U2

U2 have released twelve studio albums, sold over 150 million records worldwide
during a career spanning thirty years and collected countless prestigious
awards, including a whopping 22 Grammys, more than any other band. Known for
extravagant and energetic live shows and political activism, the group fronted
by Bono is arguably the biggest band on earth. In 1978, a young ... read more

Archive interview

We trawled through the dusty archives at One Golden Square to find this brilliant bumper-length interview with U2, recorded in 2000 with Chris Evans.Is Adam parking the car? What's Bono's favourite breakfast? Listen and find out.

Video: Charlie Rose goes one-on-one with Bono

See the U2 singer talk about his humanitarian efforts in this hourlong chat.
Posted 17 May 3.39am — Comment on this

Celebrity Birthdays - May 10, 2013

Happy Birthday to: U2 singer Bono (1960) SwimmerMissy Franklin (1995) Actress Halston Sage (1993) Actress Lauren Potter (1990) Actress Lindsey Shaw (1989) Actress ...
Posted 10 May 8.00am — Comment on this

Trixie Whitley throws out the formula

Before she was old enough to vote, Trixie Whitley was delaying parties at an art museum in Belgium, traveling around Europe in an avant-garde dance-theater troupe and sin...
Posted 2 May 12.58am — Comment on this

Able Archer: Bullets

Able Archer, an alternative rock band from Dublin, go for passionate songs from the Pearl Jam variety. being Irish they can't escape the influence of U2, but that doesn...
Posted 25 April 2.06pm — Comment on this

Off the Avenue: Kishi Bashi

Former of Montreal member drops one original plus a U2 cover.
Posted 19 April 8.20pm — Comment on this

Mick Jagger To Call Bono For Glastonbury Advice

Sir Mick Jagger is planning to call U2 frontman Bono to ask his advice ahead of The Rolling Stones' headline performance at Britain's Glastonbury...
Posted 3 April 7.11pm — Comment on this

The 411 Music Top Five 04.02.13: The Top 5 Breakout Albums

From Kanye West's The College Dropout and Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction to U2's The Joshua Tree and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top five breakout ...
Posted 2 April 8.04am — Comment on this

Coldplay's A Rush Of Blood To The Head Tops BBC Radio 2 List of All-Time Favorite Albums

Ahead of Duran Duran, U2, Punk Floyd and the Beatles...
Posted 2 April 2.08am — Comment on this

Japandroids’ “The House That Heaven Built” is the new entrance music for the Vancouver Canucks

They beat out Nickelback, GNR, and U2 in a fan poll.
Posted 27 February 8.28pm — Comment on this

My Back Pages, Vol. 1: U2 - War

Welcome to My Back Pages, a new collaborative staff feature that will survey a landscape of renowned classics and unheralded gems alike...most of which no one around ...
Posted 26 February 5.45pm — Comment on this

Bono's wife injured in fall

Bono's wife has been airlifted to hospital. Ali Hewson was vacationing with the U2 singer in Costa Rica when she reportedly fell from a quad bike on...
Posted 22 February 8.00pm — Comment on this

Bono's Wife In Quad Biking Accident

Bono's wife was airlifted to hospital in Costa Rica last weekend (16-17Feb13) after a quad bike accident.The U2 star and his partner Ali Hewson have...
Posted 22 February 8.06am — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played U2 songs in the past year.

  • Pride (in the name of love)  479 plays
  • Where the streets have no name  392 plays
  • Desire  383 plays
  • Beautiful Day  370 plays
  • With or without you  367 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by U2 over the past year.

  1. Absolute Classic Rock 2027 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 1455 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 90s 1446 plays
  4. Absolute 80s 1338 plays
  5. Absolute Radio 00s 966 plays
  6. Absolute Radio 70s 54 plays
  7. Absolute Radio 60s 54 plays

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