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“We always thought it had something”: From Green Day to U2, here's 6 B-sides that became massive hits

They might have been initially maligned by their creators, but these songs were just too good to keep down

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Bono and Apple team up for new ‘immersive’ 8K/Spatial Audio documentary, with a 180-degree video that places viewers onstage

Stories Of Surrender was recorded on his 2023 book tour

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“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

Bono reads out poem by Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko

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Who are F1 drivers' race engineers in 2025?

A race engineer has one of the most important roles in any Formula 1 team. It is their job to optimise the performance of the driver-and-car combination. Throughout the race weekend, they translate the feedback coming from the driver into set-up decisions to achieve the best possible result. And, except…

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Inhaler's Elijah Hewson wishes dad Bono offered more advice

Inhaler frontman Elijah Hewson wishes his dad, U2 frontman Bono, would give him more advice.

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“When I met Bono for the first time, I was like, ‘I used to sing Pride (In The Name Of Love) in my rock band growing up!’” Lady Gaga used to front a classic rock band who covered U2 and loved Led Zeppelin

The pop megastar talks about her early days singing classic rock tunes on the new episode of Hot Ones

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Inhaler singer Elijah Hewson: ‘I’m 25 now – I’m getting old’

INTERVIEW: The Dublin chart-toppers are back with their third album, the pop-skewing ‘Wide Awake’. Ahead of its release, the band sit down with Mark Beaumont to chat about acclimatising to arenas, quarter-life crises, ‘nasty’ politicians – and why their frontman being the son of rock luminary Bono only made them…

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“It was a very strange experience. It was like there was two people inside of him.” U2's Bono on the night he met Joy Division's “beautiful soul” Ian Curtis

“This band had at its very core a contradiction…”

Louder

“I thought Bowie was talented even though he lacked direction. I could hear the star quality in his voice”: Tony Visconti’s tales of David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Phil Lynott and U2

Bowie, Bolan, Thin Lizzy – producer Tony Visconti has worked with them all

Louder

"When you're young you've got all this violence in you, and that music released it for me." U2's Bono on the "genius" musician he considers an "exorcist"

U2 may have emerged in the post-punk era, but the Dubliners looked deeper into the past for inspiration

Louder

"Frontmen don't do humble, but today I was": Bono receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden

The U2 frontman received the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House

Louder

Bono humbled by US presidential honour

Bono was left feeling "humble" after being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Joe Biden on Saturday (04.01.25).

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President Biden Awards Medal Of Freedom To Diverse Group

President Biden awards Medal of Freedom to 19 distinguished individuals from various fields, recognizing their significant contributions.

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Biden To Award Presidential Medal Of Freedom To Diverse Recipients

President Biden to award 19 individuals, including Hillary Clinton and Denzel Washington, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their exceptional cont...

Evening Standard

Bono and Jane Goodall to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden

Actor Michael J Fox, US politician Hillary Clinton and Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Dame Anna Wintour will also be given the honour.

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The Independent UK

Michael J Fox cheered at White House as he steps forward to receive Medal of Freedom from Biden

The nation’s highest civilian award honors individuals who ‘made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors’

MusicRadar

“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

It was a defining moment for Bono and the boys

The Independent UK

Geldof urged Blair to take international lead on aid for Africa

Newly released government files show the LiveAid campaigner was ‘scathing’ about ‘weak’ African leadership.

Guitar World

“He got a kidney infection, so he’s in hospital… That’s a bit of a drag, because he was going to be the lead guitarist”: The iconic charity rock song that missed out on its star guitarist due to illness – and why it could have sounded very different

Do They Know It’s Christmas? could have ended up with more guitars had fate not intervened

Evening Standard

U2’s Larry Mullen Jr on his dyscalculia: Counting bars is like climbing Everest

The Irish musician revealed that he cannot count or add because of the learning difficulty.

Autosport

Hamilton fired up by Bono's poignant final "hammertime" call

Lewis Hamilton has revealed how hearing race engineer Pete Bonnington fire him up with their famous "hammertime" catchphrase one last time was a poignant moment as he departs Mercedes for Ferrari.

MusicRadar

“We finished this song and there were 5,000 angry geezers standing there just… dead silence”: Noel Gallagher liked Confidence Man so much he asked them to support him on his tour, but his fans weren’t so keen

They were not so much mad for it as just mad

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