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Covered, the unique covers album of U2’s seminal Achtung Baby, featuring Nine Inch Nails, Patti Smith, Depeche Mode, Jack White, the Killers, and others, is available for download exclusively on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com), with all proceeds to benefit Concern Worldwide’s work in famine-stricken areas of East Africa.

U2 performed “Boy Falls From the Sky” from the new Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, in Portugal last weekend, and a Youtube video of the act has gone viral on the internet.

U2 played their first ever Russian concert last week as part of their 360 Degree world tour.

Madonna celebrated her 52nd birthday in London at the weekend with family and a few celebrity friends.

U2 will be rescheduling its North American tour, following Bono’s recent back injury that required surgery.

Singer Bono and Wyclef Jean awarded the 2009 Ripple of Hope Award.