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EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKThe Brits: The most-awarded acts of all time
The 10 titans of the raucous awards show.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKEd Sheeran tipped to become first British billionaire musician
The star is currently 10th in the Sunday Times Music Rich List - with Sir Paul McCartney in first place.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKU2's 'The Joshua Tree' voted best album of the 1980s
The band managed to beat out 80s heavyweights including Michael Jackson and Madonna to be named no.1.
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKBono's actress daughter Eve Hewson claims his fame was a hindrance to her career
The star of new BBC drama 'The Luminaries' said having a rockstar dad meant people questioned how she had got her foot in the door.
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKBoy George reveals why Culture Club did not perform at Live Aid
The singer said they had initially been asked, but he was 'otherwise engaged chemically'
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKU2 rocker The Edge loses latest battle to build Malibu mansions
The Edge has been hit with a setback in his plan for a lavish development overlooking the Pacific.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKBono is the least deserving of a knighthood, according to new poll
The U2 frontman topped the poll conducted for TV Channel, History.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKBono claims he almost died but doesn't want to talk about it
The U2 frontman nearly died once but won't say how.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKU2 postpone concert for 90 minutes so fans can watch a football match
Bono and co. had their fans' best interests at heart.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKU2 and Ed Sheeran cancel shows over security fears
Police were injured and dozens of protestors arrested during the unrest in St. Louis over the weekend.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKU2's Adam Clayton thanks Bono, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. for helping him beat 'devastating' alcoholism
Adam Clayton has thanked his U2 bandmates Bono, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. for their support and loyalty as he overcame alcoholism. The 57-year-old bassist checked into rehab in the early 1990s to get help for his drink problem but has praised his group for their unwavering support and their policy that it was all of them or none of them as they moved forward with their careers.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UK10 Artists who were accused of stealing music
Plagiarism is a bit of a taboo subject within the music industry. Some say it is unavoidable since there are only so many notes on a piano and chord shapes on a guitar. But others will swear blind that using a riff, melody, or tone of another artist’s song is stealing, ripping, robbing and thiefing and is unequivocally wrong.Either way, it can take years and even decades for a jury to decide who is right and so many warring musicians settle out of court.Take a look at these big name artists whose names of have been dragged through the dirt after they were accused of stealing music.The writing duo won a copyright infringement case for their 1999 hit, which features flute notes sampled from an Egyptian composer. It was their first major single, and the composer’s heir tried to pursue a claim for ownership of the track but US District Judge Christian Snyder dismissed his case. Baligh Hamdi’s 1957 song ‘Khosara Khosara’ is repeated throughout ‘Big Pimpin’ and the case took amost a decade to be settled. (Photo: BFA / Hagop Kalaidjian) The 35-year-old singer is currently facing legal action over her hit song ‘Formation’ from the family of the late YouTuber Messy Mya, who claim she used samples taken from videos made by the rising YouTube star who was shot dead in 2010. According to Forbes, the family are seeking $20million. (Photo: Getty Images)
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKBono and U2 accused of 'stealing' song for Achtung Baby album
A British songwriter and guitarist has alleged that Bono stole one of his songs when writing a track for U2. In a lawsuit filed in a Manhattan federal court, Paul Rose states U2 heard his song Nae Slappin in 1989 after he submitted a demo of the track to their label Island Records. The Fly featured on their 1991 album Achtung Baby and Mr Rose believes the band were looking elsewhere for inspiration and used his song at a time when they were keen to reinvent themselves.
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Judicial Watch president on Hillary Clinton emails and Clinton Foundation connections
On Aug. 23, 2016, Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, spoke to Yahoo News Guest Host Stephanie Sy about its release of emails between then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's aides and aides at the Clinton Foundation. Fitton also addressed the newly uncovered Clinton emails found in the FBI investigation and the upcoming written questions the group will ask Clinton under oath about her private email server.
NewsMichael AllenU2 Have 50 Songs For Their New Album – Including A Shortlist Of 20
U2’s guitarist The Edge has revealed the group is working on their 14th LP and have 50 new songs to choose from.
NewsStephanie SoteriouU2 Bought Eagles Of Death Metal New Phones After Paris Attack
Most of the killings took place at an Eagles of Death Metal concert at the Bataclan theatre, where terrorists opened fire and killed 89 concert-goers at the gig. The band managed to escape the attack unscathed, but have understandably been left shaken, and Irish band U2 wanted to do whatever they could to help their fellow rockers. Speaking to New York Times magazine U2 frontman, Bono, explained: “We left the next evening - we had a plane, which we put at the Eagles’ use if they wanted it, but they found another way.
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