nine shows last week.

Spider-man...

U2's 360 world tour was the highest-earning trek of 2011, according to newly released statistics.

The rockers' series of concerts, which began in 2009, grossed $293 million across 44 shows this year, according to Billboard Boxscore.

Bon Jovi, who were the highest-earning act in 2010, took second place with earnings of $192 million for their 68 shows across 2011.

Take That's Progress tour, in which original member Robbie Williams rejoined the line-up, was the third highest-grossing trek, with $187 million taken across the European shows.

Roger Waters and Taylor Swift completed the to...

Rocker Bono is tired of his own voice and rarely listens to U2 songs when they are played on the radio.

The Irish star admits he's particularly turned off when he hears songs U2 recorded at the beginning of their career.

In a pre-taped interview with TV host Ellen DeGeneres, which will air on her show on Thursday, Bono says, "I do try to avoid it. If I hear our songs on the radio I tend to turn them down. Not because I don't like them or believe in them. Actually, my voice annoys me. I always think I could have sang it better."

"I am sort of a macho, Irish guy and particularly in those...

U2 star Bono has confessed he was left disappointed by the band's prestigious headline set at this year's Glastonbury festival, blaming driving rain and "the wrong shoes" for their subdued performance.

The Irish rockers topped the bill at the iconic British festival in June, a year after they were forced to pull out when the singer hurt his back.

However, the hotly-anticipated performance - which took place during a huge downpour - left many fans disappointed, and now Bono has spoken out to explain the reasons for the muted show.

He blames a DJ for accidentally sabotaging the band's e...

Singer Adele celebrated a double delight on Monday when she won two top honors at Q magazine's music awards ceremony.

The soul star was named Best Female Artist and also scooped the Best Song of the year award for her track Rolling in the Deep.

Rapper Tinie Tempah won the Best Male Artist prize, Coldplay took home the best act in the world today honor, and Bon Iver won Best Album for his self-titled disc.

Price Tag hit-maker Jessie J won Best Video for her Do It Like a Dude promo, Biffy Clyro landed the Best Live Act honor, and U2 were named the best band of the last 25 years.

Noel ...

U2 star Larry Mullen Jr. has made his acting debut opposite Donald Sutherland in the English-language remake of acclaimed Patrice Leconte movie The Man On The Train.

The drummer's low-key debut as a leading man will open in theaters at the end of October.

In the film, the rock star plays a mysterious criminal who sets out to rob a small town bank, but his plans change when he meets a retired poetry professor, played by Sutherland.

Mullen, Jr. plays French pop star Johnny Hallyday's role from the 2002 original, while Sutherland takes over from Jean Rochefort.

Bono has compared Steve Jobs to rocker Elvis Presley, insisting the late Apple Inc. co-founder "changed music."

The computer entrepreneur, who was the brains behind the iPhone, iPod and iPad, passed away on Wednesday after a lengthy battle with ill health.

Stars including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lady Gaga and Paris Hilton paid tribute to Jobs following his death, and now the U2 frontman has added his own touching memories of the innovator.

He praises Jobs for his dedication to family life and charity work, as well as his inventions, which he claims "literally invented the 21st century."

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British singers Adele and Jessie J are leading this year's Q Awards with three nominations each.

The Chasing Pavements hit-maker and Jessie J will battle it out for the coveted Best Female Artist award, while Adele also has two songs, Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You, in the Best Track category.

Jessie J has been named as a possible winner for both Breakthrough Artist and Best Video for her Do It Like A Dude single.

The Best Video category also includes nominations for Katy Perry (Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)), Foo Fighters (Walk), Ed Sheeran (You Need Me, I Don't Need You) and...

Rock stars ruled GQ's Men of the Year Awards on Tuesday as U2 and Keith Richards picked up top honors at the glitzy ceremony in London.

Less than two months after wrapping their record-breaking 360 Tour, the Irish rockers were named Band of the Year at the annual bash, which recognizes the most influential men in the public eye.

Meanwhile, Johnny Depp handed Rolling Stones legend Richards the Writer of the Year prize for his autobiography, "Life."

Other big winners included The Hangover star Bradley Cooper (International Man of the Year), actor-turned-blues singer Hugh Laurie (Musician o...

Bono's representative has reacted quickly to shoot down reports the U2 star was hospitalized after suffering heart palpitations and pains while on vacation in the south of France.

According to editors at RollingStone.com, the rocker had been admitted to Princess Grace hospital in Monaco on Wednesday. He was allegedly checked by a heart specialist and told to rest, before being released.

However, the frontman has moved to quash the rumors, insisting he did attend the medical facility - but only for a planned routine check-up.

A rep for the star says, "Despite press stories to the contr...

Rockers U2 have pledged more than $7 million for schools in their native Ireland.

The cash will be dripped into the education system between now and 2015, according to reports.

The donation from Bono and his bandmates will help schools pay for new musical equipment and salaries for music teachers.

The U2 money will be welcome - Irish politicians recently voted for major cuts to education spending in an attempt to solve the country's ongoing economic problems.

U2 rocker Bono looks set to become a billionaire thanks to his shares in Facebook.com.

The frontman's investment company Elevation Partners, which he co-founded with former Apple boss Fred Anderson, spent a huge $210 million buying up shares in the world's top social networking site in 2009 - and the gamble has paid off.

After Facebook was valued at a $65 billion earlier this week, Bono's portion of the company has been boosted to a cool $975 million.

U2 are already one of the world's highest-earning groups, pulling in more than $736 million on their recent 360 Tour.

Today sees the launch of a ground-breaking social media campaign, "I'm Gonna Be Your Friend" (www.imgonnabeyourfriend.org) supported by many of the world's most famous names in entertainment and their fans.

A global audience over 700 million* Facebook and Twitter fans will be able to view a short film of the crisis in East Africa created by award-winning director Kevin MacDonald from footage of East Africa. The film is set to the 1973 Bob Marley & The Wailers song 'High Tide or Low Tide' and will reach over a billion people**.

The campaign was developed to support Save the Children's ap...

U2 rocker The Edge has plenty of reason to celebrate - he turns the big 5-0 on Monday.

The Irish band recently wrapped up its mammoth 360 Tour and marked the end of the 25-month trek with an all night boozing session at New York hotspot The Spotted Pig last weekend.

But the party doesn't stop there for the guitar great - The Edge will no doubt be raising a toast once more as he rocks into his 50th year.

And to mark the milestone, WENN has dug deep to find 10 fascinating facts about the man born David Howell Evans.

Happy Birthday, The Edge!

- He was born in England, his family is Welsh,...

U2 360°, the most successful concert tour of all time, came to an end in Moncton, N.B., Canada Saturday night.

The massive 26 month undertaking by Live Nation Global Touring saw U2 play 110 concerts in front of more than 7.1 million fans in 30 countries across five continents.

The tour opened in Barcelona on June 30, 2009 before hitting the road. U2 performed in the Balkans for the first time since 1997 and played three historic home town concerts at Dublin's Croke Park, before heading to California to perform in front of 97,000 fans at the Rose Bowl (and streamed live via YouTube to 7 co...

Rock band U2's documentary has been selected to open the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada in September.

The film, From The Sky Down, is directed by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim and chronicles the Irish band's longtime success since its formation in 1978.

The 2011 celebrations will be a star-studded affair - other celebrities set to showcase their latest works include Brad Pitt (Moneyball), Hugh Jackman (Butter), Keira Knightley (A Dangerous Method), and Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs).

George Clooney will screen two movies at the festival (The Ides of March, The Descendants), as...

U2 have honored Amy Winehouse by dedicating a song to the tragic singer during a gig in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The band was playing at the city's TCF Stadium on Saturday, the day the tragic Rehab hit-maker was found dead at her home in Camden, north London.

The group proceeded to pay tribute to Winehouse during the show, dedicating their 2001 track Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of to her. The song was originally written for late INXS rocker Michael Hutchence, who committed suicide in 1997.

Frontman Bono told the crowd, "We wrote this next song for Michael Hutchence, but you wil...

The 'claw' U2 have been performing under on their record-breaking 360 world tour is to become an on-loan stage structure once the Irish band has finished with it at the end of next month.

Rather than take the impressive structure apart or store it indefinitely when the U2 trek comes to an end in Canada on July 30, the band's management team hopes to offer it to other acts.

Tour director Craig Evans tells Billboard.com, "It's certainly our intention to see these things recycled into permanent and usable ventures. It represents too great an engineering feat to just... put it away in a wareh...

Morrissey was less than impressed with the weather at the Glastonbury festival on Friday night, revealing he found it hard to perform with rain pelting down in his face.

The rocker took to the stage at the English festival before headliners U2 and admits he struggled to get through his performance.

He tells website Pitchfork.com, "The rain was bitingly cold and the audience were soaked and covered in wet mud, and it was dark and dismal and every time I opened my mouth I swallowed rain. Under such conditions you can't really expect much from an audience.

"I think they were there for U2 an...