Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- Forbes.com published its annual top-earning musicians list and Irish rockers U2, who brough in an estimated $130 million from their gargantuan world tour and misc music/merchandising deals led the list. Bono & company, who recently announ... more info

NME — AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen and Madonna also in Forbes list more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Los Angeles rock band Carney recently wrapped a lengthy tour in support of its debut album, "Mr. Green -- Vol. 1." Instead of taking time off, however, guitarist/vocalist Reeve Carney began flight-training lessons in Las Vegas ... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Irish rockers U2, who netted $130 million from their massive world tour and other deals, are the world's top-earning musicians, according to Forbes.com. more info

The Mirror — U2 have been named the highest-earning band on the planet over the last year. more info

The Newsroom — Bono says he's ready to come back after sustaining a back injury which forced U2 to postpone European and North American tour dates. more info

Guardian Music — LSD lover and Princess Di eulogiser Julian Cope was once almost sunshine pop's golden boy. Alexis Petridis rewinds to a superb debutThe 30th anniversary reissue of the Teardrop Explodes' Kilimanjaro recently spurred one heritage-rock magazine to ask ... more info

Guardian Music — U2 frontman says he will be 'fighting fit' for the band's live return in three weeks' timeTwo months after undergoing emergency back surgery, Bono is able to sit, stand and "move around a bit", he said yesterday. With just three weeks until U2's next... more info

411 Mania — Bono has recovered from back surgery... more info

Topix — Bono's back. The 50-year-old frontman for Dublin supergroup U2 has announced he's fully recovered from emergency back surgery in Munich in May - and has apologized to ticket-holding North American fans who must wait an extra year to see the band retu... more info