Here’s some more random U2 news for your Tuesday….

Dotmusic is reporting that it is unlikely that U2 will ever play the Glastonbury Festival:
“Michael Eavis has labelled U2 “blighters” and revealed it’s unlikely they’ll ever play the Glastonbury Festival.The festival head honcho is said to have spoken about the ongoing discussions he held with the Irish rock legends about playing last month’s event at the Port Eliot literary festival recently.Eavis apparently claimed Bono and co, who were on a world tour at the time of this year’s Glastonbury, “really mucked me about”, as he sought to finalise the bill, reports Playlouder.Eavis also revealed that in the days before the ring of steel that now circles the Somerset site, he used to let people into the festival for free, rather than see them locked out.He explained: “I used to go round the festival in the middle of the night and remove panels to let people in. Better in than out, I thought we had loads of space. I did it at 2am.”The Glastonbury Festival takes a year off in 2006.” The story can be found: http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/050726/340/fo6l9.html&e=l_news_dm

A writer for the Salt Lake Tribune reported on a recent U2 show in Paris suggesting it’s a sneek peek for the band’s SLC show in December. The full story can be found here. (note: the link will only work for 14 days).

Contactmusic has a story about how U2 has really angered Sir Elton John:
“SIR ELTON JOHN is reportedly furious U2 have refused to have any part in a charity album he is producing for his Aids foundation. The ROCKET MAN star was keen to feature the Irish rockers’ 1980s hit NEW YEAR’S DAY on the star-studded release - which is set to feature MORRISSEY and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - but BONO stunned John with the snub.
An insider tells British newspaper the Sunday Mirror, “Elton is livid. He can’t believe U2 refused to give permission to use New Year’s Day. He thinks it’s really bad form. “Bono was one of the main protagonists for Live 8 and the Make Poverty History campaign which Elton was happy to do because it was such a brilliant cause. “So you can imagine he was amazed - and a little let down to say the least.” The story can be found here.

Neil McCormick’s July 19th column talks about writing a song in reaction to the London bombings and all he did to get it out to folks for charity. He writes:
“I am not a rock star who commands the world’s attention, just a music journalist with a sideline as an obscure recording artist (operating under the pseudonym The Ghost Who Walks). I wasn’t sure what to do next, but I felt Bono was right when he insisted that it was a song whose time had come. He was still in Edinburgh on his quest to end extreme poverty, however, after which he was about to have his first break with his family in six months. It was too much to expect him to get on board another campaign, so I took a deep breath and started calling everybody I knew in the music business.” The full article can be found here.

(As a side note, his I Was Bono’s Doppelganger book has been reprinted in the UK thanks to popular demand. If you haven’t bought it yet - run…don’t walk…run to your bookstore and buy it! It’s fantastic! You can check out the @U2 coverage of it here: http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=3479 , http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=3480 , and http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=3484)