Ahead of U2's appearance on CNN's WORLD BEAT over the weekend of May 19, CNN are carrying text and audio...

Nothing detracts from the naked emotions of Bono and band, writes Joel Selvin, Chronicle Pop Music Editor.



U2 acted like a ...

In this space is supposed to be a review of the performance, reports Candace Murphy of The Mercury News, but U2 renders a reviewer's words mere folly.

U2's arrival at the Arena in San Jose is greeted with a plethora of signs.
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If you were in San Diego Sports Arena on April 17th you were privileged - you were amongst the smallest audience of people that will see U2 on Elevation 2001. Just 14,000 - and, needless to say, completely sold out.

Even before his triumphant turn at the podium during this year's Grammy Awards, reports Aidin Vaziri for The San Francisco Chronicle, everyone knew the Edge is secretly the heart and soul of U2.

Joey Ramone, who helped ignite the punk revolution as lead singer of The Ramones, has died aged 49.

U2 have declared war on Hollywood legend CHARLTON HESTON over his views on gun control, according to NME.COM



The Irish four-piece ...

Ten Things You Might Like to Know About U2 in Portland for Elevation 2001

It might be Friday the 13th but there was nothing unlucky about tonight's show.

'I'm going to start a rock'n roll band, going to Seattle and never going away..' sang Bono in the middle of Desire tonight.

The fans are really starting to get into this tour - in Calgary the first sighting of a Mexican Wave before the band arrive - while the penchant for signs is beginning to take off. First night notables? THE GOAL IS SOUL; PLEASE PLAY PRIDE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW; CALGARY LOVES U2.

Irish media are reporting that planned new regulations for outdoor concerts may come into force within a week.

Defying laws of gravity and showbiz, the Elevation Tour 2001 supports two radical hypotheses:



1. U2 can fly.



2. You too can ...

Scores of reviews by fans of the opening four Elevation 2001 shows are now online in the U2.COM Elevation area.

Today at U2.COM we post live footage of U2 performing on Elevation 2001.

As the Elevation 2001 tour gets underway in the US, the band have invited fans to maintain pressure on US ...

The Elevation world tour is under way, and your reviews from the first two shows in Ft Lauderdale have already flooded our inbox.

Fourth show in less than a week and U2 are getting into their stride for Elevation 2001.

According to the official REM website, Athens' favourite sons may be turning up in Atlanta for the U2 show tonight.



REM ...

Nelly Furtado is to play a couple of dates on the US leg of U2's Elevation Tour, while PJ Harvey ...

U2's second show of their fifty date North American leg of Elevation 2001, raised the temperature higher still.

U2 Kicks Off Tour With Unadulterated Rock, Straight From the Heart, according to New York Times reviewer Neil Strauss.

If Bono can pull off the stunt he did at the end of last Saturday night's U2 concert in Miami at Slane Castle in August, it would be the most incredible spectacle witnessed on an Irish stage.

Rock superstars U2 launched their first U.S. tour in nearly four years in classic form in Florida on Saturday night, treating 20,000 devoted, delirious fans to a crowd-pleasing mix of old and new songs delivered with their legendary energy, free of the extravagances of their most recent tours.