ContactMusic — Coldplay have been named Best Act in the World Today The Mylo Xyloto band beat off competition from the likes of Muse Arcade Fire Kasabian Arctic Monkeys and U2 to take the coveted honour at this years Q Awards - held at Londons Grosvenor Hous... more info

ContactMusic — U2 frontman Bono gave Florence Welch advice on how to perform in high heels The Florence and the Machine singer revealed the diminutive Irishman was happy to help her when she supported the band on their US tour earlier this year and even advised he.... more info

Altsounds — U2 recently posted 3 clips from their forthcoming "From the Sky Down" documentary about the making of their 1991 album Achtung Baby. The first clip features a story about Larry Mullen being harassed by an East German police officer, after his car ... more info

NME — Singer Florence Welch also reveals how she got the Bono talk while on tour with U2 more info

Stereogum — AHK-toong BAY-bi, Q Magazine’s all-star tribute to U2′s twenty year old classic Achtung Baby, is out next week. So far we’ve heard Jack White’s “Love Is Blindness” and Damien Rice’s “One.” Now we’ve got Garbage’s “Who’s Gonn... more info

BBC 6 Music — Magazine is celebrating its 25th anniversary more info

Altsounds — Preface Publisher Trevor Dolby at The Random House Group (UK) has bought World rights to the official book celebrating the technically and conceptually ground-breaking U2360° Tour from Ed Victor at Ed Victor Ltd. 'The most extravagant hi-... more info

Popdose — Popdose reviews the new Coldplay album, Mylo Xyloto, and wonders if they're stealing from U2's playbook a little too often more info

Guardian Music — Search giant understood to be close to unveiling its first music service in bid to rival Apple's iTunesGoogle is understood to be a month away from unveiling its first music service, which will combine an MP3 download store with a cloud storage syste... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 19 November 1991 on Island Records. Stung by the criticism of their 1988 release Rattle and Hum, U2 shifted their musical d... more info