U2

Perennially popular Irish rockers U2 were again the top touring band in the world in 2011, repeating their globe-topping haul from 2009, according to trade magazine Pollstar.

Rock icons U2 have something new to brag about - winning Q Magazine's Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years award.

U2 and its frontman Bono, known for their global poverty-fighting efforts, were accused of dodging taxes in Ireland by activists who crashed their performance at England's Glastonbury festival.

A song dedicated to U2's Kiwi roadie 25 years ago was transformed in a haunting memorial to the Pike River 29 last night, when the Irish rock band played at Auckland's packed Mt Smart Stadium.

Irish rockers U2 have added a second Auckland date to their "360 degrees" world tour.

The U2 summer concerts that were postponed after Bono's back surgery have been rescheduled for the spring and summer of 2011.

U2's debut gig at Britain's iconic Glastonbury festival has been canceled because of lead singer Bono's back injury.

Organisers say U2 will headline Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival.

U2 brought three generations of chart-toppers - Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and the Black Eyed Peas - with them onstage at another night of mix-and-match magic at Madison Square Garden.