Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

DARK SECRETS: 12 | Rare Historical Photos

24 things to get excited about in 2024

As with all years, 2023 had plenty of great, memorable rock moments. With a new year now upon us, here’s what we’re vibed up for that’s coming along in the next 12 months

Louder

‘Feel no shame for what you are’: the greatest songs about the new year

From Abba to U2, midcentury vocal groups to 00s emo, we highlight songs that clear up the previous year’s party and look to a fresh start

The Guardian - UK

Streaming music is broken – here's why it's made me fall in love with vinyl all over again

Streaming is great for the kitchen, the commute and the car, but physical media makes music feel like it matters more.

TechRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Exclusive: U2 almost sang in Mrs Brown's Boys, reveals Brendan O'Carroll

Bono was going to sing 'Where the Streets Have No Name' in Foley's Bar, says Brendan

WhatToWatch

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

Driven by an obsession and a devotion to music, John Brennan amassed a huge collection of rock star signatures - and now he's selling them off

John Brennan initially collected records, then slept out for concert tickets... but he had to get one step closer

Louder

Tales from the Genius Bar — Chapter One: Innocence

The world of Apple Retail revealed through the eyes of ex-employees with wonderful and weird tales to tell.

iMore

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Peter Gabriel's i/o. "The world has changed since 2002, mostly for the worst, but it’s a better place with i/o in it."

The ex-Genesis singer returns to the big time with his first album in 21 years to reassert his place as the doyen of cerebral art-pop.

Louder

Shane MacGowan’s wife shares recent hospital memory in tribute to husband

Clarke had been by Pogues singer’s bedside during his stay in a Dublin hospital

The Independent UK

U2 pay heartfelt tribute to Shane MacGowan following his death aged 65: 'His songs were perfect'

A number of celebrities have paid tribute to the late Irish singer following his passing

Evening Standard

“My playing was a response to whoever said, ‘Bass should be felt and not heard’. To me, bass should be like warfare!” Derek Forbes, founder member of Simple Minds, on his five best basslines

Derek Forbes was Simple Minds’ bassist from 1978 to 1985. Here he explains how he was inspired by Andy Fraser and Stanley Clarke, why he prefers Precision to Jazz, and the influence of magic mushrooms...

Guitar World

How to Talk to Your Enemies About Shane Steichen’s Coach of the Year Case

What the first-year head coach has done in Indianapolis is actually more impressive than what DeMeco Ryans has done with the Texans

Sports Illustrated

Es Devlin retrospective opens at New York’s Cooper Hewitt

‘An Atlas of Es Devlin’ surveys the British set designer and installation artist’s 30-year career (on view until 11 August 2024)

Wallpaper

Now That’s What I Call Music! 10 writers on their first ever Now! album

A formidable collaboration between the major music labels of the Eighties birthed this iconic compilation series. Forty years on and the genre-hopping records remain a bellwether of mainstream music for pop historians to come. Below, 10 Independent writers wax lyrical about their first Now! album and what it means to…

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

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

MusicRadar

"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.

Cinemablend

Swifties Have A Wild Theory About Harry Styles' Shaved Head, And The Timing Does Seem A Bit Suspect

Taylor Swift fans have a wild theory about why Harry Styles shaved his head, and I have to agree the timing is a bit weird.

Evening Standard

Harry Styles' mother confirms star HAS shaved his head and reveals reason

Styles was first rumoured to have shaved his head after his appearance at a U2 concert in Las Vegas

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Musical mysteries: the unlikely album cover stars who became modern pop enigmas

As the old man on Led Zeppelin’s fourth album artwork is identified, we take a look at albums that are as famous for the faces on their sleeves as their music

Motorsport

How F1 will use Las Vegas Sphere as U2 pause residency

The race has obliged Irish rock band U2 to pause its residency at the recently-opened venue for over three weeks.

TV Tech

disguise Powers U2's Visuals at MSG Sphere

'There are certainly moments of the show where we push the system really to its edges'

Evening Standard

Harry Styles fans react in shock to singer's extreme new haircut

The singer, 29, appears to have shaved off his famous wavy locks

The Independent UK

Las Vegas Sphere arena posts $98.4m loss as key executive quits

Sphere has been open to public just over one month

Guitar World

“I decided to switch from amplifiers to digital emulators”: The Edge confirms he has ditched his tube amps for Universal Audio’s UAFX pedals for U2’s Sphere residency

Confirmation of the tube amp loyalist’s defection to digital comes after speculation emerged on the internet earlier this week

MusicRadar

The Edge confirms his switch from amps to Universal Audio's UAFX pedals for U2's Las Vegas Sphere shows: "It's a case of high-level complexity to make it sound simple"

Even better than the real thing? The U2 guitarist reveals to MusicRadar what he's using

1 … 11 12 13 14

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.