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U2 creating new experience with Sphere Las Vegas concerts

U2 is familiar with rocking out in major sporting arenas and stadiums, but the legendary band will soon hit the stage to create a new immersive concert experience inside a high-tech, globe-shaped venue in Las Vegas

The Independent UK

"We would write, record, and mix two or three songs a day": Youth on collaborating with Paul McCartney

"I'm known as a challenging producer, or so my manager tells me"

MusicRadar

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

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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

Guitar World

Duran Duran star hails Scots hero Alex Harvey as he pitches for band's second Bond theme

Roger Taylor spoke of his sadness U2's Larry Mullen Jr can't tour, but the band are recording new material with original guitarist Andy Taylor after his terminal cancer diagnosis.

Daily Record

‘We only agreed to do it if they shook hands’: Bono on the gig that helped end the Troubles

From Neil Hannon to Bertie Ahern, musicians, politicians and PR gurus recall the crucial part that a 1998 gig played in Northern Ireland’s peace process

The Guardian - UK

Daughter of U2 star The Edge marries in secret Ashford Castle wedding

Blue married husband Fiachra O'Shaughnessy at Ashford Castle last month

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Daughter of U2 rocker The Edge marries in secret Ashford Castle wedding ceremony

Daughter Blue, 34, wed consultant husband Fiachra O’Shaughnessy - with U2 frontman Bono in attendance

Irish Mirror

Ghost have recorded covers of classic songs by Rush, U2 and Misfits, plus a piano version of a Motorhead anthem

Tobias Forge originally conceived Ghost's forthcoming Phantomime EP as a full album, and the 'leftovers' include covers of songs by Motorhead, Rush, U2 and Misfits

Metal Hammer

The Edge's daughter opens up about tragic loss of baby son

Blue Angel Evans opened up about the sad death of baby Senan O’Shaughnessy Evans who passed away after nine days

Irish Mirror

Each generation in Northern Ireland has reflected on the 'troubles' in its own way – right up to 'Derry Girls'

A 9-year-old boy lies on the floor of a working-class rowhouse in Belfast, Northern Ireland, wondrously watching American Westerns on TV. Outside, though, the world’s gone mad. Broken glass and shattered masonry. Barricades go up. Rifle-toting soldiers patrol the streets.

The Conversation

U2 Belfast gig helped secure Yes vote in Good Friday Agreement – Durkan

“It created a positive image in those final few days"

Belfast Live

U2 concert in Belfast helped secure Yes vote in agreement referendum – Durkan

SDLP leader John Hume and UUP leader David Trimble appeared on stage with Bono just days before the vote.

The Independent UK

The Edge: "I'd like to be the vanguard of this resurgence of guitars!"

"We are turning the amps on," he says of next U2 album

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Louder

Bono has detected traces of Bob Marley in U2's new version of Sunday Bloody Sunday. No, really

Bono is on one again

Louder

Watch Bono go on a long apologetic rant about how amazing he is

U2 frontman Bono reads out a letter of apology about who he is in a recent interview: "I apologize for being a singer who will get in your face, whatever direction you’re looking"

MusicRadar

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

Louder

Bono & The Edge: A Sort Of Homecoming, With David Letterman: a revelatory, humanising look at U2's past and present

Disney+ documentary sees talk show legend David Letterman visit Dublin for an open-hearted look at U2's history and their hunger to explore new horizons

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The Guardian - UK

Bono finally admits to liking Abba. It’s a sure sign of maturity

The days of having ‘cool’ musical taste are over. Owning up to guilty listening pleasures is a joy in itself

WEKU

They performed with Bono and The Edge (after their parents told them who they are)

Or perhaps Bono and The Edge performed with them.

Tribune News Service

TV shows to watch: Adaption of Kate DiCamillo's 'Magician's Elephant' is a roaring success

'The Magician's Elephant'

Irish Mirror

U2 frontman Bono reveals why he couldn't admit he like ABBA

"I didn't have the courage to own up to this next band when I was 16 in the middle of punk rock"

The Guardian - UK

Bono says pressure to look ‘macho’ made him hide his love of Abba

U2 singer recalls growing up with Swedish pop group’s music in 1970s Dublin, during BBC session with The Edge

The Independent UK

U2, Songs of Surrender review: These elevator muzak versions of past hits are a faux-hipster slog

Most of these lo-fi reimaginings only make you miss the original more

The Guardian - UK

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

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