E! Online — All that snow shoveling, Letterman groveling and Amazon.com price cutting paid off for U2. The little band from Dublin did something few others could—knock Taylor Swift down a... more info

Idolator — Give credit to Jim DeRogatis for being a relentless pain-in-the-ass to Bono in the middle of a glad-handing radio event last night in Chicago. While I imagine Bono would have preferred to discuss whether the new U2 album is just a great 2009 album or... more info

Straits TimesU2's 'No Line on the Horizon' bests Taylor Swift on album chartEntertainment WeeklyThe numbers are in: after a whirlwind week of publicity (including a $3.99 campaign on Amazon.com and five straight nights performing on David Letterman),... more info

I Like Music — 360° tour opens in Barcelona. Check out European / US dates. Tickets on sale from 13th March 09 more info

MTV.co.uk News — U2 could release a second album this year they’ve told MTV News. The Irish rockers abandoned initial sessions with legendary producer Rick Rubin and have an excess of new songs.  ... more info

Idolator — Unsurprisingly, U2 topped Billboard this morning, with No Line on the Horizon selling 484,000 copies — 21k less than Britney's Circus did in its first week. As Idolator chart guru Chris Molanphy put it in an email (which I hope he won't mind me quo... more info

VH1 News — U2's new album, No Line on the Horizon, sold nearly half a million copies in its first week, finally knocking Taylor Swift from #1 on Billboard. more info

MTV.com News — New album No Line on the Horizon earns biggest one-week sales total of the year.By Gil Kaufman U2's No Line on the Horizon Photo: Interscope What would it take to end the nearly three-month reign of chart queen Taylor Swift? How about a co... more info

Rolling Stone — The Big News: As expected, U2’s five-star No Line on the Horizon soared to the top of the charts in its debut week, selling 484,000 copies to give the current Rolling Stone cover stars their second-best U.S. debut ever, more than doubling the sa... more info

AngryApe — The U2 guitarist told the group not to be jealous of each other more info