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October 1, 2009

U2 Beyond the "Horizon": Plans for Next Album Take Shape

The band on "Songs of Ascent," Spider-Man music and U2 haters
September 30, 2009

U2: The Essential Album Guide

Three decades of transcendent rock, from "Boy" to "No Line on the Horizon"
May 19, 2009

U2's 360 Tour: Big Stage, Big Energy

Band also mixing up set list, keeping prices low
March 23, 2009

Inside U2's Plans to Rock Stadiums Around the Globe

Band plans its most ambitious tour ever behind new 'No Line'

Recordings and Reviews

The Unforgettable Fire (Deluxe Reissue)

This transitional, hit-or-miss set, U2's first collaboration with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, followed 1983's breakthrough, War. When things click, it bridges that record's fight-the-power arena rock with the texture fetishism of its follow-up, The Joshua Tree. The transcendent "Bad"...

2009 RS: 4.5of 5 Stars

No Line On The Horizon

2009

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur

2007

U218 Singles

2006

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

2004

Carved In Stone: Live At Red Rocks Vol. 2

2004

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Biography

U2 began the '80s as a virtually unknown "alternative" group and ended the century as one of the most widely followed rock bands in the world. The Irish rockers were influenced initially by punk's raw energy, but they immediately distinguished themselves from their post-punk peers with a huge, soaring sound — centered on Dave "the Edge" Evans' reverb-laden guitars and Paul "Bono" Hewson's se...

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