It wasn't easy making it high on the charts with hits in 1984. These four songs barely hit the Top 40 but sound fantastic ...

Why, in an era when music's biggest stars are more outspoken than ever, does it feel like we're still waiting for the ...

U2’s first new record in nearly a decade, “Days of Ash,” is a call to action fueled by anger and rooted in hope.

Although Bono was willing to lay his life on the line for his art, he felt that some of the other members of U2 felt the same way.

Days of Ash also has strong echoes of War, the 1983 album recorded during the Falkland War and the Troubles in Ireland, with ...

Despite the Edge being one of the cornerstones of U2, he could admit when he missed the mark recording some of their iconic tracks.

With their surprise EP, U2 channels today’s global crises into a set of familiar but heartfelt protest songs ...

U2’s Days of Ash EP slips while lead single “Song of the Future” enters the top 100 on two U.K. sales charts. Adam Clayton (far left), The Edge (back), Bono ...

There have been some occasions in music history when a band’s popularity sometimes hustles ahead of its pop chart success. Foreign bands trying to break out in the United States often encounter this ...

This week on All Songs Considered: U2 surprise-dropped a new EP that opens with a scorching critique of the government crackdown on immigration;... All Songs Considered: U2, Lana Del Rey, James Blake, ...

U2 released a seething protest song, and Lana Del Rey put out a dreamy ode to her home life. By Jon Pareles The shootings of Americans by federal forces in Minneapolis have brought rapid-response ...