U2 News Archive (Group 1, Page 2)

✦ Was awarded Portugal's Order of Liberty to honor the band's humanitarian efforts (August 2005).
✦ The band members and their manager Paul McGuinness have been given the Ambassador Of Conscience Award by Amnesty International (Dec, 2005).
✦ Their "Vertigo" tour has been chosen as the Top-Grossing Trek of 2005, sold $260 million worth of tickets and drew more than 3 million people to 90 concerts.
✦ Ranked 2nd in Pollstar's list of Top-Grossing Tours of the Year 2005 with ticket sales income of $138.9 million in 78 shows from its Vertigo tour.
✦ Listed on the top position in the Rolling Stone's 5th-annual list of Biggest Moneymakers, collecting an estimated $154.2 million.