Recent U2 News:
Bono Facebook IPO Shares: Will U2 Frontman Pay Tax on Facebook IPO Windfall? - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Singer Bono is set to make almost $1 billion in profit when Facebook goes public later this year, it emerged today. Wednesday's $5 billion dollar Facebook IPO is set to make thousands of stock holders a fortune, including the U2 front man who through his investment vehicle Elevation Partners bought a one percent stake in the social network for $90 million in 2009.
DVD Review: U2: From the Sky Down - Mon, 30 Jan 2012
U2: From the Sky DownGenre: DocumentaryDirector: Davis GuggenheimStars: Bono, The Edge, Adam ClaytonRate: ** 1/2Davis Guggenheim's TIFF-opening doc is not strictly a history of this legendary Irish rock band, although much is packed into 90 minutes.The film instead concentrates on lessons learned during the difficult Berlin studio birth of 1991's Achtung Baby, U2's seventh album, made when group ...
U2 manager Paul McGuinness lashes out at Google over music piracy sites - Mon, 30 Jan 2012
U2 manager Paul McGuinness has slammed Google as "a monopoly" and criticised the way it displays illegal download sites in search results. Related Stories Game reviews: Resident Evil Revelations, Kingdom Rush, German Truck Simulator Twitter faces user backlash over move to censor messages BBC iPlayer to launch on Sky Anytime+ Net closes on cyber-snoopers Facebook - eight years to make $100bn
U2's Bono set to become billionaire thanks to Facebook investment - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Back in 2009, U2's front man Bono, through his investment vehicle Elevation Partners, bought a one percent stake in Facebook. Wednesday's $5 billion Facebook initial public offering (IPO) is set to make him almost $1 billion, making him the richest rock star on the planet.
U2 Manager Paul McGuinness Slams Google Over Its SOPA/PIPA Stance - Mon, 30 Jan 2012
U2 's latest 360 world tour grossed nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars in ticket sales alone, so clearly the biggest band knows how to keep their fans happy. But what's going to happen when U2 supporters learn the band's manager Paul McGuinness wants Google to fall in line with SOPA/PIPA Internet piracy legislation? "It amazes me that Google has not done the right thing," McGuinness said ...
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