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“It sounded so amazing that people said to me, ‘I can hear the bass’, which usually they don’t say to me very often”: U2 bassist Adam Clayton contrasts the live audio mix in the Las Vegas Sphere to “these sports buildings that sound terrible”

“We rehearsed, we built the show outside of the building, turned up day one, did a couple of rehearsals and said, ‘Well, I don’t know if it’s going to work, but let’s go’”

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“You know the way drummers get, they get a bit weird when they start singing”: watch a drunk U2 completely rinse Phil Collins at an awards ceremony

The Genesis frontman was tasked with presenting to an inebriated Bono & co. in 1992 and they were in a cheeky mood

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U2's Adam Clayton had 'prejudice' about playing in Las Vegas

U2's Adam Clayton had "prejudice" about playing in Las Vegas before the band got excited about the opportunities The Sphere offered.

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Optical Illusion Swimsuit Leaves Chinese Olympian Tang Qianting’s Waist Looking “Snatched”

Chinese swimmer Tang Qianting’s “snatched” waist at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games baffled viewers. The post Optical Illusion Swimsuit Leaves Chinese Olympian Tang Qianting’s Waist Looking “Snatched” first appeared on Bored Panda.

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“Bono always wanted me to play that part with a pick, but I get a different reaction from playing bass with my fingers. There’s nothing quite like that contact of pulling the wires”: Adam Clayton on the U2 sound

Whether he’s playing steady eighth-notes or a rocking counter melody, U2’s Adam Clayton seems to have the perfect tone for every song

Guitar World

Golden years for men end by 40, says U2's Adam Clayton

The musician revealed his post-forties anxiety at a David Bowie panel discussion last night

Evening Standard

"He's not a great keyboard player, he doesn't write great songs. His engineering and technical abilities are limited too. In fact, he knows very little about an awful lot": The Edge on Brian Eno and how he influenced his own "limited" guitar style

Classic interview: U2 guitarist reflects on the making of The Unforgettable Fire in 1985 interview

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Watch U2 perform Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) live for the first time since 1987

U2 give a very rare performance of Darlene Love's classic Christmas song, as seen on their Rattle and Hum tour film

Louder

“We are turning the amps on... This will be Songs For Fighting!" U2 on the “unreasonable” guitar-heavy record they want to make next

Looking to come back with a bang, the next U2 album will be approached "with some petrol and some matches" according to frontman Bono

Louder

"Where menace meets magic": 6 legendary albums recorded at the iconic Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin

Bowie, Iggy, Bono, Stipe, Depeche and Sylvian all recorded their master works there. Thankfully not all together.

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Saved by the bell: How Adam Clayton took back route to the track

Had Adam Clayton been just a bit more diligent about his academic studies as a teenager, his life might have panned out somewhat differently.

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“Despite what people might think, Radiohead are not rock” – Ed O’Brien explains why U2 can crank it up while he is trying to turn the volume down

After over three decades in the biz, O'Brien says he is fighting against stage volume, scaling down and embracing smaller tube amps in search of the sweet spot for his sound

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Tina Weymouth: “I know Bono used me to taunt Adam Clayton when U2 were starting out”

One of the bass world’s most influential female figures talks gender stereotypes and why her small stature was “almost like a dare to boys”

Guitar World

Musician suing U2 for €12 million over song he claims he wrote plans to appeal High Court ruling

Maurice Kiely is alleging that the song ‘A Man and A Woman’ was written by him in 1998, that he performed it for US model Cindy Crawford

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U2’s Adam Clayton: “The bass has to either be sexy or aggressive, or it shouldn’t be there as far as I’m concerned”

The bassist for one of biggest rock bands of all time on cramming a stadium-ready rig into Fender’s first-ever signature bass amp, what prompted him to play an Ibanez on one of the group’s most iconic songs, and why he’s only just started exploring five-strings four decades into his career

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Watch Bono and the Edge perform reworked U2 classics using just an acoustic guitar and an Orange practice amp

U2 might have redefined the spectacle of a live rock show but the Edge and Bono were in their element playing stripped back acoustic tracks for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series

The Guardian - UK

U2 Songs of Surrender review – all the anthems, but smaller

In a typically grand gesture, 40 songs are picked by the band for muted acoustic treatments, with varying degrees of success

The Independent UK

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 12-18

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of March 12-18 include comedian Billy Crystal, bassist Adam Clayton of U2 and jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard

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Another war: how Sarajevo's musicians sang through a siege

Setting out to tell the story of Sarajevo's four-year siege in the 1990s, Nenad Sicin-Sain thought he was documenting Europe's last big war - only for Russia to invade Ukraine during filming, heightening the emotions of an already fraught project.

Los Angeles Times

U2 will launch Las Vegas residency this fall, but without one of its founding members

U2 is heading to Sin City for a residency inaugurating the Las Vegas skyline’s latest architectural feat: the MSG Sphere at the Venetian Resort.

Asharq Al-Awsat

U2 Returning to Stage in Las Vegas, Minus One of Quartet

U2 is returning to the concert stage later this year for the first time since 2019 but without one of the original quartet, as drummer Larry Mullen Jr. is on the injured list. The band offered a hint about its reemergence on the biggest stage possible — in a commercial…

The Independent UK

U2 returning to stage in Las Vegas, minus one of quartet

U2 plans a return to the stage later this year in Las Vegas, minus one member of its original quartet

Irish Mirror

U2's Adam Clayton rubbishes rumours Larry Mullen won't go on tour with them again

Mullen's revealed he had to undergo surgery to fix an injury caused by drumming

The Guardian - UK

Borat targets Trump, Ye and antisemitism at Kennedy Center Honors

Sacha Baron Cohen skit receives mixed response at ceremony for lifetime achievements in the arts

WEKU

U2, Gladys Knight, George Clooney among 2022 Kennedy Center honorees

Amy Grant, George Clooney, Gladys Knight, U2 and Tania León attended a dinner at the U.S. State Department and a gala tribute event. The 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors airs on CBS later this month.

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