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U2's Days of Ash EP: Political fury drives a thrilling set of comeback songs

5/5 U2’s surprise EP sees a band coming back with serious political intent on some of their best songs for years

Evening Standard

‘Days Of Ash’: U2 surprise drop six ‘songs of defiance’ - one in response to ICE shootings

U2 is the latest band to release new music in the wake of the deadly Minneapolis ICE shootings, following Bruce Springsteen’s tribute track to Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both shot and killed by ICE agents.

Euronews

U2's new music honors Renee Good and draws inspiration from world events

U2 releases a new EP that uses fresh songs to push for peace and unity, led by a tribute to Renee Good

The Independent UK

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U2’s Bono says surprise EP that protests ICE shootings will ‘offend or annoy some parties’

Rock band is latest group to release new music in the wake of the deadly Minneapolis ICE shootings

The Independent UK

Bono lambasts ICE, Putin, Netanyahu and more as U2 release first collection of new songs since 2017

New EP Days of Ash features songs about Renee Good, Iranian protesters and other political topics, and precedes new ‘defiantly joyful’ album later in 2026

The Guardian - UK

U2: Days of Ash review – six new tracks reaffirm the band as a vital political voice

On their first collection of new songs since 2017, the quartet have a crispness that has been lacking in their 21st-century material, as they nimbly react to shocking news stories

The Guardian - UK

Ed Sheeran and Ukrainian soldier feature on politically driven new U2 record

Days Of Ash is the group’s first release in almost three years.

Evening Standard

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“I have to give credit to him… I was telling him that I was in a quandary about what to do about the band”: How Don Henley got the Eagles back on track after Glenn Frey’s death – with some help from Bono

The guitarist’s passing sewed doubts over the band’s future, but the U2 frontman steered Henley in the right direction

Guitar World

The kindness of strangers: alone in the crowd at Glastonbury, a stranger hugged me tight while I cried about my dead dad

As I sobbed to U2, she would hug me tighter as we swayed to the music

The Guardian - AU

‘AI-generated music is awesome, somebody’s still generating it. When the machine’s doing it on its own, talk to me’ — will.i.am tells me how he tunes LG’s new speakers, and why TikTok rather than AI is the big danger to music

will.i.am talks spectrum analysis, why every country needs a Shenzhen, and the perfect song for testing sound profiles

TechRadar

“I’m still disappointed when people hear the chorus line as ‘got to’ rather than ‘get to’”: How One rescued Achtung Baby and saved U2

Track was written in just 15 minutes

MusicRadar

Why a U2 tour ticket mix-up left Irish diplomats embarrassed

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The Independent UK

How U2 ticket u-turn put diplomats in ‘embarrassing situation’

U2’s team offered to include ‘key people’ on the guest list for a range of shows

The Independent UK

Bono joins the 15th annual Dublin Christmas Eve charity busking session

The U2 frontman joined more than 30 musicians for the 15th charity busking session

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Bono joins annual Dublin city centre Christmas Eve busking session

The U2 frontman joined more than 30 musicians for the annual charity busking session.

TechRadar

Your LG TV may get an unremovable Microsoft Copilot app in its next update, and yes, users are annoyed

LG has added Microsoft Copilot to its customers' TVs –and they can't delete it

The Guardian - UK

Kylie Minogue gets 11th UK No 1 album as Christmas No 1 race intensifies

As Wham! top singles chart, Minogue draws level with David Bowie, Eminem, U2 and Rod Stewart in the album league table, thanks to a reissue of her 2015 Christmas LP

The Independent UK

Top Irish stars tipped for Celebrity Traitors by show’s host

Siobhan McSweeney says U2’s Bono would be an ideal traitor as she reflected on the success of the show’s Irish version

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Euronews

Coldplay, U2 and Ed Sheeran top Pollstar's most popular touring artists of the new millennium

Concert trade publication Pollstar recently published a report titled “Most Popular Touring Artists of the Millennium” - and the results may surprise you.

The Independent UK

Top touring artists of the new millennium revealed

The data is pulled from reported and estimated box office figures from events that occurred between 2001 and 2025

MusicRadar

“I’m still disappointed when people hear the chorus line as ‘got to’ rather than ‘get to’“: How One rescued Achtung Baby and saved U2

Track was written in just 15 minutes

Metal Hammer

"I let my father know there were no bad feelings. I sorted out a lot of my anger in his departure." A death, Nirvana, U2 and a crucifixion: the surprising story behind Metallica's most successful single (and no, it isn't Enter Sandman)

With a new look, a new attitude and a dizzying new set of musical influences, Metallica crafted one of their most controversial singles. It was also their best-selling

Louder

“Pavarotti is our hero, he’s more rock’n’roll than anyone we’ve ever met before”: the story of Bono’s favourite U2 song, even though it isn’t by U2 and features an operatic legend on vocals

The epic ballad that was the sole high point of the Irish rockers’ ill-fated and experimental side-project in the mid-90s

Louder

“It’s hard to watch a friend face down their demons in front of you and come off second best”: The doomed blues hotshot who blew away Bono and toured with Dylan – but ran from fame and died in obscurity

He was signed to the same label as Dylan and Springsteen and brought the blues into the 1990s, but success eluded him

Guitar World

“Instruments that shaped metal forever”: The mystery Gibson SG Kirk Hammett played at Ozzy Osbourne’s last show is heading to auction – along with more than 150 other guitars from his collection

The SG was used to play a Black Sabbath cover at Back to the Beginning, and it’s headed to the auction block alongside some other choice picks from Hammett's collection

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