The lead singer of U2 has been told by doctors to rest for two months following emergency back surgery and will now miss out on the start of the group’s US leg of their 360 Degree tour.
Bono was said to be “heartbroken” after pulling out of 17 US dates and Glastonbury festival in the UK, and now the problem may hit his bank balance too.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Bono and the band are covered by insurance but the cost of overheads and missed revenue could easily reach £100 million by the time he’s fit enough to perform again.”
Paul McGuinness, the manager of the Irish group - made up of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. - said: “If we play or not, touring still costs us £500,000 a day.”
Earlier this month bassist Adam Clayton admitted he and his bandmates would have been happy to put on a simpler tour, but Bono had other plans.
He said: “It was Bono’s vision. He’s that kind of performer. I think the rest of us would be happy to stand on an old beer crate but he’s the person working the stage.”
New tour dates are expected to be released later this week.
The rapper - whose new album `Thank Me Later’ includes collaborations with Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - deliberately set out to push the famous musicians out of their “comfort zones” and made them sound completely different to usual.
He told The Daily Star: “I tried to make everybody sound like a new artist. I wasn’t interested in having big name guests just for the sake of it. So Jay or Young Jeezy really stepped out of their comfort zone. Jay is rapping for like 32 bars and Jee’s on this song that samples Aaliyah. It’s moody, it’s not hard rap. Even Alicia does this phenomenal first song on the album called `Fireworks’. It’s not your usual Alicia.”
The 23-year-old rapper - whose record was produced by Kanye - loves the pressure which comes with working with such big names, and is already lining up more collaborations too.
He added: “It’s a good pressure. It’s great to be surrounded by those people because you realise that’s who you’re being pinned up against and at the very minimum you have to hold your own.
“When I was younger I was this huge Craig David fan. Now I’m working with Jamie from the XX, but my favourites are The Streets. I used to listen to The Streets all the time, that was my `go to’ rap guy. Dizzee’s dope too and White Lies are incredible.”
The ‘Solo’ singer has said that he enjoys listening to the ‘Hannah Montana’ star’s music and a whole host of other pop stars’ songs.
When questioned about his musical taste , he told ilikemusic.com: “Miley Cyrus. I like her song ‘When I Look At You’. A load of Drake. I’m still listening to some Michael Jackson stuff. Chris Brown. Lady GaGa, of course. A little bit of everything. Green Day for sure.”
Iyaz- whose real name Keidran Jones- had instant chart success with his first single ‘Reply’ going top five in both the UK and US – also admitted he never sits down to write songs and most of his material is penned on the “spur of the moment”.
He added: “Most of my songs are spur of the moment stuff. I have to be in the mood. Or if I do have a little idea I’ll record it onto my phone and wait until I get back into the studio.”
The singer was spotted by music maker Sean Kingston over MySpace and still takes tips from the ‘Beautiful Girls’ star.
He said: “Sleep when you die. No-one’s going to work harder for you than yourself, so you’ve got to always go out there and put your best foot forward at all times.”
Organisers of the three-day Chicago music event were so desperate to keep the ‘Poker Face’ hitmaker happy they shelled out $100,000 on a giant stage and an additional $150,000 on her production requirements.
Event organiser Perry Farrell told MTV: “We spent like $100,000 to give her a giant stage. We spent close to $150,000 to house the production she’s gonna do. And I say yeah, let’s do it.”
The 24-year-old ’Alejandro’ singer is known for her expensive stage shows and spent £52,000 on a bathtub for her performance of ‘Bad Romance’ on UK TV show ‘The X Factor’ last year.
It has also been reported that Gaga made a loss during her North American leg of her ‘Monster Ball’ tour and overspent by £2 million of her sold out tour.
Other acts performing at the Lollapalooza festival – which runs from August 6-8 - include The Strokes, Soundgarden, Green Day and Arcade Fire.
The event runs from the 6-8th August in Chicago.
The rapper - real name Costas Dinos Contostavlos – admitted in a new documentary that he never tells officers his real name and address if he is ever stopped and searched.
Speaking on ‘Being N-Dubz – which airs in the UK next week – he said: “Look at the feds - they used to be a big problem to us back in the day. These lot used to chase us anywhere we used to go. They still stop and search us, but you know what - do your job.
“Up to this day we still give the wrong name and address.”
The ‘Number One’ star also admitted to never paying train fares, adding: “For the first time we’re actually gonna pay and do this properly.”
While Dappy has confessed to bad behaviour, his bandmate and cousin Tulisa Contostavlos recently admitted she wants to be regarded as a good role model.
She said: “I want to be a good role model to girls. I want to show them that anything is possible and bring back morals that seem to have been forgotten.”
The American rapper and singer admits her latest song ‘Your Love Is My Drug’ is about being obsessed with someone, something she can relate to.
She told Sony Ericsson’s Pocket TV: “It’s a song about how when you’re in love with someone, and you start acting like a total idiot psycho. You know, just like stalking. Chain calling. Calling from other numbers.”
Asked whether or not she indulges in that behaviour, the 23-year-old hitmaker said: “Yeah… but not from my phone.”
Despite a penchant for developing unusual tactics to win men over, Kesha claims she hasn’t always been like that, and spent her school years being a “geek”.
She said: “I was a math geek. And a band nerd.”
The singer recently admitted she is less than pleasant to anyone who crosses her, and has given “dog s**t” as a gift to someone before.
She said: “You know what, sometimes I’ll walk my dogs and full bags full of massive dog s**t. Then I’ll wrap them as Christmas presents and give them to people.”
The 52-year-old ‘Kiss’ singer will be acknowledged at the ceremony’s 10th anniversary held in Los Angeles later this month.
In previous years, the award has been given to James Brown, Whitney Houston and Diana Ross.
President of programming, Stephen G. Hill said of the singer: “Prince is dynamic. Prince is genius. Prince is music.”
He also said that the evening would be celebrating the star’s “unique style”.
The show, which will take place on June 27th, will be presented by singer and actress Queen Latifah and will also include a performance from hip-hop rapper Kanye West.
Throughout his career Prince has become known for changing his name. In the past he has asked to be called The Artist Formerly Known As Prince (TAFKAP), The Artist, a symbol, His Royal Badness and The Purple One.
The ‘Back For Good’ hitmakers – whose month-long ‘Circus’ tour was the fastest-selling of all time, with all 650,000 tickets sold in less than four and a half hours – are reportedly getting together for a series of performances at the City of Manchester stadium in north-west England.
An insider revealed to The Sun newspaper: “The club are spending a fortune on a new state-of-the-art pitch. It combines plastic fibres with grass, which makes it very hard-wearing.
“Take That’s management have discussed dates for next June over a minimum of three nights across a weekend.”
The stadium – which is home to British Premier League soccer team Manchester City – hasn’t been used as a performance venue in three years, as the owners were concerned about the damage such events caused to the pitch.
It has not been confirmed whether Robbie Williams – who famously left the band in 1995 following a reported rift with bandmate Gary Barlow – will appear alongside the boyband if they do perform next summer.
However, in recent years the pair have patched up their differences, with Robbie joining the group for a one-off performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall for Children In Need in November 2009.
The 42-year-old frontman admits he is concerned that many of the guest artists who appear on the group’s current LP plastic beach will be unable to join them on stage at the world-famous music event in Somerset, South England, later this month.
He told Radio Times magazine: “I can’t expect everyone to traipse round the world with us all the time.”
However, he admitted he is hopeful Lou Reed - who sing with the band on `Some Kind of Nature’ - will be able to perform with them.
Rap artist Snoop Dogg - who is already appearing at the festival and also features on `Plastic Beach’ - as well as former Happy Mondays star Shaun Rider, who voiced Gorillaz’ hit `Dare’, are also hoped to appear alongside the cartoon group.
Damon - who reunited with his former Blur bandmates last year to headline Glastonbury - said Gorillaz will “come to life” at Glastonbury.
He explained: “Glastonbury is magical. Gorillaz will come to life on that stage, but we wish Bono all the best.”
Gorillaz were last-minute additions to the Glastonbury bill after headliners U2 were forced to pull out due to singer Bono suffering a spinal injury.
The groups join the likes of Guns N’ Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink 182 - who have already been confirmed to headline the main stage at the festival - and will play at both Richfield Avenue in Reading, South England, and Bramham Park in Leeds, North England.
Blood Red Shoes, Adam Green and Egyptian have also been added to the stage’s line-up at the sell-out event.
Festival organisers said : “The Festival Republic Stage is the place to see the headliners of tomorrow with the hottest up and coming names in music lined up for the Reading and Leeds Festival.”
Coldplay, Muse and Arctic Monkeys all performed on the stage at the beginning of their careers, while in more recent years tithas played host to Florence and the Machine, Hot Chip and La Roux.
More than 150 acts will showcase their talents at the three-day event, which runs from August 27 to 29.
