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.

It's not official YET! But it looks as if our earlier story that U2 will wrap up their mega 360°Tour with in Ireland has been confirmed.

In a hugely revealing interview with USA Today, members of U2 opened up about what keeps them motivated and what drives them to keep performing and touring with such innovation and passion.

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.

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.

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.

WITH VIDEO: You'd think that any rock star would relish a chance to get a public embrace from the President of the United States, even if they didn't agree on everything. But not Bono.

The Wolfhound, as a certified (don't say it!) member of the press, loves it when some rich dolt puts his foot in his mouth. But it's even more pathetic when the dolt sticks his foot in his arse first, THEN puts it in his mouth. Meet U2 drummer Larry Mullen!

The thousands of concert-goers expected at Dublin’s Croke Park for U2’s concerts on July 24, 25 and 27 has caused the stadium to heighten security and go forth with plans to shut down its GAA museum for the three dates.

The family men that make up U2 will call their summer houses in the South of France their home base during the European leg of their U2360 Tour this summer.

Irish chat show host Pat Kenny, host of the "Late Late Show," retired last Friday night and received one heck of a going away gift – an appearance by U2. The band chatted about any number of topics, including, naturally, the upcoming tour which they intend to be groundbreaking in every way.

10 surprising facts about Ireland - guarantee you've never heard 'em before!

Rumors were swirling all over the Internet last week claiming Colin Farrell was going to be a dad again, this time with his current girlfriend Muireann McDonnell, a 22-year-old med student from Dublin.

Apparently the buzz was whipped up courtesy of the photo with this piece of Colin gently patting the tummy of his beloved . .

CATHERINE Owens, the Irish visual designer behind each of U2's worldwide tours for the past 15 years, and the co-director (with Mark Pellington) of U2 3D, the concert film about the celebrated Irish rock band that's now playing, first began her work by shaping the look and feel of the band's "ZooTV" tour in 1992.

In a real sense, Owens became a fifth member of the band in the early 1990s, because her background in multimedia (sculpture, video art, sound design, photography) went on to serve as a powerful inspiration for U2's subsequent "PopMart," "Elevation" and "Vertigo" tours.

Working closely with the band for years, Owens became familiar with their artistic sensibilities, and that made her the natural choice to direct U2 3D, the new concert movie about the band, and the first ever film of their show in digital 3D.

THE Sunday Independent in Ireland published its annual list of who's making what over there, and to absolutely no one's surprise, U2 top the list of wealthiest entertainers, with a healthy bank balance of ?900 million. Nice! "The band, which has traditionally split earnings equally among Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, the Edge and manager Paul McGuinness, has begun to divide up its vast portfolio among their respective families," says the Indo. Clearly, the relatives won't have any financial worries in the future!

Coming in second is Michael Flatley, who's said to have ?590 million to his name.

HIGH School Musical 3 cutie Vanessa Hudgens has plenty to smile about these days, seeing that the Disney film cleaned up big-time at the box office last weekend not only in the U.S. but around the world.

With a new album set to drop in March one would have to presume that most of Bono's energies will be devoted to music for the foreseeable future, and that will suit U2 drummer Larry Mullen Junior just fine. In a revealing interview with Britain's Q magazine - one of countless U2 pieces we'll be seeing in the run-up to the March 3 release date for "No Line On the Horizon" - Mullen didn't attempt to hide his frustration over the company Bono keeps when concentrating on his humanitarian work - namely, President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who he calls "war criminals" for planning the invasion of Iraq.

The 3 Dimensions of U2

U23D, the new movie of the world's favorite Irish band shot using the latest 3D technology, wouldn't have happened without the American connection.

Story by Veronica Blake.

The crowd gathering outside Cineworld on a freezing cold night in February is eagerly awaiting the arrival of U2 who chose their home town of Dublin to premiere their new film U23D.

Why in God's name are you taking her to Cleveland for her birthday?!? That was a recurring question when I told people of my plans to celebrate my wife's milestone birthday (a husband's code of conduct forbids me from printing her age) this past weekend. I was just following orders; the missus always wanted to go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Did I marry the right woman or what?

Walking up to the hall is an experience guaranteed to raise more than a goose bump or two.

It's hard to believe that it's been 10 years since U2 toured the globe in a sequined lemon, but the band is commemorating the 10th anniversary of their over-the-top 1997 tour with the DVD PopMart: Live in Mexico City. This has been a widely distributed bootleg tape over the years, with the band releasing an audio CD of the concert to their fan club a few years ago. The DVD is a great piece of live footage with eye popping stage theatrics that, despite some over the top visuals, holds together with the passage of time as a modern day commentary about how consumerism can get out of hand.

I had one of the most thrilling nights of my life recently. I played the U2 "Joshua Tree" album in its entirety. This doesn't sound out of the ordinary for an Irish rock columnist, you say? Well, here's the thing.

There was a music industry report published around Christmas which explained the rapid decline of the box set, the ornately packaged collection that usually made such a great stocking stuffer.

Apparently, consumers were wary of paying $15 for one CD, never mind $60 for a bushel of them, fancy booklets and packaging be damned. Though the report was bleak for the music business, the analyst predicted that the new trend in back catalog marketing would be smaller "deluxe" re-issues that would include rarities, remixes and b-sides that sit alongside the tracks on the original album.