Guardian Music — Wastewater analysis project to detect legal highs and illicit drugs is turned down by festival founder Michael Eavis as 'a cheek'Glastonbury festival has vetoed the first major attempt to test the use of legal highs and illicit drugs at a British fes... more info

NME - Festivals — It's the big line-up dilemma of day one at Glastonbury 2011 - do you watch U2 on the Pyramid Stage (let's be honest, it's bound to be An Event) or preserve a measure of indie cred by checking out Primal Scream on the Other Stage? Frankly we couldn't... more info

ContactMusic — U2 are using their upcoming slot at Britain's Glastonbury festival to prove they can entertain fans without the "bells and whistles" of their multi-million dollar stage production, according to drummer Larry Mullen, JR. The band has been touring the ... more info

ContactMusic — Cult British rocker Luke Haines has taken aim at Bono in his biting new memoir, slamming the U2 frontman for snubbing him backstage. The former Auteurs star was invited to play a show when David Bowie curated Britain's Meltdown festival in 2002 and r... more info

ContactMusic — The story of Broadway's troubled Spider-man musical is to be parodied in a new stage show. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark, which features music by U2 stars Bono and The Edge, finally opened this month (Jun11) after a total revamp following months of de... more info

NME - Festivals — With U2's Glastonbury Festival headline set just a day away, we thought we'd revisit guitarist The Edge's video message that he sent us when Glastonbury won the NME Award for Best Festival. "It's more a way of life than a festival," says The Edge of... more info

Detroit Free Press — Some of you might have to reach deep into your brain to remember the morning you bought your U2 tickets. It was 20 months ago that seats went on sale for the Irish band's show at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, and more than a year since the ba... more info

Detroit Free Press — For U2, getting back to East Lansing for the first time in three decades took years of planning, a journey across five continents and a week of high-tech construction at Spartan Stadium. more info

Guardian Music — From Baltimore to Bath, U2 guitarist The Edge updates us on the band's movements ahead of their Friday headline set at Glastonbury 201111.43pm: I had a great kip, now I'm over at a friends house listening to Dela soul drinking some local pear cider. ... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Bono has publicly thanked the German surgeons who mended his back last year (10) and gave him a new lease of life. The U2 frontman was forced to scrap a series of U2 shows last summer (11), including a headlining slot at Britain's Glastonbury ... more info