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“We are turning the amps on... This will be Songs For Fighting!" U2 on the “unreasonable” guitar-heavy record they want to make next

Looking to come back with a bang, the next U2 album will be approached "with some petrol and some matches" according to frontman Bono

Louder

"Where menace meets magic": 6 legendary albums recorded at the iconic Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin

Bowie, Iggy, Bono, Stipe, Depeche and Sylvian all recorded their master works there. Thankfully not all together.

MusicRadar

Saved by the bell: How Adam Clayton took back route to the track

Had Adam Clayton been just a bit more diligent about his academic studies as a teenager, his life might have panned out somewhat differently.

The National (Scotland)

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“Despite what people might think, Radiohead are not rock” – Ed O’Brien explains why U2 can crank it up while he is trying to turn the volume down

After over three decades in the biz, O'Brien says he is fighting against stage volume, scaling down and embracing smaller tube amps in search of the sweet spot for his sound

MusicRadar

Tina Weymouth: “I know Bono used me to taunt Adam Clayton when U2 were starting out”

One of the bass world’s most influential female figures talks gender stereotypes and why her small stature was “almost like a dare to boys”

Guitar World

Musician suing U2 for €12 million over song he claims he wrote plans to appeal High Court ruling

Maurice Kiely is alleging that the song ‘A Man and A Woman’ was written by him in 1998, that he performed it for US model Cindy Crawford

Irish Mirror

U2’s Adam Clayton: “The bass has to either be sexy or aggressive, or it shouldn’t be there as far as I’m concerned”

The bassist for one of biggest rock bands of all time on cramming a stadium-ready rig into Fender’s first-ever signature bass amp, what prompted him to play an Ibanez on one of the group’s most iconic songs, and why he’s only just started exploring five-strings four decades into his career

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Watch Bono and the Edge perform reworked U2 classics using just an acoustic guitar and an Orange practice amp

U2 might have redefined the spectacle of a live rock show but the Edge and Bono were in their element playing stripped back acoustic tracks for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series

MusicRadar

U2 Songs of Surrender review – all the anthems, but smaller

In a typically grand gesture, 40 songs are picked by the band for muted acoustic treatments, with varying degrees of success

The Guardian - UK

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 12-18

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of March 12-18 include comedian Billy Crystal, bassist Adam Clayton of U2 and jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard

The Independent UK

Another war: how Sarajevo's musicians sang through a siege

Setting out to tell the story of Sarajevo's four-year siege in the 1990s, Nenad Sicin-Sain thought he was documenting Europe's last big war - only for Russia to invade Ukraine during filming, heightening the emotions of an already fraught project.

Reuters

U2 will launch Las Vegas residency this fall, but without one of its founding members

U2 is heading to Sin City for a residency inaugurating the Las Vegas skyline’s latest architectural feat: the MSG Sphere at the Venetian Resort.

Los Angeles Times

U2 Returning to Stage in Las Vegas, Minus One of Quartet

U2 is returning to the concert stage later this year for the first time since 2019 but without one of the original quartet, as drummer Larry Mullen Jr. is on the injured list. The band offered a hint about its reemergence on the biggest stage possible — in a commercial…

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U2 returning to stage in Las Vegas, minus one of quartet

U2 plans a return to the stage later this year in Las Vegas, minus one member of its original quartet

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Irish Mirror

U2's Adam Clayton rubbishes rumours Larry Mullen won't go on tour with them again

Mullen's revealed he had to undergo surgery to fix an injury caused by drumming

The Guardian - UK

Borat targets Trump, Ye and antisemitism at Kennedy Center Honors

Sacha Baron Cohen skit receives mixed response at ceremony for lifetime achievements in the arts

WEKU

U2, Gladys Knight, George Clooney among 2022 Kennedy Center honorees

Amy Grant, George Clooney, Gladys Knight, U2 and Tania León attended a dinner at the U.S. State Department and a gala tribute event. The 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors airs on CBS later this month.

Dublin Live

U2 drummer Larry Mullen reveals he will need surgery to continue performing

The band – Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry – are close to marking 46 years together

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The Guardian - UK

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono review – from Boy to Mandela

In his long but fascinating memoir, the self-confessed ‘speechifying’ U2 frontman isn’t shy of exploring the roots of his pomposity, faith and ‘white saviour’ activism

Dublin Live

Bono claims major Irish gangland figure plotted to kidnap his kids and IRA issued death threats

He also faced an assassination threat in America

WEKU

George Clooney and Gladys Knight are among the 2022 Kennedy Center honorees

The awards recognize a lifetime of achievement in the performing arts. This year they'll go to George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, Tania León and U2.

Manchester Evening News

Ian Evatt's verdict on if Bolton Wanderers' Amadou Bakayoko deserved red card vs Doncaster Rovers

The attacker was shown a yellow card for a heavy challenge on Adam Clayton

Irish Mirror

New Netflix drama set to tell the story behind U2’s early years as a band

U2 is made up of Bono on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, The Edge as lead guitarist, Adam Clayton on bass guitar and Larry Mullen on drums.

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