Ever wondered what U2 stands for? Bono says he still hates the name of his hugely-successful band, but what does that cryptic ...

U2 frontman Bono holds The Beatles in the highest regard, even comparing them to legendary figures like Bach, Beethoven, and Picasso. But how does his band stack up? Find out the surprising truth.

The high desert is getting a new music festival, but the most notable artist on the lineup is rooted in the low desert. Palm ...

Thirty-nine years ago today, four guys from Dublin released an album that went platinum in the United Kingdom in 48 hours, and the music world hasn't been the same since.

U2's hugely successful album The Joshua Tree was released on March 9, 1987, and quickly became one of the fastest-selling records of all time. The album was U2's fifth full-length record, and rapidly ...

Find out why this was a sad day for rock in 2007 and a monumental day for U2 in 1987.

Bono and The Edge formed U2 in the post-punk era and gradually moved towards a more refined, anthemic sound. Once, Bono revealed “perhaps the greatest” U2 song.

“We can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes,” said Bono in Visnja Cogan’s 2008 book U2: An Irish Phenomenon. “The audience is on its feet, ...

U2's popularity outstripped their US chart success for a while. "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" helped to change all that.

But there are some rockers trying to make a comeback as they tour the county fair circuit while opening for the political equivalent of a puppet show. Your dad is going to be excited to hear that U2 ...

U2 chose Ash Wednesday to release a quintet of songs that are among the most potent in their heady catalog. The band surprise dropped “Days of Ash,” a collection of five songs and a poem, on Feb. 18, ...

To protect the southwest’s iconic Joshua trees, scientists are tinkering with their genetics and searching for climate havens in—and sometimes outside of—their existing habitat. Joshua trees are lit ...