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News: U2 throw down the gauntlet with single ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’, announcing UK and European stadium dates for 2027 ahead of new album ‘Carnaval De Luz’

Fifty years in, most bands would be happy to dust off the hits for one last lap of honour. U2, it seems, would rather pick a fight with their own…

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News: The venerable U2 are back with news of 16th studio album ‘Carnaval De Luz’, a tour and banging new single ‘Silencio’

U2 today released a new single ‘Silencio’ today and it is quite frankly, rather good. Putting all the possible jaded cynicism aside, it cannot be denied that U2 has been…

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News: U2 release introspective surprise EP ‘Easter Lily’ while new album takes shape

U2 aren’t staging a grand return just yet — instead, they’re slipping something quieter, stranger and more introspective into the bloodstream. Surprise EP ‘Easter Lily’ arrives as a companion piece to chaos, trading…

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News: ‘Songs of Defiance and Dismay’: U2 Release Surprise ‘Days Of Ash’ EP

U2 have released Days Of Ash, a six-track standalone EP arriving ahead of a new album due in late 2026. Framed by Bono as “songs of defiance and dismay,” the collection responds directly to recent global events, from Minneapolis to Tehran and the West Bank, and features collaborations with Ed Sheeran and Ukrainian musician-soldier Taras Topolia.

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Not Forgotten: U2 – Zooropa

Zooropa is one of the few U2 studio albums that I can listen to all the way through without it making me want to throw my stereo out of the…

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Album Review: U2 – Songs of Innocence

It’s not even 72 hours since its (surprise) release, but already U2’s latest album has become one of the most widely distributed, most talked about and oddly controversial albums in…

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Howie B: Interview

Text message: “Can we wait until half time ? I’ll call u in 20 mins”. It’s a finely balanced 0-0 at the Vicente Calderón stadium, so you can understand Howie B…

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