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U2 To Receive Ivors Award

The Ivors Academy has today announced U2 as the latest songwriters to become Academy Fellows, the highest honour the organisation bestows. With this, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. become the first-ever Irish songwriters that the Academy has inducted into Fellowship during its 81-year history.

Tagged as: 80s, Bono, Ireland, Larry Mullen Jr, rock, The Edge Adam Clayton, U2

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Bono Doco To Stream on Netflix

by Paul Cashmere

‘Surrender’, a new documentary based on Bono’s book of the same name, is coming to Netflix on May 30.

Tagged as: 80s, Bono, Ireland, rock, Surrender, U2

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U2 New Music On The Way

by Music-News.com

U2 are “in a great place creatively”. Guitarist The Edge has teased that U2 are planning to drop a new song imminently after wading through new material.

Tagged as: 80s, Ireland, rock, The Edge, U2

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Joe Biden Awards Bono Presidential Medal of Freedom

by Paul Cashmere

President Joe Biden has awarded U2’s Bono the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Tagged as: 80s, Bono, Ireland, Joe Biden, Presidential Medal of Freedom, rock, U2, USA

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U2 and Brian Eno Are Recorded “Irish Folk Music”

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The Edge has revealed U2 are recording “sci-fi Irish folk music” with Brian Eno.

Tagged as: 80s, Brian Eno, Ireland, rock, U2, UK

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U2 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’ Gets Reassembled for 20th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

U2 will mark the 20th anniversary of ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’ with a remastered album and ‘How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb’, made up of new and unreleased songs from the original album.

Tagged as: 80s, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, Ireland, rock, U2

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U2 Sphere Show To Go To Cinemas

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U2 are to release an “immersive” new concert film, which was shot during their Sphere Las Vegas residency.

Tagged as: 80s, Ireland, Las Vegas, rock, U2, UK

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U2 Becomes Third Vegas Show To Top $200 million In Ticket Sales

by Paul Cashmere

U2’s ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere’ has become the third show ever to sell more than $200 million in ticket sales. The other two are both Celine Dion shows ‘A New Day …” and ‘Celine’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Achtung Baby, Ireland, rock, U2, U2:UV

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U2 To Release David Guetta Remix of ‘Atomic City’

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U2 have shared an EDM remix of their song ‘Atomic City’ by world-famous DJ David Guetta.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Atomic, Bono, David Guetta, Ireland, rock, U2

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Lady Gaga Joins U2 At The Sphere In Vegas

by Paul Cashmere

Lady Gaga has become the first special guest of U2 at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

Tagged as: 00s, Lady Gaga, pop, Rolling Stones, U2, USA

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U2 Change ‘Pride (In the Name of Love)’ Lyrics To Honour Those Killed At Israel Music Festival

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U2 changed the lyrics to their song ‘Pride (In the Name of Love)’ to honour the victims of of the Israel music festival massacre.

Tagged as: 80s, Ireland, Israel, Pride, rock, U2

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U2 Play First U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere Show In Las Vegas

by Paul Cashmere

U2 played their first ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere’ at their all new purpose built venue The Sphere at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas on Friday (29 September, 2023).

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Ireland, Las Vegas, rock, U2, U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere

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Bono Backflips On Nuclear Energy

by Paul Cashmere

U2, longtime protesters of nuclear energy, have had a complete backflip over the nuclear threat. Bono and The Edge are now for nuclear energy, not against it.

Tagged as: 80s, Atomic City, Bono, Ireland, Las Vegas, rock, The Egde, U2

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U2 Premiere New Song ‘Atomic City’ At Las Vegas Pop Up Show

by Paul Cashmere

U2 have performed a brand new song ‘Atomic City’ at a Pop Up show in Las Vegas ahead of their residency. The impromptu performance happened in Fremont Street, Las Vegas, the same street the band filmed their 1987 video for ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’.

Tagged as: 80s, Atomic City, Ireland, Larry Mullen Jr, Las Vegas, rock, U2, USA

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U2 About To Start Vegas Residency Without Larry Mullen Jr

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U2 will miss drummer Larry Mullen Jr when they start their Las Vegas residency without him behind the kit.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Ireland, Larry Mullen Jr, rock, U2

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Las Vegas Switches On U2 Venue Sphere

by Paul Cashmere

Las Vegas has switched on its newest venue ‘Sphere’, where U2 will soon take up residency.

Tagged as: 80s, Ireland, Las Vegas, rock, Sphere, U2, USA

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U2 Preview Sphere In Las Vegas

by Music-News.com

Bono and The Edge take Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on an exclusive sneak preview tour of Sphere — the innovative Las Vegas performance venue the band will christen in September.

Tagged as: 80s, Bono, Ireland, Las Vegas, rock, The Edge, The Sphere, U2, USA

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U2 Premiere New Version of ‘One’

by Paul Cashmere

U2 have released their new version of the classic ‘One’ from the upcoming ‘Songs of Surrender’ album.

Tagged as: 80s, Ireland, Las Vegas, One, rock, Songs of Surrender, U2, UK

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U2 Announce Vegas Residency Minus Larry Mullen Jr

by Paul Cashmere

U2 will head to Vegas for a long-term event in a purpose-built venue called The Sphere but they will have a line-up change.

Tagged as: 80s, Bono, Ireland, Larry Mullen Jr, Las Vegas, rock, The Sphere, U2, Vegas

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U2 Have Re-Recorded 40 Songs for the Album ‘Songs of Surrender’

by Paul Cashmere

U2 have re-recorded 40 of their songs for a new album ‘Songs of Surrender’. The band has released a trailer for the album with a preview of the reimagined ‘Beautiful Day’.

Tagged as: 80s, Beacon Theatre, Bono, Ireland, rock, Songs of Surrender, U2

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U2 Receive Kennedy Honors

by Paul Cashmere

Bono once said “celebrity is nonsense, but it is currency and the band has spent its currency to show the usefulness of art in the world”.

Tagged as: 80s, Kennedy Honors, U2, USA

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Larry Mullen Jr To Step Down For U2 Fot a Year

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U2’s drummer Larry Mullen Jr. has ruled himself out of touring with U2 next year due to ongoing physical health issues.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Ireland, Larry Mullen Jr, rock, U2

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Bono Performs Stunning Solo Version of With Or Without You For Colbert

by Paul Cashmere

Bono performed solo this week for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert performing a solo version of his U2 classic ‘With Or Without You’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Bono, Ireland, rock, Stephen Colbert, U2, With Or Without You

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Bono To Go On Book Tour

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Bono is launching a book tour to support the release of his new memoir.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Bono, Ireland, rock, U2, UK

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Bono To Release U2 Book ‘Surrender’

by Paul Cashmere

A book by Bono about U2 titled ‘Surrender’ will be published in November.

Tagged as: 80s, Bono, Ireland, rock, Surrender, U2

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Bono and The Edge Perform In Ukraine Bomb Shelter

by Music-News.com

Bono and The Edge performed at a Kyiv bomb shelter on Sunday after being invited by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Tagged as: Bono, rock 80s, The Edge, U2, Ukraine

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U2 To Release 12 Inch Edition Of 1982 Song ‘A Celebration’ For Record Store Day

by Paul Cashmere

U2’s seventh single ‘A Celebration’ will be released as a limited edition 12 inch for Record Store Day 2022.

Tagged as: 80s, A Celebration, Ireland, Record Store Day, rock, U2

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The Edge Talks 30 Years of Achtung Baby

by Music-News.com

The Edge says U2 felt the need to “double down” on ‘Achtung Baby’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Achtung Baby, Ireland, rock, The Edge, U2, UK

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U2 Debut New Song ‘Your Song Saved My Life’

by Paul Cashmere

U2, Bono, Sing 2, Your Song Saved My Life, rock, soundtrack,

Tagged as: Bono, rock, Sing 2, soundtrack, U2, Your Song Saved My Life

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U2 October Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

‘October’, the second U2 album, was released on this day 12 October 1981.

Tagged as: 80s, Ireland, rock, U2, UK

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