Our shot, left, shows Bono on set at Universal Studios in Los Angeles last weekend, as the band filmed their video for their next single Elevation.

The online version of the UK's Q Magazine is hosting a competition to win two tickets to see U2...

New Years Dub, the U2 sampled dance track, is set for release on Serious Records on May 21st.

The fans are really starting to get into this tour - in Calgary the first sighting of a Mexican Wave before the band arrive - while the penchant for signs is beginning to take off. First night notables? THE GOAL IS SOUL; PLEASE PLAY PRIDE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW; CALGARY LOVES U2.

PJ Harvey, supporting U2 on their North American tour, is enjoying the reception she is receiving from fans.

Irish media are reporting that planned new regulations for outdoor concerts may come into force within a week.

Defying laws of gravity and showbiz, the Elevation Tour 2001 supports two radical hypotheses:



1. U2 can fly.



2. You too can ...

Elevation is now officially confirmed as the next U2 single and is also set to feature on the forthcoming Tomb ...

Scores of reviews by fans of the opening four Elevation 2001 shows are now online in the U2.COM Elevation area.

The world faces the largest extinction event in its history according to Wildlifeline, a UK conservation charity launched this weekend.



Wildlifeline, ...

A dance track sampling U2's New Year's Day, emerged as one of the leading tunes from last week's Miami Winter Conference.

Today at U2.COM we post live footage of U2 performing on Elevation 2001.

Paul Oakenfold's 'Perfecto Mix' of Even Better Than The Real Thing is among the cuts on 'essential dance' CD...

Just as Bono has described what a 'force' REM are, so Mike Mills has spoken of how 'proud' he is ...

As the Elevation 2001 tour gets underway in the US, the band have invited fans to maintain pressure on US ...

Last month, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, Bono was a guest at the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction dinner.

The Elevation world tour is under way, and your reviews from the first two shows in Ft Lauderdale have already flooded our inbox.

Fourth show in less than a week and U2 are getting into their stride for Elevation 2001.

According to the official REM website, Athens' favourite sons may be turning up in Atlanta for the U2 show tonight.



REM ...

If you've been excited by the reviews of U2's opening shows in Miami, you can see the band play live ...

Nelly Furtado is to play a couple of dates on the US leg of U2's Elevation Tour, while PJ Harvey ...

U2's second show of their fifty date North American leg of Elevation 2001, raised the temperature higher still.

U2 Kicks Off Tour With Unadulterated Rock, Straight From the Heart, according to New York Times reviewer Neil Strauss.

If Bono can pull off the stunt he did at the end of last Saturday night's U2 concert in Miami at Slane Castle in August, it would be the most incredible spectacle witnessed on an Irish stage.

Rock superstars U2 launched their first U.S. tour in nearly four years in classic form in Florida on Saturday night, treating 20,000 devoted, delirious fans to a crowd-pleasing mix of old and new songs delivered with their legendary energy, free of the extravagances of their most recent tours.