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 ...

“Drummer seeks musicians to form band.” That message tacked to the school notice board of Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, Ireland in 1976, was the beginning of U2. The notice was placed ...

"Kids started coming from all around the place," frontman tells Jann Wenner in 2005 interview about band's teenaged origins in Dublin “Anyone who has been to a U2 concert knows Bono’s dramatic ability ...

Yet another high honor for U2 – the Irish postal service, An Post, has unveiled four commemorative stamps marking the band’s incredible career that spans 44 years. In particular, the stamps pay ...

The Woody Guthrie Center will honor legendary Irish rock band U2 with the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize, recognizing the group’s decades-long commitment to social justice and activism through music. Formed ...

So you think your spouse is driving you crazy? Try being in a band that’s been around since 1976 … stuck with the same old guys for four decades … as U2’s Bono and the Edge humorously point out in a ...