Like many huge rock bands, U2 didn't emerge fully formed and ready for stardom. The group's very first meeting on Sept. 25, 1976, was casual at best – and wouldn't have happened at all without the ...

The musician said he also dislikes the band's name. "I do think U2 pushes out the boat on embarrassment quite a lot," he said. Bono has said that he dislikes the name of his band, U2, his own singing ...

Chris Stafford became entranced with the music of Bono and U2 while watching the rock band on MTV in the 1980s. "I discovered the U2 (live) album, 'Under a Blood Red Sky,'" the 55-year-old Plain ...

The grand opening of James Dolan’s Las Vegas Sphere, featuring rock legends U2, over the weekend proved to be a big hit on stage — and for the entertainment mogul’s bottom line. Shares of Sphere ...

U2 and the Rolling Stones were named the biggest-grossing touring bands of the past decade, with Bono’s group the only one to top $1 billion in income from the road during that period. “Capturing ...

Irish rock stars U2 have spoken for the first time about their fear the band was over when frontman Bono lost his voice during a gig earlier this year. As Irish fans flock to Dublin for the string of ...

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, as the saying goes. In the case of U2’s Bono and his son, Elijah Hewson, it certainly is true. Bono with his then-2-year-old son, Elijah in 2001 | Chris Bacon ...

Metallica may be the biggest band in heavy music, but even they have peers that they look up to. During an appearance on Bill Maher's Club Random podcast (seen and heard below), drummer Lars Ulrich ...

Ryan Hahn photo: Erika Goldring/WireImage (via Getty Images); album cover: Island Records Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another ...

ONE is a Stark County-based U2 tribute band that has performed across the country, including in Indiana, Iowa, Tennessee and Michigan. ONE will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. on Aug. 29 at Plain ...