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Fender honours Adam with signature combo bass amp.
All 12 tracks of the limited edition album 'U2 Achtung Baby 30 – Live'.
Edge and Bono head into the desert with Zane Lowe.

News - Reviews

31 March, 2023

Songs of Surrender is topping charts worldwide and winning critical plaudits.

04 May, 2018

Early press reviews of opening night.

30 November, 2017

Rounding up some early reviews.

17 May, 2017

Early reviews for opening shows.

20 July, 2015

Second of eight in NYC. 'Boooom!'

19 July, 2015

Breaking down the fourth wall on the opening Night in NYC.

11 July, 2015

'Hometown show'. First night at the Garden.

26 June, 2015

'Guitar strings, drum sticks, a voice intent on making a change...'

25 June, 2015

Highlights from the opening night in Chicago.

19 May, 2015

'Alright now, we're a band from the north side of Dublin, U2, formerly The Hype...'

18 May, 2015

'I've never seen a show quite like it...' Video from Vancouver.

16 May, 2015

How U2’s ‘iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE’ tour conquered Canada for a second night

10 October, 2014
'The Edge's Ma was our first roadie.'  Highlights of great two-part interview in The  Sun newspaper.
06 October, 2014
Songs Of Innocence reviews from monthly music titles.
15 September, 2014
The Sun's verdict on Songs of Innocence by Simon Cosyns.
15 September, 2014
'By turning towards their past, U2 have found their way back to the future.' Mojo Review, Songs Of Innocence.
14 September, 2014
'No other rock band does rebirth like U2.' Five star review for Songs of Innocence by David Fricke at Rolling Stone.
14 September, 2014
'Watch out Coldplay, U2 want their old job back. Adrian Thrills for the Daily Mail on Songs Of Innocence.
11 September, 2014
'Eleven new songs from the era of pirate radio.' Bono's note to Dave Fanning and more news on the new long player.
10 September, 2014
It's been out less than 24 hours but the reviews of Songs Of Innocence are rolling in. Here's some of the earliest.
01 December, 2011
Multi-format regurg-a-thon of the Dublin quartet's 1991 glitterball reinvention .....
21 July, 2011
'Generous, career-spanning set...' Rolling Stone on last night's show.
09 May, 2011
 Snow Patrol are back for Mexico. Here's singer Gary Lightbody reflecting on the 2010 shows.
23 April, 2010

'Capturing that early-'90s rub of boundless possibility and worn-down despair.' Spin Magazine, ranking the '125 Best Albums of the past quarter century', puts Achtung Baby at No.1. Tell us what you love about it.

27 October, 2009
'This partnership with YouTube for the concert in Pasadena really is groundbreaking.' Sky News video report on Sunday nights webcast.