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Irish rock legends U2 have moved to warn fans not to be tricked by an online ticketing scam.

Adverts have appeared in the press and on various websites offering tickets for U2 gigs in London and Paris later this year, but the band insist they have no plans to perform live in 2007.

The band posted a message on their official website telling fans not to be fooled into buying tickets for shows that will never take place.

The message said: "Some fans have been in touch to let us know of adverts appearing in the press offering tickets for U2 shows in London and Paris this year.

"Take it from us, these adverts are a scam - there are no live plans for this year. Do not buy tickets for U2 shows unless you’ve read it here first."

The band wrapped up a mammoth world tour in Honolulu in December and are currently planning to head back into the studio to start work on the follow-up to 2004’s ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’.

The band hit the album chart again in November with their ‘U218 Singles’ collection and are currently in the top 40 with their latest single ‘Window In The Skies’.

OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — A clothing company founded by Irish rocker and humanitarian Bono and his wife has partnered with college students in Ohio on a business project they expect to roll out to other campuses around the world.

Students at Miami University’s Center for Social Entrepreneurship buy blank cotton T-shirts made in Africa and resell the shirts to other organizations. The students make some profit and provide a market to help build trade and employment in Africa.

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And you could snap it up if you’re rich enough

A guitar designed by Bono is to be auctioned off in aid of a children’s charity.

The U2 singer provides a centrepiece for the new Born To Rock exhibition at Harrods in London, which celebrates the history and influence of the electric guitar.

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NEW YORK (Billboard) - For U2’s Vertigo world tour, which wrapped December 9 in Honolulu, a number of tracks returned to the set list for the first time in decades, including "An Cat Dubh" and "The Electric Co."

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NEW YORK (Billboard) - You can’t blame U2’s concert promoter for wondering just how big the band’s Vertigo world tour could have been if it had simply kept on playing.

After all, not one ticket went unsold for the 131 shows on the trek, which began March 28, 2005, in San Diego and wrapped December 9 in front of 47,000 fans at Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium.

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