NME — Broadway musical takes $1.7 million (£1.06m) in first week despite setbacks and scathing reviews more info

Gigwise — After its first week... more info

ContactMusic — The 'claw' U2 have been performing under on their record-breaking 360 world tour is to become an on-loan stage structure once the Irish band has finished with it at the end of next month (Jul11). Rather than take the impressive structure apart or sto... more info

NME — Synth-pop duo currently ahead of Beyonce, U2, Pulp and Radiohead more info

Guardian Music — You report that "Art Uncut planned to disrupt the performance ... rumours spread of siege towers and stage invasion" (Live and Uncut: protest fails to dampen U2, 25 June). If disrupting the set had been our aim, our action would have been a failure. ... more info

Guardian Music — In the 80s, even Wham! supported the miners. But tomorrow's strike has yet to find any expression in the wider cultureThursday's strikes loom, and underneath the inevitable theatrics from both sides, there's a sense of an achingly familiar problem: t... more info

Guardian Music — The Bono Pay Up protest was about irresponsible tax behaviour undermining democracy, public services and global developmentOn 24 June Art Uncut erected a 9ft-wide, 24ft-high column at the front of the audience at U2's set at Glastonbury, with the wor... more info

Guardian Music — Singer complains that labels are no longer interested in artists 'who have already made their mark'Morrissey has revealed he is currently without a record deal, complaining that no labels have sought him out. "There's not much I can do about it," he... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bono realizes he needs new shoes @ Giants Stadium, 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) StubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace, is launching the Take Off Your Boots campaign to collect shoes for the charity Soles4Souls, and giving away tickets to... more info

ContactMusic — Morrissey was less than impressed with the weather at the Glastonbury festival on Friday night (24Jun11), revealing he found it hard to perform with rain pelting down in his face. The rocker took to the stage at the English festival before headliners... more info