Stereogum — Last week, U2 announced Carnaval de Luz , the followup to 2017's Songs Of Experience . There was some confusion when the tracklist included a song called "The Mirror Maker (Rosalía)," and now Bono is offering us insight into the track. The post Bo... more info

Stereogum — In 1976, four kids at Dublin's Mount Temple Comprehensive School got together to start a band. The 14-year-old Larry Mullen., Jr. posted that he was looking for musicians on the school's notice board, and he and some of his classmates had their first... more info

Antimusic Rock — Interscope Records today announces the release of Carnaval De Luz - the 16th studio album from U2 more info

Stereogum — The big dogs are back! It has been nearly nine years since U2 released Songs Of Experience , their last proper studio album of new music. This fall, right around the band's 50th anniversary, they will return with a new LP called Carnaval de Luz. The... more info

Stereogum — The Las Vegas venue Sphere opened with a much-hyped U2 residency in 2023, and its booking since then has been extremely strange — classic rock acts like Dead & Company and Eagles, EDM DJ Anyma, Kenny Chesney, Backstreet Boys, No Doubt, Metallica, a... more info

Stereogum — Every year since 1991, MusiCares, the Recording Academy's charitable arm, has honored a Person Of The Year at a gala on Grammys weekend. Sometimes they give the award to persons, plural, rather than a person, singular. In 2027, those persons will be ... more info

Stereogum — U2 are by far the biggest music act ever to come out of Ireland. The Pogues didn't actually come from Ireland — they were a London band — but they might've had more to say about Irish identity than any other band in history. U2 and the Pogues go ... more info

Stereogum — Bono and Glen Hansard are two of Ireland's greatest rock frontmen, and their paths crossed many times. Today, in light of Hansard's shocking death in a motorcycle accident early this morning, the U2 singer has shared an effusive heartfelt tribute to ... more info

Stereogum — We found out in March that a star-studded Shane MacGowan tribute album was on the way, with legends like Tom Waits, the Jesus And Mary Chain, Primal Scream, and more. Now, we have the full tracklist, which also reveals other contributors like U2. Th... more info

Stereogum — Once upon a time, U2 tried to make dance music. After successfully reinventing themselves as ironic aesthetes on Achtung Baby and Zooropa, U2 steered all the way into the late-'90s electronica hype wave on their 1997 album Pop, and the result was not... more info