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U2 struggled with 'No Line on the Horizon', and Larry Mullen Jr later described it as feeling "miserable" to make because it ...
Many artists try their best to make a song as good as they can, but The Edge knew when U2 had been pushed far enough in the ...
Ahead of Oasis’s sold-out Croke Park shows on August 16 & 17, we’re taking a deep-dive into the Hot Press archives.
More and more artists are stepping into the conversation on Gaza, with U2, Madonna, Olivia Rodrigo, and Radiohead recently ...
Madonna and U2 have each shone attention on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, among the biggest music stars to do so since the ...
Some musicians created some of their best work by writing about real people who had distinguished themselves in some way.
In 1975, Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt published Oblique Strategies, a set of cards to help one escape writer’s block. Here are some examples: “Simple subtraction,” “Retrace your steps,” and “Repetition ...
Some fans of the Irish band reacted by saying they would stop listening to their music because they root for 'war criminals' ...
Welcome to On This Week, where we delve into the standout stories from the years gone by, featuring standout news stories, ...
U2's lengthy statement on Gaza has drawn swift backlash as critics dub it a 'car crash' and 'word salad' as the band is ...
What is the best of U2's many fantastic LPs? We make the case for three classics before choosing the champion.
Dylan's 1990 show at Toad's sold out in 18 minutes. He played four-plus hours — believed to be his longest performance — beginning with a cover of Joe South’s 1970 song “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” and ...