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.

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This year, two arena-filling artists returned to the older civic function of song. Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and U2’s elegiac “American Obituary,” written in response to immigration ...

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U2 denounce the Trump-sanctioned ICE raids in Minneapolis through their politically charged EP Days of Ash, honoring Reneé Good and other activists killed worldwide. Know more about the band’s ...

A legendary rock band surprised fans with new music, promising more to come this year. U2 dropped “Days of Ash” on Wednesday, a.k.a. Ash Wednesday, featuring five new songs including a collaboration ...

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

Grammy-winning rock band U2 released a new EP on Wednesday with an opening track that pays homage to Renee Good, a Minneapolis mother who was killed by federal agents on Jan. 7 while opposing ICE ...

Set to a musical bed that recalls both the band’s early punk days and the swagger of their “Achtung Baby” era, Bono sings about Good being “born to die free, American mother of three ...

Add U2 to the ever-growing list of artists penning protest songs about the Trump administration's Operation Metro Surge in ...

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 Alexis Petridis on Days of Ash: six new ...