How Songs Of Innocence Came From A North Side Story.

How a journalist for a German magazine found the band in 1982. Another North Side Story.

Fifteen U2 songs that Niall Stokes, editor of Hot Press and North Side Story, would choose from all the rest. Tune in. 

'I was always looking for a band you could start with from scratch and take over the world.' Paul McGuinness on the early days.

Seen the beautiful poster-sized map that's part of our 2014 subscription offer?

'You always had the feeling they were going somewhere.' Niall Stokes on editing the newly published North Side Story.

'As a kid it was David Bowie and Johnny Lydon that gave this flash of colour.' Gavin Friday on the early days of U2.

Interviews, reviews, diaries. Sneak preview of North Side Story.

It's the definitive account of the band's earliest years and it's only available to U2.com subscribers.