The Independent — Just a week after Bono raised eyebrows for defending Ireland’s controversial tax laws, The Edge is facing a Champagne socialist dilemma all of his own. more info

The Independent — Just a week after Bono raised eyebrows for defending Ireland’s controversial tax laws, The Edge is facing a Champagne socialist dilemma all of his own. more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U2's controversial free album on Apple's iTunes had a less than stellar performance once released for commercial sale, coming in at No. 9 in its first week on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday. more info

Stereogum — The British live-music TV show Later With Jools Holland has been airing on BBC Two since 1992, but U2 have somehow never appeared on the show until the most recent episode. On their episode of the show, U2 played “Volcano,” from their new album S... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Those colored sunglasses U2 frontman Bono always wears? There’s a reason behind them. more info

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MTV.co.uk News — Pop star tells Graham Norton he's suffered from glaucoma for two decades... more info

Reuters — (Reuters) - U2 frontman Bono has revealed the mystery behind his trademark sunglasses. The Irish rocker has glaucoma. more info

Stereogum — Bono has worn goofy-looking sunglasses in just about every public appearance since, say, 1991. And if you’ve felt uncharitable, those sunglasses have been evidence of a truly inflated sense of self-regard. But in U2′s recent appearance on the UK�... more info

The Telegraph — U2 frontman finally explains reason for ever-present dark glasses, even indoors more info