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Amy Winehouse's stilettos in Island Records auction for coronavirus

Handwritten lyrics by Bono, Annie Lennox and Portishead’s Beth Gibbons will also come under the hammerA pair of stilettos worn by Amy Winehouse and handwritten lyrics by Bono are among the most...

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U2's 40 greatest songs – ranked!

As Bono turns 60, we look back at how the Irish greats turned scratchy post-punk into a stadium-filling proposition – and continue to move with the times Bafflingly left off Pop – it was released on...

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Why Marc Bolan was 'the perfect pop star', by Elton John, U2 and more

The T Rex singer captivated generations with his strutting music and hyper-sexual charisma. As a tribute album is released, stars explain why he is glam’s greatest icon In early 1971, a nine-year-old...

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Red Hot at 30: how compilations used big music stars to combat Aids

Over three decades, artists like David Bowie, Madonna and George Michael all gave their names, and music, to a project that aimed to shine a light for those who needed it mostFor millions of people,...

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Can’t stand U2? Nor can Bono

The singer has announced that he hates the band’s name, most of their songs, and the sound of his own voice. Is this just an attempt to win new fans?Name: Bono.Age: 61.Continue reading...

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What links Scarlett Johansson to the football fan with the flare up his bum?

Take a trip down the rabbit hole, passing a porcupine punk rocker, Diego Maradona and a Booker winner The sequel to 2016’s animated jukebox musical Sing hits UK screens this week, with Scarlett...

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Bono, don’t be ashamed of U2, they put on a great show | Rebecca Nicholson

For razzle-dazzle they can’t be beaten and we could all do with more of it these daysIt is too easy to fall down rabbit holes of old festival sets on YouTube. I’ve revisited the ones I first saw on TV...

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'Stand by Ukraine': U2's Bono and the Edge give surprise concert in Kyiv...

The two U2 members performed a surprise concert in a metro station that is doubling as a bomb shelter in Kyiv.The duo said they were invited to perform by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. They performed...

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Bono tells of his secret half-brother and of family forgiveness

The U2 singer, interviewed on Desert Island Discs, describes his regrets about his teenage behaviour and explains his mocked ‘poem’ about UkraineAfter more than four decades in the public eye, the rock...

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Kennedy Center Honors 2022: George Clooney, U2 and Gladys Knight among honourees

Christian pop singer Amy Grant and Cuban-American composer Tania León also recognised for prestigious yearly awardThe recipients of one of the United States’ most prestigious cultural awards, the...

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‘She was never spoken of again’: Bono recounts his mother’s death in new memoir

In an extract published in the New Yorker, the U2 frontman details the loss that spurred him to musicThe Irish rock star Bono has revealed his distress at visiting his mother on her deathbed in a...

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Kiss the Future review – Bono and U2 keep hope alive in Sarajevo

Nenad Cicin-Sain’s documentary tells the story of a maverick film-maker who, with extraordinary persistence, induced the Irish rockers to keep the spotlight firmly on the Bosnian war Thirty years on,...

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On my radar: The Edge’s cultural highlights

The U2 guitarist on the scientific theory that connects us all, drawing on walls and the resurgence of Irish folk musicDavid Howell Evans, better known as U2 guitarist The Edge, was born in Barking,...

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U2 Songs of Surrender review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Island/Interscope)In a typically grand gesture, 40 songs are picked by the band for muted acoustic treatments, with varying degrees of successU2 have always dealt in grand gestures. No other rock...

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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 EdgePressure to look macho led a young Bono to hide his love of Abba, the U2 singer has said.He...

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