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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.

The Independent UK

“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

Guitar World

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.

Evening Standard

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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.

Autosport

“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

MusicRadar

‘There was a catalogue of errors – but once we opened, we were on fire’: how we made Fabric nightclub

‘We wanted to bring the underground to a bigger audience. We had Bono in the DJ booth once. No one recognised him. In that dark space, he was completely free’

The Guardian - UK

“Steve Lillywhite deserves credit for forcing our hand on that one”: Bono on the huge U2 hit that they saved from the scrapheap

U2’s frontman says their producer forced the band to record it live, and he's glad he did

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“A phrase that works on every occasion is an invaluable exit strategy”: Bono on the priceless advice he was given by a hard rock, harder-drinking legend

U2’s frontman on being enlightened by a true rock’n’roll sage

Louder

The 19 least sexy songs about sex of all time, from John Mayer to Katy Perry

THE COUNTDOWN : A playlist of guaranteed mood-killers, put together by Kevin E G Perry

The Independent UK

“Bono and I are working on some crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk music”: The Edge confirms new U2 activity, with Larry Mullen Jr back and Brian Eno "involved", is afoot

Band haven’t released a new album for seven years

MusicRadar

“Bono and I are working on some crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk music.” U2 guitarist The Edge says the band are recording with Brian Eno, but not on the “noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album” Bono promised

U2 are working on new music, but not the kind of raw, rowdy music they've been talking up over the past few years

Louder

“Bono took me aside and asked if I was sure I wanted him to sing this line”: Bob Geldof remembers what the U2 singer said to him before he recorded his vocals on Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?

“I was able to say, this is not soggy liberalism; this is coded anger,” Geldof recalls

MusicRadar

'He is non the wiser': Eve Hewson steals dad Bono's expensive face cream

Eve Hewson has revealed her father Bono owns "really expensive" face cream but never uses it - so she helps herself.

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Eve Hewson gets her strong work ethic from father Bono

Eve Hewson says people didn't see the hard work going on behind the scenes and assume celebrities are just out there partying all the time.

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"Still stands as a rebuke to that period in which it was first heard": Bob Geldof announces new remixed version of Do They Know It’s Christmas for single’s 40th anniversary

But how effective will it be as a fundraiser?

BANG Premier

Band Aid back with new 40th anniversary mix of Do They Know It's Christmas?

Band Aid is back with the '2024 Ultimate Mix' to mark 40 years of the 'song that changed the world'.

Louder

“You know the way drummers get, they get a bit weird when they start singing”: watch a drunk U2 completely rinse Phil Collins at an awards ceremony

The Genesis frontman was tasked with presenting to an inebriated Bono & co. in 1992 and they were in a cheeky mood

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Unseen Band Aid footage set to air in Do They Know It's Christmas? documentary

Unseen footage from the very first Band Aid recording session for 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' will air in a new BBC documentary about the 1984 charity single.

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Evening Standard

BBC to mark 40th anniversary of Band Aid single Do They Know It’s Christmas?

The chart-topping charity song brought together a number of British rock stars.

Evening Standard

'The Beatles were the worst musicians in the world': The best quotes from the life and times of Quincy Jones

The legendary music producer knew how to drop a name and – a bombshell – in press interviews

Louder

“Bono said, ‘Everyone is blowing smoke up our arse, will you come watch a few shows and help us make it better?’”: Gavin Friday on how he became U2’s Creative Director

The former Virgin Prune and solo artist has been U2’s official Tell It Like It Is Correspondent since the mid-80s

The Independent UK

Bono pays tribute to ‘rock progenitors’ Pixies as they release new album

Exclusive: Fellow musicians and famous fans praise the US band as they release ‘The Night the Zombies Came’, and celebrate the 35th anniversary of their album ‘Doolittle’

MusicRadar

"You guys definitely have to be the first band into the Sphere, because this is the future": U2's live sound engineer on how he persuaded Bono and The Edge to be the Las Vegas Sphere's first resident band

"I tried my level best and I couldn't break it" Joe O'Herlihy on the prep behind U2's astounding residency

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iPhone 16 Pro, Apple Watch Series 10 and everything Apple announced at today's Apple Event

Watch today's Apple Event right here.

Louder

“I was sitting in a bar and a friend came in and said, Bono from U2 just phoned my mother trying to find you.” How Depeche Mode/Nine Inch Nails producer Flood got to work with U2, and why working with Brian Eno made him “reappraise everything”

When U2 came calling for British recording engineer Mark 'Flood' Ellis, he assumed it was an April Fool's joke

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