Dennis Sheehan, who served as U2’s tour manager for over thirty years, was found dead today in a Los Angeles hotel room. His death followed the first in a five-concert run for U2 at Los Angeles’s Forum, and is the latest in a string of terrible disasters for the group, which appears to be suffering under a mysterious, powerful curse.

“U2 [you, too] had a painful accident?” (Bono speaking to The Edge.)

Benedict Cumberbatch: Will he photobomb you, like he photobombed U2 at the Oscars? No. Please? No. Please? No. Stop asking!

Sunglasses model Bono has admitted that, yes, dropping U2's new album Songs of Innocence on everyone's iPhones without their permission was probably not a very good idea. He's sorry about it.

Throughout the weekend writer Ray Lemoine and others will be contributing short bits of coverage to Defamer from the front lines of the Golden Globes party scene. This dispatch comes from Lindsay MaHarry.