U2 make history with UK songwriting award
Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen become first Irish songwriters to be awarded Ivors Academy fellowship
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Henry Mount Charles: A Lord in Slane – The strange blend of fact and fiction around one of the last Anglo-Irish eccentrics
Television: Much we think we know about the custodian of Slane Castle is conjured from thin air, as becomes clear in this absorbing documentary
Ballroom Blitz review: Adam Clayton’s celebration of Irish showbands hints at the burden of being in U2
TV review: U2 bassist Adam Clayton is a decent presenter and great fun to hang with, but the documentary leans too hard on nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight
November 24th-29th: Including Ballroom Blitz, an all-new female Matlock, and The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
The album that nearly finished U2: The story of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and its new ‘shadow’ LP
How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb features 10 tracks from the recording sessions that made some of the band wonder if they’d have anything to release
U2: How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb track by track review – Hold on to your mirror shades for classic moments and wigged-out curios
Inevitably for an out-take album, it’s a bit glued together and rough at the edges, but even U2 agnostics will like a lot of the tracks
U2’s Country Mile and Picture of You (X + W): Two fantastic songs – but it’s hard not to be haunted by what they represent
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was U2’s last artistically relevant album. These new releases are from the reboot How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb
New season on RTÉ: crime dramas, GAA docs and the return of ‘tricky’ comedy
News verification strand Clarity and natural history series Ireland’s Coast on the line-up as board approves more projects in wake of RTÉ's multi-year funding deal
Michael D: The Movie – Higgins in the frame for the Mary Robinson big-screen treatment
Plus: Intercom man’s vote of confidence in Trump; Shane ‘Mullet’ Byrne’s victory in dispute with tenants; and Adam Clayton’s application for gardener gaff
The Guide: Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
June 1st-7th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Folk band Lankum win RTÉ Choice Music album of year
Jazzy named artist of the year and breakthrough artist at annual RTÉ music awards
U2 rank music education scheme as one of their proudest achievements
Band was an original funder of Music Generation which now provides lessons for 85,000 children every year
U2 live in Las Vegas: An unforgettable gig unlike any other
U2:UV Achtung Baby Live, the band’s new Las Vegas set, sounds, looks and feels like no other gig you’ve been to
‘We’d love it’: The Edge on U2 returning with Larry Mullen jnr to the Las Vegas Sphere in 2024
U2’s residency-opening show went ‘way better than I ever could have expected or hoped for’, says the band’s guitarist
U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere in Las Vegas: What the first reviews say
What did the world’s media think of the most ambitious performance in the Irish band’s history?
‘I’ve never experienced anything like it’: U2 fans on the band’s Las Vegas Sphere debut
The band’s huge show U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere opened on Friday night at the most talked-about music venue in the world
U2 at the Las Vegas Sphere: 25 dates, $1m a show and 1,586 speakers to blast out the hits
Friday marks the first of 25 shows as part of the band’s UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere concert
Life’s saving graces come in all sizes. U2’s music helped save mine
Having served as the soundtrack to my life, U2′s music became an escape during treatment for a tumour
Court refuses to compel Adam Clayton to answer ‘inappropriate’ questions from man suing over song
Judge dismissed motion in Maurice D Kiely’s case seeking €12m damages from U2 Ltd
A Sort of Homecoming: Bono and the Edge are a revelation as they go back to their roots with cantankerous David Letterman
Documentary is perfectly conventional and thumpingly agreeable and heart-warming
Ultimate U2: The Irish rock giants’ 20 best tracks, in order
The band release Songs of Surrender, featuring rerecordings of 40 songs from their catalogue, tomorrow. Here’s our choice of U2′s best songs
U2: Songs of Surrender – A cynical cash grab? Put your preconceptions aside
These ‘reinterpreted’ tracks are a reminder that, whether you like them or not, U2 have some exceptional songs in their back catalogue
Bono, Edge and Letterman mooch about a Dublin so old and gloomy even the crow’s feet have crow’s feet
A Sort of Homecoming: U2’s new album prompts the chatshow host’s first visit to Ireland. He lands looking ready for St Patrick: The Grunge Years
U2 sued by Dublin musician over alleged misuse of song he claims he wrote
Maurice Kiely claims he wrote song entitled A Man and A Woman which is included on U2′s 2004 album
U2 drummer Larry Mullen will not play in band’s Las Vegas residency
Statement on band’s website says drummer will undergo surgery in 2023
The Music Quiz: Which 1980s U2 record is not represented on their new ‘reimagined’ compilation album?
Plus: Who sang the theme song for The SpongeBobSquarePants Movie?
U2 are doing a Taylor Swift and covering their own songs. Are the results any good?
The band are releasing Songs of Surrender on St Patrick’s Day. Fans are already arguing about the wisdom of rerecording Pride and other classics
U2’s gobsmackingly quiffed Adam Clayton brings us on a true adventure
Television: In his film about Francis Bacon, the U2 bassist convincingly argues that this great ‘British’ artist is a lot more Irish than we might think
U2 drama series in development for Netflix, JJ Abrams confirms
‘The story is actually spectacular behind the band,’ Star Wars producer says
Phil Lynott: ‘I didn’t know how shy he was, how awkward, and scared of rejection’
In Songs for While I’m Away, Emer Reynolds shows the Thin Lizzy star in a new light
Phil Lynott: Songs for While I’m Away review – The word ‘heroin’ is never mentioned
Stirring documentary will retain a permanent place on Thin Lizzy fans’ playlists
Liam Neeson among new investors backing €100m Ireland Impact fund
Dublin-based VentureWave Capital to invest in Irish ‘tech for good’ companies
Hard Rock Hotel, Dublin: ‘We’re not going to print Billie Eilish’s texts and nail them to the wall’
A new branch of the hotel chain in the city charts the evolving nature of rock’n’roll
U2 members back new tech fund as it raises €20m in first round
Impact Ireland to invest in firms that ‘generate a return for society as well as investors’
What the Dickens: First edition find in Kildare country house sale
Contents sale of New Park House features many equine-themed works
Monkstown close the gap at the top to just two points behind Lisnagarvey
Leaders held to a surprising 4-4 draw at home by Glenanne
Pete Townshend: ‘I woke up with a needle in my arm and Phil Lynott standing there’
The Who guitarist on addiction, his new novel and why he’s still touring 40 years later
U2 at the 3Arena: Is Ireland suffering from U2 fatigue? Not a bit of it
Review: Both band and audience were determined this would be a night to remember – so it was
What to expect from U2’s Irish shows: the political and the personal
The band’s Experience + Innocence tour is deeply nostalgic yet very plugged in
U2 in Manchester: Bono ‘frets’ about ‘this Disunited Kingdom’
The band play an eye-popping first UK gig in their Experience + Innocence tour
How will U2’s pro-EU message go down in the UK? ‘It will be interesting’
'Our audience will be split different ways,' Adam Clayton tells the BBC
Bono on fame: ‘Paul is dead. I live here. I’m f***ing Bono’
As part of the Experience + Innocence show in Paris U2's lead singer has lots to say on Trump, the perils of success and how he’s only half a man without Ali
Bono promises quick return to concert tour after voice failure
Singer (58) says anything serious has been ruled out and he will perform on rest of tour
U2 support repeal of Eighth Amendment on eve of new tour
The Dublin band choose Trump-supporting Oklahoma to kick off their ‘issues based’ tour
Grammys 2018: Bruno Mars wins big as U2 perform in front of Statue of Liberty
Singer Kesha’s emotional performance was a big talking point of the night
Dolores O’Riordan death ‘not suspicious’ as tributes pour in for singer
U2, Hozier and Cranberries bandmates lead praise for Limerick’s ‘voice of a generation’
U2 urge council to revoke Freedom of Dublin from Suu Kyi
Failure to help Rohingya people a ‘betrayal of principles’ for which she received award
Is U2's new album Songs of Experience the most human Bono has been in a while?
Review: song-by-song guide to band’s 14th album
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U2 at Trafalgar Square? Winning this audience is no battle
Paradise Papers? Not here - the only show worth talking about in London was U2
U2’s Edge says he understands anger over Paradise Papers
Criticism of Bono inevitable, says guitarist; sometimes band ‘don’t get nearly enough stick’
From graffiti artist to most expensive painter in America
After U2, now Yoko Ono is selling her Basquiat as prices for the artist soar
U2’s albums ranked from worst to best
The band are about to perform The Joshua Tree in Croke Park, so where does it stand in the canon?
Chairman Gibson can’t repeat mistakes if Boro are to make swift return
Aitor Karanka given too long and untested replacement Steve Agnew not good enough
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