Bono acknowledges his role in the controversial Songs of Innocence release in his upcoming memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. Before you could stream your favorite album at will on the likes of Spotify or Apple Music, there was iTunes. In an experimental release strategy, U2’s Songs of Innocence was uploaded to the iTunes libraries […]
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Bono Wants U2 to Make a “Noisy, Uncompromising, Unreasonable Guitar Album” U2 have nearly finished the new album Songs of Ascent, but according to Bono, “we’re not putting [it] out.” Instead, he told the New York Times, he wants to “make our fuck-off rock ‘n’ roll album.” Bono clarified that when it came to Songs […]
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Boy is the debut studio album by U2. It was released on 20 October 1980 by Island Records and was produced by Steve Lillywhite. Boy contains songs from the band’s 40-song repertoire at the time, including two tracks that were re-recorded from their original versions on the group’s debut release, the EP Three.
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Bono received death threats after incurring the wrath of the IRA, the American far right, and Dublin gangsters. The U2 frontman admitted his pro-peace stance has caused him difficulties over the years and left not only him as a target but his wife Ali Hewson and their four children, Jordan, 33, Eve, 31, Elijah, 23, […]
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October is the second studio album by U2. It was released on 12 October 1981 by Island Records, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite. The recording sessions were complicated by Bono’s loss of a briefcase containing in-progress lyrics for the new songs, forcing a hurried, improvisational approach to completing the album on time. October was […]
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It was a trip down memory lane for U2 frontman Bono as he went back to his old school of Mount Temple comprehensive in Dublin’s Clontarf today. Gobsmacked sixth-year students were treated to a private audience with the world-famous popstar as he gave them all a lesson to remember. According to a student at the […]
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Bono is revealing the secret behind his 40-year marriage to Ali Hewson. On Friday, the singer was participating in an interview for the New Yorker Festival about his upcoming book, “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” at The Society For Ethical Culture in New York. It was there when a newlywed audience member asked how he’s […]
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34 years ago today, U2 released their hybrid live/studio album, Rattle and Hum. Following the major success of The Joshua Tree, the album was produced by Jimmy Iovine, and featured guest appearances from Bob Dylan and B.B. King. To mark the occasion, we’re revisiting the late, great Bill Graham’s original review of the classic album. […]
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U2 is joining forces with Irving and Jeffrey Azoff’s Full Stop Management after nearly 10 years with Madonna and Red Hot Chili Peppers manager Guy Oseary, sources tell Variety. A rep for Full Stop had no comment; the news was first reported by Hits. The group has not toured since completing its “Joshua Tree” anniversary […]
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U2 singer Bono will undertake a 14-city book tour in support of his forthcoming memoir “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” which is published on Nov. 1. Full dates appear below. The book tour, titled “Stories of Surrender” and produced by Live Nation, is billed as “An evening of words, music and some mischief…” The tour […]
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