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...
View ArticleU2'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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleRed 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,...
View ArticleCan’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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleBono, 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...
View Article'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...
View ArticleBono 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...
View ArticleKennedy 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...
View Article‘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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View ArticleKiss 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,...
View ArticleOn 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,...
View ArticleU2 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...
View ArticleBono 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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