NME — Welcome to the Daily Gossip: your daily stop-off to find out who in the world of music has been up to what. Today's top gossip: Oasis have fared badly in a poll collating the intelligence of music fans. US researcher Virgil Griffith's experiment c... more info

NME — U2's Bono has slammed illegal music downloading but has admitted that he is "overpaid". The singer claimed that he was taking a stance against file sharing to stand up for musicians less well-off than himself, rather than trying to protect his own c... more info

ContactMusic — Irish rocker BONO would love to rerecord some of U2's earlier music - because he hates the fake English accent he adopted while singing. The lead singer has ... more info

Topix — U2 shook a small city, and riled up a core of rabid fans, when it gave a private concert in a venue a tiny fraction of the size of the stadiums it plans to fill later this year. more info

Washington PostKelly Clarkson on track for second No. 1 albumReutersBy Keith Caulfield LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Kelly Clarkson will replace U2 at the top of the Billboard 200 next week with her second chart-topper, according to preliminary estimates... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Neko Case's acclaimed new album Middle Cyclone, on Anti- Records has debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200, just behind U2 and Taylor Swift ! This marks the highest opening to date in 2009 by an... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) It was a surreal scene: The biggest band in the world on one of the smallest stages in the Boston area, playing for a privileged room full of people whose attention was divided between rocking out to the fiery (albeit... continued more info

U2 shook a small city, and riled up a core of rabid fans, when it gave a private concert in a venue a tiny fraction of the size of the stadiums it plans to fill later this year. more info

U2 shook a small city, and riled up a core of rabid fans, when it gave a private concert in a venue a tiny fraction of the size ... more info

Guardian Music — The most expensive seats for Michael Jackson may be a modest £75, but that's irrelevant if you can only buy them at inflated pricesIt's a big year for big tours. Just last week Michael Jackson announced his "final" 10 shows at the O2 (before addin... more info