Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

U2 decided that they needed an image adjustment heading into the 1990s. After leading with earnestness for so long, they decided to let some humor and irony into the picture on Achtung Baby in 1991, ...

Looking back has never been U2’s thing. They were always about the future, or at least the present, craving to be the best and biggest band in the world. But with the release of Songs Of Surrender—a ...

Whether it's because people use them for inspiration or because of their true timelessness, these 1987 songs haven't soured ...

Notably, of the set’s first-week sales, vinyl accounted for 19,500 copies sold. That marks U2’s biggest sales week on vinyl since Luminate began electronically tracking music sales in 1991. Top Rock & ...

“ Vertigo ended up out of a song that we recorded with Chris Thomas called Native Son ,” Bono writes in the magazine. “In ...

The post U2’s Bono reveals ’25 great songs’ for next album, but there’s a catch appeared first on ClutchPoints. While long albums are not U2 singer Bono‘s thing, the band’s next one may feature some ...

In reimagining 40 of their best-known songs, U2 recognized that many fans would experience them through earphones connected to a device in their pockets — rather than being belted out onstage.That was ...

U2 has been a brotherhood since 1976. Through stadium sellouts, hundreds of millions of albums sold, questionable professional choices (PopMart Tour, anyone?) and expected musical squabbles, Bono, the ...

The band has followed up an initial tease with a full track listing and information about multiple LP, CD and digital configurations. Per Wednesday’s formal announcement, the full 40-song album will ...

One of the biggest bands to see success in the '80s is U2. They launched into superstardom in the late '80s for their album "The Joshua Tree," which went platinum in 48 hours, topped the charts in 20 ...

“Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” which hits stores Nov. 1, is exactly what you would expect from Bono’s memoir. The U2 showman veers from intimate to over the top, from insightful to overwrought.