'Capturing that early-'90s rub of boundless possibility and worn-down despair.' Spin Magazine, ranking the '125 Best Albums of the past quarter century', puts Achtung Baby at No.1. Tell us what you love about it.
Bono stars in the new edition of Q Magazine as one of the '100 Greatest Frontmen'. 'Lie about your height,' he advises. 'Even if you're 5'10" like me.'
'I bought a £5 acoustic guitar from a junk-shop down Dublin quays and I started learning chords and collecting songs....' Adam's first guitar - latest feature from the U2.com archives, and this one's really early.
'We're still capable of doing our best-ever album.' Edge has been talking to Rolling Stone about the decade passing... and the one arriving. They've made No Line on the Horizon their 'Album of the Year' and Moment of Surrender their 'Song of the Year'.
YouTube have revealed that Sunday night's live webcast of the Rose Bowl show was a record breaker. 'This was a big win for the YouTube community. Nearly 10 million streams came in from U2 fans across 188 countries, making this the largest streaming event in YouTube's history.' And now you can watch it again on U2.com
'High-minded and earthy, exalted and playful, sometimes even goofy, wielding rock-star prerogatives while undercutting them with disarming informality.' The New York Times enjoyed the show.
The band were in the studios of Toronto's The Edge music station yesterday. Toronto was ready to meet them... and the show's host got a little surprise.
'Whenever it started to look like something, Mark and I would push it in another direction. But it does look as though it has escaped from a giant space aquarium.' Willie Williams and Mark Fisher, the design team behind the new set, talk to the New York Times about how it all came together.
'The world of music is rapidly changing, and new business models are developing fast, but all of this progress is threatened in a world where 95% of music downloads see no reward going to the creator. '
From Australia and Canada to the US and the UK, 'No Line On The Horizon' has shot to the top of the charts all over the world in its first week of release.
The band played a surprise set high on the seventh floor balcony of Broadcasting House in London tonight. Nobody knew about it, except the 5,000 fans who showed up and stopped the traffic. Again.