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U2 have announced the reissuing of three classic releases, all of which will be automatically downloaded to your Apple Music and Spotify—just kidding. The band announced they would be releasing three records to vinyl, including their 2000 album All That You Can't Leave Behind. Read more: Bono thinks contemporary music “has gotten very girly” The three […]

During a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Bono shared a few thoughts on contemporary music. The U2 frontman discussed Spotify, finding out new bands through his children and declared: “I think music has gotten very girly.” He continued,saying that “hip-hop is the only place for young male anger at the moment–and that's not good. When […]

Bono released a statement on Instagram today after potential safety concerns forced the cancellation of U2's St. Louis show, set to take place Saturday night.  Read his statement in full below. Read more: U2's The Edge to replace instruments for musicians affected by Hurricane Harvey On Friday, former police officer Jason Stockley was found not […]

[Photo by: Music Rising] U2's guitarist, The Edge, has announced he will be raising funds to help replace instruments lost by musicians who were impacted by Hurricane Harvey. See how he plans to give back to the scene below. Read more: Vans donates thousands of pairs of shoes to help Hurricane Harvey victims  The Edge […]

Andrew Watt performs a stripped-down cover of U2's “Mysterious Ways” at Carolina Rebellion for APTV's Zippo Encore sessions! We have new acoustic sessions every weekend, so be sure to subscribe!  — MASSIVE THANK YOU to our friends at Zippo Encore who helped make this video possible!   

 Young Guns and APTV take it back to Carolina Rebellion 2015 with a bit of high-stakes trivia. Those “stakes,” of course, being their livers. While some British rock history stumps most of them, they redeem themselves with their knowledge about '80s Western film Young Guns. Personally, we'd pick vocalist Gustav Wood as our teammate in any trivia […]

Following the tragic terror attacks in Paris last month, Eagles Of Death Metal plan to return to France's capital city in February to complete the tour that was cut short after their show was targeted during the attacks. Fans who were in attendance at the Bataclan show last month will have access to a free […]

Following the tragic terrorist attacks on Paris on November 13, many performers have chosen to cancel or reschedule dates in the city out of respect and safety concerns. The Deftones were scheduled for a show at the very same venue that was under siege, Le Bataclan. The band canceled their November 16 date in the […]

U2 were set to perform in Stockholm, Sweden yesterday, September 20, at The Globe but were forced to cancel and postpone the show due to a “security threat.” As to what that threat was specifically, several reports offer conflicting answers. No official statement has been made as to the actual “risk” but rumors of a […]

Dennis Sheehan, U2’s longtime tour manager, was found dead on Wednesday in a Los Angeles hotel. According to Consequence Of Sound, Sheehan was found unconscious at the Sunset Marquis Hotel, not long after the band kicked off their five-night concert series at the Forum in LA. First reported by TMZ, the cause of death was […]

Angels & Airwaves The Dream Walker On a certain level, listeners know what to expect from an Angels & Airwaves LP: U2-indebted guitar chime, glittering keyboards and Tom DeLonge’s yearning vocals, all delivered with the 360-degree panoramic panache of an iMax movie. However, the Nine Inch Nail-signifiers and electro pop jolts of 2013's Stomping The […]

A few weeks ago, U2 frontman Bono was involved in what doctors have referred to as a “high energy bicycle accident,” which resulted in five hours of surgery. Following the incident, he was taken to New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center's Emergency Department. Bono suffered a multitude of injuries, including fractures to his eye, left shoulder blade and left humerus […]

U2 have been criticized quite a bit for infecting 500 million iTunes accounts with their new album, Songs Of Innocence. The album was so rejected by listeners that Apple eventually created a way for everyone to remove it from their iTunes. Now, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has offered his opinion on U2gate. According to Consequence […]

Last month, U2 released their new album, Songs Of Innocence, beaming it directly to 500 million iTunes accounts. The backlash was quick and full of angered people, wondering how/why this random U2 album was in their personal music library. One of our most-viewed stories of the month was actually “Apple is letting you delete the […]

In September, U2 partnered with Apple to release a free album, titled Songs Of Innocence, to all 500 million iTunes users worldwide. Yesterday, exactly one month since you discovered the album in your iTunes library, Apple revealed the statistics to allow everyone to see how the free record was received. To be blunt, it did pretty well. Apple's […]

After U2 partnered with Apple to infect your iPhone with their new album, the backlash was huge. Turns out, not everyone likes having an album they don’t want shoved down their throats. Now, Conan O’Brien is chiming in with a hilarious sketch that makes fun of both Apple's tone-deaf decision and consumers’ overdramatic reactions. Apple […]

Time is reporting that U2 and Apple are working on a new music file format that will actually temp users into purchasing music again. This follows their collaboration to beam U2’s latest album, Songs Of Innocence, directly to the accounts all 500 million iTunes users. (Apple had reportedly paid U2 $100 million for use of […]

If you’ve been living under a rock, you may have missed that U2 partnered with Apple to release a free album, Songs Of Innocence, worldwide to all 500 million iTunes users. So, if you were wondering why there’s a random U2 album in your iTunes—now you know. Apple announced the release during the big iPhone/Apple […]

Conditions have released a cover of U2's “With Or Without You.” You can give the song a stream below. Let us know what you think. You can also catch the band on tour this fall with You Me At Six.