Paste Magazine — For the better part of the last decade, the Irish pop/rockers of Snow Patrol have dominated the airwaves, permeated nearly every form of media including films and TV, and sold millions of records. The band's colossal hits "Run" and especially "Chasin... more info

AOL Music — U2 frontman Bono recently took some time off from saving the world to party it up in the South of France, and by the looks of several photos showing him canoodling with a pair of 19-year-olds, he had a pretty darn good time. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Oasis spent yesterday deep in rehearsals for their debut choral show — as my exclusive shot, below, shows.The rockers play the BBC Electric Proms tomorrow night at London’s Roundhouse with the Crouch End Festival Chorus.The choir will a... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Oasis' 2009 stadium tour broke all box office records when it went on sale this morning, selling a staggering 500,000 tickets by 3.00pm. We've had to scramble to put additional nights on sale in both London and Manchester after the band's two night r... more info

Guardian Music — A new writer will be joining the New York Times editorial staff, issuing literate meditations on the issues of the day. He's Irish. He wears wrap-around sunglasses. And his name rhymes with "Oh no!"Yes, U2's Bono is the latest columnist to be hired b... more info

New York Times — Bono, the activist, philanthropist and U2 front man, has been invited to write an Op-Ed page column for The New York Times. more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Francis Chung; Above: Beach HouseFor Marc Hogan's coverage, click here: TuesdayFor Amy Phillips' coverage, click here: TuesdayFor Jessica Suarez' coverage, click here: TuesdayHello Saferide [The Bowery Electric; 8 p.m.] Sweden churns out po... more info

Idolator — Radar reports that The New York Times editorial page will have Bono penning columns for it in 2009; he'll do six to ten (that's an oddly vague commitment) pieces for the Gray Lady next year. (Radar also teases the possibility that this could mean the... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Outspoken Echo + The Bunnymen leader Ian McCulloch has sparked a new rock feud with Irish supergroup U2 after calling them "spud peelers" who wanted to become part of the music industry's elite in a new magazine interview. more info

Undercover, Australia — U2 could earn more than £500 million after signing a new contract. more info