U2 is inching to a bonafide announcement about this series at The MSG Sphere we’ve been tracking for the past few months. The Edge has reportedly been sharing some renderings of the show with actor and “SmartLess” podcast host Sean Hayes. And Bono has both teased to and denied the Vegas residency in that podcast, […]
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Disney+ has announced a new U2 documentary in which viewers will see broadcaster David Letterman travel to Dublin for the first time to hang out with Bono and The Edge. And why not? Letterman will experience the Irish capital and “join the two U2 musicians for a concert performance unlike any they’ve done before”. Says […]
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The band are releasing Songs of Surrender on St Patrick’s Day. Fans are already arguing about the wisdom of rerecording Pride and other classics Taylor Swift did it first. Now U2 are following suit. The Dubliners have released an all-new recording of their 1984 single Pride (In the Name of Love). It’s a taster for […]
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U2 is set to release a new album of old material. The Irish rockers just announced they’re dropping Songs Of Surrender, featuring “40 Songs. Reimagined and rerecorded,” on March 17, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. The album appears to be inspired by Bono’s recently released biography, Surrender: 40 Songs; One Story. Based on […]
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(Note: Links are in bold text.) The annual A Very U2 Christmas series was born out of an interest in curating all things U2 for the holiday season — mostly, their Christmas and winter-inspired songs. But over time, it’s evolved into a “where U2 has been this Christmas/year’s end” project. Unfortunately, there’s one problem with […]
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SAN FRANCISCO — It might at first not be apparent why Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti factors so much in “Stories of Surrender,” the stage show by Bono that the U2 frontman brought to the Orpheum Theatre Saturday night. But Pavarotti’s presence hung thick in the air because he was one of the few things Bono […]
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Dublin rock supergroup U2 has been awarded one of America’s most prestigious cultural awards, a Kennedy Center Honor. Every year since 1978, the John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts – a large cultural centre in Washington DC dedicated to President John F. Kennedy as a “living memorial” – honours five people who have […]
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Could U2 do its Las Vegas residency next year without Larry Mullen Jr. on drums? Fans are left wondering after the 61-year-old musician told The Washington Post he needs to undergo surgery. Geoff Edgers wrote: “He’s blunt — he says if the band plays live in 2023 it will probably be without him, as he […]
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U2 DRUMMER Larry Mullen Jr is said to be requiring surgery to be able to continue to play live in 2023, with the band considering playing without him. Speaking to The Washington Post in his first interview in seven years, the 61-year-old is reportedly suffering the effects of a lifetime playing the drums. A passage […]
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Anyone hoping that 2023 will bring a tour from U2, which last hit the road in 2019, may be in for some disappointment. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. says in a new interview that if U2 did tour next year, it would be without him, as he faces surgery that he expects to take him out […]
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