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Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong To Close Out 'American Idiot' Broadway Run

Posted 3-10-11 by
Tags: Billie Joe Armstrong, Bono, Green Day, U2

It's been a rough day for Broadway's rock 'n' roll musicals. In addition to the news on Thursday that U2's  Bono,The Edge and producers had determined that the struggling Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark needed a new creative team, sacking director Julie Taymor,  it was announced that Green Day's American Idiot would close on April 24. The good news? Billie Joe Armstrong will play "St. Jimmy" for the last three weeks of the show's run.

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U2 Reschedule Postponed North American Dates

Posted 7-13-10 by
Tags: U2

U2, who were forced to cancel or postpone a slew of tour dates following Bono's emergency back surgery in Munich in May, have announced their rescheduled dates. The band will pick up in August with their European tour and will return to North America next spring and summer.

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Bono's Bad Back Derails U2 Tour

Posted 5-25-10 by
Tags: U2

U2 is forced to cancel or postpone a slew of tour dates following Bono's emergency back surgery in Munich on Friday. Since the singer will need at least two months to recover, all tour dates for June and July - including stops at the Glastonbury Festival and Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey - are off. As for Glastonbury, Jimmy Page hints that Led Zeppelin could step into the spot now left vacant by Bono and the boys.

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Interpol Is Temporarily A Trio As Carlos D Departs

Posted 5-11-10 by
Tags: Carlos Dengler, Interpol, U2

The band announces on its website that the bassist "has decided to follow another path" and exited the group following the recording of their upcoming fourth album, but the split is amicable

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Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Coldplay, U2's Bono And The Edge, Madonna Join "Hope For Haiti" Telethon

Posted 1-21-10 by
Tags: Beyoncé, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Sting, U2, Wyclef Jean

The all-star lineup for the multi-platform, multi-channel "Hope For Haiti" telethon on Friday includes Springsteen, Jay-Z, Bono and the Edge of U2, Coldplay, Sting, Dave Matthews, Beyoncé, Madonna and many more.

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Remembering Les Paul 1915-2009

Posted 8-13-09 by
Tags: Jimmy Page, Joan Jett, John Mayer, Keith Richards, Les Paul, Paul McCartney, Slash, The Hold Steady, U2, Underworld, ZZ Top

It's been a summer overburdened with the deaths of too many cultural icons, but the passing of Les Paul is an especially sad blow.

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