Blue beat U2 to top France honour
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Rock band U2 is honoured at France's NRJ Music Awards, but is beaten to a prize by boy band Blue.
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Heikki Kovalainen of Finland beat world rally champion Sebastien Loeb of France to win the Race of Champions on Saturday. Kovalainen downed Loeb 2-0 in a best-of-three legs final at Stade de France after overcoming
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PARIS: Monaco moved top of Ligue 1 after a late winner by striker Emmanuel Adebayor on Sunday sealed troubled Paris St Germainâs second consecutive home defeat.
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Sport: Football: James McFadden's spectacular goal gives Scots victory in France.
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U2 created an ambitious album that was ready to take on the world. The year also saw noteworthy records by Youssou N'Dour, Animal Collective, Bjork and others.
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U2 has added another item to their impressive list of accomplishments: the Irish rock band headed by lead singer Bono was selected for induction to the Rock&amp;Roll Hall of Fame yesterday as leaders of the class of 2005.
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Rock band Muse are named best British band at the NME Awards, while the Arctic Monkeys pick up two prizes.
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Award winning producer Steven Spielberg has another award to add to his collection, France&#39;s Legion of Honour medal. French President Jacques Chirac decorated Spielberg on Sunday with the country&#39;s highest
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They may already be the world's  biggest band, and Irish rockers U2 will add another accolade to  their sheaf of honors by joining the legends in the Rock and  Roll Hall of Fame next year, organizers said on Monday.
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Irish rockers U2 are set to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Organisers announced yesterday (13.12.04) the band - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr - will be honoured at the prestigious event in March, in New York.
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Rock act Lostprophets win best British band at the Kerrang! awards for the second year running.
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SAINT-DENIS, France -- Heikki Kovalainen of Finland beat world rally champion Sebastien Loeb of France to win the Race of Champions on Saturday.
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Don't play the innocent with me Midem There's another kind of pigopolist, U2's manager Paul McGuinness said today: the giant network operator who profits from music, but doesn't give anything back. McGuinness used a keynote slot at the world's biggest music festival in Cannes today to call for network operators to pay musicians a slice of the pie.â¦
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Irish rockers U2 have reached number one with the new single Vertigo - taken from their forthcoming album.
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Top-selling bands The Beatles, Oasis, U2 and Westlife go head-to-head in the album charts.
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Watching the Jonathan Woss Show last week, I was more than impressed with U2&#39;s fabulous live performance, thinking that the Irish supergroup were right back at the top of their form.
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France march confidently towards a Six Nations Grand Slam by coming from behind to win a thriller in Paris.