U2

By Glen Boyd When U2 originally played their 1983 concert in the gorgeous setting of Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre, they hadn't quite conquered the world yet, but they were well on their way. It was on that same tour in support of the band's third album War, that U2 would play before 300,000 people a...

 OH - Add to that the fact, that retaining a producer like Brian Eno practically guarantees comparisons to U2, as Eno's very name conjures visions of the ... Coldplay homage to U2 Washington Times CD review: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay The Gazette (Montreal)

By Glen Boyd At one point during this DVD, filmed in 1997 in Mexico City during U2's world tour behind the album Pop, Bono says to the audience that his band are "restless souls looking for new sounds and new colors." He then leans towards guitarist ...

By D.A.N. Listening to The Joshua Tree in it's entirety, I think there is more to why this was the album that really made U2 huge. It is not just because it has three of their biggest hits. It's because from start to finish it's a great album that really shows a band with a vision and will to change the world,...

By writnkitten Both Paul McGuinness, who promoted the band through years of tours in America, and fellow Irishman Bob Geldof, who organized the Band Aid and Live Aid concerts for Ethiopian relief efforts in 1984 and 1985, are also discussed in regards to Bono’s giving nature.

By Josh Hathaway There are a lot of people who associate U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind with 9/11. The anthems, the themes, and some of the lyrics seem to speak perfectly to the aftermath of that terrible day in our nation's history. That connection is further cemented by the way they rose to the occasion....

By A.L. Harper A.L. Harper is an American lost in the history and passion of living in Scotland. She enjoys motorbikes, music, art and wanking. She is Blogcritics Assistant Music Editor and runs the Band of the Week feature, where we profile a different indie (unsigned/inde label) band every week (contact...

By John Reed Around 15 years ago, U2 played a gig at the old Boston Garden on St. Patrick’s Day. The gig is still fairly legendary in terms of Boston folklore and the number of people who actually “claim” that they were there would have doubly exceeded the capacity of the Garden. While the U2 show was a good on...

By Tan The Man Sweden is becoming a bigger hotbed for rock imports. When European rock bands invade U.S. shores, they typically come from England (Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand), Ireland (U2) or Norway (A-Ha). Sweden's ability to pump out quality bands has grown in recent years.

By T. Michael Testi U2 – Achtung Baby: A Classic Album Under Review takes us from the earliest beginnings of U2’s formation in Dublin, Ireland, through their early albums -- Boy, War, October, and The Unforgettable Fire -- into their career-changing performance at Live Aid in 1985.

 OH - His review of U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and the Vertigo Tour that followed were some of the most harsh reviews I’ve ever read. ...

By Daryl D Flashback to 1987: U2 released The Joshua Tree, the album that solidified their position as the greatest band on earth. The first two singles, “With or Without You” and “Where The Streets Have No Name” zoomed to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The Joshua Tree Tour was an electrifying con...

By Connie Phillips On the band's website, Clark describes their interests and influences. "We were lucky we all had similar frames of reference and yet our own eclectic likes and dislikes. Ruby was into Depeche Mode, The Smiths, U2. Bill and Chris were into stuff like Radiohead, Pink Floyd and Neil Young, and I...

By James Hutchinson After playing on stage for little over an hour, U2 left the stage, and in true rock'n'roll fashion, waited at least ten minutes before beginning their first encore. Bono then re-emerged dressed in cop outfit seemingly borrowed from the Village People, and the band continued to play from t...