As the Virgin Prunes back-catalogue is re-released, Gavin Friday remembers when 'Fionan became Gavin, Derek became Guggi and Paul became Bono.

Vertigo has gone straight to No.1 in the UK official download chart - and has broken weekly download records in the US.

U2 were in London this afternoon, to receive the 'Q Icon' Award.

'It's Such a Personal Record, It May Just Be Our Best,' claims Bono in the new edition of Q ...

We revealed six tracks earlier this month, now here's news on the complete running order for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

To mark the centenary of the birth of the legendary poet, the Chilean Government have nominated 100 poets and ...

'Have They Done Another Achtung Baby?' and other weird and wonderful interpretations of the acronym HTDAAB!

Helicopters, quad-bikes, cranes in Spain... must be the video-shoot for Vertigo.

Ok, so the wait is nearly over and the new album is on the way. So what do we know.

U2.Com can exclusively reveal that the band's new single is called Vertigo and will be released on November 8th.

Stop Press! First confirmed information on song titles from the new album.

'A great song is like a salad dressing'. Edge waxes philosophical and culinary in a handwritten postcard to the ...

"Songwriting really is a mysterious process,' explains Bono to Robert Hilburn of the LA Times.

Well, 18 hours anyway, when WBWC-FM in Cleveland host their fourth annual U2 radio marathon next month.

Make AIDS and global poverty central in the US convention season, writes Bono in the Boston Globe this weekend.

Two more clues about the new record have sneaked into the public domain.

Edge has spoken of his astonishment that a CD containing some songs from the band's new album has gone missing after a photo session.

Perhaps the strangest book yet, in the burgeoning genre of U2 literature.

Never underestimate the value of the odd survey to fill a gap when waiting for news on an album.

Bono on Tutu and Mandela and the new South Africa, in a special edition of Dazed & Confused.

Anton Corbijn blogs on the fan snaps in Rolling Stone of his recent U2 shoot.

Video and text of Bono's speech last weekend at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bono was in Berlin this week, explaining that 'getting on the right side of history' means defeating poverty and AIDS in Africa.

'For U2 and other people of our generation, seeing them perform was a life-changing experience.'

Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's first child looks set to be a U2 fan - the Coldplay singer is already playing him 'A Sort of Homecoming!