Schools of rock: Denis McClean on the fifth member of U2 – the fans
Mount Temple may have produced a U2, but my school, St Paul’s in Raheny, produced a Gerry Ryan and a Marty Whelan
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Bono on U2’s first days, 50 years ago: ‘Edge and Larry could play. Adam and myself were bluffing’
U2 talk about the truth behind their now legendary origin story at Mount Temple school in Dublin, what has kept them together since 1976, and their new album
U2 play special gigs at Mount Temple Comprehensive and Grafton Street to mark 50th anniversary
Bono, Larry, Edge and Adam return to former school - where drummer stuck up a note ‘seeking bandmates’ - half a century after first rehearsal
U2 fans treated to surprise Dublin street performance to mark 50th anniversary
U2 perform from Bewley’s balcony for fans from around the world who made pilgrimage to Dublin to mark band’s 50th anniversary
U2 are sometimes dismissed as do-gooders, but the last 50 years have proven it is no act
Macklemore’s dismissal from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour is a sign of how supine the modern music industry has become
U2, born this day 50 years ago: ‘I was there. I witnessed the first spark’
Ivan McCormick attended that first rehearsal in Larry Mullen’s kitchen aged 13. His Teisco Stratocaster was the most advanced guitar in the room
The Irish Times view on U2 at 50: drummer finds musicians
Band went on to become one of the most successful in rock history, and the biggest ever to emerge from Ireland
U2’s new album Carnaval de Luz features Dolly Parton and Bono duet
Carnaval De Luz is U2’s first album in nine years. It’s nice to have them back
Bono: ‘The new U2 album is called …’
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Drummer Seeks Musicians: the untold story of how Ireland’s biggest band was born
Story Lines – the home of audio storytelling from The Irish Times
‘It was like Moses coming down from the mountain’: John Coltrane and the creation of A Love Supreme
The jazz great John Coltrane was born 100 years ago next week. Musicians around the world are marking the saxophonist’s centenary
Drummer Seeks Musicians: Listen to a trailer for our new podcast about the origins of U2
From Mount Temple Comprehensive on Dublin’s northside to the world stage, this is the story of how U2 began
The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue: ‘I was in therapy, saying all the right things but drinking at weekends’
The singer opens up about drink, grief and a new album that even he is a little mystified by
Four new films to see this week: Bitter Christmas, The Dog Stars, Guggi and Colony
Bárbara Lennie, Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Derek Rowen and Jun Ji-hyun feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of August 28th, 2026
Guggi review: No doubting sincerity of Bono’s feelings for artist friend
Guggi makes for decent company in doc by Ian Thuillier, who also profiled Gavin Friday and Rory Gallagher
Glen Hansard funeral: A wicker coffin, a grieving widow and a son too young to be there
The service for the Ballymun musician felt more like a party where he was the only one missing from the celebrations
Ireland has become a colder house for artists like Glen Hansard
It is not an accident that The Frames made their first post-Island record with financial backing from Whelan’s, the venue at the heart of the Dublin scene Hansard did more than anyone to birth
Glen Hansard as an activist: A ‘giant in the fight against homelessness’
Annual Christmas Eve charity busk organised by singer-songwriter celebrated its 15th anniversary last year
Glen Hansard obituary: Musician who went from busking in Dublin to world’s biggest stages
Singer-songwriter and activist found fame with The Frames and The Commitments and won an Oscar for best song
‘Such an angelic presence’: Bono pays tribute to late friend Glen Hansard
U2 frontman was a regular participant in the Christmas Eve busk with the Oscar-winning singer
Ali Hewson and others could raise almost €20m for new children’s science centre, adjudicator finds
Adjudication report says State support of up to €30m could be needed over a decade to meet facility’s operating costs
U2 release new single Street of Dreams – a buzzy, uplifting number clearly made for radio airplay
The sound of ambition is writ large on the new single from the band’s first studio album in nine years
Three former presidents sat together to listen to Obama on Thursday. Trump was not invited
A speech the former president made at the library opened in his name in Chicago seems the one the US really needs to hear on July 4th
Bad – The Song That Saved My Life review: A U2 anthem linking two extreme trajectories
Television: Bono never forgot his childhood pal Andy Rowen and tapped into his feelings about him for two of U2’s defining early anthems
A ghost from my teenage past emailed to say hello. I’m so glad he did
Andy’s life is a story of survival and surrender, trauma and redemption. He’s one of the sharpest, funniest people I’ve ever been reacquainted with
Brexit - A Very British Civil War review: Ghastly portrait of ruling classes having a lark
Television: If nothing else, this two-parter achieves the remarkable feat of making you grateful for parish-pump Irish politics
A victim of its own popularity – Dalkey’s second World War Eire sign gets a facelift
Dozens of volunteers repainted the sign which has become scuffed from people walking across it
Merkel receives EU Order of Merit as she warns leaders to tackle tech firms over disinformation
Former German chancellor warns European leaders are failing citizens by not tackling tech companies over disinformation
AI don’t believe it: What do Gerry Hutch, Michael Healy-Rae and Charlie Haughey have in common?
Plus: U2 ride the bus in Mexico City; Ryanair seeks to fill Europe’s ‘best’ comms manager job; Minister goes from eating humble pie to cake
New plans lodged for Killiney site following objections by U2 members’ wives
An Coimisiún Pleanála had upheld refusal for four ‘very large’ houses after Ali Hewson and others lodged objections
Jordan Joy, daughter of U2’s Bono, releases new single
Don’t Kill the Vibe, Jordan Hewson’s first single as Jordan Joy, has found favour with some big names
Patrick Freyne: Is U2’s new EP Easter Lily almost ... cool?
The band offer us a record about friendship, faith, art, meaning and, appropriately for Easter, death and the possibility of rebirth
Love Bono or loathe him, we could all do with a little more of his sanctimony
If art is going to be political - and I mostly wish it wouldn’t - this is the way to do it
Watch: U2 release short film to mark Ukraine invasion anniversary
Documentary accompanies Yours Eternally, a song featuring Ed Sheeran and Taras Topolia
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