Lil Wayne invades Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart this week with tunes from his new album, Tha Carter VI. The hip-hop superstar is no stranger to appearing on the tally, which ranks the most consumed rap tracks throughout the United States — especially whenever fans flock to one project or another all at once. Wayne […]
Read MoreU2’s Bono reveals ’25 great songs’ for next album
U2 singer Bono revealed that the band has about ’25 great songs’ that they are working on for their next album. While long albums are not U2 singer Bono‘s thing, the band’s next one may feature some pretty “great” songs. Speaking to Apple Music, Bono pushed back against U2 guitarist The Edge’s claim that they […]
Read More“At the heart of our band is…three musicians. And a salesman”
Bono has given what he has insisted will be the last interview on the promotional cycle for his memoir Surrender and its spin-off Apple TV film Stories Of Surrender. It’s a wide-ranging conversation with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe during which the singer touches on his heart surgery, family and faith. He also talked about how […]
Read More‘Stories of Surrender Live’ EP drops alongside new documentary
Bono has released his new EP, ‘Stories of Surrender Live’, which coincides with the Apple Original Films documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender. This special edition release includes three live renditions of classic U2 songs: “Desire” from the 1988 album Rattle and Hum, “The Showman” off 2017’s Songs of Experience, and “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” originally featured […]
Read MoreU2: ‘We want to make the sound of the future’
BBC– It’s official. U2 are back in the studio making new music, after a gap of eight years. The four-piece had been on an extended break, as drummer Larry Mullen Jr recovered from neck surgery. Prompted by years of onstage damage to his “elbows, knees and neck”, it stopped him recording new material (2023’s Atomic […]
Read MoreDarlene Love says U2’s cover of her Christmas classic is best around
Darlene Love’s classic tune Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) has spurred numerous covers over the years, but to the singer herself, only one stands above the rest, she recently revealed. Speaking on the podcast Behind the Table, Love, 82, said U2’s rendition of her hit Christmas song is the best cover. “I have a connection […]
Read MoreBono says U2’s new album will be “an unreasonable guitar record” with “big choruses”
U2 frontman Bono has shared a further update on their forthcoming new album, reiterating that it will be “an unreasonable guitar record”. It comes over a year after he previously expressed his desire to release “a noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album”, citing AC/DC as an influence. Now in a new interview, he has also said […]
Read MoreWatch U2 Perform “Seconds” For The First Time Since 1985
While Achtung Baby is the centerpiece of U2’s game-changing Las Vegas residency, the band have been using the Sphere to revisit long-forgotten songs from their catalog. That continued Friday night as Bono and company dug out “Seconds” for the first time live since 1985. “A great Adam Clayton bassline that he has not played for […]
Read MoreLady Gaga Joins U2 for ‘Shallow’ and Other Duets at Las Vegas’ Sphere
U2 found what they were looking for in a duet partner Wednesday night at Sphere in Las Vegas, as Lady Gaga joined the group for duets on one of her songs, “Shallow,” and two of theirs, “All I Want Is You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” LADY GAGA & U2 🫶🏻 […]
Read MoreU2 Retakes Sole Possession of Adult Alternative Airplay Top 10 Record
With its jump into the top 10 of Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart dated Oct. 21, U2’s “Atomic City” gives the band sole possession of the most top 10s in the ranking’s 27-year history. “Atomic City” vaults 17-4 in its second week on the list, becoming U2’s 27th top 10. That breaks the Bono-led band […]
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