Author Archives: Jimmy

At the Global Food Summit in D.C. today, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell interviewed U2 frontman Bono about efforts to curb hunger in Africa.

“Hunger is a ridiculous thing. And we know what to do in order to fix it.  There’s, you know, these whole new app… Continue reading »

With over 7,000 items in our news archives, it’s a safe bet you haven’t read all of them! This month we begin our look at 1988.
Mullen It Over, Star Hits
Larry: “I’m not prepared to give up my humanity for rock and roll. I’d give up anything but that…. Continue reading »

As expected, Bono performed Thursday night at the Jazz Foundation of America’s (JFA) annual concert and gala at the famous Apollo Theater in New York City. He sang “Angel Of Harlem” and — much like on the first leg of the 360 tour in 2009 — added in… Continue reading »

We’ve known for several months what songs are on U22, the upcoming U2.com members-only CD, but only today has the final song order been posted on U2.com. Here are the 22 tracks as they’re spread over two CDs:
Disc One1. Even Better Than The Real Thing… Continue reading »

[Ed. note: This is the 67th in a series of personal essays by the @U2 staff about songs and/or albums that have had great meaning or impact in our lives.]
Despite its mixed critical reception and relative lack of commercial success (at least by U2′s l… Continue reading »

U2.com subscribers should be getting an email today with news that U22 will be shipped by the end of May to everyone who’s a current member for 2012. U22 is, of course, the latest fan club-only release — a two-CD collection of 22 live tracks from var… Continue reading »

Bono is slated to make a pair of public appearances this week in the U.S.– one singing performance and one speaking presentation.
First up is the Jazz Foundation of America’s (JFA) annual concert and gala at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Thursday n… Continue reading »

The second set of results from the 2012 U2 Fan Survey is now available, and it takes us through section D — i.e., four of the nine total sections.
As a reminder, the survey was open from April 5th through April 30th. We received completed responses f… Continue reading »

Fans at a Glen Hansard concert earlier this week got a nice surprise when Bono showed up to perform a duet of “The Auld Triangle” with him to close out the show. If you missed the videos that captured it, we have posted a few here.This surprise appea… Continue reading »

Everyone’s favorite vocalist / lyricist / world-saving rock star turns 52 on Thursday, so please join us in singing a quick, little ditty in his honor:
Happy birthday to you!Happy birthday to you!Happy birthday, dear Bono,Happy birthday to you!
Fans… Continue reading »