The Edge hosts charity auction amid work on new U2 album

For the second year in a row, The Edge is putting his money where the music is.

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Into the Economic Abyss

For months, Americans have been subjected to a sort of economic water torture — a maddening drip of bad news about jobs, gas prices, sagging home values, creeping inflation, the slouching dollar and a stock market in bumpy descent.

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What would New Years be without this iconic video from U2? I can't imagine a world without it, myself. Bono says nothing ever changes, which is ironic, because U2 changes with each new album.

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The news doesn't seem to be posted on U2.com yet, but paid members are getting e-mails today announcing Artificial Horizon, the new CD for U2.com members. U2.com says the CD will feature 13 "stunning" remixes, several of which have never been released before.

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U2 is a prime example of the power of one decision...To Succeed. By Linda Walker I watched Elvis Costello's interview with U2's Bono and The Edge the other night. It was a thoroughly enjoyable show, particularly for a fan of both U2 and Elvis Costello.

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U2 BASS guitarist Adam Clayton has secured a temporary court order restraining his former personal assistant from reducing her assets below €1.8 million after alleging she may have misappropriated funds in that amount.

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I was born I was born to be with you In this space and time After that and ever after I haven't had a clue Only to break rhyme This foolishness can leave a heart black and blue Only love, only love can leave such a mark But only love, only love can heal such a scar

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A MUST SEE FOR U2 FANS Here's Bono, taking the steam out of all the "Pump It Up" jokes everyone was making on first hearing about U2's overstuffed bag of sexy boots. This comes from last Wednesday's Season 2 premiere of Costello's excellent Spectacle With... show.

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The powerful and unforgettable U2 Super Bowl halftime show honoring the victims of September 11th. To the song "Where the streets have no name". … U2 Super Bowl superbowl halftime show september 11th 9/11 where the streets have no name live football tribute bono

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BECAUSE ONE CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH U2, HERE'S ANOTHER BAND BIO... From the beginning, U2 were marked out by their passion. "A band before we could play" was how Bono put it in early interviews.

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The film is a remake of the acclaimed 2004 Danish film "Brødre," and Sheridan said he was initially reluctant to take "a very good film" and transport it to America, but he found in the story too many compelling elements to let the chance go by.

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Bono has the instincts of a perennial suitor, a rock and roll travelling salesman who almost sees it as a matter of pride to be able to sell his wares to the most reluctant customer.

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U2 is a Christian rock band.

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Bono, U2 give VIP treatment to patient who donated Make-a-Wish funds to extreme global poverty Laurence Carolin recently received VIP treatment from the group U2 before a concert at Soldier Field in Chicago.

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A few years ago, U2 guitarist The Edge went for a hike, and there in the golden hills overlooking Malibu's cerulean waters, he finally found what he was looking for.

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So much for planting trees. The guitarist has angered his Malibu neighbours with plans to turn a nearby mountain into a 20-storey blot on the landscape. Bob Dylan is not the only rock star upsetting Malibu residents.

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U2 has entered the fourth decade of a career that began in 1978, when its members were teenage schoolmates in Dublin; they are now in their late 40s.

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When thinking changes your mind, that's philosophy. When God changes your mind, that's faith. When facts change your mind, that's science. WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY?

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Bono and The Edge of rock superstars U2 delighted fans when they made a surprise appearance at a charity gig. The Irish pair played an unannounced four-song set, before just 250 people, for Mencap's Little Noise Sessions at the Union Chapel, in north London.

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Bono and The Edge of rock superstars U2 delighted fans when they made a surprise appearance at a charity gig. The Irish pair played an unannounced four-song set, before just 250 people, for Mencap's Little Noise Sessions at the Union Chapel, in north London.

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Having seemingly tired of both rock'n'roll and international politicking, U2 are preparing to expand their portfolio of activities even further by erecting a €200m (£139m) skyscraper in their native Dublin, a building set to be called the U2 Tower.

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Bono in Conversation - BOOK REVIEW

Bono in Conversation by Michka Assayas Riverhead (2005) 5 stars out of 5

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Best Guitarists

Here is a topic guaranteed to be controversial and lively ... who is the greatest guitarist of the past 100 years? The system here only allows me to post 19 names - I could have posted 200 greats, easily.

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The favourite guitar of U2's The Edge has been sold at an auction that raised about $2.4m (£1.2m) for a charity set up in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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