Twitter has hired Nathan Hubbard, the ex president of Ticketmaster, as its first head of commerce, part of a push to enable shopping via short postings on its social website.

Thousands of Michael Jackson fans who bought tickets to see his comeback shows at London’s O2 will have to wait until next week to find out how to get their money back.

U2’s SUMMER concerts in Croke Park sold out in 50 minutes yesterday — smashing all previous Irish box office records.