• U2 Postpones 'Tonight Show' Residency Following Bono's Cycling Accident

    U2 fans will have to wait a little bit longer to see U2 take up their weeklong residency on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon." Scheduled for this week, the band has had to postpone indefinitely their residency due to an injury incurred by Bono while he was cycling in Central Park, according to "Billboard."U2 released the following statement on their website:"It looks like we will have to do our 'Tonight Show' residency another time — we're one man down. Bono has injured his arm in a cycling spill in Central Park and requires some surgery to repair it. We're sure he'll make a full recovery soon, so we'll be back! Much thanks to Jimmy Fallon and everyone at the show for their understanding."

  • Bono's Private Jet Loses a Door and Luggage During Flight

    U2 frontman Bono experienced a scary turn of events in the early morning hours today (Nov. 13) when a door from his private jet blew off mid-flight. The "Beautiful Day" singer and the rest of the crew landed safely in Germany shortly after the incident.

  • Ranking This Year's Surprise Albums: Beyoncé, U2, Azealia Banks, Skrillex and More

    Maybe you heard: After more than two years and numerous label changes, Azealia Banks finally got around to dropping Broke With Expensive Taste, and she did it as a total surprise. It was (we think) the cap on 12 months of surprise album drops from huge performers. Check out six of the biggest surprises of the last year, ranked for both quality of product and innovation of release.

  • U2 To Perform Weeklong Residency on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    Jimmy Fallon has announced that U2 will be taking on a weeklong residency at The Tonight Show starting Monday, Nov.17. This appears to be a recent trend on late night shows, considering those very same days, Metallica will be performing a weeklong residency on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson and just last month Foo Fighters ran through a weeklong residency on Late Show With Daivd Lettterman. Luckily for U2 and Fallon, the Metallica performances won't overlap as Ferguson's show has a different timeslot.

  • Pink Floyd Says U2 'Devaluing' Music by Giving Away 'Songs of Innocence'

    Rest assured, Pink Floyd will not be giving away their new album, "The Endless River," for free.Drummer Nick Mason made that clear when criticizing U2's marketing scheme for "Songs of Innocence," which included a free copy in hundreds of millions of Apple users's computers. He said it is "devaluing" music.

  • Bono Says He Wears His Signature Sunglass Because He's Had Glaucoma For 20 Years

    If you assumed that Bono wore his signature sunglasses all the time because he wanted to look the part of a rock star, you'd be wrong. Apparently the 52-year-old U2 singer has been suffering from glaucoma for 20 years, and the condition (a buildup of pressure that can damage the optic nerve) makes his eyes sensitive to light, the Guardian reports.
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