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U2
Does U2 still matter?
With Bono musing about retirement, we asked music industry veterans if they’d miss the Irish foursome
Scenes from the opening night of TIFF
The festival gets underway with premiere of Davis Guggenheim’s U2 doc
TIFF sports: Brad Pitt hits a homer; ex-Hab hits doc rehab
Pitt finally shines with the lustre of a latter-day Warren Beatty or Robert Redford
If rock’s not dead, it’s on life support
Good luck finding a top-grossing act these days with a young lead singer
The method man
A memoir, a Neil Young CD: Daniel Lanois is back. Jonathon Gatehouse on the legend’s search for pure sound.
The sporting case for the Grammy Awards
The Grammys are to pop music what the Super Bowl is to sports
A Welshman and two Irish lads go to the Masonic Temple
Elvis Costello’s ’Spectacle’ returns tonight, with U2 in Toronto
Guy Laliberté’s space concert, Sarah Palin’s revenge, and a tribute for the Man in Black
Newsmakers of the week
What Bono says and what he does
There’s a well-documented reason the do-gooder can’t put his money where his mouth is