The Daily Mail — With U2 opening and closing the show, Take That performing their new single and Irish actress Saoirse Ronan on the guest list, it was a packed hour. more info

Stereogum — Just like U2 but less painstakingly so, Duran Duran have been making whatever their music can be classified as for more than 30 years and show no signs of slowing down. “You Kill Me With Silence” is the band’s newest single from Paper Gods, the... more info

TMZ — Penelope Cruz is still hot enough to get U2 to play an entire concert ... JUST FOR HER -- at least that's what 24,000 people must have thought was happening in Barcelona. Bono and co. played to a packed arena there this week, and when they made the�... more info

The Telegraph — Irish rock band U2 will be joined by Take That and Steve Coogan on the first episode of the new series of Chris Evans's TFI Friday more info

The Independent — A U2 concert in Stockholm has been evacuated due to an unspecified security breach. more info

Stereogum — U2’s concert in Stockholm, Sweden tonight was evacuated and cancelled due to a security threat, NME reports. Although initial reports mentioned unconfirmed rumors of a bomb threat against the arena, local media sources are now referencing only an u... more info

Stereogum — Perhaps it seems like U2’s Songs Of Innocence only just popped up in your iTunes library unbidden, but in fact, that was over a year ago. A lot has happened since then, including U2’s international Innocence + Experience tour in support of the re... more info

Stereogum — Society’s “Protocol” is the rare instance of a music video elevating a song rather than bogging it down in high concept, low production quality, or plain old unmemorable mediocrity. The single itself is captivating, James Girdler and Brendan Ly... more info

Stereogum — The video for U2’s “Song For Someone” off their new album Songs Of Innocence was widely publicized: It was teased, billed as a short film, and starred Woody Harrelson. But apparently they wanted to make a more traditional Bono-in-the-wilderness... more info

Stereogum — Serious question: Has Danger Mouse climbed to the top of the producer power rankings? Brian Burton keeps nabbing more and more prominent clients; in recent years he’s worked with marquee names such as Norah Jones, A$AP Rocky, even U2, and he reunit... more info