October is the second studio album by U2. It was released on 12 October 1981 by Island Records, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite. The recording sessions were complicated by Bono’s loss of a briefcase containing in-progress lyrics for the new songs, forcing a hurried, improvisational approach to completing the album on time. October was […]
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It was a trip down memory lane for U2 frontman Bono as he went back to his old school of Mount Temple comprehensive in Dublin’s Clontarf today. Gobsmacked sixth-year students were treated to a private audience with the world-famous popstar as he gave them all a lesson to remember. According to a student at the […]
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Bono is revealing the secret behind his 40-year marriage to Ali Hewson. On Friday, the singer was participating in an interview for the New Yorker Festival about his upcoming book, “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” at The Society For Ethical Culture in New York. It was there when a newlywed audience member asked how he’s […]
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34 years ago today, U2 released their hybrid live/studio album, Rattle and Hum. Following the major success of The Joshua Tree, the album was produced by Jimmy Iovine, and featured guest appearances from Bob Dylan and B.B. King. To mark the occasion, we’re revisiting the late, great Bill Graham’s original review of the classic album. […]
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U2 is joining forces with Irving and Jeffrey Azoff’s Full Stop Management after nearly 10 years with Madonna and Red Hot Chili Peppers manager Guy Oseary, sources tell Variety. A rep for Full Stop had no comment; the news was first reported by Hits. The group has not toured since completing its “Joshua Tree” anniversary […]
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U2 singer Bono will undertake a 14-city book tour in support of his forthcoming memoir “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” which is published on Nov. 1. Full dates appear below. The book tour, titled “Stories of Surrender” and produced by Live Nation, is billed as “An evening of words, music and some mischief…” The tour […]
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The performances will be the first dates of a multi-show residency by the band at the high-tech arena, which is slated to open in 2023. U2 will be the first group to perform at the MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas when the $1.8 billion arena opens next year, multiple sources tell Billboard. […]
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“We are firmly locked in the tower of song and working away on a bunch of new things,” said U2’s Edge, while working on a new song with bassist Adam Clayton. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of U2’s seventh album Achtung Baby, the band is already well into a follow-up to their 2017 release, Songs of […]
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The guitarist told Ciara’s Pink Sparkle Podcast he is “extremely thankful” that he has been able to lockdown at home in Dalkey. He’s been putting the time to good use too by working on new music. “I feel like one of the really fortunate ones,” he told host Ciara Lawrence. “I’m extremely thankful for the […]
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U2 band member The Edge has revealed that he was working on new material with Bono before the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on The Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 2, The Edge explained that he had to decide quickly where he was going to spend lockdown. ”I was actually working on some new songs with […]
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