As we reported earlier this week, the indestructible juggernaut that is U2 is already planning to release a new album in early 2011, despite the overwhelming not gooditude of last year’s No Line on the Horizon (aka No Editor in the Studio).  What we didn’t know at the time is that the upcoming release is only the first of—sweet, sweet Jesus—three new albums that Bono and Co. have planned for our poor, defenseless and Joshua Tree-missing ears.

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In sports, a seemingly minor injury can have a lasting impact on the player’s productivity for seasons after it occurs. But in music, there are only a few rare cases where an injury, outside of drugs and death, has caused a band to breakup or a career to end. U2 should be optimistic after Bono‘s back injury forced the Irish legends to cancel their American tour and Glastonbury headlining appearance. In fact, the pop stars have already completed a string of dates in Europe and are planning ahead for 2011.

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Julie Taymor, director of the upcoming Spider-man musical with music by U2, Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark (sweet, sweet Jesus), spoke about U2’s music for the show today on Good Morning America (because if there is one thing America is clamoring for, it’s a Broadway musical about a teenage boy bitten by a radioactive spider and who develops the ability to spray webbing all over New York, backed with music by modern day – a.k.a. not good – U2).  Speaking about Bono and the Edge’s tunes for the show, Taymor did slip in a bit of good news: it doesn’t sound like U2.

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With Bono on the mend, the U2 360° Tour dates in the US, which were postponed due to the singer’s emergency back surgery, have all been rescheduled for Spring/Summer 2011. They should call the new shows Return of the Claw, a nod to the obscenely massive stage design accompanying U2 on their trek around the world on the 360° Tour.

The North American tour begins May 21 next year at Invesco Field in Denver and ends on July 23 in Minneapolis. The 2010 European tour, which has not been affected, begins as scheduled on August 6th in Turin.

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Who would have thought that one bad back would throw everything askew? Bono‘s back is causing some major trouble for the super-sexy NYC band Interpol. A few days ago, we told you guys that U2 was forced to cancel their Glastonbury gig, plus their 16-date U.S. tour due to Bono’s recent emergency surgery. Consequence of Sound tells that Interpol, being U2′s support throughout the tour, has also been forced to pull some shows. Continue Reading

Due to Bono’s back surgery last week — you don’t think it gets any easier to carry the weight of the world and that ego once you’re over the hill, do you? — U2 has been forced to postpone or cancel several upcoming gigs, including a headlining slot in England’s Glastonbury festival.  Glastonbury’s response?  Replace one increasingly cartoonish band with a literal cartoon band: Gorillaz.

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Because of Bono’s recent emergency surgery, following a back injury, U2 have been forced to cancel their Glastonbury headline gig, plus postpone their 16-date U.S. tour until 2011. In order to fully recover, Bono is under doctor’s orders to start a rehabilitation program and to recuperate for at least eight weeks.

The Glastonbury cancellation is the real bummer here; the band was set to headline the Pyramid Stage on June 25. No replacement has yet been named, but now there’s a mad dash to find a big name act to take U2′s spot.

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Because the weight of the world can get awfully heavy sometimes, not to mention the ego, all of the opaque wraparound shades, and the guilt of releasing every post And All That You Can’t Leave Behind album (comments wall, I don’t care what you say, those albums are terrible), Billboard reports that U2’s Bono underwent emergency back surgery in Munich today.

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George Clooney‘s calendar is on-lock these days and with good reason. Last night the actor graced the Beverly Hilton Hotel with his presence at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards and now he’s getting ready for the “Hope for Haiti” benefit.

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