Looking back has never been U2’s thing. They were always about the future, or at least the present, craving to be the best and biggest band in the world. But with the release of Songs Of Surrender—a ...
U2 first crossed paths with B.B. King in early 1987, when the blues icon played a show in Dublin. It was King’s idea to record a song together. When U2 headed to America later that year, they booked a ...
U2 have reimagined 40 songs from across their catalog for a new album, Songs of Surrender, meant to complement Bono’s recent memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. The album is set to arrive on March ...
LAS VEGAS – Believe the hype. Regardless of what happens at the multibillion-dollar Las Vegas behemoth following U2’s opening rush of shows over the next three months, the band’s “U2:UV Achtung Baby ...
U2 has been a brotherhood since 1976. Through stadium sellouts, hundreds of millions of albums sold, questionable professional choices (PopMart Tour, anyone?) and expected musical squabbles, Bono, the ...
UPDATE (Jan. 11, 12:15 PM ET): The full track list for U2’s Songs of Surrender has been confirmed, and it is divided into four 10-song sides named for each band member. The first full song released ...
Although formed in 1976, U2 came of age during the 1980s. The band absolutely dominated the decade, earning back-to-back No. 1 records on the Billboard 200 (for The Joshua Tree and its 1988 follow-up, ...
In reimagining 40 of their best-known songs, U2 recognized that many fans would experience them through earphones connected to a device in their pockets — rather than being belted out onstage.That was ...