TheJournal.ie uses cookies. By continuing to browse this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Click here to find out more »
Dublin: 13 °C Sunday 19 May, 2013

U2

# u2 - Thursday 16 May, 2013

From The Daily Edge Memories This post contains videos

What has been Croke Park’s most memorable musical night?

One Direction are the next musical act to take to the stage at Ireland’s favourite stadium, but what’s been the best musical night at Croker so far?

# u2 - Friday 10 May, 2013

From The Daily Edge Beautiful Day This post contains videos

7 of the most annoying things Bono has ever said or done

It’s his birthday, so there’s some nice stuff about Bono in here too.

# u2 - Friday 29 March, 2013

From The Daily Edge Renamed

13 huge musical acts… and what they were originally called

Fancy going to a Lizzy Grant concert? Or maybe going to see Joyspeed?

# u2 - Sunday 24 February, 2013

From The Daily Edge Girl Put Your Records On

18 albums every Irish household has owned

From Oasis to A Woman’s Heart.

# u2 - Sunday 3 February, 2013

From The Daily Edge Superbowl This post contains videos

# u2 - Tuesday 29 January, 2013

From The Daily Edge Birthday Boy This post contains videos

Happy Birthday Pat Kenny, here are your best bits

Pat is 65 today. He’s looking well…

# u2 - Thursday 17 January, 2013

From The Daily Edge Achtung Baby This post contains videos

10 reasons for U2 to exist

U2 have revealed a potential title for their new album; ’10 reasons to exist’.

# u2 - Saturday 12 January, 2013

Want to meet your hero? You can, at a price…

Celebrity auctions are becoming more and more popular. So what can you get for your money?

# u2 - Friday 30 November, 2012

Forbes lists the 25 richest musicians in 2012

Dr Dre came out on top, with Irish rockers U2 taking the fourth spot.

# u2 - Friday 9 November, 2012

From The Daily Edge Graffiti

Dublin City Council tackles anti-U2 graffiti

We’ve all seen the ‘tax-dodging’ graffiti, right?

# u2 - Thursday 25 October, 2012

From The Daily Edge Crazy Horse

# u2 - Friday 21 September, 2012

The eagle has landed: Bono to get Mexico’s top honour

The Order of the Aztec Eagle is the highest decoration that can be awarded to foreigners and it’s winging (sorry) its way to the U2 frontman.

# u2 - Wednesday 5 September, 2012

Mitt Romney uses U2′s old tour plane to campaign for US presidency

The Republican candidate for president is using the 22-year-old aircraft that Bono and co used for a bit of, ahem, ‘Elevation’ during their 360° tour from 2009 to 2011.

# u2 - Thursday 26 July, 2012

From The Daily Edge Bono This post contains videos

VIDEO: ‘Hello housemates. This is your Irish rock star fan, Bono’

He appeared on Big Brother South Africa. Watch the whole episode here.

# u2 - Friday 29 June, 2012

The Evening Fix: Friday

Things we learned, loved and shared today.

Rattle And Stung This post contains images

Pics: Adam Clayton’s former PA found guilty of stealing nearly €3m from him

The U2 bass player spoke to the media outside the court today as the jury delivered a unanimous guilty verdict on all charges.

# u2 - Thursday 7 June, 2012

From The Score Deadpan Hero This post contains videos

Summer Tour Diary: ‘Our time is now’ says O’Driscoll as Kidney shocks us all

Bold team selections excite the travelling media corp and a slovenly funnyman piques the Irish captain.

# u2 - Monday 4 June, 2012

From The Daily Edge Hit Parade

Top 20: The best-selling albums in Irish history

How many times do U2 feature? And which has sold more – A Woman’s Heart or White Ladder? Time to reveal all…

# u2 - Sunday 3 June, 2012

BIG TIME This post contains images

Stephen Roche, Swingball, Big Time bars: Ireland in the 1980s (pics)

From the Enniskillen bombing to the divorce referendum, from Theresa Lowe to Ray Houghton…. images of eighties Ireland.

# u2 - Friday 1 June, 2012

From The Daily Edge Late Late Show This post contains videos

6 memorable moments from 50 years of the Late Late Show

From tearing up Toy Show tickets to Padraig Flynn’s appearance, here are some of the chat show’s highlights. Tell us your favourites…

# u2 - Friday 18 May, 2012

From Business ETC Elevation

Bono’s wealth set to double in Facebook’s first day on markets

Paul Hewson’s investment vehicle owns 1.5 per cent of the company – and will make a tidy packet in the IPO today.

# u2 - Saturday 28 April, 2012

From Business ETC Money Money Money

U2, Sir Paul and…er Posh Spice make Sunday Times millionaire musicians list

MCD boss Denis Desmond and Michael Flatley are among the Irish names on the list…

# u2 - Thursday 19 April, 2012

From The Daily Edge Slane 2012

No Slane event this year, says Lord Henry

Slane Castle owner says 2013 “will be busy”.

# u2 - Tuesday 20 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge Pic Of The Day

# u2 - Monday 16 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge Charity

Damien Rice pays almost $500k for Bono’s guitar

The singer-songwriter bid on the customised guitar at a fundraising auction for Haiti in Beverly Hills at the weekend.

# u2 - Tuesday 15 November, 2011

From The Daily Edge U2

U2 covers album launched to raise money for Concern

The album features tracks from Achtung Baby, covered by Patti Smith, Depeche Mode and Jack White, and all proceeds will go to Concern’s East Africa appeal.

# u2 - Wednesday 26 October, 2011

From The Daily Edge U2 Split?

Bono and The Edge speculate on U2 break-up

The pair have been musing on the possibility of the band being no more after next year.

9 At 9 This post contains videos

The 9 at 9: Wednesday

Nine things you should know this morning…

# u2 - Tuesday 25 October, 2011

From The Daily Edge U2

U2 are the ‘best act of the past 25 years’

U2 were awarded the accolade at the Q Magazine music awards last night – but who else were the big winners? Plus – three great U2 videos.

# u2 - Saturday 10 September, 2011

The Daily Fix: Saturday

All of the day’s main news, plus the little bits and pieces you may have missed…

From The Daily Edge Auf Wiedersehen Baby This post contains videos

Bono admits: U2 are ‘on the verge of irrelevance’

Not only that, but the U2 frontman reckons his band have been pretty much surplus to requirements for almost two decades.

# u2 - Monday 22 August, 2011

From The Daily Edge Bono

Bono spokeswoman denies report of French holiday heart scare

A spokesman for the U2 singer denies a report in yesterday’s papers that Bono had been taken to hospital with chest pains.

# u2 - Wednesday 17 August, 2011

From Business ETC Beautiful Day

Even Better Than the Real Thing: Bono’s Facebook stake now worth nearly $1bn

The rising value of the social network is good news for the rockstar.

# u2 - Tuesday 9 August, 2011

From The Daily Edge Fix Your STreet

U2 graffiti, dog poop and man-sized potholes – welcome to FixYourStreet.ie

The new website, aimed at identifying ‘non-emergency issues’ like potholes and illegal dumping, has attracted hundreds of complaints since it launched last week.

# u2 - Tuesday 26 July, 2011

Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Tuesday

In today’s fix: Thursday election decision criticised, farewell to Tipperary North and South, and some politicians have a spot of bother with the birds…

From The Daily Edge Toronto

Lights, camera, Bono: U2 documentary to open Toronto Film Festival

It’s the first time a documentary has opened the event. Glenn Close’s Irish film Albert Nobbs will also be screened…

# u2 - Wednesday 13 July, 2011

U2

The Edge tells newspaper: U2 have not evaded taxes

The U2 guitarist wrote to the Baltimore Sun in response to a letter printed in it about the band’s tax record.

# u2 - Thursday 7 July, 2011

From The Daily Edge Pro Bono

Blind man is pro Bono after being given onstage pass

U2 invites fan to play with them during Fourth of July concert – and sends him home with a guitar.

# u2 - Saturday 25 June, 2011

The Daily Fix This post contains images This post contains audio

The Daily Fix: Saturday

In today’s fix: Dublin’s Pride Parade, Smurfs on show and what you think about U2′s tax affairs (the answer? Not much)…

From The Daily Edge Glasto This post contains videos This post contains images

Glasto gallery: Bono leads huge singalong as protesters scuffle with security

U2 performed a career spanning set, while the crowds were greeted with: “Hello Glastonbury, from the International Space Station”…

1 2