U2 Days of Ash review: You may loathe the politically broad tone, but the band sounds reinvigorated
There is a strain of energy throughout this work that has an almost surprising urgency. It doesn’t all work, but there is power and tenderness
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Irish rock band
U2 song protests killing of Renée Good by US Ice agent in politically charged new release
Record due to be released on February 24th, the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine
Brilliantly vulnerable Cypress, Mine! see their return as all about the here and now
Nostalgia is unavoidable for re-formed ‘80s indie group, but a wish to move forward is the driving force behind new songs
Tavares Strachan: ‘What else am I going to say other than I got my name through slavery?’
The artist’s Encyclopedia of Invisibility restores the histories of thousands of people. Now his sculptures are bringing some of those stories to Dublin
Bono calls for Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti to be freed from Israeli jail
U2 frontman compared possible release to Nelson Mandela’s
Stop talking to press, officials told after sharing views on Simon Harris
Plus: National Concert Hall can’t stop the music; and a Clarewoman at Sellafield
European countries still have ‘negative perception’ of Irish corporate tax record
Internal study of diplomatic ‘soft power’ says more use could be made of popularity of artists like U2 and the Corrs
Bono joins annual Christmas Eve busking session in Dublin city centre
Street concert to raises funds for Dublin Simon Community marks its 15th anniversary
Deported Venezuelans desperate to be reunited with their children
Across the US, a growing number of Venezuelan children whose parents were deported back to their home country have been left behind
My Bloody Valentine: The story of the most important Irish band of the 21st century
Kevin Shields and co’s marrow-melting shoegaze sound has influenced everyone from U2 and Radiohead to Tame Impala
Colin Farrell: ‘I’m finding the 40s to be the most meaningful and beautiful chapter in my life’
You don’t so much interview Farrell as curate his conversation. A professional down to his neat fingertips, he gives you, in 20 minutes or so, enough material for a smallish book. It is 25 years since Farrell made the jump from Ireland to Los Angeles with Tigerland. His early roguish demeanour has matured into a more complex charisma.
Bram Stoker, the corncrake and ‘folklore as resistance’: Making Macnas’s Halloween parade
Louise Lowe and Owen Boss of Anu are swapping intimate immersive theatre for this year’s Macnas parade, An Truen: The Summoning of the Lost
Luke Combs: Who is Slane Castle’s next headliner?
A beer-chugging, jeans-wearing all-American, Combs’s music is propped up on escapism, heartbreak and nostalgia
U2 company records €1.4m loss, accounts reveal
Band’s musical equipment, once valued at €266,000, now on books as worth €2,100
Belfast Agreement referendum vote ‘saved’ by U2’s concert, new book says
UUP leader David Trimble initially refused to take off his jacket, saying: ‘I don’t do that’
Deftones: ‘I definitely think we’ve followed the Madonna model’
Frontman and lyricist Chino Moreno on keeping listeners guessing for nearly 40 years, refusing to cash in during the nu-metal peak years, and the ‘Radiohead of metal’ tag
It wasn’t the internet that killed the old cultural order, it was U2
The resurrection and return of Oasis was a throwback to a time when we all existed in a more or less agreed cultural context
Dave Fanning: ‘I felt very sorry for Ryan Tubridy. He was vilified’
Fanning talks about being on air seven days a week, his movie-a-night habit, Ryan Tubridy and Yoko Ono
U2’s The Edge conferred with Irish citizenship in Kerry ceremony
David Howell Evans, aka The Edge, says becoming Irish citizen was ‘long overdue’ as he has lived in Ireland since he was one
Ireland was a rock’n’roll backwater when Henry Mount Charles brought Dylan, Springsteen and The Rolling Stones to Slane
As the profile of Slane as a rock venue grew, Mount Charles lapped it up
Gavin Friday: ‘U2 and I are almost like brothers – you very rarely blow smoke up your brother’s ass’
The musician on positive changes in Ireland, his enduring friendship with Bono and co, and how he never made money until Jim Sheridan came calling
Clarence Hotel set to nearly triple in size after appeal dropped
Way now clear for hotel operator to add 104 bedrooms
The Music Quiz: Where are the brackets placed in this U2 song title?
Plus: From which song on Lou Reed’s 1973 album, Berlin, did Mike Scott choose the name of his band?
Pioneering producer Arthur Baker: Bono called me up and said, ‘Can you get me a guitar? I want to write a song’
Baker’s new autobiography charts his work producing and remixing Springsteen, Dylan, New Order and Afrika Bambaataa
Inside Ireland’s music festival industry: ‘You can haemorrhage money very quickly’
For promoters, there are risks, tight margins and pinch points. Still, as the summer season begins, optimism prevails
Midway through his interview with Brendan O’Connor, Bono confesses
The RTÉ Radio 1 host eventually asks if the U2 frontman was wrong to accept a medal from Joe Biden given US support for Israel’s invasion of Gaza
A big summer gig without tracking devices? There was only one for me
Please don’t say Slane 1995 was 30 years ago this July. That just can’t be right
Bono: Stories of Surrender review: A punch-to-the-guts stage show once you get past the Bono-ness of it all
The U2 singer’s film offers up musical thrills and personal reflections
TV guide: Bono: Stories of Surrender, And Just Like That, and the other best new things to watch this week
TV highlights May 25th-30th: including Walking with Dinosaurs, Bloom, and Bono: Stories of Surrender
Orla Gartland beats Fontaines DC to win best song at Ivor Novello awards
Dubliner released her second album, Everybody Needs a Hero, last year
Bono calls for end to war in Gaza as U2 perform Sunday Bloody Sunday at Ivor Novello awards
U2 singer calls for Hamas to release hostages and Israel to be released from Netanyahu
Bono at Cannes: ‘You wrote this story. The Edge wrote this story. Adam and Larry wrote this story. McGuinness wrote this story’
The film version of the singer’s stage show Stories of Surrender received a seven-minute standing ovation
Uncharted with Ray Goggins review: Leo Varadkar has to get halfway up a mountain with Lyra before he lets his guard down
Television: A former taoiseach and a Cork popstar make for a curious couple on this South African survival challenge
Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in May
Including Murderbot, Welcome to Wrexham, The Better Sister, Dept Q and Bono: Stories of Surrender
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