If U2 is accepting an award named for folk singer Woody Guthrie, it’s a safe bet that Bono is going to use the opportunity to say a little something about music, protest, and the changing political climate. That happened Tuesday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when the U2 frontman and the …
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U2 shared a lengthy post on their website clarifying the band members’ individual stances on Israel and Gaza. “We are not experts in the politics of the region, but we want our audience to know where we each stand,” the Irish group wrote. Each band member—Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, …
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Dutch photographer, filmmaker, and music video director Anton Corbijn will be presented with the Icon Award at the annual Abbey Road Music Photography Awards. Corbijn has photographed numerous notable subjects over the course of his 40-plus-year photography career, including Tom Waits, David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, Ian Curtis, Clint Eastwood, Bryan …
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George W. Bush has kept his feelings about Donald Trump’s policies almost completely to himself over the past decade, offering little more than a hushed “that was some weird shit” at the 2017 inauguration. But the Associated Press got their hands on footage from a recent private videoconference call where …
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U2 guitarist The Edge has spent more than six decades living in Ireland. The country is as home to him as any place can be, especially now that has become an actual citizen there. On Monday, the musician, born David Howell Evans in Essex, was granted Irish citizenship. “I guess, …
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Bono called for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas at 2025 Ivor Novello Awards last night. During the awards ceremony, held at London’s Grosvenor House, U2 became the first Irish act to receive Fellowship of the Ivors Academy. Bono took the opportunity to criticize Hamas and Israeli …
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It happened during the time most rational things do: at 1:34 a.m., on the MAGA social media platform Truth Social. President Donald Trump had another tantrum over Bruce Springsteen, writing a very chill, all-caps message: “HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN …
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When Bono hits the road for a tour, he usually brings along about 200 trucks, a stage that weighs roughly 170 tons, hundreds of employees, and three high-school buddies named Adam, Larry, and Edge. But when he went out in early 2023 to promote his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One …
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Bono shares some of the most meaningful stories from his life and career in the new trailer for Bono: Stories of Surrender, set to premiere May 30 on Apple TV+. The doc is described as a “vivid reimagining” of the one-man show Bono performed at the Beacon Theatre in New …
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It’s not hard to spot the hardcore fans at U2 shows. They’re the ones wearing vintage Lovetown Tour T-shirts who scream louder for “Acrobat” than “Pride (In the Name of Love),” call out guitar tech Dallas Schoo by name when he brings the Edge a new instrument, and leap into …
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