Review: U2 reworks past in thrilling ‘Songs of Surrender’
March 17, 2023 GMT“Songs of Surrender,” U2 (Universal)
Imagine walking into your living room and all your stuff is there, but it's different. The sofa has moved, the bookcase is leaning on a different wall and the framed photos have swapped locations.
Review: U2 documentary marred by an oddball American
March 14, 2023 GMTDavid Letterman joins Bono and The Edge in a new streaming documentary about U2 and one obvious question soon jumps out: What exactly is David Letterman doing here?
The droll, bushy-bearded American comedian is an odd choice to be master of ceremonies for this Disney+ project, unbalancing everything, even the title, “Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, with Dave Letterman.”
U2 returning to stage in Las Vegas, minus one of quartet
February 13, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — U2 is returning to the concert stage later this year for the first time since 2019 but without one of the original quartet, as drummer Larry Mullen Jr. is on the injured list.
Bono opens book tour before adoring fans at Beacon Theatre
November 3, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Bono opened his book tour Wednesday night in what he called a “transgressive” mood, a little bit guilty for appearing on stage with three musicians who were not his fellow members of U2 and otherwise singing, joking and shouting out his life story to thousands of adoring fans at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre.
Bookish Bono: U2 singer to promote memoir with 14-city tour
October 3, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Bono's next tour will be without U2 and without a new album to support.
He will instead be promoting his memoir “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” which comes out Nov.
Review: Jann Wenner’s memoir looks as his rock, rolling role
September 12, 2022 GMT“Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir” (Little, Brown)
Jann S. Wenner takes us on a long, strange trip with his accessible and entertaining rock ‘n’ roll memoir.
As the founder, co-editor and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine, Wenner had an unusual back stage pass to the rock ‘n’ roll revolution as he chronicled how the Baby Boomer generation reshaped postwar America.
Bono cheers papal program for “inclusivity,” educating girls
May 19, 2022 GMTVATICAN CITY (AP) — U2 frontman Bono hailed Pope Francis for promoting “inclusivity” on Thursday as he met with the pontiff in Rome alongside students attending an educational program launched by the pope.
Bono memoir ‘Surrender’ to be released in November
May 10, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The long-rumored memoir by Bono, U2's frontman, is coming out Nov. 1.
Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday that the book, first signed up in 2015 but not officially disclosed at the time, will be called “Surrender.” Reports that he had a deal date back to at least 2019.
Bono, Cruz to star in animated series on vaccine importance
March 24, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Bono, Penélope Cruz and David Oyelowo will lend their voices in an animated series to raise awareness about the importance of global vaccine access...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 10-16
May 4, 2020 GMTCelebrity birthdays for the week of May 10-16:
May 10: Singer Henry Fambrough of The Spinners is 82...
The show will go on. Just from their living rooms.
March 18, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The spreading coronavirus canceled several touring performances from A-list musical artists, but those acts have found a new venue to sing: their living rooms...
The Latest: Conrad the Sheltie makes Westminster final ring
February 11, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the Westminster Kennel Club dog show (all times local):
Global Fund raises $13.92 billion to fight AIDS, TB, malaria
October 10, 2019 GMTPARIS (AP) — An organization that funds programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria raised at least $13...
Bono to Congress: Thanks for ignoring Trump on AIDS funding
November 5, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — Bono has a message for the U.S. Congress: Thanks for ignoring President Donald Trump.
Trump has sought to slash hundreds of millions of dollars from U.S. funding for AIDS programs at home and abroad, but the U2 frontman says members of Congress "have so far turned down this president's request to cut AIDS funding — right and left in lockstep together on this."
Review: Boy George and Culture Club make long-delayed return
October 25, 2018 GMTBoy George and Culture Club, "Life" (BMG)
Like clockwork, every decade or two you can count on a Culture Club reunion album...
U2 dedicates song to Anthony Bourdain at Apollo show
June 12, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — U2 frontman Bono honored the late Anthony Bourdain toward the end of the band's special performance at the Apollo Theater in Harlem...
END OF AN ERA
June 11, 2018 GMTHUNTINGTON — When it comes to the music business, there's a handful of people on the national scene who only need a first name.
Say Dolly, Madonna or Bono and you know who you are getting.
On the regional music scene, say the name Don, and you know you are getting Don Duncan — the longhaired, metal T-shirt-wearing former Air Force man who has been taking care of business every day and in every way at The V Club for nearly 10 of the club's 12 years of existence.
Bono will break U2′s pledge against golf for AIDS charity
November 28, 2017 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When the members of the rock band U2 were just young Irish lads, they made a pledge to each other that has remained steadfast throughout their decades-long run as rock stars.
Correction: Vatican-Nuclear story
November 11, 2017 GMTVATICAN CITY (AP) — In a story Nov. 10 about a nuclear disarmament conference at the Vatican, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the U...
Bono among figures named in leak of tax-haven documents
November 6, 2017 GMTLONDON (AP) — Leaked papers revealing investments in tax havens by the world's wealthy suggest U2 frontman Bono used a company based in low-tax Malta to buy part of a shopping mall in Lithuania...
Key figure in Northern Ireland peace work subject of film
September 21, 2017 GMTBOSTON (AP) — The U.S. premiere of a documentary about Roman Catholic politician John Hume and his efforts in the Northern Ireland peace process is being held in Boston...
U2 bassist thanks band for helping him through addiction
June 27, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — In a frank and heartfelt speech, U2 bassist Adam Clayton thanked his bandmates of four decades for their support during his treatment and recovery for alcohol abuse years ago, and then joined them for a rollicking rendition of a few hits...
U2 bassist thanks band for helping him through addiction
June 27, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — In a frank and heartfelt speech, U2 bassist Adam Clayton thanked his bandmates of four decades for their support during his treatment and recovery for alcohol abuse years ago, and then joined them for a rollicking rendition of a few hits...
Bono-roo: U2 make their first U.S. festival appearance
June 10, 2017 GMTMANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — U2 turned their first headlining appearance at a U.S. music festival into Bono-roo...
D.C. Buzz: Murphy’s ‘City of Blinding Lights’
February 23, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., flew to the recent Munich Security Conference to reassure America’s allies that the United States is here to stay, no matter what President Donald Trump says about NATO or Russian President Vladimir Putin.