Speaking at the LMU University Hospital in Munich, Paul McGuinness has confirmed the postponement of 16 shows on the U2360° Tour from Salt Lake City on June 3rd, through to New Jersey's Meadowlands Stadium on July 19th. Tour Promoters Live Nation are now rescheduling those dates.

Bono Discharged From Munich Hospital Following Surgery. Bono has now been discharged from Ludwig Maximilians-University (LMU) Hospital in Munich where he underwent emergency surgery on Friday, following a back injury. In order to fully recover, he is under doctor's orders to start a rehabilitation program and to recuperate for at least eight weeks.

U2's manager has been speaking to us about today's news.

Following Bono's unexpected back surgery earlier today, Live Nation confirmed that the U2360° tour launch previously scheduled for June 3rd in Salt Lake City has been postponed. U2 fans with tickets to the June 3rd event are encouraged to retain tickets until updated show information can be provided.

Bono has today undergone emergency back surgery for an injury sustained during tour preparation training. He was admitted to a specialist neuro surgery unit in a Munich hospital, and is under the care of neuro surgeon Prof. Dr. Jorg Tonn and Dr Muller Wohlfahrt. Bono will spend the next few days there, before returning home to recuperate.

Thanks for all the greetings you've been posting to mark Bono's birthday this week. The good folk at The African Well Fund are celebrating in their usual fine way - funding a clean water project in Zimbabwe.

Details just in on the Super Deluxe Box Set edition of U2360° At The Rose Bowl, the new live DVD and Blu-ray

Cleveland's WBWC The Sting is hosting its annual U2 Marathon today. Tune in.

Last orders please. This week is the final chance to order your copy of the limited edition triple vinyl release of Artificial Horizon.

It was fifty years ago today, 10th May 1960, that Iris and Robert Hewson presented a son to the world. Happy Birthday Bono.

Paul McGuinness, Bono and Edge have been speaking to Irish radio about the late Gerry Ryan.

'Who let the peacenick in?' Bono has received the Humanitarian Leadership Award from The Atlantic Council for his work in raising awareness to fight extreme poverty in Africa.

'Capturing that early-'90s rub of boundless possibility and worn-down despair.' Spin Magazine, ranking the '125 Best Albums of the past quarter century', puts Achtung Baby at No.1. Tell us what you love about it.

We're delighted to announce that we've been nominated for a Webby, a prestigious international award from The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. U2.com is an 'Official Honoree' in the Music category and we're also one of five nominees in the 'Best Celebrity/Fan Site' category. Public voting has just opened. We're up against some great competition. Now it's down to you. Voting closes this Thursday.

Details are now being finalised on the Super Delux format of 'U2360° At The Rose Bowl', the upcoming live DVD/Blu-ray release.

So now we know which acts will be out on the road on the 360 Tour this year. But who was the best act you ever saw on the same bill as U2?

Bono's reflecting on his recent trip to Africa in his latest column for the New York Times: 'Picked up some interesting melody lines everywhere from palace to pavement.

No new album before June. That's the word from Paul McGuinness, talking to Rolling Stone, ahead of the 2010 tour dates.

U2 and Soweto Gospel Choir are providing music for One Game Changes Everything, a campaign at the heart of ESPN's coverage of the the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Bono stars in the new edition of Q Magazine as one of the '100 Greatest Frontmen'. 'Lie about your height,' he advises. 'Even if you're 5'10" like me.'

'Ladies and Gentlemen, Gavin Friday' is the story of the man, his music and his enduring friendships and collaborations.' Tune in to RTE One tonight at 10:15pm.

U2360° At The Rose Bowl will be released in the UK on DVD and Blu-ray by Mercury Records on June 7, and in the US on June 3, 2010.

Kasabian, Snow Patrol, OneRepublic and Interpol are lined up to join the band for European dates this summer. Details here.

Not long now. In just a couple of months U2360° takes off again from Salt Lake City, before heading out across North America and back into Europe. Anyone notice that Edge dropped a recent hint about the set list ?

Artificial Horizon, the limited edition U2 remix album, is now available to fans as a triple disc LP set. On purple vinyl.