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Sales for U2 360° continue to break records as details for six more US shows are announced. Read on.

For No Line On The Horizon the band asked longtime photographic collaborator Anton Corbijn not just to take the pictures but also to make a film. The result is 'Linear': not a music video but a companion piece that takes themes from the songs and turns them into a mesmerising road trip. We caught up with Anton to ask him what 'Linear' is all about.

Bono and Edge joined Julie Taymor in New York a few days ago to preview 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' which is set to open on Broadway early next year.

'Only love, only love can leave such a mark.' It's the next single and this live performance in Boston last month was... 'Magnificent'. Video exclusive for U2.com subscribers.

Wondered what the title of the new album is about? 'It's an image about the future and wanting to disappear into it...'

The August 10th show at Stadium Maksimir sold out in no time and a second show has been added. A presale for U2.com subscribers begins tomorrow.

At the end of a week in New York City the band got up at the crack of dawn to play live for the students of Fordham University.

The shows in Chicago, Boston and New York were instantaneous sell-outs this morning, setting records for single day attendance in each city. Second and final shows have now been announced and presales for U2.com subscribers open tomorrow.

Dates are now confirmed for six more shows in the US and Canada with presales to U2.com subscribers opening tomorrow.

A second Toronto show has been announced and a presale for U2.com subscribers will get underway this weekend.

The Nou Camp show in Barcelona on June 30th sold out in 54 minutes, breaking all records in Spain. A second show has been added.

For the new album U2 asked Corbijn not just to take the pictures but also to make a film to accompany 'No Line On The Horizon'. The result is 'Linear'.

And The Killers. And Coldplay. It's a box set of 7" vinyl cuts of the new War Child compilation 'Heroes'. And you can bid for it right now.

The two shows at Croke Park in Dublin sold out in record time - a third night has been added, on July 27th.

'It really works.' says Bono, 'It creates this real physical proximity to the crowd.' Rolling Stone on Willie Williams' design for U2 U2 360°.

The band will play a second night at both the Stade de France in Paris (July 12th) and Wembley Stadium in London (Aug 15th).

Shows in Chicago, Toronto, Boston and New York go on sale at the end of this week. Tomorrow, Tuesday, our U2.com subscribers can enter the presale.

If you're one of our U2.com subscribers planning on getting to the opening night of the tour, first day of presales is underway. Here's the detail.

Tickets for the opening night of U2 360° in Barcelona go on sale next week - and tomorrow our presale for U2.com subscribers begins.

The band are back in Fes, Morocco where they began writing much of No Line on the Horizon. This time they're shooting a video for the upcoming single, Magnificent. Catch our clip.

The new single will be 'Magnificent' and turns out our friends in Coldplay are ahead of the game. They've been playing it nightly before they come on stage on their current tour.

At the end of this week another nine shows for U2 360° will go on sale: Dublin (two dates), Paris, Nice, Chorzow, London, Glasgow, Sheffield and Cardiff.

Playing in London at the BBC for tonight's Comic Relief.

'What a great feeling this last couple of weeks, meeting our audience again...' Video diary from Bono, after a great final night in Boston.