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Bono Pays Tribute to Michelle Obama With Surprise 'City of Blinding Lights' Lyric Change After Slur Controversy

Bono delivered a personalised rendition of 'City of Blinding Lights' to honour Michelle Obama at the Obama Presidential Center, amidst controversy from a conspiracy theory about the former First Lady.

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Eve Hewson find dating too much 'pressure'

Eve Hewson thinks dating is "too much pressure" and having to travel so much for work only makes it harder.

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“Steve Albini died, a friend died, my father died, the father of my wife died. But I want to focus on the positive”: How a composer's approach and 40 DD-3 pedals helped noise masters MONO to heal their grief

Aiming to match sadness with beauty, guitarist and composer Taka Goto explains why, on new album Snowdrop, he channeled classical music through a distortion pedal

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25 Years Later, The Wildest Video Game Movie Looks Even More Ridiculous

'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider' remains a wild relic of the past.

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Why does Yassine Bounou have Bono on the back of his shirt?

Why does the Moroccan shot-stopper wear 'Bono' on his shirt?

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10 Photos of Eve Hewson: Everything to Know About the 'Disclosure Day' Actress and Bono's Daughter

Eve Hewson, daughter of U2 lead singer Bono, stars in Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day.' Here's a look at her career and rise in Hollywood.

International Business Times UK

Def Leppard’s Phil Collen reveals his one issue with playing Las Vegas Sphere

Phil Collen says Def Leppard would love to play the Las Vegas Sphere - but worries the venue’s massive visuals might steal the spotlight.

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U2 to honour Shane MacGowan on new tribute album

A tribute album titled 20th Century Paddy is set to be released on 13 November, honouring The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, who passed away in 2023. The record will feature around 40 artists covering MacGowan's songs, celebrating his musical legacy. U2 has been confirmed to contribute to the album, performing…

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U2 to feature on tribute album to Pogues’ Shane MacGowan

Bob Geldof, Hozier, Johnny Depp and Primal Scream are among the other acts set to contribute to the record.

Evening Standard

"Bambi turned into Darth Vader in seconds." A brief but fabulously on-brand story about Sinéad O'Connor, an Irish newspaper journalist, and two pints of Guinness

Bono's best friend, Irish rock star Gavin Friday, shares a classic anecdote about the late Sinéad O'Connor

Louder

“The thunder and rain crashed the generator for the film shoot”: U2 film new video on top of a bus in a soaked Mexico City

Plus landmark where they played famous San Francisco is to be torn down

MusicRadar

“We were supposed to open that place”: Adam Jones reveals that Tool were meant to raise the curtain on the Sphere in 2023

Instead, U2 took their place

MusicRadar

"A true fighter with a heavenly voice": A tribute to The Alarm's Mike Peters

A look back at the life and music of Mikre Peters, the much-loved guitarist, singer and songwriter with Welsh rockers The Alarm, who died a year ago today

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Moya Brennan remembered at funeral as ‘First Lady of Celtic music’

U2, Andrea Corr and Daniel O’Donnell were among those who attended the service in Donegal on Friday afternoon.

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U2's Bono and more pay tribute to late Clannad singer Moya Brennan

Bono, Andrea Corr and Una Healy are among the stars paying tribute to Moya Brennan following the Clannad singer’s death at 73.

Louder

"We don't write songs which shy away from witnessing a world in its trauma, its rage and pain." U2 surprise-release new six-song EP Easter Lily

U2 follow up their Days Of Ash EP with six new songs exploring themes of "friendship, loss, hope, and ultimately, renewal"

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'You've tarnished Apple's reputation': 11 things Apple got horribly wrong over the past 50 years

From rock band downloads to unreliable keyboards, here are the biggest Apple misfires in the last fifty years.

MusicRadar

“It’s essentially a ballad, but we put a pounding beat to it. It turned into a power track”: The classic ’80s No 1 by A-ha that inspired a U2 anthem

“The melody line must have been lying in Bono’s subconsiousness”

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“There are many approaches Slash could have taken for his solo – I thought it was cool he did his own thing”: How Joe Bonamassa and Slash channeled B.B. King and the Edge for an iconic cover of an iconic tune

In his latest lesson for GW, Joe Bonamassa celebrates B.B. King’s late '80s collaboration with U2

Louder

They were bottled off stage by Alice Cooper's audience, derailed by a death in The Pretenders and made U2's producer cry: How Big Country made one of the biggest albums of the 80s

In an exclusive extract from a new book about the life of Stuart Adamson, we look at the hidden story behind The Crossing

Louder

"I remember getting the award from Aerosmith and I went to an afterparty with Bono. It was all mad." How a comedy song about a posh lady getting her kicks from the homeless community became an impossible hit

When three acquaintances decided to make a joke song about a bizarre topic just for the hell of it, they can't have foreseen what'd happen next

The Independent UK

Producer’s three Grammys smashed during DHL delivery

Award-winning producer William Orbit claims that his three Grammy statues have been broken in transit by DHL. On Instagram, Orbit – who received the prizes for his work with Madonna – said that they were broken while en route from Venice to London. He posted a photo of the pieces…

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Radiohead react to ICE using their song 'Let Down': 'Go f*ck yourselves'

The Department of Homeland Security used a choral rendition of the band's song 'Let Down' in a video that promotes ICE - and Radiohead responded quickly and bluntly.

MusicRadar

“We can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes. The audience is on its feet, singing every word. It’s like God suddenly walks through the room”: The epic U2 anthem that drove its creators half mad

During the making of The Joshua Tree, half of the time was spent on this one track

Guitar World

“12 seconds into the opening night with U2, I thought, ‘We have to do this’”: Metallica announces Sphere residency – and they’ll be spared from the issues all other guitar bands have faced so far

John Mayer, Bob Weir, Trey Anastasio and The Edge have all been confronted the same issue when playing at the Sphere – but it should be a smoother ride for Metallica

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