Irish rockers U2 will receive the Ivors Academy Fellowship at this year's Ivors, Britain's annual awards for songwriters and ...

Larry Mullen Jr. looks back at U2's near-50-year career as they receive an Ivors Academy Fellowship award. Following becoming the first Irish songwriters to receive an Ivors Academy Fellowship award, ...

The Ivors Academy has today announced U2 as the latest songwriters to become Academy Fellows, the highest honour the organisation bestows. With this, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.

"U2’s early songs announced a band unafraid to tackle issues of social unrest and human rights, shaping rock’s engagement with political activism," the Academy said in a statement. "Their ...

“U2’s early songs announced a band unafraid to tackle issues of social unrest and human rights, shaping rock’s engagement with political activism,” the academy said in a statement.

"U2's early songs announced a band unafraid to tackle issues of social unrest and human rights, shaping rock's engagement with political activism," the Academy said in a statement. "Their ...