Dara McBride: Bono is a wonderful musician and a great world citizen — but can anyone really make any sense of his latest column in the Sunday New York Times? It's all about the fall of the Berlin Wall and its impact on this "singer," who is of course Bono. He even catches himself writing about himself in the third person — but I don't know if it works. It all gets kind of weird.

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Spider-Man’s been saved! That's the word from an inside source on the troubled Broadway musical which features music from Bono and The Edge.

A furious row has broken out over U2's mini-gig in Germany Thursday night as part of the MTV European Music Awards. U2 - who brought on Jay-Z as their surprise guest - played a free gig at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.

Hip-hop star Jay-Z admits that he used to be a “horrible” performer until he studied U2 frontman Bono on stage to learn his moves.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame turns 25 this year, and past inductees like U2 will perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City to celebrate.

Many Irish stars have had the honor of performing amidst the glitter and glam of the Vegas strip. Now eight of the most famous Irish celebrities are basking in glory under the heat lamps of an off-the-beaten-path Vegas Irish pub.

U2’s latest album, "No Line on the Horizon," has sold one million copies, but Bono is disappointed with how the group’s latest offering has performed.

Think you know everything about the Emerald Isle? Think again! Here are 10 facts that just might throw you for a loop.

Buzz Brady: Bono says "things are getting a little rough in America," and that there is a different, more-polarized atmosphere since he and U2 performed at President Obama's inauguration in January.

Lacking in Halloween costume ideas and want to impress your Irish friends? Well look no further than IrishCentral’s Irish Halloween costume guide!

U2 dedicated part of their latest concerts to Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who tragically passed away on October 10.

'It's time Queens had an Irish football field.' Good news for Irish sports players and fans as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg backs planned pitch for Queens.

An upcoming U2 gig will be streamed live on the world’s biggest video site YouTube.com.

Bono says the recipe for a happy marriage is a little bit of mystery. "After all these years she's still a mystery to me," he says about his wife Ali.

Lady GaGa helped out new pal Bono Sunday night with an extra special gift for Gavin Friday's 50th birthday bash. Dressed in just a sheer leotard with two blacked-out crosses over her breasts, Lady GaGa teetered over to Friday on towering stilettos to present the birthday boy with his birthday cake.

In the upcoming film “The Virgin of Las Vegas,” Liam Neeson portrays an Irish showband singer with a dead end career who heads to Las Vegas to turn things around. Now reports say the Irish veteran actor will sing his own songs in the movie.

Gavin Friday’s celebrity-filled birthday bash at Carnegie Hall ranks with U2’s current tour as the concert of the 2009. Featuring the rock gods of the last 40 years, it boasted artists as diverse as Lou Reed and Lady GaGa. Friday talks about the fulfillment of a lifetime dream.

Rumor has it that legendary Irish rock band U2 is planning to wrap up their epic tour with a surprise gig at Croke Park in Dublin.

U2 star Bono celebrated his 33rd birthday during the 1993 Zooropa tour with one bizarre gift! Pal Gavin Friday sent him a packet containing nails, a hammer and wood with a note marked “DIY.” “He didn’t get up on the cross, though!” said Friday.

Irish singing star Gavin Friday, former singer with the infamous Virgin Prunes and a close friend of U2’s Bono, has assembled some of his most famous friends for a very special one night only concert at Carnegie Hall on Sunday night.

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Easy! Just ask Gavin Friday who plays there Sunday with U2, Rufus and Martha Wainwright and Scarlett Johansson. It's all part of a charity gig to raise money to fight AIDS.

Celebrity divas take note: U2 superstar Bono was spotted patiently waiting for 90 minutes for a table at a restaurant in New York

Megan Fox and U2 have been panned for their performances on the season premier of Saturday Night Live this weekend. Fox - currently promoting the oddball movie "Jennifer's Body" - was totally overshadowed by co-star Jenny Slate who dropped the F word during their skit.

Bono is set to meet Pope Benedict XVI this November. The U2 frontman and humanitarian has been chosen along with over 500 other artists to meet with the Holy Father at the Vatican.

U2 came, saw and conquered at Giants Stadium on Thursday night and sent the 80,000 plus crowd home happy - well, 99.9 percent of them! The first and only jeer of the night came when Bono inadvertently dissed the New York Jets football team, who share Giants Stadium with the New York Giants.

Bono asked the 85,000 U2 fans packed into Giants Stadium on Thursday night why a bunch of Irish boys like them felt right at home in New Jersey. The answer is simple: for the biggest rock band in the world, everywhere is home.

Irish megaband U2 brought their 360 Tour to Boston on Sunday night, rocking out with a crowd of 60,000. The band’s spaceship-like 150-foot stage, “The Claw,” landed in Gillette Stadium in the Irish-American city.

They say that female hormones can rage out of control when a woman is pregnant, but expectant dads can also have their manic moments as well. Witness Colin Farrell exploding at a photographer at the Toronto Film Festival last weekend.

U2 stars Bono and The Edge turned out for Colin Farrell Monday night in Toronto as the father-to-be launched his new fantasy movie "Ondine."

Given that his music career is on the downturn, Jim Corr, he of the photogenic Irish sibling band The Corrs, has clearly got a lot of time on his hands. Actually, you might say that Jim has moved from his native County Louth to Cloud Cuckoo Land.

To the best of our knowledge Bono and Liam Neeson have never worked on a project together, so it’s high time the two Irish icons joined forces to create something special.

Rumor has it that Bono might just be one of the surprise guests at Oprah’s Chicago shindig on Tuesday, given that the two humanitarians have worked together before.

Liam Neeson is getting set to play some rock 'n' roll. The Irish American actor will star in "The Virgin of Las Vegas," a movie based on the popularity of show bands in Ireland before TV sets were everywhere.

Lorne Michaels ain't playing around as he launches the 35th season of "Saturday Night Live" with a killer combination of Irish-American actress Megan Fox and our very own U2 on September 26.

Help is on the way for the financially plagued “Spider-Man” Broadway musical. Reports say U2 rocker Bono, who along with The Edge wrote the score for “Spider-Man, Turn Off The Dark,” is coming to the show’s rescue by raising the funds necessary to keep it afloat.

It may be true that houses of worship are having trouble recruiting younger people to attend Sunday services, but one Methodist church in Florida is doing something rather novel to turn the tide thanks to U2.

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U2 frontman Bono and his family had a lucky escape in Jamaica when they came under fire as they were disembarking from a plane. More than 100 rounds of bullets were fired at Bono, his wife Ali and their children Jordan and Eve, then aged just six and

If there is a finer gentleman than golfer Padraig Harrington in world sport, he will be hard to find. The Irish golfer, a three time major winner, attended the Monday night Wall Street 50 event of our sister publication Irish America magazine.

A host of Irish stars, including Bono and golfer Padraig Harrington, jetted into Clare today for the wedding of Corrs sister Andrea and her billionaire fiancé.

The Edge is giving fans a backstage pass to U2's 360 Tour with an exclusive Twitter feed. The U2 guitarist has been posting amazing bird's-eye photos of the group's tour from right behind the scenes.

Ireland is preparing for the lavish wedding of Andrea Corr of the famous Irish pop group The Corrs, and Irish megaband U2 is set to play the reception.

There's just one person who has yet to figure out why U2 is the superstar band it is. Bono. The 49-year-old singer says something "very strange" happens when he walks into a room with bandmates Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. and the Edge.

Even Bono and The Edge's bulletproof music and lyrics may not be enough to save the pair's high-profile Broadway debut, 'Spider-Man.' Broadway insiders say the show — with a whopper $45M price tag — may be closing before opening night.

Bono’s wife, Ali Hewson, is suing McCartney’s daughter, Stella, over the title of Stella McCartney’s unreleased perfume “Stella Nude.”

Is “It Might Get Loud” the rock guitar film to end them all? There’s no doubt that U2’s fans will be intrigued to see lead guitarist The Edge finally let in some light on the three decades of mostly magic that comprise the Irish super group.

U2 may have pumped $70 million into the Irish economy with their three Dublin shows in July, but the Irish have returned the favor by helping the band to rake in over $100 million in just its first 13 shows.

U2's packed concert schedule has been thrown into chaos after a protest by residents outside Croke Park in Dublin where the Irish band played their three homecoming gigs. Angry residents blocked access to the team of trucks waiting to ferry 56 tonnes of sound and video gear to the group's next two dates in the Swedish city of Gothenburg.

Declan Kelly, the Tipperary-born entrepreneur who is a leading advisor to several of the world's leading CEOs, has announced his decision to resign from FTI, the international consulting company that acquired his company, Financial Dynamics in 2006. Kelly, 40, and FTI, the $3bn company with operations in over 20 countries, announced on Monday that he had notified them of his intention to resign to pursue other non-commercial opportunities outside the company.