'IT'S A BEAUTY'
Got your copy of Complete Lyrics Volume II ? Post your review.
THIS WAS U2:UV AT THE SPHERE
Photos and video from an unrepeatable show in Las Vegas
TALL TALES OF A SHORT ROCK STAR
'Bono: Stories of Surrender' now streaming on Apple TV+.
'LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE' HOODIE
THE 2025 gift for subscribers to U2.com

All News

31 July, 1984
U2 play in New Zealand for the first time
30 April, 1984
Work begins on The Unforgettable Fire with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois
31 October, 1983
Bill Graham in Hot Press
An album of confident excitement, the work of a band completely secure about their powers... Bill Graham reviews Under A Blood Red Sky
31 October, 1983
Christopher Connelly in Rolling Stone
Stairway to Heaven for smart people-even if it is played a tad too fast-and it kicks Under a Blood Red Sky over the rainbow...
31 October, 1983
Adam Sweeting in Melody Maker,
A kind of grace through simplicity...
31 October, 1983
Debut in Japan at Festival Hall, Osaka
31 July, 1983
Headline A Day At The Races in Dublin, supported by Eurythmics and Simple Minds
31 May, 1983
Red Rocks concert in Denver.
31 January, 1983
CMJ New Music Report
This is U2's most developed and mature album both lyrically and musically...
31 January, 1983
Gavin Martin in the NME on War
In spite of itself War is another example of rock music's impotence and decay...
31 January, 1983
JD Considine in Rolling Stone
'Complementing U2's lyrical growth is a newly developed dark sense of humour, which the band uses to striking effect throughout ...
31 July, 1982
U2 begin work on War at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin
31 March, 1982
A Celebration goes to No 47 in the UK charts
A Celebration goes to No 47 in the UK charts
31 October, 1981
Jon Pareles in Rolling Stone
U2's contribution to the progress of rock is that they've divorced guitar heroics from the idea of a dazzling guitar hero.
30 September, 1981
Neil McCormick in Hot Press
October is a musical and spiritual growth for U-2, a passionate and moving LP for me.
30 September, 1981
Dave McCullough in Sounds
U2 will endure. October hits that home magnificently. It's just how they will endure that'll trouble us come U2 '3' or '4'.
30 September, 1981
Barney Hoskyns, NME - October
U2, I guess, will continue to "move" in live performance, just like James Brown. But they will only move on the lightest surface.
30 September, 1981
Adam Sweeting, Melody Maker, October 1981
'Needs time to work its way into your heart...'

'It's not a fashionable record either, because it needs time to work ...
28 February, 1981
Boy released in US and reaches No 63 in the chart
Boy released in US and reaches No 63 in the chart
30 November, 1980
Debut American gig at The Ritz in New York.
31 October, 1980
Boy released in Ireland and UK.
Boy released in Ireland and UK. Peaks at No 52 in the British charts
25 October, 1980
I find Boy touching, precocious, full of archaic flourishes - NME
As is common with most debut LPs these days, 'Boy' is a compilation of life-time best. (Hopefully a beginning. U2 have a long way to grow.)
10 October, 1980
Boy - Hot Press
I wouldn't worry about U-2 selling out because I know they will
04 October, 1980
Melody Maker - 4 October 80
U2 take us over the top
1
1
30 September, 1980
The Washington Post - October
The sheer exuberance that redeems these 11 songs is admirably fresh...
Boo Browning in The Washington Post
«First < Previous 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 Next > Last»
©2025 U2.  Powered by Live Nation Entertainment.