You would think that U2 has accomplished everything that a band could hope for at this stage of their career, but apparently not. The realm of video games has eluded them until now. U2’s songs will be featured in the upcoming Rock Band 4.

Ian McCulloch tells Ed Power about his dislike of U2, and how music has helped him through some dark days

From Michael Jackson to the Beatles, Martin Nolan has handled the world’s biggest celebrity auctions. Not bad for a man from Athlone who began his American dream working as a hotel bell man when he won a lottery visa to the states.

From Dracula to Fr Ted and Boyzone, we have devised some of the most brilliant, but often annoying, things on the planet, says John Daly.

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U2 are nominated for best song at the Oscars, while Philomena - the story of an Irish mother searching for a son she gave up for adoption - has been nominated for Best Picture, Actress in a Leading Role, Screenplay, and Original Score.

U2 have released their new single, ‘Ordinary Love’, written and recorded specifically for the film Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, via a lyric video.

Rock star Bono is in store for a beautiful payday with the sale of financial media giant Forbes in the US.

The UN General Assembly president has tweeted a picture of himself with a man posing as U2's Bono believing he was the real deal.

The IDA regard it as a coup and every tourism organisation in the country is delighted.

Coldplay, Kylie Minogue, David Bowie and other prestigious artists are set to leave EMI after Universal’s £1.2bn takeover was approved today on condition it sells several of the recording company’s labels.

Despite almost four years of recession, Ireland’s richest are getting even richer.

The Edge and Bono hope to buck trend with their Dropbox deal, writes Stephen Rogers

ONE of the world’s top airline chiefs believes no company would consider buying Aer Lingus while its share price is so low.

U2 frontman Bono has been told to get plenty of rest by a leading heart specialist after complaining of chest pains while on holiday in the south of France.

Rihanna and Taylor Swift were two of the key winners at the Billboard Music Awards, which returned after a five-year hiatus with a major dose of star power, featuring Beyonce, U2, the Black Eyed Peas - even First Lady Michelle Obama.

A cautionary tale of misplaced rivalry, based on the real-life story of Dublin brothers Neill (Barnes) and Ivan (Sheehan) McCormick’s attempts to emulate the rise and rise of Bono and U2.

THE reviews won’t be music to Bono’s ears.

IT was an idea of the late Charles Haughey, but came into its own during the Celtic Tiger boom with Hollywood stars and Spice Girls relocating to Ireland to avail off it, but among Brian Cowen’s final acts will be the practical ending of the artists’ tax exemption scheme.

U2 Star Bono has launched his new African art and clothing line in Paris.

Bono is calling for tougher controls on the spread of intellectual property over the internet.

U2 singer Bono - a keen political activist and charity campaigner - knows he makes it easy for people to dislike him but insists having an "ego" is an essential part of being a successful musician.

Imprisoned Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was today named Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience.

THE old adage that there’s no such thing as bad publicity is being tested in U2’s case.

U2 frontman Bono will write an opinion column for The New York Times, it was announced today.

Kanye West has gained an unusual mentor - U2 frontman Bono.

A BUSKER is planning to shadow U2 on its next world tour by performing his one-man show in every city.

PAUL McGUINNESS, the manager of U2 for more than 30 years, has joined an argument that involves a growing number of disparate producers of all kinds of goods.

But the situation changes somewhat when Bono takes it upon himself to chastise the Government over the amount of foreign aid it devotes to Africa.

Veteran rockers The Rolling Stones have been named the top earning music act of 2007.

FORMER U2 stylist Lola Cashman yesterday lost her High Court appeal against a decision ordering her to return items, including Bono’s stetson, to the band.

Bono says he wants a word with Australian Prime Minister John Howard about boosting the nation's aid to poor countries.

The controversial video for U2's collaboration with Green Day has surfaced online.

Irish rockers U2 have sensationally ended their 27-year relationship with Island Records in advance of their upcoming Greatest Hits Collection.

U2 frontman and human rights activist Bono will be guest-editing British newspaper The Independent for a day, in conjunction with his anti-AIDS campaign Red.

Mary J Blige was thrilled to perform classic hit One with U2 for the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert last September, because the song will always remind her of 9/11.

Rapper Kanye West holds vote-sharing responsible for losing out to U2 for the Grammy Album of the Year award.

Irish rock superstars U2 have been honoured with Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience award.

R&B star Mariah Carey, rapper Kanye West and soul singer John Legend lead the nominations for next year's Grammy Awards, picking up eight nods each.

U2 said today they had taken their former stylist to court out of principle rather than because of the value of the goods she had taken.

“Hello, hello,” opened the show and Bono didn’t have to wait long for a reply as Dublin’s favourite sons, U2, took to the stage at Croke Park in front of almost 80,000 hometown fans.

U2 frontman Bono was horrified during a visit to Ethiopia, when he saw local women pelting a breast-feeding aid worker with stones.

The Spice Girls are being reconsidered for this summer's star-studded Live 8 charity concert - after the event's organisers axed the band from the event over fears they would undermine the show's serious political message about world poverty.

The Spice Girls have been axed from this summer's star-studded Live 8 charity concert - because the event's organisers fear the band's music undermines the show's serious political message about world poverty.