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The 19 least sexy songs about sex of all time, from John Mayer to Katy Perry

THE COUNTDOWN : A playlist of guaranteed mood-killers, put together by Kevin E G Perry

The Independent UK

“Bono and I are working on some crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk music”: The Edge confirms new U2 activity, with Larry Mullen Jr back and Brian Eno "involved", is afoot

Band haven’t released a new album for seven years

MusicRadar

“Bono and I are working on some crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk music.” U2 guitarist The Edge says the band are recording with Brian Eno, but not on the “noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album” Bono promised

U2 are working on new music, but not the kind of raw, rowdy music they've been talking up over the past few years

Louder

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“Bono took me aside and asked if I was sure I wanted him to sing this line”: Bob Geldof remembers what the U2 singer said to him before he recorded his vocals on Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?

“I was able to say, this is not soggy liberalism; this is coded anger,” Geldof recalls

MusicRadar

'He is non the wiser': Eve Hewson steals dad Bono's expensive face cream

Eve Hewson has revealed her father Bono owns "really expensive" face cream but never uses it - so she helps herself.

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Eve Hewson gets her strong work ethic from father Bono

Eve Hewson says people didn't see the hard work going on behind the scenes and assume celebrities are just out there partying all the time.

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"Still stands as a rebuke to that period in which it was first heard": Bob Geldof announces new remixed version of Do They Know It’s Christmas for single’s 40th anniversary

But how effective will it be as a fundraiser?

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Band Aid back with new 40th anniversary mix of Do They Know It's Christmas?

Band Aid is back with the '2024 Ultimate Mix' to mark 40 years of the 'song that changed the world'.

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“You know the way drummers get, they get a bit weird when they start singing”: watch a drunk U2 completely rinse Phil Collins at an awards ceremony

The Genesis frontman was tasked with presenting to an inebriated Bono & co. in 1992 and they were in a cheeky mood

Louder

Unseen Band Aid footage set to air in Do They Know It's Christmas? documentary

Unseen footage from the very first Band Aid recording session for 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' will air in a new BBC documentary about the 1984 charity single.

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BBC to mark 40th anniversary of Band Aid single Do They Know It’s Christmas?

The chart-topping charity song brought together a number of British rock stars.

Evening Standard

'The Beatles were the worst musicians in the world': The best quotes from the life and times of Quincy Jones

The legendary music producer knew how to drop a name and – a bombshell – in press interviews

Evening Standard

“Bono said, ‘Everyone is blowing smoke up our arse, will you come watch a few shows and help us make it better?’”: Gavin Friday on how he became U2’s Creative Director

The former Virgin Prune and solo artist has been U2’s official Tell It Like It Is Correspondent since the mid-80s

Louder

Bono pays tribute to ‘rock progenitors’ Pixies as they release new album

Exclusive: Fellow musicians and famous fans praise the US band as they release ‘The Night the Zombies Came’, and celebrate the 35th anniversary of their album ‘Doolittle’

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MusicRadar

"You guys definitely have to be the first band into the Sphere, because this is the future": U2's live sound engineer on how he persuaded Bono and The Edge to be the Las Vegas Sphere's first resident band

"I tried my level best and I couldn't break it" Joe O'Herlihy on the prep behind U2's astounding residency

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iPhone 16 Pro, Apple Watch Series 10 and everything Apple announced at today's Apple Event

Watch today's Apple Event right here.

Louder

“I was sitting in a bar and a friend came in and said, Bono from U2 just phoned my mother trying to find you.” How Depeche Mode/Nine Inch Nails producer Flood got to work with U2, and why working with Brian Eno made him “reappraise everything”

When U2 came calling for British recording engineer Mark 'Flood' Ellis, he assumed it was an April Fool's joke

Louder

“He wasn’t like a mad scientist with all these live wires hanging around in the studio – the wires were all in his mind”: The prog credentials of pioneering producer Conny Plank

He helped create krautrock before his influence stretched round the progressive world via his belief that “craziness is something holy”

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Guitar World

“There were only two or three of those guitars created. Edge brought back what he had been working on and they smushed it all together”: How The Edge's guitar parts – and an ultra-rare modded Fender – helped save one of U2’s biggest hits

The Edge crafted his now-iconic lead lines on a uniquely modded Fender, and helped resurrect a song that was destined for the scrap heap

The Guardian - UK

Familiar faces but not all from politics: meet the surprise Labour ministers

Keir Starmer made some eye-catching new appointments, including a human rights barrister and a rehabilitation campaigner

The Guardian - UK

Heroes, superheroes, and someone who lost to a lettuce – take the Thursday quiz

15 questions, plus a few jokes, every Thursday, regardless of whether there is an election or not. How will you fare?

Louder

“We’re living in an insane asylum. I keep asking: where are the tough good guys?” The E Street Band, The Sopranos legend Little Steven fears for all our futures

Bruce Springsteen's right-hand man Stevie Van Zandt admits to being increasingly concerned about the state of the world

Louder

"I really believe that tonight we're going to make history": Before the giant lemons and irony, U2 put on one hell of a live show

Bono predicts a big future for U2 on Under A Blood Red Sky

MusicRadar

How to play Edge-style rhythm guitar with four unusual chords from U2 songs

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Louder

"Me, Bono and Bowie hijacked a Mini and drove to this restaurant where the Edge was to sing him Happy Birthday": What happened when we went record shopping with Joe Elliott

We gave Def Leppard's Joe Elliott £50

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