As Bono explains, songs are more like your parents than your children, bossing you about. This song from 1983 guided U2 in a very clear and serious direction.

U2 singer Bono issued a call to “stop war” ahead of performing Sunday Bloody Sunday at the Ivors award ceremony. The performance came as the group became the first Irish songwriters to be ...

Bono called for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas at 2025 Ivor Novello Awards last night. During the awards ceremony, held at London’s Grosvenor House, U2 became the first Irish act to ...

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