Billionaire Bill Gates and rock musician Bob Geldof have accused Italy and France of failing to follow up on promises to give more support to Africa.
U2 fans braved the frigid cold serenading each other with old hits as they waited hours for the band to show up Tuesday. They were not disappointed.
Getting an exclusive broadcast interview with all four members of U2 was the easy part. Getting an advance copy of their new CD required a bit more strategizing.
The CEOs of Ticketmaster and Live Nation told members of a Senate antitrust panel Tuesday that their proposed merger was necessary to strengthen each company and create a new business model for a suffering industry.
The Welsh-born songstress wins three awards, including best album, at the British version of the Grammys
More A-listers join an already high wattage lineup for the Feb. 8 show
British singer-songwriter John Martyn has died in hospital in The Republic of Ireland at the age of 60.
DJ Cassidy plays upbeat hits at the Mid-Atlantic Ball to bring VIPs to their feet
You could call them New Clergymen on the Block: three Roman Catholic priests from Northern Ireland who on occasion swap their rosary beads for microphones and their parishes for studio time.
Their concert raises $3.9 million and attracts Spielberg, Streisand and others
Billionaire Bill Gates and rock musician Bob Geldof have accused Italy and France of failing to follow up on promises to give more support to Africa.
U2 fans braved the frigid cold serenading each other with old hits as they waited hours for the band to show up Tuesday. They were not disappointed.
Getting an exclusive broadcast interview with all four members of U2 was the easy part. Getting an advance copy of their new CD required a bit more strategizing.
The CEOs of Ticketmaster and Live Nation told members of a Senate antitrust panel Tuesday that their proposed merger was necessary to strengthen each company and create a new business model for a suffering industry.
The Welsh-born songstress wins three awards, including best album, at the British version of the Grammys
More A-listers join an already high wattage lineup for the Feb. 8 show
British singer-songwriter John Martyn has died in hospital in The Republic of Ireland at the age of 60.
DJ Cassidy plays upbeat hits at the Mid-Atlantic Ball to bring VIPs to their feet
You could call them New Clergymen on the Block: three Roman Catholic priests from Northern Ireland who on occasion swap their rosary beads for microphones and their parishes for studio time.
Their concert raises $3.9 million and attracts Spielberg, Streisand and others
The athlete marries Stacey Gardner – a Deal or No Deal model – in Beverly Hills
Paul van Dyk was 18 at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The best mutual fund manager around - a.k.a. Ken Heebner of Capital Growth Management - looks restless. He is sitting in a conference room at Goldman Sachs's Boston office, listening to a young analyst pontificate about all the trends he thinks will sweep the markets in coming years. Oil demand outpacing supply. The rapid growth of agriculture. The increased sway of sovereign wealth funds. And on and on.
The rapper whoops it up with marriage plans and a $150 million deal in the works
The rapper's deal with Live Nation certainly makes sense for him. But for concert ticket buyers it can only mean one thing
Rock band U2 has agreed to enter a 12-year contract with Live Nation, a live event promotional company that owns and operates more than 100 venues around the country.
The stars came out on Valentine's night to spread the love – and the cash – for Bono's (RED) charity, and raised more than $42 million in an art auction to benefit the Global Fund of the United Nations Foundation, which works to fight AIDS in Africa.
They've been around for years -- but are 3D movies set to make a comeback? Although basic 3D technology has been around since the 1890s, the availability of 3D screens and 3D movies has been relatively limited. But now, companies such as IMAX (Canada), Dolby and REAL D (United States) are promising a renaissance of 3D films by creating viewing systems which provide flawless performances at the cinema.
Jay-Z is about to hit the stage at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Hundreds of people cram the dance floor, ready to rap along to the hip-hop superstar's every word. Up in the balcony a 42-year-old executive with a close-cropped beard and slicked-back hair of mullet-like dimensions is enjoying a spotlight of a different sort.
Sorry to drop another U2 reference here, but sometimes we feel stuck in a moment and we can't get out of it. We'll again explain that these rankings aren't about who the top-to-bottom best teams on earth are, since that hardly changes over a season. This is about the shifts in power across the footballing world.
A big thanks to Cobi Jones for pitching in with the last Rankings, but as U2 once said, we're stealing them back. Somewhere through our post-Halloween haze, we've got our eye on this weekend's calendar for some mega-showdowns around the world.
"Don't tell the band I'm here. I'm supposed to be recording an album. They support our cause, but they wish I would stick to singing rather than talking. And they also say Sammy Hagar to me a lot. And Phil Collins. They tell me Genesis became more popular [with] him."
Michelle Kwan, 27, is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history, the holder of 42 titles, including five World and eight national championships (consecutive) plus two silver and bronze Olympic medals. She was appointed last November as a U.S. public diplomatic envoy.
A side effect to today's fractured, tumultuous music industry is the fluctuating meaning of the greatest-hits album.
Start with the romance and allure of the French Riviera, the warm weather of an evening in late May infused with the smell of blooming jasmine, add a lineup of air-kissing international movie stars, directors, and film-makers, and voila! The 60th Cannes Film Festival gets under way.
As CEO of Live Nation, Michael Rapino is one of the few people in the music industry who has managed to grow revenue lately. He has done it the old-fashioned way, by domination; in this case, of th...
These days, most folks who play an ax take for granted their capos, the clamps that change the instrument's key by shortening its strings. But it wasn't always so: Back in the '70s, capos were cumb...
THESE DAYS, MOST FOLKS WHO play an ax take for granted their capos, the clamps that change the instrument's key by shortening its strings. But it wasn't always so: Back in the '70s, capos were cumb...
VERONA, Italy -- I've been to plenty of MLS games that had 9,000 fans rattling around inside an NFL stadium, but I can't say that I've ever witnessed a soccer match featuring some of the world's best players competing before a paid audience of zero.
MARKETS: There you have it, in a nutshell, the whole trading year - all wrapped up in the first session of the year. Stocks started Tuesday strong, but ended up just a smidge: Dow up 11(actually the S&Ps fell a point plus) on concerns about the soft housing sector. Interestingly I was talking to one of the most famous hedge fund managers in the world (think Soros or Robertson, but not one of those two and I can't name him right yet), and he was saying that while the trend for U.S. stocks in his mind is up for 2007, he has this nagging underpinning of worry. He isn't sure what the bugbear is and that makes him uneasy. So it could be housing, but I say it's NEVER the 18-wheeler you see coming two miles away that kills you. It's something that sneaks up on you: from nat gas prices to Long Term Capital to (heaven help us), 9/11. On the other hand, it's a healthy rally that climbs a wall of worry. I'm concerned though, as is Lloyd Blankfein (CEO Of Goldman Sachs), that there just aren't any risk premiums o...
Bono -- the Irish rock star, anti-poverty campaigner, and philanthropist -- has been awarded an honorary British knighthood, the British Embassy in Dublin said on Saturday.
Formed in 2001, Liverpool fivesome The Zutons serve up an LSD-laced, vodka-and-Red-Bull-fueled musical cocktail and their infectious eclecticism and big fat riffs have seen the band romp to the top of the British alternative scene.
Swedish filmmaker Jonas Åkerlund is known for his hard-hitting, frenetic and often violent takes on the darker side of humanity. The world's most controversial music video director, he has worked with the biggest names in the industry.
Long admired by critics and more successful contemporaries, Australian musician Grant McLennan -- co-founder of The Go-Betweens -- wrote lush, poetic songs that could break hearts and mend marriages.
From the boardroom to Wall Street, rock stars are breaking into the financial world.
Has there been a recent musical project more death-obsessed than Johnny Cash's American Recordings cycle?
Those of us in CNN's Gulf Coast bureau were invited to a gathering recently for Music Rising, an organization devoted to helping the region's music scene recover from Hurricane Katrina.
The Scene discusses Cuban music with Buena Fe frontman Israel Rojas.
Bono has met with President Nestor Kirchner, saying he admired U2's fervent fans and was glad that Argentina is as passionate about music as it is about soccer.
Here is the list of winners at the 48th annual Grammy Awards:
Mariah Carey may have received much of the pre-show attention, but U2 was the big winner Wednesday night at the Grammys, taking five awards -- including two of the biggest, album of the year and song of the year.
What's your favorite Anton Corbijn image? Send us your ideas and suggestions below.
The Rolling Stones call themselves "the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band." The Clash was "the only band that matters."
Can you remember what life was like before the World Wide Web? Searching for information is not just an occasional pleasure, it is now a necessity.
There are people who shouldn't even pretend to be at peace -- take, for instance, Mary J. Blige.
I REALLY CAN'T WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS this year. I'm hoping for so many things under my tree, and I normally don't even have a tree. This year I put one up. That's how good I think this gifting season ...
Nominations in top categories for the 48th annual Grammy Awards, announced Thursday:
Let's start with that album title, shall we?
Is there a profitable way to publish entertainment on the piracy-prone Internet? Greg Stolze found a solution in an unlikely place: the kidnapping trade. Last year Stolze wanted to publish his tact...
Millions were gathering at concert venues across the world Saturday for a massive musical effort to focus attention on global poverty.
A lottery for tickets to London's star-studded Live 8 charity concert has opened, with hundreds of thousands expected to apply for the chance to attend the July 2 event.
The Fox Television Network is preparing to challenge a proposed $1.2 million fine tied to its short-lived reality show "Married By America," according to a report Tuesday.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Lara Croft, it seems, is not impressed by rock stars.
After striking a low note last year, the concert business is poised to sing.
Lara Croft has been an object of affection for gamers for nine years, but her latest suitors could be her most important.
Faster than a speeding snare roll: It's Ringo Starr, superhero.
The ads were ubiquitous last autumn: U2 rocking out in the black-shadow style of Apple's colorful iPod campaign. Annoying? To some, no doubt. Effective? You bet.
U2 tends to remind me of middle-period Who: two bands whose pretensions are usually undercut -- beneficially -- by punkish roots and crack musicianship.
On the eve of the release of its new album, the rock band U2 surprised fans Monday with performances throughout New York City, culminating in a 45-minute concert in Brooklyn in the late afternoon.
The title of the new U2 album is "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb."
Apple Inc. said Tuesday it signed a deal with U2 and Universal Music Group to sell a special-edition iPod loaded with the Irish rock group's new album.
When not working on his day job -- lead singer of Irish rock band U2 -- Bono uses his celebrity status to fight for human rights, Third World debt relief and AIDS funding.
Irish rock band U2 have called in the police after a copy of songs from their new CD disappeared while they were posing for the cover photo.
U2 lead singer Bono is just as comfortable meeting with the pope or world leaders to lobby for social causes as he is being onstage fronting the enduringly successful Irish rock band.
Snow Patrol is preparing for a U.S. invasion.
By now, Starsailor guitarist James Walsh knows to expect the Phil Spector questions.
Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head Capitol Just when rock was verging on brain death, along comes A Rush of Blood to the Head--which lives up to its title. Grandiose, ambitious, and utterly addic...
He may never win a Grammy or produce as many hits as Sony Music's Tommy Mottola, but Billy Straus has more than his share of top-selling albums. From his studio in Brattleboro, Vt., Straus, whose b...
Nikka Costa Everybody Got Their Something Cheeba Sound
U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind Interscope
Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles (Epic)
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The Big Three: If you're talking automakers, they're making money. No such fate for the airlines. The economic expansion is here, but AMR's American Airlines and Delta Air Lines and UAL's United Ai...
Better acts that offer more bang for the buck and tours by hot bands like Genesis, U2, Metallica, and Hammer are reviving revenues from rock music concerts following last year's bummer. The top 20 ...
It's beginning to seem as if the main difference between a rock group's concert tour and a moon landing is that the rock tour makes a profit. Expenses are enormous, logistical problems horrific. Ye...
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