<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in U2 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/tag/u2 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:08:54 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “We can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes. The audience is on its feet, singing every word. It’s like God suddenly walks through the room”: The epic U2 anthem that drove its creators half mad ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/we-can-be-in-the-middle-of-the-worst-gig-in-our-lives-but-when-we-go-into-that-song-everything-changes-the-audience-is-on-its-feet-singing-every-word-its-like-god-suddenly-walks-through-the-room-the-epic-u2-anthem-that-drove-its-creators-half-mad XsJw3DEQhCpZiV5KEyiVCD Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:08:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The beating human heart of those incredible men and women, the struggles and sacrifices they are making every day for the most sacred thing on this planet – freedom”: New U2 video features footage taken from behind the frontline in Ukraine ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singles-albums/the-beating-human-heart-of-those-incredible-men-and-women-the-struggles-and-sacrifices-they-are-making-every-day-for-the-most-sacred-thing-on-this-planet-freedom-new-u2-video-features-footage-taken-from-behind-the-frontline-in-ukraine xEmdxbCkigiLPo5ZyLyMna Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:48:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m still disappointed when people hear the chorus line as ‘got to’ rather than ‘get to’”: How One rescued Achtung Baby and saved U2 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singles-albums/im-still-disappointed-when-people-hear-the-chorus-line-as-got-to-rather-than-get-to-how-one-rescued-achtung-baby-and-saved-u2-bestof25 ZAZWs9Y85ZXTi7d2VQ8E2h Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:32:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “At the heart of our band is...three musicians. And a salesman”: Bono suggests next U2 album will have a looser, less produced feel ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/at-the-heart-of-our-band-is-three-musicians-and-a-salesman-bono-suggests-next-u2-album-will-have-a-looser-less-produced-feel 2w7vDEYSB6Tj9D7gWGVpUV Sun, 15 Jun 2025 18:04:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s only one Boss in America”: Bono backs Springsteen’s over Trump comments ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/theres-only-one-boss-in-america-bono-backs-springsteens-over-trump-comments vpShjYao48vfYhgjSG6dKo Thu, 29 May 2025 10:10:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bono’s Stories Of Surrender documentary receives standing ovation at Cannes ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/bonos-stories-of-surrender-documentary-receives-standing-ovation-at-cannes umXDJLfcyJKXGSvcgm5Qhc Mon, 19 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Last time I saw my mother alive was at her own father’s funeral. It sounds almost too Irish": Bono shares trailer for his Apple TV+ documentary ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singers-songwriters/last-time-i-saw-my-mother-alive-was-at-her-own-fathers-funeral-it-sounds-almost-too-irish-bono-shares-trailer-for-his-apple-tv-documentary wEGrzbCeMeX4ygyT5dgjTn Thu, 01 May 2025 11:27:50 +0000 Thu, 01 May 2025 11:33:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bono and Apple team up for new ‘immersive’ 8K/Spatial Audio documentary, with a 180-degree video that places viewers onstage ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bono-and-apple-team-up-for-new-immersive-8k-spatial-audio-documentary-with-a-180-degree-video-that-places-viewers-onstage ZqqkiPgwLgGs7FWRuisTf8 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:04:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “All who believe in freedom and sense the jeopardy we Europeans now find ourselves in are not sleeping easily on this, the third anniversary of the invasion”: U2 send message of support and music to President Zelenskyy and Ukraine ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/all-who-believe-in-freedom-and-sense-the-jeopardy-we-europeans-now-find-ourselves-in-are-not-sleeping-easily-on-this-the-third-anniversary-of-the-invasion-u2-send-message-of-support-and-music-to-president-zelenskyy-and-ukraine TDUxdK68vFrfHppAh7DA4k Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:53:42 +0000 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:21:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There might be a new song happening very soon... We’re in a great place creatively”: The Edge suggests new U2 single might be imminent ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/there-might-be-a-new-song-happening-very-soon-were-in-a-great-place-creatively-the-edge-suggests-new-u2-single-might-be-imminent rzEfhAKW8VsD6cUDr9SaPg Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:07:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “New Year’s Day set the template for a more direct sonic vision for U2 - and marked the point at which they shifted their gaze towards political issues around the globe”: The making of an ’80s rock classic ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/new-years-day-set-the-template-for-a-more-direct-sonic-vision-for-u2-and-marked-the-point-at-which-they-shifted-their-collective-gaze-towards-political-issues-around-the-globe-the-making-of-an-80s-rock-classic n5rkrJVgCQK5JAyGwV3etN Wed, 01 Jan 2025 06:12:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He's not a great keyboard player, he doesn't write great songs. His engineering and technical abilities are limited too. In fact, he knows very little about an awful lot": The Edge on Brian Eno and how he influenced his own "limited" guitar style ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/hes-not-a-great-keyboard-player-he-doesnt-write-great-songs-his-engineering-and-technical-abilities-are-limited-too-in-fact-he-knows-very-little-about-an-awful-lot-the-edge-on-brian-eno 5mw8xidBscXbyC2nYc2o9U Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had to find ways of doing this - and counting bars is like climbing Everest”: Larry Mullen Jr talks about his long battle with dyscalculia ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/drummers/i-had-to-find-ways-of-doing-this-and-counting-bars-is-like-climbing-everest-larry-mullen-jr-talks-about-his-long-battle-with-dyscalculia ecw3oE7CwvCxkQ9enLUdAU Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:37:08 +0000 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:26:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bono and I are working on some crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk music”: The Edge confirms new U2 activity, with Larry Mullen Jr back and Brian Eno "involved", is afoot ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bono-and-i-are-working-on-some-crazy-kind-of-sci-fi-irish-folk-music-the-edge-confirms-new-u2-activity-with-larry-mullen-jr-back-and-brian-eno-involved-is-afoot bQQx3SCpWdTeVdw9m2fdY Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:58:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bono took me aside and asked if I was sure I wanted him to sing this line”: Bob Geldof remembers what the U2 singer said to him before he recorded his vocals on Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bono-took-me-aside-and-asked-if-i-was-sure-i-wanted-him-to-sing-this-line-bob-geldof-remembers-what-the-u2-singer-said-to-him-before-he-recorded-his-vocals-on-band-aids-do-they-know-its-christmas WH9FkBJDVh3ABhCaVZ4dQ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:17:26 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It sounded so amazing that people said to me, ‘I can hear the bass’, which usually they don’t say to me very often”: U2 bassist Adam Clayton contrasts the live audio mix in the Las Vegas Sphere to “these sports buildings that sound terrible” ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/it-sounded-so-amazing-that-people-said-to-me-i-can-hear-the-bass-which-usually-they-dont-say-to-me-very-often-u2-bassist-adam-clayton-contrasts-the-audio-in-the-las-vegas-sphere-to-these-sports-buildings-that-sound-terrible rmGA7LPKstKq6VVDWd7hog Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:45:25 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I went into my personal archive to see if there were any unreleased gems and I hit the jackpot": U2 announces a new 'shadow album' ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singles-albums/i-went-into-my-personal-archive-to-see-if-there-were-any-unreleased-gems-and-i-hit-the-jackpot-u2-announces-a-new-shadow-album 6mUHDr5mkzVoeDDujGs7X Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:02:23 +0000 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:06:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “After all these years, I get to see a U2 show”: The Edge in the director’s chair for new U2 concert film ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/after-all-these-years-i-get-to-see-a-u2-show-the-edge-in-the-directors-chair-for-new-u2-concert-film FuGvyt4NSuumtC3NJMZjBb Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:50:29 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was totally, totally nuts": The Edge was so impressed with Universal Audio's Lion '68 amp pedal, he didn't just add it to his rig – it changed the tone for his intro to U2's Las Vegas Sphere gigs ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/it-was-totally-totally-nuts-the-edge-was-so-impressed-with-universal-audios-lion-68-amp-pedal-he-didnt-just-add-it-to-his-rig-it-changed-the-tone-for-his-intro-to-u2s-las-vegas-sphere-gigs kAyLMePQWmFmN2ziXtTAk4 Thu, 16 May 2024 15:06:25 +0000 Thu, 16 May 2024 19:22:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ "There is something much more interesting going on there like the Isley Brothers": Bono says Coldplay aren't a rock band ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/there-is-something-much-more-interesting-going-on-there-like-the-isley-brothers-or-something-bono-says-coldplay-arent-a-rock-band QamTfL5HcqtsKrRt2huaEE Mon, 13 May 2024 15:42:42 +0000 Mon, 13 May 2024 15:44:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ A signature Strat from the Edge’s personal collection is heading to auction, expected to fetch upwards of $75,000 for charity ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-edge-u2-signature-strat-charity-auction Dhnj7gVFbYsZT5NwgZP7p Fri, 10 May 2024 15:58:30 +0000 Mon, 13 May 2024 14:25:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to play Edge-style rhythm guitar with four unusual chords from U2 songs ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/how-to/how-to-play-edge-style-rhythm-guitar-with-four-unusual-chords-from-u2-songs HEAPmi3P4mdSKxD9RubGpM Sat, 04 May 2024 13:56:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ U2's Even Better Better Than The Real Thing live video showcases The Edge's UAFX amp pedals in full Vegas mode ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/u2s-new-even-better-better-than-the-real-thing-live-video-showcases-the-edges-uafx-amp-pedals-in-full-vegas-mode GqdUNnrksoTxdFSEreuNSf Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:31:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Edge confirms his switch from amps to Universal Audio's UAFX pedals for U2's Las Vegas Sphere shows: "It's a case of high-level complexity to make it sound simple" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/uafx-amp-pedals-the-edge-u2-Las-vegas-sphere hFcaVd5QWW5aekuEPmSfQR Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:44:21 +0000 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:10:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Flora and Son: Could the next big Apple TV+ hit be a movie about online guitar lessons? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/flora-and-son-guitar-lessons XvpWCCbDzdphcbkR6a2aEQ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 09:27:46 +0000 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 11:43:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Edge says U2 could have spared Bono “a certain amount of embarrassment” by writing in lower keys to suit his vocal range ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/u2-the-edge-bono-vocals wwH5pudJx5WxRsYb2yXbt9 Tue, 02 May 2023 13:45:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Bono and the Edge perform reworked U2 classics using just an acoustic guitar and an Orange practice amp ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/bono-the-edge-u2-tiny-desk-concert 9E8fBc688UsjfAT3qGjmSa Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:36:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fender and U2’s Adam Clayton unveil signature ACB 50 signature 50-watt all-tube bass combo ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/fender-adam-clayton-acb50-signature-bass-amp-u2 cAUWcH9aBMHMg7KfKDGpmC Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:53:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Of course Bono gets too much for me sometimes!” – The Edge explains why he's never quit U2 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/of-course-bono-gets-too-much-for-me-sometimes-the-edge-explains-why-hes-never-quit-u2 c7sMZsSXcAGwA3Xmp5CxZi Mon, 06 Mar 2023 11:01:04 +0000 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:13:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ U2 will celebrate their seminal Achtung Baby album with a Las Vegas residency – but where are the UK and Ireland dates? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/u2-will-celebrate-their-seminal-achtung-baby-album-with-a-las-vegas-residency-but-where-are-the-uk-and-ireland-dates mLVBESifcX46MGUEZRVqGi Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:18:53 +0000 Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:51:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bono says he wants U2 to release “a noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album” like AC/DC ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/u2-bono-acdc-mutt-lange-rock-guitar-album aHKeUoWYX28AJJDhYxrAAU Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:44:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bono remembers U2's first rehearsal in Larry Mullen Jr's kitchen with 'weirdo' the Edge… and takes the blame for their iTunes album misstep ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/bono-u2-itunes-first-rehearsal-edge dKjWp4zPyy9meUacv4TzJh Sun, 23 Oct 2022 21:21:31 +0000 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 21:25:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ U2's The Edge and Bono perform acoustic version of Sunday Bloody Sunday with new lyrics ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/u2-sunday-bloody-sunday-acoustic ccqvkdQNf3W5bkwvnsmhfE Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:37:02 +0000 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 22:00:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bono says the guitar on The Fly is "the sound of Edge's brain" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/u2-the-fly-bono-edge-achtung-baby-nine-inch-nails esQBJqNC5KsrZzQMeo55uh Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:10:07 +0000 Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:33:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ 5 underappreciated U2 songs guitarists need to hear by… The Edge ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/5-songs-u2-edge-achtung-baby WN9ZmHRyfAV9FFvrrttRfZ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:05:50 +0000 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 21:14:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gretsch launches Bono guitar ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/gretsch-launches-bono-guitar-612829 u8Z48BbFrzv6tKPxpvUCGB Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:03:00 +0000 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:04:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Glastonbury 2011: the MusicRadar review ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/glastonbury-2011-the-musicradar-review-468865 B8MpUMFwbkDLi7EqrgAksK Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:47:00 +0000 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 04:16:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 10 Highest-Earning Guitarists 2011 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/totalguitar/the-10-highest-earning-guitarists-2011-463521 s7TfS2K5YPTYxXtcFxB2xH Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:25:00 +0000 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 04:10:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Production legend Steve Lillywhite on 16 career defining records ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/production-legend-steve-lillywhite-on-16-career-defining-records-375589 A4vEpwxuzSmCsp3nmvRktA Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:05:00 +0000 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 02:36:06 +0000