Stereogum — Earlier this year Bono suffered a slipped disk that threatened to slice into nerves in his spinal chord and leave him paralyzed. He started to lose the ability to walk before he realized it was serious and underwent surgery. He’s fine now, but his ... more info

Gigwise — Band ready next effort... more info

ContactMusic — U2 are working with producer Danger Mouse on their next album. The Irish group are presently recording their 13th album - which has the working title 'Songs Of Ascent'... more info

NME — Band also reveal plans to record a 'club' LP and concept album based on their 'Spider-Man' musical more info

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The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Let's just get one thing straight.  There are two versions of the Kings of Leon.  There's the diry south, grungy unwashed version that delivered the first three albums.  Now we have the second incarnation of the band that has gone for a smoother, ... more info

NME — Group's manager reveals the band's next studio effort will be out 'sooner than anybody thinks' more info

Gigwise — Their manager reveals... more info

NME - Festivals — With next year’s Glastonbury tickets already sold out, which acts might we see headlining at Worthy Farm? NME predicts… So that’s it – all the Glastonbury tickets went within four hours. Michael Eavis said he’d let us know who was headlini... more info

ContactMusic — Britain's legendary Glastonbury festival has been cancelled in 2012 to stop the music event clashing with the Olympic Games, which will be held in London that summer... more info