U2 have rarely been shy about plucking gems from their vault for reissues or reimagining existing material, and that trend will continue in November with the release of How To Re-Assemble An Atomic ...
When U2 wrapped up the decade with a series of homecoming gigs at the Point Depot in Dublin in December 1989, they had ...
Like many huge rock bands, U2 didn't emerge fully formed and ready for stardom. The group's very first meeting on Sept. 25, 1976, was casual at best – and wouldn't have happened at all without the ...
LAS VEGAS — You didn’t think Bono would allow himself to be outdone, did you? In a year of state-of-the-art pop spectacles by the likes of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift — and in a city that runs on glitz — ...
Having formed in 1976, the famous rock band U2 has had a flourishing career from the beginning. Establishing themselves as trailblazers in the genre of rock music throughout the '80s and '90s, U2 ...
U2 has a respected and admired career in rock 'n' roll, a type of music notorious for rewarding artists who sing about more base things than the world and one's place in it. The band — or in some ...
In the late 2000s, U2 embarked on the “U2 360” tour, so named because the band was playing stadiums in an in-the-round format. This weekend, the quartet kicks off a nearly three-month engagement in ...
Ryan Hahn photo: Erika Goldring/WireImage (via Getty Images); album cover: Island Records Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another ...
Chris Stafford became entranced with the music of Bono and U2 while watching the rock band on MTV in the 1980s. "I discovered the U2 (live) album, 'Under a Blood Red Sky,'" the 55-year-old Plain ...
As U2 released its first few albums in the early '80s, it was clear to a select few that the Irish rock group had the potential to be big. The band members knew it. Those early publicity stills are ...
Bono said he is "embarrassed" by U2's music. The musician said he also dislikes the band's name. "I do think U2 pushes out the boat on embarrassment quite a lot," he said. Bono has said that he ...