Magnificent, the second single taken from U2’s No Line On The Horizon, will be released on May 4th.  The UK single will come on 7" vinyl and digitally.  Pre-order the 7" from HMV here
No Line On The Horizon was released on March 2nd and has since topped charts in 30 major territories around the world.
The band will play Europe and North America this year, and the U2 360° Tour is set to open in Barcelona on June 30th, ahead of UK dates at Wembley Stadium in London, Don Valley in Sheffield, Hampden Park in Glasgow and Millennium Stadium Cardiff in August.

After selling more than two and half million tickets for their forthcoming tour U2 have announced a string of further US dates. The dates which have been announced are :
Chicago, IL Soldier Field (September 12, 13)
Toronto, ON Rogers Centre (16. 17)
Foxboro, MA Gillette Stadium (20, 21)
East Rutherford, NY Giants Stadium (24, 25)
Washington, DC FedEx Field (29)
Charlottesville, VA Scott Stadium (October 1)
Raleigh, NC Carter Finlay Stadium (3)
Atlanta, GA Georgia Dome (6)
Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium (9)
Dallas, TX New Cowboys Stadium (12)
Houston, TX Reliant Stadium (14)
Norman, Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (18)
Phoenix, AZ University of Phoenix Stadium (20)
Las Vegas, NV Sam Boyd Stadium (23)
Pasadena, CA Rose Bowl (25)
Vancouver, BC BC Place Stadium (28)
 
The band’s UK dates begin Aug 14 at Wembley Stadium.

‘War Child: Heroes’ is an unprecedented collaboration between music’s most heralded legends and the finest current artists. War Child asked 15 ultimate icons to select a favourite song from their classic back catalogue and to nominate the new act they most trust to create a unique interpretation of that hand-picked track. These Limited edition 7” vinyl box-sets are very exclusive. They include 15 breath-taking cover versions. This box set is signed by Bono.
 
Following the War Child gig at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire on 18th February 2009 Bono very kindly signed some merchandise to auction off. To make a bid for this exclusive and collectable box set head to the Ward Child Ebay shop here.  
 
More about War Child at:
www.warchild.org.uk
www.warchildmusic.com 
www.myspace.com/warchildmusiccom

U2 were back in Fes, Morocco last week to begin shooting a video for their forthcoming new single ‘Magnificent’. Set to be released in May the video will once again be directed by Alex Courtes who directed the 'Get On Your Boots' video in London last year. Head over to U2.com for a couple of behind the scenes clips from the shoot and click here to watch the band performing ‘Magnificent’ earlier this month on the rooftop of BBC Broadcasting House.
 

The band have today confirmed that their U2 U2 360° Tour will open at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on 30th June. Sponsored by BlackBerry, it is the band's first stadium outing since the Vertigo Tour 05/06 and follows the release of their acclaimed album, No Line On The Horizon.
Their 12th studio album, No Line On The Horizon, is already number 1 in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Japan and the Czech Republic with further chart positions to be announced this week.
Produced by Live Nation Global Touring, U2 360° will visit 14 cities across Europe including dates in Milan, Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Nice, Dublin, Chorzow, Berlin, Gelsenkirchen, London, Sheffield and Glasgow before finishing at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on August 22.
The European tour will be followed by dates in North America beginning at Chicago's Soldier Field on September 12th, 2009.
Long-time U2 Show Director Willie Williams has worked again with architect Mark Fisher (ZooTV, PopMart, Elevation and Vertigo), to create an innovative 360° design which affords an unobstructed view for the audience. U2 360° also marks the first time a band has toured in stadiums with such a unique and original structure.
"U2 has always been at their best when surrounded by the audience, this staging takes a giant leap forward. With 85 percent of the tickets priced at less than 95 Euro, general admission floor tickets priced at 55 euro and at least 10,000 tickets at every venue priced at the 30 Euro price range, we have worked very hard to ensure that U2 fans can purchase a great priced ticket with a guaranteed great view" says U2's manager Paul McGuinness.
Arthur Fogel, CEO Global Touring/Chairman - Global Music Live Nation: "Following the overwhelming worldwide success of the Vertigo tour where every available ticket was sold, there is tremendous anticipation for this tour and to experience this revolutionary production. As usual fans will not be disappointed."
"This tour announcement marks the first stage of a relationship and shared vision between RIM and U2 that we expect will lead to new and innovative ways to enhance the mobile music experience on the BlackBerry platform for U2 fans," added Paul McGuinness. "We look forward to sharing more details as the relationship unfolds."
In keeping with their long-standing tradition, U2 will welcome a number of different support acts to the tour including Glasvegas, Elbow, Kaiser Chiefs, Snow Patrol and Black Eyed Peas with additional artists to be announced.
Tickets for U2 U2 360° performances in Milan and Gothenburg go on sale this Friday, March 13th. Tickets for the Amsterdam performance go on sale this Saturday, March 14th.
Full details of all dates and on-sale information as well as a virtual model of the unique production and seating positions can be found here.
U2 360° Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring.

U2 have landed their latest No 1 album with 'No Line On The Horizon’ whose release follows a plethora of 5 star album reviews from the likes of Q and Rolling Stone magazine. Meanwhile the album is on course for another spectacular entry this week in the US chart following the band’s massive promo tour which has seen the renaming of 53rd Street on NY as ‘U2 Way’ and a week long residency on The Late Show With David Letterman. Check out some youtube clips here.

U2’s brand new album ‘No Line On The Horizon’ is out now and the band have been all over the place promoting it’s release. If you’ve missed anything here’s another chance to catch up on a few bits:
Head to this special BBC mini site where you can see footage of the band’s BBC live rooftop performance, Radio 1 live Lounge,  Culture Show and Zane Lowe interview, plus you can hear Johnny Vaughn’s Capital radio interview here and watch the band at Absolute radio last week here 
Buy ‘No Line On The Horizon’ from iTunes here:

As the build up to the release of ‘No Line On The Horizon’ continues here’s a few of the places you’ll be able to hear the band over the next five days:
Tomorrow (Feb 26) catch Bono and Adam on Capital Radio being interviewed by Johnny Vaughan on the Breakfast Show (6-10am). Listen in London on 95.8FM or online here.
Also tomorrow (Feb 26) listen to Bono and Edge on Absolute Radio being interviewed by Christian O'Connell on the Breakfast Show (6-10am). Listen on 105.8FM or online here. 
Absolute are looking for listeners to submit questions for Bono and Edge as part of tomorrow’s interview. Click here to get involved.
Monday 2nd March XFM Edge interview with Ian Camfield (12-4pm). Again you can listen on (104.9FM) or online here 
Meanwhile check out  Bono and Edge being interviewed by Radio1’s Zane Lowe here on myspace now.