The Edge

Dublin’s Clarence Hotel sets sights on tripling room capacity

Plans for the hotel, formerly owned by members of U2, include demolishing Anne’s Bar and building a six storey extension

Fri Dec 06 2024 - 16:51

The album that nearly finished U2: The story of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and its new ‘shadow’ LP

How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb features 10 tracks from the recording sessions that made some of the band wonder if they’d have anything to release

Sat Nov 23 2024 - 05:15

U2: How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb track by track review – Hold on to your mirror shades for classic moments and wigged-out curios

Inevitably for an out-take album, it’s a bit glued together and rough at the edges, but even U2 agnostics will like a lot of the tracks

Tue Nov 19 2024 - 17:32

‘We are happy with the price’: Music promoter Denis Desmond on buying Rory Gallagher’s guitar

Fender Stratocaster is acquired for more than €1 million at auction in London

Fri Oct 18 2024 - 19:42

U2’s Country Mile and Picture of You (X + W): Two fantastic songs – but it’s hard not to be haunted by what they represent

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was U2’s last artistically relevant album. These new releases are from the reboot How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb

Fri Sept 27 2024 - 12:59

Pretax profits at Clarence Hotel treble to €1.43m

Bono, The Edge and Paddy McKillen snr sold facility last October to the Dean Hotel Group

Mon Sept 02 2024 - 17:15

Developer Paddy Kelly suffers again, this time with the RTB’s maximum €60,000 rent arrears bill

Ditch journalist Roman Shortall settles his own rent bill; Siún Ní Raghallaigh has her say; and U2′s Dublin plans fall through again

Sun Jun 09 2024 - 06:00

McKillen jnr completes sale of majority stake in Dean hotels

Deal places value of €355m on Dean Hotel Group and opens door for brand’s expansion into Europe and the US

Wed Apr 10 2024 - 06:00

Folk band Lankum win RTÉ Choice Music album of year

Jazzy named artist of the year and breakthrough artist at annual RTÉ music awards

Thu Mar 07 2024 - 23:33

U2 rank music education scheme as one of their proudest achievements

Band was an original funder of Music Generation which now provides lessons for 85,000 children every year

Tue Mar 05 2024 - 19:23

Boylesports reviews Irish operations

Seen & Heard: Ardstone’s Milltown plans; Parkgate Street office scheme scrapped; and celebs pile into craft brewer

Sun Dec 31 2023 - 11:23

U2′s The Edge secures planning permission for Dalkey home

The Edge secures planning permission for south Dublin site has been vacant since mid-1990s

Fri Nov 10 2023 - 16:01

Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee: Los Angeles - A guest-packed sonic extravaganza

Former drummers of The Cure and Siouxsie and The Banshees unite with producer Jacknife Lee

Fri Nov 03 2023 - 05:00

U2’s Bono and The Edge sell Clarence hotel to group owned by Paddy McKillen jnr and Matt Ryan

The two musicians have owned the landmark hotel for over three decades

Thu Oct 19 2023 - 06:00

U2 live in Las Vegas: An unforgettable gig unlike any other

U2:UV Achtung Baby Live, the band’s new Las Vegas set, sounds, looks and feels like no other gig you’ve been to

Mon Oct 02 2023 - 12:44

‘We’d love it’: The Edge on U2 returning with Larry Mullen jnr to the Las Vegas Sphere in 2024

U2’s residency-opening show went ‘way better than I ever could have expected or hoped for’, says the band’s guitarist

Sun Oct 01 2023 - 01:48

U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere in Las Vegas: What the first reviews say

What did the world’s media think of the most ambitious performance in the Irish band’s history?

Sat Sept 30 2023 - 11:49

‘I’ve never experienced anything like it’: U2 fans on the band’s Las Vegas Sphere debut

The band’s huge show U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere opened on Friday night at the most talked-about music venue in the world

Sat Sept 30 2023 - 10:28

Bono says united Ireland would be ‘wonderful’ but two states still at ‘dating stage’

U2 guitarist The Edge said change could not be imposed on North and supported John Hume community focus

Fri Sept 29 2023 - 14:18

U2 at the Las Vegas Sphere: 25 dates, $1m a show and 1,586 speakers to blast out the hits

Friday marks the first of 25 shows as part of the band’s UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere concert

Fri Sept 29 2023 - 07:00

Tina Turner obituary: A walking, strutting, shimmying ball of talent and contradiction

Singer enjoyed some success performing with her abusive husband Ike, but returned solo later in life as a global superstar

Sat Jun 03 2023 - 00:27

BNY Mellon sets up Dublin AI hub, Revolut’s Irish business customers, and tax-free gains

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Tue May 30 2023 - 06:27

U2-backed Endeavor joins forces with KPMG and Maples to mentor ‘high-impact founders’

Advisers will work with Irish entrepreneurs and others in Endeavor’s international network looking to do business here

Tue May 30 2023 - 05:00

Life’s saving graces come in all sizes. U2’s music helped save mine

Having served as the soundtrack to my life, U2′s music became an escape during treatment for a tumour

Mon May 15 2023 - 05:10

Johnny Fean obituary: Horslips guitarist who stood shoulder to shoulder with the best in the world

Band changed the landscape of Irish rock music forever and Johnny Fean was a crucial ingredient in that

Sat May 06 2023 - 00:00

Losing the Edge: Ryan Tubridy fluffs his questions for U2 guitarist

Radio: The exiting Late Late Show host’s chummy chat underlines why he needs to focus on his radio game

Fri Mar 17 2023 - 05:00

A Sort of Homecoming: Bono and the Edge are a revelation as they go back to their roots with cantankerous David Letterman

Documentary is perfectly conventional and thumpingly agreeable and heart-warming

Fri Mar 17 2023 - 00:01

Bono: Pressure to look ‘macho’ stopped me from admitting love of Abba