To mark the opening of the North American leg of the tour, a great new range of U2360 tour merchandise has arrived in the U2.com store. Take a browse.

Bono once called it one of his favourite U2 songs, it was written fourteen years ago but the band had never performed it live - until last night. Take a look.

'Where are we going? South Side...Grant Park...Lake Shore Drive...' Bono introducing Magnificent in Chicago tonight and what a show it was, with the skyline of the windy city providing a dazzling backdrop to the 360 space station and the opening of the North American tour. Here's what they played.

Great vibe outside Soldier Field this afternoon, ahead of the opening night of the tour in Chicago tonight. In fact great vibe in the city in general...

360 Lifts Off in the US today. 'We're on our way to our first show in the US for many years, ' Bono tells us on the plane to Chicago . 'And we're very excited...'

In Chicago today ? Keep an eye open for Edge, Adam, Larry and Bono. The band are dropping by radio stations WXRT, Q101, and WTMX for live studio interviews ahead of tomorrows opening night of the North American tour.

Tomorrow night, they'll be taking this walk to the stage...

Coming to one of the shows in North America ? Take a look at the set up of the 360° production on Google Earth.

Fancy a 3-day, 2-night trip to Las Vegas with tickets thrown in. And taking a friend with you? Check out this competition.

'There's no room, no space to rent in this town...' Not in Chicago, not on Saturday. Adam's filming on stage during Beautiful Day.

Adam's got his flip cam rolling for the latest clip in our Countdown to Saturday night.

From Breathe to Ultraviolet, Magnificent to Moment, the band played more than thirty tracks on the European leg of 360. Will the North American leg ring the changes ? You tell us. Take an inspired guess...

Breaking News: the 360 stage has successfully completed its transatlantic voyage, arriving safe and sound on the shores of North America. (Now all they have to do is build it.)

'You don't get it do ya ?' Or maybe you do, if you were in Glasgow, Scotland last month. And maybe you will if you're in Chicago this Saturday.

'Unos, dos, tres....catorce!' This is what it's like in the front row when you're getting Vertigo. Latest countdown clip now live.

A week today and we'll be in Chicago for the first show of the North American leg. Show Director Willie Williams is having kittens in our latest Countdown clip.

Just eight days until the opening night of the North American leg of the tour and Sam O'Sullivan is packing up Larry's kit, ready for the transatlantic journey.

Berlin to Sarajevo, Zagreb to Dublin, you've been wearing the Aung San Suu Kyi mask all over the world. Edge has chosen some of his favourites.

'Nine days on the ocean, there' s nothing you can do about it so you can relax a bit...' Jake Berry, U2's Tour Production Director, has the shipping news.

We're counting down to the opening night of U2's 360° Tour in North America and Joe O'Herlihy is on sound in the first of our exclusive clips.

Second part of our U2.com mini-documentary on how Alma Catel, star of 1995's Miss Sarajevo, travelled to Zagreb last month to see the band play. (And what happened at the show...)

Now Playing: the Redanka remix of 'Crazy'. You might have heard it on the road, the remixed version of 'Crazy' was one of the highlights of the European leg of the tour.

The U2 concert previously scheduled for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, 2009 at Giants Stadium in New Jersey has been moved to WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2009. Read on for full details.

She was the star of Bill Carter's award-winning documentary Miss Sarajevo in 1995. When the band returned to the region for the recent show in Zagreb, we tracked down Alma Catel to see how life has changed for her... and for this part of Europe.

The new single, I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight, will be released in the UK on September 7th by Mercury.