The performances will be the first dates of a multi-show residency by the band at the high-tech arena, which is slated to open in 2023. U2 will be the first group to perform at the MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas when the $1.8 billion arena opens next year, multiple sources tell Billboard. […]
Read MoreA Very U2 Christmas, 2021 Edition
The annual Very U2 Christmas blog series was put on hold for the last two years — but just like Adam’s Santa Claus beard, it’s back this year with an installment for U2 Christmas 2021. And fortunately, there’s plenty to talk about! Here we go (note: links are in bold text). Sing 2 – Whether […]
Read MoreU2 working on new album, possible ZOOTV tour return
“We are firmly locked in the tower of song and working away on a bunch of new things,” said U2’s Edge, while working on a new song with bassist Adam Clayton. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of U2’s seventh album Achtung Baby, the band is already well into a follow-up to their 2017 release, Songs of […]
Read MoreU2 have been working on new music, The Edge has revealed.
The guitarist told Ciara’s Pink Sparkle Podcast he is “extremely thankful” that he has been able to lockdown at home in Dalkey. He’s been putting the time to good use too by working on new music. “I feel like one of the really fortunate ones,” he told host Ciara Lawrence. “I’m extremely thankful for the […]
Read MoreNew U2 music coming
U2 band member The Edge has revealed that he was working on new material with Bono before the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on The Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 2, The Edge explained that he had to decide quickly where he was going to spend lockdown. ”I was actually working on some new songs with […]
Read MoreWhy Bono was hesitant about his son’s music career
Hewson is lead singer for the band, Inhaler, and he revealed recently that his dad wasn’t all that keen on him following in his footsteps. Here’s what the 20-year-old musician had to say. Elijah Hewson’s band Inhaler Dublin-based Inhaler is made up of Josh Jenkinson on guitar, Rob Keating on bass, Ryan McMahon on drums, […]
Read MoreU2 fans from across country arrive in Navi Mumbai for the band’s first India concert
Fans from all over the country, and perhaps beyond, are making their way to witness the first ever live performance by the iconic Irish rock band U2.It’s going to be a Sunday Happy Sunday at the DY Patil sports stadium in Navi Mumbai tomorrow, as fans from all over the country, and perhaps beyond, make […]
Read MoreStuck in a moment: Fans endure confusing lines, heavy traffic to be with U2
MANILA — At around 7:30 p.m. last Wednesday at the Philippine Arena, a bespectacled middle-aged angry man was telling people to merge the lines. An hour before U2’s “The Joshua Tree” concert, people were still in limbo which one to follow. “Go ahead, because no one is telling us where to go. Merge,” he shouted […]
Read MoreBono salutes journalists, activists, volunteers at 2019 Philippine concert
MANILA, Philippines — Irish rock band U2 has honored Red Cross volunteers, journalists and activists at the Philippine leg of their world tour, “The Joshua Tree Tour” promoted by MMI Live and held in Philippine Arena in Bulacan. During the concert, frontman Bono asked concertgoers to include volunteers, journalists and activists in their prayers. In […]
Read MoreU2 pays tribute to slain doctor Nakamura
Irish rock band U2 has paid tribute to Japanese doctor and humanitarian worker, Tetsu Nakamura, who was shot dead in Afghanistan. The band honored Nakamura during their concert on Thursday at Saitama Arena, near Tokyo. U2 performed in Japan for the first time in 13 years. Nakamura died in an ambush by an unidentified armed […]
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