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The rock band Foo Fighters have canceled their European tour after drummer Taylor Hawkins was admitted to hospital, the group have said. A statement from the band on Tuesday said Hawkins was the victim of “overindulgence” at a weekend pop festival. Shows in Portugal, Edinburgh, London and Dublin have now been canceled. “Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was hospitalized yesterday morning after having apparently overindulged during festivities following the V2001 festival in Chelmsford, UK,” the statement said. “Hawkins is reported to be in a stable condition,” it said. The band was started by Dave Grohl, who was the drummer in… Read more »

Bono, lead singer of the Irish rock supergroup U2, is flying back to Dublin every night after the band’s concerts to be with his father, who is dying of cancer. At their weekend concert in London, the singer dedicated the song “Kite” from their latest album to his father, Bob Hewson. The song was originally written for his children but the singer said it now feels “like my father wrote it about me. It’s funny how things work out.” He then used the band’s private jet to fly back to Dublin to be at his bedside. Another new song, “In… Read more »

Rock superstars U2 launched their first U.S. tour in nearly four years in classic form in Florida Saturday night, treating 20,000 devoted, delirious fans to a crowd-pleasing mix of old and new songs delivered with their legendary energy free of the extravagances of their most recent tours. The Irish rockers hit the stage of the National Car Rental Center arena at Sunrise, near Miami, with the house lights still on and launched into a swinging “Elevation” for their new album “All That You Can’t Leave Behind”. For the next two hours they put on a performance in which the songs,… Read more »

Five member Ritchie Neville has pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk and disorderly and breaching the peace, following a bar brawl in DUBLIN last year. Neville’s arrest followed an incident at the Palace Bar in Dublin last December, while his band were in the city to undertake promotional duties. Fellow band member Jason Brown is also charged with assault relating to the incident. According to BBC news, Neville, who appeared in Dublin District Court today (March 26) under his real name Richard Dobson, pleaded guilty to the charges. He was ordered to pay a IR £3,000 fine to the… Read more »

The Irish government moved on Tuesday to fast-track new regulations on the licensing of outdoor rock concerts after tickets for a gig by Irish band U2 sold out in record time, to the anger of disappointed fans. Tickets for the concert, to be held outside Dublin on August 25, were snapped up in 45 minutes at the weekend resulting in furious scenes and a police presence as thwarted fans, many of whom had queued overnight, refused to disperse. Promoters want to stage a second U2 concert at the same venue – in the grounds of Slane Castle in County Meath… Read more »