May 09, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Yesterday, U2’s Bono & The Edge performed a surprise concert in Lyiv, Ukraine at a bomb shelter inside of a subway station. They performed the songs “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “Angel Of Harlem,” “With Or Without You,” and “Desire.” They also performed a cover of Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” with Taras Topolya, a Ukrainian soldier and member of the band Antytila. More

Dec 17, 2021 By Mark Redfern

For the seventh and final installment of our 2021 Holiday Gift Guide we feature reissues, box sets, and vinyl. Included are a lot of nicely packaged vinyl soundtracks from Mondo and others, as well as reissues of albums by Supergrass, U2, The Rolling Stones, Nirvana, and The Doors. There’s plenty to choose from for last minute gifts for music fans and movie buffs. More

Nov 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

U2 have teamed up with Indian musician A.R. Rahman for the new song “Ahimsa.” It is being shared ahead of U2’s first ever performance in India, on December 15 as part of their tour performing their classic 1987 album The Joshua Tree. More

Jun 04, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

U2 released a new album, Songs of Experience, last fall. Now they have shared a new remix of “Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way” by Beck. More

Jan 19, 2018 By Stephen Mayne

This week we’re joined by Nate Lacy from Mimicking Birds who talks the wonders and dangers of nature, plus we have medicals, shutdowns, presidential racism, and a sad loss. More

Jan 18, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

U2 released a new album, Songs of Experience, last fall. Now they have shared a video for “Get Out of Your Own Way.” Israeli graffiti collective Broken Fingaz Crew directed the animated video, which doubles as social commentary and features, among other things, the Klu Klux Klan (aka KKK) outside the Oval Office window at the White House, as President Trump opens the curtains on them. More

Dec 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

U2 released a new album, Songs of Experience, at the start of the month. Now they have done a session for Spotify where they performed the album’s “The Little Things That You Give Away.” More

Nov 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

U2 are releasing a new album, Songs of Experience, on December 1. Now they have shared another song from it, “American Soul,” which features Kendrick Lamar. It’s essentially a rework of “XXX,” a song on Lamar’s DAMN. album from earlier this year that featured U2. Listen below. More

Nov 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

U2 are releasing a new album, Songs of Experience, on December 1. Now they have shared another song from it, “Get Out of Your Own Way,” which features a spoken word verse from Kendrick Lamar at the end. More

Sep 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

U2 are releasing a new album, Songs of Experience, on December 1. Previously they shared a lyric video for the album’s first official single, “You’re the Best Thing About Me.” Now the song has a full on video. More

Sep 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

U2 are releasing a new album, Songs of Experience, on December 1. They are also currently on tour performing their classic 1987 album The Joshua Tree in honor of its 30th anniversary. Last night the band stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform two songs: recent single “You’re the Best Thing About Me” (from Songs of Experience) and Joshua Tree‘s “Bullet the Blue Sky.” More

Sep 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

U2 have shared a lyric video for a brand new song, “You’re the Best Thing About Me.” It’s the first official single from their upcoming new album, Songs of Experience (its exact release date hasn’t been announced yet). More

Aug 30, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

U2 have shared a live video for a new song, “The Blackout.” It’s the second taste of their upcoming new album, Songs of Experience (its exact release date hasn’t been announced yet). The video was shared via Facebook More

May 24, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

U2 are currently on tour performing their classic 1987 album The Joshua Tree in honor of its 30th anniversary. Last night the Irish band stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live for an extensive interview and a surprise performance of The Joshua Tree classic “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” More

Apr 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Kendrick Lamar has officially announced a new album, after teasing it last week. It’s entitled DAMN. and is due out this Friday (April 14) via Aftermath/Interscope/Top Dawg. The album features guest appearances from U2 (on “XXX.”) and Rihanna (on “LOYALTY.”). More

Jan 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Eagles of Death Metal were playing the Le Bataclan venue on November 13, 2015 in Paris when ISIS terrorists stormed it, shot into the crowd, and took hostages, in what instantly became a tragic international news story (89 people died). More

Jan 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Bonnaroo have announced their 2017 lineup. The festival goes down in Manchester, Tennessee from June 8-11 and this year, their 16th year, the lineup includes U2 performing The Joshua Tree (which was announced on Monday), More

Jan 09, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

U2 are one of those rare classic bands from the ‘80s that have maintained the same complete original lineup and have never broken up and reformed. More

Jul 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Alicia Keys and the We Are Here Movement have spearheaded a new video in collaboration with Mic called “23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are Black in America.” More

Jan 27, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Both Bono and Trent Reznor have shared their memories of David Bowie in the new issue of Rolling Stone, which has a big tribute to Bowie in there. More

Dec 07, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

On Friday we reported (via Billboard) that Eagles of Death Metal would be joining U2 in Paris at one of their two shows, either last night or tonight. Then yesterday U2 said Eagles of Death Metal were not performing with them and last night indeed they didn’t (Patti Smith was the guest instead). But tonight’s show was another story, Eagles of Death Metal did indeed appear at U2’s show at the AccorHotels Arena. More

Dec 04, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Update (Sunday December 6): U2 has issued a statement on their website denying that Eagles of Death Metal are performing with them: ‎“We’re back in Paris and it’s great to be here. Some people have been saying that Eagles of Death Metal will appear on stage with U2 tonight. This is not the case. We have another surprise guest planned for tonight’s show.‎” More

Jul 31, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The U2 fansite @U2 had a party on Wednesday night to celebrate their 20th anniversary and the U2 covers band Unforgettable Fire performed. More

Jul 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

U2 has shared a video/short film for “Song For Someone.” It stars Woody Harrelson as a convict who is released from jail and is met by his daughter, who he hasn’t seen in years. Harrelson’s own real life daughter, Zoe Harrelson, plays the daughter. More

Dec 09, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Recently announcing their international tour “iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE” in support of their newest album Songs of Innocence, U2 have already decided to provide a hefty expansion of their itinerary. More

Dec 08, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Just as Sigur Rós had done with their 2012 album Valtari, U2 have enlisted a series of film artists to interpret the material from their lastest album Songs of Innocence into a number of visual companion pieces. More

Nov 19, 2014 By Cody Ray Shafer

U2 frontman Bono was involved in a cycling accident over the weekend in New York City, leading to the band cancelling their week-long residency at The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. Details of the singer’s injuries are now being reported, and according to Dean Lorich, the surgeon who treated Bono, his injuries were severe and he will require “intensive and progressive therapy,” though he is expected to make a full recovery. More

Nov 17, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

In an effort to battle the ongoing outbreak of Ebola, numerous musical artists have contributed to a brand new rendition of the classic charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” for Band Aid 30. More

Nov 04, 2014 By Dan Lucas

Welcome to Ranked, our recurring series in which one of our writers takes an artist’s catalogue and ranks all of their official studio albums from most essential to least essential. The order is decided by the individual writer, rather than our editors. If you disagree with our ranking then please let us know in the comments section. This time Dan Lucas ranks U2.

Sep 26, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On Oct. 13 U2‘s newly released LP Songs of Innocence will be distributed in physical form, simultaneously ending the album’s free-download phase through Apple’s iTunes. More

Sep 12, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this week U2 surprised everyone by releasing their brand new album Songs of Innocence for free to anyone with an iTunes account. More

Sep 09, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

U2 have done a Radiohead and, surprise, they’ve released a brand new album today. But unlike Radiohead’s pay-what-you-like experiment with In Rainbows, U2’s new album Songs of Innocence is available right now for free via iTunes. More

Mar 10, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Contradicting earlier reports that their album would be delayed until next year, a representative of U2 has revealed that the veteran band’s 13th full-length will still see release in 2014. More

Mar 07, 2014 By Laura Studarus

So, er…about that U2 album that we’ve all been looking forward to…(shuffles feet awkwardly) it’s been postponed until 2015. More

Feb 18, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Jimmy Fallon took over as host of The Tonight Show in grand style. More

Feb 03, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Last night during the Super Bowl U2 previewed “Invisible,” the first piece of new music off the band’s 13th studio album, due out this year. More

Dec 16, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last month U2 debuted “Ordinary Love,” the band’s first piece of new music since their 2009 album No Line on the Horizon. More

Nov 22, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

As previously reported U2 have a brand new song called “Ordinary Love” that will be featured on the soundtrack of the upcoming Nelson Mandela biopic Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. More

Oct 21, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Next month on Nov. 29 actor Idris Elba will take on the monumental task of portraying Nelson Mandela in a new biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Over the weekend a trailer for the forthcoming film premiered, including a brand new song from U2 titled “Ordinary Love.” More

Aug 04, 2011 By Laura Studarus

File it under “we’re all getting older.” Has it really be 20 years since U2’s Achtung Baby? (Answer: Yup!) In honor of the big 2-0, the band is putting out an anniversary addition of the 1991 album. More

Jun 19, 2011 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

On Friday, June 17, 2011, U2, performed at the Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA with support from Lenny Kravitz. Photographer, Wendy Lynch Redfern, was there to capture the action. Check out the full gallery. More

Apr 15, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Glastonbury is a huge British multi-day music festival and this year’s lineup is just as epic. The fest will again be at Pilton, England Worthy Farm on June 23-27, and the three major headliners are U2, Muse, and Stevie Wonder. More

Sep 11, 2014 By Dan Lucas

“They’ll never stop The Simpsons,” sang Dan Castellaneta at the end of “Gump Roast,” a critically slated clip show episode from the long-running cartoon. “Have no fear we’ve got ideas for years.” That was back in the series’ 13th season and it’s hard to argue that in the dozen years since that The Simpsons retains the cultural importance of its golden age, if any at all. More