Carnegie Hall in New York is the place to be on October 4th. Hal Willner presents a stellar line-up of artists to mark the birthday of Gavin Friday and to raise funds to fight AIDS in Africa. Tickets on sale now - here's the lowdown.

The band were in the studios of Toronto's The Edge music station yesterday. Toronto was ready to meet them... and the show's host got a little surprise.

Mysterious Ways, New Year's Day and Stuck In A Moment come into the set for the second show in Toronto. Here's what they played.

While the band are playing, we take a look from the Toronto Tower...

U2's fourth album, The Unforgettable Fire has been remastered and will be released by Mercury Records on 26th October.

First of two shows in Toronto tonight, here's what they played - send us your own reviews.

The band are in good form for an interview with Chris Cuomo of Good Morning America in Chicago. Watch it here.

Got a BlackBerry ? Start following the tour with the 'U2 Mobile Album'. It's just gone live.

To mark the opening of the North American leg of the tour, a great new range of U2360 tour merchandise has arrived in the U2.com store. Take a browse.

Bono once called it one of his favourite U2 songs, it was written fourteen years ago but the band had never performed it live - until last night. Take a look.

'We've got new songs, we've got old songs, we've got songs we've never played before. You with us tonight?' Second night in Chicago.

'Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune calls last night's show, 'One of the best stadium shows of the last decade.' Catch his video review.

'Where are we going? South Side...Grant Park...Lake Shore Drive...' Bono introducing Magnificent in Chicago tonight and what a show it was, with the skyline of the windy city providing a dazzling backdrop to the 360 space station and the opening of the North American tour. Here's what they played.

Great vibe outside Soldier Field this afternoon, ahead of the opening night of the tour in Chicago tonight. In fact great vibe in the city in general...

360 Lifts Off in the US today. 'We're on our way to our first show in the US for many years, ' Bono tells us on the plane to Chicago . 'And we're very excited...'

In Chicago today ? Keep an eye open for Edge, Adam, Larry and Bono. The band are dropping by radio stations WXRT, Q101, and WTMX for live studio interviews ahead of tomorrows opening night of the North American tour.

Tomorrow night, they'll be taking this walk to the stage...

Coming to one of the shows in North America ? Take a look at the set up of the 360° production on Google Earth.

Fancy a 3-day, 2-night trip to Las Vegas with tickets thrown in. And taking a friend with you? Check out this competition.

'There's no room, no space to rent in this town...' Not in Chicago, not on Saturday. Adam's filming on stage during Beautiful Day.

Adam's got his flip cam rolling for the latest clip in our Countdown to Saturday night.

From Breathe to Ultraviolet, Magnificent to Moment, the band played more than thirty tracks on the European leg of 360. Will the North American leg ring the changes ? You tell us. Take an inspired guess...

Breaking News: the 360 stage has successfully completed its transatlantic voyage, arriving safe and sound on the shores of North America. (Now all they have to do is build it.)

'You don't get it do ya ?' Or maybe you do, if you were in Glasgow, Scotland last month. And maybe you will if you're in Chicago this Saturday.

'Unos, dos, tres....catorce!' This is what it's like in the front row when you're getting Vertigo. Latest countdown clip now live.