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Guggi with friends Gavin Friday, Bono and The Edge pictured at the Dublin International Film Festival screening of Gug

U2 attend world premiere of new Guggi documentary

Bono, The Edge and Adam Clayton were among the guests at the world premiere of a new documentary film about Irish artist Guggi in Dublin on Thursday night.

Movies • 02 Mar

Adam Clayton's iconic guitars up for auction

U2's bass guitarist Adam Clayton is set to rehome eighteen of his iconic guitars at a music memorabilia event in Nashville next month.

Music • 20 Oct 25

U2 (pictured on stage in Seoul, South Korea in December 2019) will follow in the footsteps of Paul McCartney, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, and Kate Bush when they receive the Ivors Academy Fellowship in the UK

U2 to make history with songwriting honour in UK

U2 will make history as the first Irish songwriters to be awarded an Ivors Academy Fellowship in the UK, the highest honour the songwriting organisation bestows.

Music • 20 Mar 25

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Wednesday

There's the concluding part of Ballroom Blitz, a tragedy occurs in My Brilliant Friend, there's a noughties themed Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and the penultimate episode on New Zealand drama After the Party . . .

Television • 04 Dec 24

U2 have just released the 20th anniversary re-release of their 2004 album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, along with a "shadow" album entitled How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb. Phpto credit: Anton Corbijn

Adam Clayton: U2 have been incredibly lucky and blessed

Adam Clayton has just had his breakfast and is preparing to hit the gym. "I'm full of beans!" he tells me via Zoom from his house in south Dublin.

Music • 03 Dec 24

Adam Clayton: 'U2 owe the showbands an enormous debt'

Adam Clayton says that U2 owe a huge debt to Ireland's showbands and dismissed any lingering snobbery about the era as "ridiculous".

Television • 28 Nov 24

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Wednesday

U2's Adam Clayton explores the showband days in Ballroom Blitz, Rage Against the Regime: Iran looks at protests in that country, there's Champions League action, and The Big Interview features Micheál Martin . . .

Television • 30 Nov 24

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Friday

There's more star-studded chat on The Late Late Show, Children in Need 2024 takes place, sci-fi drama Solo starring Rebecca Ferguson, Gardeners' World Winter Special with Monty Don and the finale of Big Brother . . .

Television • 15 Nov 24

It's a star-studded Late Late Show tonight

Here are tonight's Late Late Show guests

Gladiator II star Paul Mescal is among host Patrick Kielty's guests on tonight's star-studded edition of The Late Late Show.

Television • 15 Nov 24

Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho and Adam Clayton, pictured in Beverly Hills in January 2016

Adam Clayton and Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho divorced

U2 bassist Adam Clayton has announced that he has "amicably divorced" from Brazilian lawyer Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho.

Music • 29 Apr 24

U2 at the MSG Sphere on Friday night Photo: Rich Fury

U2 salute Larry Mullen as Las Vegas residency begins

U2 saluted their stage-absent drummer Larry Mullen Jr as the band's much-anticipated Las Vegas residency began at the new venue MSG Sphere on Friday night.

Music • 30 Sep 23

Adam Clayton: 'I thought alcohol was the way forward'

U2 bass player Adam Clayton has opened up about his struggles with mental health and melancholia, saying he used to suffer from "low level depression".

Music • 30 Aug 23

This one's for you! Bono presents the award to Steven Spielberg

Bono presents Steven Spielberg with lifetime award

Bono made a surprise appearance at the Berlin international film festival to present Steven Spielberg with a special lifetime achievement award.

Movie • 22 Feb 23

U2 set to perform a string of concerts in Las Vegas

U2 confirm Las Vegas residency without Larry Mullen Jr

U2 have confirmed they will be taking up a residency in Las Vegas this autumn - without drummer Larry Mullen Jr as he recovers from surgery.

Music • 13 Feb 23

(L-R top row): U2 members Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr, The Edge, and Bono and (L-R bottom row) Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, George Clooney, and Tania León at the dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night

U2 receive Kennedy Center Honors in US

U2 will tonight receive an award from the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC for lifetime artistic achievements.

Music • 04 Dec 22

The Edge: "We are firmly locked in the tower of song"

U2 are reported to be working on a new album after The Edge told Rolling Stone magazine that the band "are firmly locked in the tower of song".

Music • 23 Nov 21

Adam King from Cork wants to work for NASA when he grows up

Adam King to meet his space hero on Late Late Show

Toy Show star Adam King will chat to his hero astronaut Chris Hadfield on tonight's Late Late Show.

Television • 04 Dec 20

U2's Adam Clayton - "I was one of the lucky ones"

U2 bassist Adam Clayton has admitted that the band's 2000 album All That You Can't Leave Behind was the first time he recorded "stone cold sober" and that he is one of "the lucky ones" after coming through battles with drink and mental health.

Music • 30 Oct 20

Lenny Abrahamson: no, no to Bono story. Pity! He could've called it Adam and Paul and David and Larry

Lenny Abrahamson denies Bono biopic reports

Normal People director Lenny Abrahamson has denied a newspaper report claiming he is planning to make a biopic about the childhood of U2 front man Bono.

Movies • 14 Oct 20

For more on the work of Pieta, visit: www.pieta.ie

Late Late viewers donate €2m to help Pieta

Friday night's Late Late Show saw viewers donate €2m to Pieta to help its work preventing suicide and self-harm.

Television • 09 May 20

Adam Clayton on The Late Late Show - "For anyone under that kind of pressure, there is help out there"

Adam Clayton makes mental health appeal on Late Late

On a night when Late Late Show viewers donated €2m to Pieta, U2 bassist Adam Clayton discussed his own mental health struggles and told host Ryan Tubridy: "For anyone under that kind of pressure, there is help out there."

Television • 09 May 20

What's on? 20 top telly tips for Friday

Today's top telly includes Pierce Brosnan and Adam Clayton on The Late Late Show, the beginning of the end for Modern Family, the return of The Last Leg, and a new miniseries from the director of La La Land . . .

Television • 08 May 20

Pierce Brosnan and Adam Clayton lined-up for Late Late

Hollywood star Pierce Brosnan and U2 bassist Adam Clayton are among the guests lined-up to chat to Ryan Tubridy on this week's edition of The Late Late Show.

the late late show • 07 May 20

U2 to celebrate Dublin roots on their own radio channel

U2 will become radio presenters next year with their own channel, U2X Radio, featuring exclusive content for Sirius XM subscribers and Pandora listeners.

Music • 04 Dec 19

Bono - "This has to be one of the great ones" Photo: Danny North

U2 to play first-ever concert in The Philippines

U2 have announced that they will play their first-ever concert in The Philippines in December as part of the latest leg of the tour celebrating the band's seminal 1987 album The Joshua Tree.

Music • 31 Jul 19