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 ...

When Apple released the iTunes Store to the public in 2003, everything about the way music was consumed rapidly changed. A digital space where one could discover and purchase any song they wanted, the ...

U2 closed out the final night of their Las Vegas Sphere residency by playing the War deep cut “40” for the first time since 2016. The 1983 tune closed out countless U2 shows throughout the Eighties, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...