Thus was born in Mullen's home the band U2 -- well, almost. The Irish teens didn't choose that name right away; after calling themselves the Hype and the Feedback, the quartet settled on U2, an ...

What happened? The album in question, Original Soundtracks 1, was far from a typical U2 album. Even more importantly, it was not released as a U2 album. To be fair, Original Soundtracks 1 was ...

You can go too far down a musical path, even one that’s been effective for you in the past. It’s a lesson that U2 learned a few times in their career. When they applied that lesson again on their 2000 ...

The new U2 album is on track to exceed industry forecasts by selling almost half a million copies during its first week on sale in the United States, according to the band's manager. By Reuters, The ...

U2 have announced reissues of 1985’s Wide Awake In America EP, 1997’s Pop, and 2000’s All That You Can't Leave Behind. All three are due out April 13. Wide Awake In America is a four-track EP with ...

First-week sales of U2’s “No Line on the Horizon” brought the superstar rock band back down to Earth. The album, given the band’s stature and sales history, was essentially preordained to debut atop ...

U2's The Edge has cited Led Zeppelin and Jack White as influences on the band's new album No Line On The Horizon. Speaking to Rolling Stone, the guitarist said that he is a big fan of Led Zeppelin's ...