A blisteringly hot afternoon in Brussels with fans arriving and the band sound checking. Just a few hours before the European tour ...

The band played a complete set behind closed doors at the King Baudouin Stadium tonight.

The band are in Brussels, the production is built and rehearsals are underway. The weather is sensational in Brussels as crew and band put the new production through its paces ahead of the first open air show tomorrow night.

Got tickets for Manchester on June 14th ? If you do, your luck is in - The Bravery will be opening up that night.

Exclusive shots from inside the European build for Vertigo '05.

We've just posted audio-clips of the new single - as well a bunch of b-side

U2's new single, 'City of Blinding Lights', is released in the UK today. (At HMV all three formats are on ...

New live performance of City Of Blinding Lights, exclusive to U2.Com Subscribers.

The Music are the latest act to announce they will join U2 for dates on the European leg.

U2 are among a stellar cast of acts set to take part in Live 8 aiming to raise awareness of global poverty.

Set list from Boston....
Love and Peace
Vertigo
Elevation

MTV News have had a crew on the road with U2 this week.

Another rocking night with the 'sexy people' of Boston. From the moment the confetti started falling across a shimmering stage for City of Blinding Lights

That was the view of the Boston Herald after Tuesday's first show in the city.

The mobile phone is the modern cigarette lighter for appreciative fans - but far more powerful.

A city of pouring wind and rain became a city of blinding lights for opening show of three in Boston.

Nearly a thousand fans showed up to catch sight of Bono at a Boston bookstore this afternoon.

Looks like Bono is set to turn up at Barnes and Noble in Boston this afternoon !

As we reported ...

Philadelphia was beautiful again last night. Arcade Fire's Wake Up fades out and a disembodied voice - 'everyone, everyone, everyone' - fades up, five huge burning red lamps lift off into the roof of the stage as a single orange spot plays on The Edge.

Michka Assayas will be in Boston this Tuesday, signing copies of his new book 'BONO:IN CONVERSATION WITH MICHKA ASSAYAS' ...

Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, was among a pretty high-powered guest list at last night's New York show.

It's one of the most unusual books in the canon of U2 literature.
French journalist Michka Assayas has recently published an extended series of conversations with Bono.

A secret film shoot with Leonard Cohen in New York.

They hardly ever get a day off but yesterday, in between ...

Wake up to U2 playing live tomorrow morning on 'Good Morning America'.

Snapshots from the first night in New Jersey.