L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Heroin and NASCAR, who knew? U2 fans watching the NFL playoffs on Fox this weekend surely heard what would seem to be an oddly placed song scoring the network's preview of the upcoming Daytona 500: U2's mid-'80s hit "Bad." The... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Actor George Clooney has said the upcoming "HOPE FOR HAITI" benefit for victims of the recent disasterous earthquake in Haiti will now include performances by U2's Bono, Sting, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys. Cloon... more info

NME — Paul McCartney and U2 lose out in annual ceremony more info

411 Mania — Paul McCartney, U2, Leona Lewis and more provide some stiff competition... more info

Undercover, Australia — Ryan Bingham has beaten Paul McCartney and U2 to take away the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Edge has been nominated three times -- what's it like the fourth time around for best original song in "Brothers"? "Wet. That's probably the best way to describe it." ... more info

Guardian Music — He's been a Roxy original, the inventor of 'ambient', Bowie's muse, the brain in Talking Heads and U2's 'fifth man'. Now Eno tells us where he's heading nextWhen influential music website Pitchfork listed its 100 greatest albums of the 1970s –... more info

Guardian Music — (Anti-)John Peel's description of the Fall - "always different, always the same" - might equally apply to the Austin, Texas band Spoon, who have made it to seven albums without any significant variation in high quality. Leader Britt Daniel is a maste... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Bosses at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) have conceded their 2009 coverage of U2's album No Line On The Horizon appeared to unfairly endorse the band. more info

The BBC admits coverage of the launch of U2 album No Line On The Horizon gave "undue prominence" to the band. more info