Thirty-nine years ago today, four guys from Dublin released an album that went platinum in the United Kingdom in 48 hours, and the music world hasn't been the same since.

U2 scores a new top 10 hit as “American Obituary” from the Days of Ash EP debuts on Billboard's Alternative Digital Song Sales chart.

“We can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes,” said Bono in Visnja Cogan’s 2008 book U2: An Irish Phenomenon. “The audience is on its feet, ...

What a week to be a U2 fan. Five new tracks and a poem arrived on Tuesday in the form of the EP Days Of Ash. Add to that the news that an album will follow towards the end of the year; it did seem ...

LOS ANGELES — U2 is returning with its first collection of new songs in nearly a decade, opening with a tribute to Renee Good, the Minnesota mom fatally shot by a federal agent during this winter's ...

One of the best feelings is when a band that's been gone for a while suddenly reappears with new music and a fresh album on the way. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, that's exactly what happened with legendary ...

U2 is the latest band to release new music in the wake of the deadly Minneapolis ICE shootings, following Bruce Springsteen’s tribute track to Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both shot and killed by ICE ...

Irish rock band U2 invoked Renee Nicole Good — the anti-ICE agitator gunned down by federal agents in Minnesota last month — in their new song “American Obituary,” while calling for a “rise against ...

New EP Days of Ash features songs about Renee Good, Iranian protesters and other political topics, and precedes new ‘defiantly joyful’ album later in 2026 Alexis Petridis on Days of Ash: six new ...

U2 are back. All guns blazing — target acquired, no prisoners taken. Bono is focused, passionate, driven, The Edge’s guitar is soaring, Adam’s bass driving relentlessly, and Larry Mullen Jr is back to ...

U2 have released a brand-new six-track politically charged EP ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Called Days of Ash, the band describe it as a "new standalone six-track ...

U2 has released a new six-track EP titled U2 — Days of Ash, which arrived today, Ash Wednesday. According to a press release announcing the record, the EP is “an immediate response to current events ...