ContactMusic — U2 star Bono was forced to hitch-hike in Canada earlier this week (begs30May11) after he was caught out by a storm. The rocker and his assistant were walking through West Vancouver on Tuesday (31May11) when the weather turned nasty. Rather than walk.... more info

Mercury News, California — San Francisco psychedelic rock and blues jam band Moonalice can appear as a contradiction. On one hand, its members made their biggest contributions to music in the '60s and '70s. more info

Mjsbigblog — No Idol Concerts to report. U2 made $22,866,542 during 3 concerts in Mexico City in May. No wonder they wanted Bono on the finale no matter he was singing.This is the daily numbers thread. Come on in and post this BIG. more info

Mercury News, California — Then take our pop quiz on the Irish rockers more info

Guardian Music — Kerrang! may have lost focus in recent years, but the fact that it continues to thrive after three decades is cause for celebrationTo its admirers it represents an oasis of ear-shattering good taste amid a celebrity-obsessed media. To its detractors ... more info

Popdose — Dave Steed takes a trip to land of U2, Midge Ure, Ultravox and more as he checks out '80s rock songs from artists beginning with the letter U. more info

KEXP Seattle — Sasquatch Music Festival and Northwest Folklife Festival have been running all weekend and continue on Memorial Day. Here’s what else is going on Monday night as well as the rest of the week. There are a couple big shows in town this week including... more info

ContactMusic — Singer/songwriter Paul Simon feels sorry for his fellow rock stars Bono and The Edge over criticism of their Spider-man musical - he suffered the same agony when his 1998 Broadway play was panned. The U2 rockers penned the soundtrack for Spider-Man T... more info

Guardian Music — President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, died after being shot in Dallas at 1p.m. (6p.m. British time). Police held as chief suspect Lee Oswald Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of shooting Kennedy, was himself sh... more info

Scotsman.com — THE Edge, the guitarist with U2 (below), has failed to win approval to build a cluster of mansions on land overlooking Malibu in California. more info