Six years ago, Rolling Stone labeled the Irish rock band U2 the "next big thing." The magazine is prone to such hyperbolic, self-important statements. But this time it has come true. In the past year, ...

It’s been an extremely quiet year for U2, but that will change on November 8th when they resume their Joshua Tree tour at Mt. Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. The tour will then head to ...

A long-ago performance aboard a New Orleans riverboat changed U2 forever. On Feb. 11, 1982, the fresh-faced quartet from Ireland rocked the President, a riverboat that cruised the Mississippi River ...

Hindsight being 20/20, it seems almost prophetic that U2’s epic “The Joshua Tree” album topped Prince’s “Sign O’ The Times” to win Album of the Year honors at the 1988 Grammy Awards. “The Joshua Tree, ...

The roots of U2’s seminal “The Joshua Tree” album won’t stop growing. What originally was conceived as a couple of shows to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1987 album featuring key tracks “With ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Bono remembers 1980 as the first time he ever played in Buffalo. It was the night John Lennon was shot. "I'll never forget it," he told New Era Field crowd early in the band's Tuesday ...

U2 faced a big decision when the Joshua Tree Tour 2017 wrapped up late last year. The stadium extravaganza – which featured a complete performance of their 1987 LP and grossed $316 million across just ...

For the world’s biggest rock band, U2 can be awfully hard on themselves. After all, when you’re that big, what’s ever good enough? And how do you fight the dinosaur syndrome, where veteran artists (no ...

Did you know that Paste owns the world’s largest collection of live music recordings? It’s true! And what’s even crazier, it’s all free—hundreds of thousands of exclusive songs, concerts and videos ...

Hindsight being 20/20, it seems almost prophetic that U2’s epic “The Joshua Tree” album topped Prince’s “Sign O’ The Times” to win Album of the Year honors at the1988 Grammy Awards. “The Joshua Tree,” ...