Guardian Music — When I interviewed Bono in Dublin back in January, as part of my marathon tracking of the new U2 album, No Line On the Horizon, for Sunday's Observer Music Monthly, he described it as "essentially a big fat rock album". The most dramatic exception is... more info

Stereogum — The week starting March 2nd U2 are doing a five-night residency with David Letterman, which by Friday he may very well find more annoying than Joaquin Phoenix's recent visit. I kid, but seriously: After catching Bono & Co. doing "Get On Your Boot"... more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Irish rock legends U2 are to play a special set for Radio 1 in the run up to the release of their new album, No Line On The Horizon. more info

BBC News - UK — Irish rock legends U2 are to play a special set for Radio 1 in the run up to the release of their new album, No Line On The Horizon. more info

Rolling Stone — • Nude Madonna Pic Sells for $37,500 Top stories from the last three days: • First Listen: Green Day’s Breakdown • Velvet Revolver “Weeks” From New Singer • Eminem’s “Bottle” Rockets to Number One • Ben Harper Gets Heavy With Re... more info

AngryApe — The band will perform on the show each night of the week more info

The Telegraph Blog — Rock and roll is dead, as I reported earlier this week. At least according to Rick Carnes, head of the Songwriters Guild of America, who said "The genre was played out by the mid-1970s but it has survived in a zombie-like fashion for 30 years past it... more info

Guardian Music — Forget football stadiums, red carpets and recording studios – it seems the biggest bands in the world prefer to hang out with US talkshow hosts. U2 will play a residency on the Late Show With David Letterman while the White Stripes will reunit... more info

Topix — Make room, Paul Shaffer. U2 will be on David Letterman's "Late Show" for a full week to promote their upcoming album. more info

Perez Hilton — For the first time ever, a musical act will perform 5 nights in a row on the Late Show with David Letterman. And of course, the band selected to do so is U2. The band will guest on the show March 2nd through March 6th, and with their new album, No Li... more info