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U2 Tour Costs $750K a Day

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:17:00 CDT

Rolling Stone goes behind the scenes—and tags along in a private jet—for its cover story on the U2360° Tour (aka “the biggest rock tour of all time”), which is comprised of a 170-ton stage carted around by 200 trucks, 250 speakers, almost 400 employees—and $750,000 a...

U2 Tour Not So Eco-Friendly

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:02:02 CDT

U2 is all about “looking after our planet,” as frontman Bono once said—but they’re not practicing what they preach, according to Carbonfootprint.com: The band’s 44 concerts this year are the equivalent of “the four band members traveling the 34.125 million miles from Earth to Mars in a...

Web Killed Big Acts, Saved Music: Kot

Ambreen Ali — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:50:01 CDT

The Internet has so fragmented music that there may never be another big act like U2. But that’s just fine for music critic Greg Kot, author of Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music . “Art thrives best when it’s created without regard to making any kind of compromise,” he tells...

Irish Angry at U2's Tax Evasion

Nick McMaster — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:02:02 CST

U2 is under fire for possible tax evasion as the Irish government pushes for a bigger slice of the band’s earnings, the Christian Science Monitor reports. U2 moved its publishing company to Amsterdam in 2006 after a tax bill limited artists’ tax-free earnings to $315,000. With Irish deficits mounting,...

Money Woes Ground Spidey, Other Musicals

Nick McMaster — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:48:47 CST

Financial woes are forcing more musicals to face the music: Spider-Man’s Broadway appearance has been delayed until next January, while Stephen Sondheim’s latest couldn’t raise the cash for tryout performances, Bloomberg reports. Spidey’s show, with tunes by U2’s Bono and the Edge, costs a record $31.3 million to perform,...

Bono: Fans Wish I'd Die Young

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:36:46 CST

Sorry, U2 fans: Bono is sticking around for a while. The frontman discussed the mystique of rock stars dying young with a BBC TV show, claiming “people do want you to die on a cross age 33, with a Jack Daniels in your hand,” the Mirror reports. But Bono pledged...

U2's $31M Spider-Man Musical Hits Delays

Nick McMaster — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:01:09 CST

Spider-Man has hit more snags en route to its debut as a Broadway musical, Bloomberg reports. Rehearsals for the U2-scored production, set to begin this spring, have been postponed indefinitely. With its budget currently at $31.3 million, the Spidey musical is the most expensive Broadway show ever, and costs...

U2 Gets a Line on New Release

Rebecca Smith Hurd — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:27:01 CST

U2’s hotly anticipated new album is finally on the horizon: No Line on the Horizon is set for release March 3, E! Online reports. The band delayed the release to polish the songs and add two tracks. Although U2 worked with its “usual suspects,” guitarist the Edge says the new...

Equation Helps Procrastinators Overcome Their Stall Tactics

Peter Fearon — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST

The legions of those of us who "will do it later" are growing, reports the Sunday Times, but now there's a formula to figure out what chance you have of beating back your delay tactics. A Calgary University business professor claims in a new book, The Procrastination Equation , that up...