U2 started out wanting to be the coolest band in the world - and they achieved it with their most sparkling song to ever top ...

Bono wrote a U2 classic from 'Achtung Baby' for Nina Simone, but it eventually became a special track for The Edge, who was going through a separation.

U2 has been a brotherhood since 1976. Through stadium sellouts, hundreds of millions of albums sold, questionable professional choices (PopMart Tour, anyone?) and expected musical squabbles, Bono, the ...

’Cause tonight, we can be as one. “Sunday Bloody Sunday” was always U2’s epistle to Ireland. The band witnessed the often violent conflicts unfolding between Irish nationalists and unionists from the ...

Looking back has never been U2’s thing. They were always about the future, or at least the present, craving to be the best and biggest band in the world. But with the release of Songs Of Surrender—a ...

With “Songs of Surrender,” an album of 40 reimagined songs, and “A Sort of Homecoming,” a documentary on Disney+, the Irish band pauses to reflect. By Jon Pareles For decades, U2 refused to rest on ...

Looks like Bono isn’t a big fan of his own band’s music. The Irish singer, 61, has been a part of U2 for 46 years, writing and singing many of the rock group’s hit singles. But it turns out Bono feels ...

While I was undergoing treatment to eradicate a tumor, listening to songs from the band’s long career became its own vital form of medicine. By Theodore Kim The radiation oncology department in the ...

Plenty of incredible rock tunes through the years have made it to the airwaves and live performances alike. However, some bands have opted to stop performing certain hits from their discography live.

The longevity of U2 makes it difficult to parse the full arc of its 43-year recording career. But it is possible to divide the group’s work roughly in half. In early 2001, touring behind the hugely ...