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U2 in 2004
Bono on how U2 rescued the song that became one of their biggest hits

By Louder Published

U2’s frontman says their producer forced the band to record it live, and he's glad he did

Music
U2's Bono receiving a knighthood in 2007.
The essential one-size-fits-all phrase U2’s Bono was given by a hard rock icon

By Niall Doherty Published

U2’s frontman on being enlightened by a true rock’n’roll sage

Bands & Artists
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U2 and Brian Eno are recording “some crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk music.”

By Paul Brannigan Published

U2 are working on new music, but not the kind of raw, rowdy music they've been talking up over the past few years

Interviews
Noel Gallagher, Confidence Man, U2
That time Australian dance crew Confidence Man had U2 and Noel Gallagher around to their house for dinner

By Paul Brannigan Published

Fast-rising Australian dance quartet Confidence Man recall the evening they had world-famous rock stars drop around for a home-cooked meal, and things got “rowdy”

Bands & Artists
Phil Collins and a drunk U2
Watch a drunk U2 taunt Phil Collins

By Niall Doherty Published

The Genesis frontman was tasked with presenting to an inebriated Bono & co. in 1992 and they were in a cheeky mood

Bands & Artists
Flood and U2
Producer Flood thought U2 were joking when they wanted to work with him

By Paul Brannigan Published

When U2 came calling for British recording engineer Mark 'Flood' Ellis, he assumed it was an April Fool's joke

Interviews
U2: Under A Blood Red Sky cover art
In which Bono predicts a big future for U2

By Henry Yates Published

Bono predicts a big future for U2 on Under A Blood Red Sky

Albums
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“Edge smacked me. It was a full-on rumble.” The night that U2 guitarist The Edge punched Bono in the face onstage

By Paul Brannigan Published

U2's first US tour, in December 1980, was intense, not least when they stopped one show to brawl

Concerts & Shows
Eli Hewson and dad Bono
"My dad said, 'Turn off the demo, just play me it on acoustic guitar and sing it'": Inhaler's Eli Hewson on the advice he got from his dad, Bono

By Niall Doherty Published

The Inhaler frontman also recalls the famous faces who visited the family home when he was a kid

Albums
Bono and Kurt Cobain
"The force that is in this music can never be extinguished": Read the letter U2's Bono wrote to Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's daughter Frances Bean hailing Smells Like Teen Spirit as a song that saved his life

By Paul Brannigan Published

"What a band. What a song. What a sound. What a voice."

Tracks & Singles
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