VH1 News — At U2's Giant Stadium concert in New Jersey on Wednesday night, Bono mixed new songs with older crowd-pleasers and honored Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and Iranian and Burmese protest leaders. more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Last week I opened up my weekly Top 10 post to part of a Yo La Tengo contest. The person who came up with the best Top 10 list would take home a pair of tickets to see the band tomorrow evening at Roseland Ballroom. Well I got a wealth of fantastic s... more info

Rock Sellout —     What’s In a Name? The overwhelmingly common course of action taken when naming your band is to make an attempt to capture the essence of your band’s music, your heroes or your politics, whether or not this attempt is made tongue in cheek or... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Lollapalooza 2009 (more by Paul Birman) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Jeremy Warmsley @ Pianos * U2, Muse @ Giants Stadium * Pronto, Brian Bonz @ Union Hall * Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Radio City... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Billboard: So you feel good about the live part of U2's business? U2's manager manager, Paul McGuinness: Absolutely, because in a way there's a memory in the audience. They've always known that when you come to a U2 show --... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Billboard: So you feel good about the live part of U2's business? U2's manager manager, Paul McGuinness: Absolutely, because in a way there's a memory in the audience. They've always known that when you come to a U2 show --... more info

Stereogum — The 2010 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame nominees are here and progressive rock has finally been shown some respect via a nod to Genesis. (NCIS spinoffs have also been shown respect via an LL Cool J nod.) The other first-time nominees are Red Hot Chili P... more info

The Newsroom — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown receives World Statesman Award from Henry Kissinger, and rubs shoulders with U2 rockstar Bono more info

Reuters — NASHVILLE (Billboard) - As U2 wraps the 2009 dates of its groundbreaking 360 world stadium tour, the band is expected to gross about $300 million and sell about 3 million tickets to fewer than 50 shows. more info

Rolling Stone — After serving as U2’s opening act, Snow Patrol embark on their own headlining tour in support of their November 10th best-of compilation Up To Now. Plus, Pete Yorn, that guy in all those photos with Scarlett Johansson, plots his own solo trek and M... more info