Becoming an Academy Fellow is the highest honour the organisation bestows, and with today’s (March 20) announcement, the iconic rock band become the first Irish act to be inducted into ...

It became known as Bloody Sunday. Eleven years later, U2, then at the start of their rise to superstardom, recorded a fiery, heartfelt protest song titled “Sunday Bloody Sunday”. The Dublin ...

Early on, Bono understood how important Ireland was to U2’s music. “The plan is that if we have to leave it will only be for a while. It’s basically that we feel the group has to be thrown ...