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Irish rockers U2 have broken the record for the biggest grossing tour with their latest trip on the road with the 360º tour.

Media mogul Simon Cowell has been told that he needs to slow down by hi mother who is concerned that his participation in five different television shows this year will be too much of a strain for the 51 year old.

Google continue to expand their portfolio of companies with their latest acquisition of Canadian firm Pushlife.

It is reported that Google bought the company for $25 million and the buy signals further commitment by Google to improve its offerings for music technology and apps for Android phones.

Two of the biggest names in pop and on Twitter, Britney Spears and Rihanna, have been teasing their fans with tweets between the two pop princesses about a possible collaboration.

Video sharing website YouTube is said to be receiving a cash injection of $100 million from Google, with the funds being used to revamp the entire service for users.

According to the Wall Street Journal YouTube is looking to expanding it's programming to include more original content which insiders hope could see the internet service take on traditional television channels.

The X Factor has a reputation for uncovering some of the best singing talent in the UK, however recent reports point to the makers of the show valuing looks over talent.

Increased sales at the high end of the smartphone market will help to push the number of cameraphones over the one billion mark during 2011 according to experts.

Research from Strategy Analytics has shown that by the end of the year the company is predicting that more than one billion cameraphones will have been bought.

A huge revamping of the Grammy Awards will see 31 award categories cut from the awards as organisers work to reduce the enormous structure of the music industry awards and celebrations.

It is one of the most well known true disaster stories of all time and now an award winning team will be bringing the story of the Titanic to the small screen in a new ITV mini series.

Irish rock legends U2 are said to be recording a new album that will have a distinctly “futuristic” sound according to RedOne.

RedOne, who is producing the latest album for the award winning act, confirmed to Billboard during an interview that he was working with U2 again and was collaborating in a project with the band.

Amanda Holden and her new judging partners David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre have begun the lengthy process of seeing all the Britain's Got Talent auditions and while some have been great there have been others that have failed to meet the mark by a long way.

Judges on the show were said to have felt “sickened" after one performer demonstrated his strange talent of nose vomiting.

The Kiss TV and radio networks will be taking on BBC Radio 1 head on as it launches its own chart across the UK featuring the best in dance, hip hop and R&B.

The Bauer Media group have announced that the Kiss UKHot40 Big Beats Chart will be aired on a weekly basis and is to be hosted from big name artists who appear in the charts.

The opening of a new flagship Burberry store in China will see organizers of an event to promote the opening of the store harnessing the best elements of British technology, music and fashion.

British rockers, Keane, are said to be taking part in the event which is due to take place in Beijing on April 13.

Canadian teen singing star Justin Bieber found fame back in 2007 when his video went viral on YouTube and now a very unlikely female look alike is also becoming an internet sensation.

It is reported that a formal announcement about the return of the show to Channel 5 will be announced later this week however insiders have revealed that the hit reality TV show will be making a come back this year.

For years HMV was one of the leading music retailers on the British high street, however changes in the ways that people now buy and listen to music have seen the company slump recently.

The biggest names on the internet are to be acknowledged at the first ever MTV O Awards to take place on April 28, with Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber being just two of the acts up for an award on the evening.

X Factor heartthrobs One Direction have announced that they will be releasing their debut single in June.

Speaking on the Alan Titchmarsh show on Monday the boys, who were finalists in the X Factor, confirmed that they were hoping to release their first single during the summer this year.

Music lovers will be able to join Sir Simon Rattle as he conducts the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra in a 3D cinema experience making it the first concert to be screened in 3D in the UK.

Il Divo, the international opera group will be given the first ever Artist of the Decade award at the upcoming Classic BRIT Awards to be held in London on May 12.

The four singers from Spain, Switzerland, the United States and France will be performing a new song at the show to celebrate the award which will be given to the group at the ceremony to be held at the Royal Albert Hall.

While Britney Spears wais to see if her newly released album Femme Fatale hits the top spots around the globe it is rumoured that the second single from the album, Till the World Ends will have not one but two videos to accompany it.