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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'
March 13, 2009

U2 in Their Own Words

Bono and Co. on the band's lifespan, their aborted Rick Rubin sessions and the legacy of "Pop"
January 22, 2009

Inside U2's Bold New 'Horizon'

In the studio as the band wraps the ambitious new 'No Line on the Horizon'

Recordings and Reviews

No Line On The Horizon

"I was born to sing for you/I didn't have a choice but to lift you up," Bono declares early on this album, in a song called "Magnificent." He does it in an oddly low register, a heated hush just above the shimmer of the Edge's guitar and the iron-horse roll of bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry...

2009 RS: 5of 5 Stars

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

The Best Of 1990-2000

2002

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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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