More than three decades after its release, one iconic U2 song is proving its influence on rock music is as strong as ever.

War was, in many ways, the moment in which U2 found the collective will to push back. Fearlessly political, its songs took on the looming nuclear threat ("Seconds"), the plight of the displaced ("The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chris Stafford became entranced with the music of Bono and U2 while watching the rock band on MTV in the 1980s. "I discovered the ...

The times they were a-changin'. When U2 wrapped up the decade with a series of homecoming gigs at the Point Depot in Dublin in December 1989, they had already smelt the coffee. Seven weeks previously, ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 12: Irish rock band U2, Bono (2R), The Edge (R), Adam Clayton (L) and Larry Mullen Jr (2L), accept the global icon award on stage during the MTV EMAs 2017 held at The SSE ...

BEST OF 2025: Join us for our traditional look back at the news and features that topped MusicRadar's charts in 2025. The times they were a-changin’. When U2 wrapped up their eighties with a series of ...

U2's album Achtung Baby was released 30 years ago this week. Why does its single One continue to have such power, asks Dorian Lynskey. In October 2020, a Parisian schoolteacher named Samuel Paty was ...