In 1988, U2 was one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Their 1987 album The Joshua Tree had won Album of the Year against all odds, and the tour supporting it was one of the highest-grossing of ...

Classic rock begets more classic rock. U2’s Rattle and Hum became controversial for the way it tried to connect the band to earlier groups like The Beatles. Bono was surprised by the reaction to U2’s ...

The Rolling Stones inspired U2’s 'Rattle and Hum'. That is not the only time U2 did something similar to The Rolling Stones. Bono explained why Rattle and Hum came with an accompanying film of the ...

U2 delivered the first show of their three-month residency at the new Las Vegas Sphere video arena on Friday night. But they did it without one of their founding members, who they’ve never performed ...

Within the band’s ranks, though, the mood wasn’t so joyous. Rattle and Hum might’ve been a commercial success, but it was also the closest U2 had come to a critical flop. Audiences didn’t know what to ...