In 2009, rockers U2 performed on a rooftop in London to mark the launch of their album, "No Line on the Horizon".
Four days, 12 stages, 175 acts, 700 acres of land -- the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is thriving in its tenth year.
Grab your tent and your sunglasses -- the summer music festival season is upon us once again.
A "tricky" Amy Winehouse, disgruntled crowds and torrents of mud washing away tents, Rob da Bank has had to deal with them all.
Bono storms backupdated: Fri Aug 20 2010 10:00:00
Two days after U2 opened their European summer tour, on August 6 at Olympic Stadium in Turin, Italy, the band's singer, Bono, sat in his home near Nice, France -- his back to the early-afternoon sun and Mediterranean sea breezes pouring through the open windows -- and spoke excitedly and gratefully of his life over the previous few months: the moment he felt something go very wrong in his back, while in training for a North American tour; his emergency operation on May 21 in Munich for a herniated disk in his spine; the six weeks he spent in a hospital bed; and his entrance on stage in Turin, to the furious-guitar strains of "Return of the Sting Ray Guitar," one of the many new songs U2 have been writing and recording in recent months.
The Harry Potter actress stars in her rocker beau's music video in canine-form
The actress and George Craig catch some performances after causing a paparazzi frenzy
An alien with a lemon-shaped head and a jazz-themed encounter with a UFO at the Glastonbury Festival are among hundreds of UFO sightings detailed in the latest batch of documents released Monday by the UK's Ministry of Defence.
Glastonbury festival held in Somerset, England every year is the world's biggest open air arts and music festival.
Sarah Mills joins CNN with reaction to the death of Michael Jackson from the Glastonbury Music Fesival.
Stars at the legendary Glastonbury, one of the world's largest music festivals, have begun to pay tribute to Michael Jackson, who died Thursday.
It doesn't matter that they can be feverishly hot. Or that crowds make for long food lines or the tickets may be hard to come by.
Now in its 37th year, the Glastonbury festival has built a reputation as the mother of all music festivals, with the biggest names in rock music gladly accepting invitations to play the Pyramid stage year after year. Yet for all their combined wealth and fame, it is festival's organizer who remains the true star of Glastonbury.
World music diva
updated: Tue Sep 23 2008 22:40:00
Sa Dingding blends musical influences from east and west.
China's Olympic adventure may be over, but new age chanteuse Sa Dingding is one global export that in many ways echoes the Beijing Olympic fantasy of "One World. One Dream."
The rapper gets props from his a one-time critic after his performance in England
The troubled singer punched a fan at the Glastonbury music festival after he allegedly tried to grab her.
Amy Winehouse's first full U.K. show in seven months has been overshadowed by an incident in which she appeared to throw a punch at a fan in the front row.
As younger music fans look in other directions and some hard-liners question the addition of rap headliners, a live-music tradition in England faces an identity crisis
Winehouse Woesupdated: Tue Jun 24 2008 05:46:00
Singer Amy Winehouse's father talks of her emphysema and irregular heartbeat. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.
Troubled Singerupdated: Mon Jun 23 2008 19:43:00
CNN's Don Lemon talks with Dr. Momen Wahidi about Amy Winehouse's condition since she was admitted to a hospital.
Amy Winehouse has early stage emphysema and her lungs have been damaged by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes, her father said in an interview
Further scans and tests are to be made on the singer who collapsed at home Monday
The singer is set to precede Jay-Z at the big summer event in England
The British rocker is forced to postpone his planned show at Royal Albert Hall
Claims that this year's Glastonbury music festival will be the last have been denied by a spokesperson.
Sorry, Lois Lane. The Man of Steel is officially off the market.
Counter-cultural rock festivals or family fun day? After traipsing around music festivals this summer, it seems to be the latter.
Tired of not being admitted to clubs to see his favorite bands, a 15 year-old impresario started booking gigs himself -- and no one over 18 is allowed in
Less than two months after declaring she was ready to walk away from fame, British songstress Lily Allen has re-discovered what it is to have fun.
Arabella Churchill - Winston's granddaughter - has been at the heart of the Glastonbury Festival since its inception. As co-founder, organizer and guiding light since 1971, she knows Glastonbury and Michael Eavis as well as anyone. Here she talks to CNN about her long-standing associations with him and the festival.
Festive spiritupdated: Thu Jun 28 2007 08:32:00
Summer is here and music festivals have become as much part of the season as picnics in the parks, long twilights, sticky weather and men who shouldn't -- but do -- wear shorts.
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