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U2 pay heartfelt tribute to Shane MacGowan following his death aged 65: 'His songs were perfect'

A number of celebrities have paid tribute to the late Irish singer following his passing

Evening Standard

“My playing was a response to whoever said, ‘Bass should be felt and not heard’. To me, bass should be like warfare!” Derek Forbes, founder member of Simple Minds, on his five best basslines

Derek Forbes was Simple Minds’ bassist from 1978 to 1985. Here he explains how he was inspired by Andy Fraser and Stanley Clarke, why he prefers Precision to Jazz, and the influence of magic mushrooms...

Guitar World

How to Talk to Your Enemies About Shane Steichen’s Coach of the Year Case

What the first-year head coach has done in Indianapolis is actually more impressive than what DeMeco Ryans has done with the Texans

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Es Devlin retrospective opens at New York’s Cooper Hewitt

‘An Atlas of Es Devlin’ surveys the British set designer and installation artist’s 30-year career (on view until 11 August 2024)

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Now That’s What I Call Music! 10 writers on their first ever Now! album

A formidable collaboration between the major music labels of the Eighties birthed this iconic compilation series. Forty years on and the genre-hopping records remain a bellwether of mainstream music for pop historians to come. Below, 10 Independent writers wax lyrical about their first Now! album and what it means to…

The Independent UK

“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.

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Swifties Have A Wild Theory About Harry Styles' Shaved Head, And The Timing Does Seem A Bit Suspect

Taylor Swift fans have a wild theory about why Harry Styles shaved his head, and I have to agree the timing is a bit weird.

Cinemablend

Harry Styles' mother confirms star HAS shaved his head and reveals reason

Styles was first rumoured to have shaved his head after his appearance at a U2 concert in Las Vegas

Evening Standard

Musical mysteries: the unlikely album cover stars who became modern pop enigmas

As the old man on Led Zeppelin’s fourth album artwork is identified, we take a look at albums that are as famous for the faces on their sleeves as their music

The Guardian - UK

How F1 will use Las Vegas Sphere as U2 pause residency

The race has obliged Irish rock band U2 to pause its residency at the recently-opened venue for over three weeks.

Motorsport

disguise Powers U2's Visuals at MSG Sphere

'There are certainly moments of the show where we push the system really to its edges'

TV Tech

Harry Styles fans react in shock to singer's extreme new haircut

The singer, 29, appears to have shaved off his famous wavy locks

Evening Standard

Las Vegas Sphere arena posts $98.4m loss as key executive quits

Sphere has been open to public just over one month

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“I decided to switch from amplifiers to digital emulators”: The Edge confirms he has ditched his tube amps for Universal Audio’s UAFX pedals for U2’s Sphere residency

Confirmation of the tube amp loyalist’s defection to digital comes after speculation emerged on the internet earlier this week

MusicRadar

The Edge confirms his switch from amps to Universal Audio's UAFX pedals for U2's Las Vegas Sphere shows: "It's a case of high-level complexity to make it sound simple"

Even better than the real thing? The U2 guitarist reveals to MusicRadar what he's using

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Harry Styles Officially Debuts His Buzz Cut & The Comments Are As Deranged As You’d Expect

Change is scary but I welcome this new era.

Marie Claire

Harry Styles appears to have shaved his head - and fans think it's all down to Taylor Swift

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"We’re all really happy with the way things are": why watching U2 reminded Mike Mills why R.E.M. will never reunite

R.E.M. might be releasing a 25th-anniversary edition of Up next month, but don't expect to see the band back together, ever

Evening Standard

Lady Gaga makes surprise appearance at U2's Las Vegas show

The singer performed Shallow, All I Want Is You and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For with the band on Wednesday night

The Guardian - UK

‘Like the Three Tenors, but with drummers’: Budgie, Lol Tolhurst and Jacknife Lee on their supergroup rebirth

The drummers from the Banshees and the Cure joked about a collaboration until – with megaproducer Lee on board – they were soon jamming with The Edge and Bobby Gillespie. They talk pop, alcoholism and leaving the UK

The Independent UK

U2 announce extra gigs at Las Vegas Sphere

$2.3bn venue opened last month

France 24

'Consent': Film adaptation of French memoir recounting adolescent abuse by older man

In this roundup of the week's arts and culture news, we look at Irish rock group U2's musical tribute to the victims of the Hamas assault at the Supernova desert dance festival. In light of the unprecedented violence in Israel and Gaza, the Arab World Institute in Paris decides to…

Evening Standard

U2 pay tribute to ‘beautiful kids’ killed in Israel’s Supernova festival attack during Las Vegas residency

The Irish rock band changed the lyrics of their track Pride (In the Name of Love) to honour the victims at the Supernova Sukott festival

The Independent UK

U2 honour ‘beautiful kids’ killed in Israel’s Supernova festival attack with changed Pride lyrics

Irish rock band referred to those who lost their lives as ‘stars of David’ in rewritten lyrics of their song ‘Pride (In the Name of Love)’

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