Entertainment | News, Reviews, Listings & Features

This is a Bonologue that obeys all the conventions of a stage production, but this being Bono, it is also a folk mass and a sermon

Review: Bono: Stories of Surrender

As the man himself says, welcome to "a whole new level of navel-gazing".

Bono defends his decision to accept Medal of Freedom

U2 frontman Bono has spoken out against criticism of his decision to accept the Medal of Freedom from then-US President Joe Biden earlier this year.

Music • 26 May

U2 became the first Irish songwriters to be awarded an academy fellowship at the 70th year of the awards ceremony, known as The Ivors

Bono says 'stop war' as U2 honoured in London

U2's Bono issued a call to "stop war" ahead of performing Sunday Bloody Sunday at the Ivor Novello Awards ceremony at London's Grosvenor House on Thursday evening.

Music • 23 May

Orla Gartland won the Best Song Musically and Lyrically award for her track Mine

Orla Gartland wins at Ivor Novello Awards in London

Irish singer-songwriter Orla Gartland was among the winners at the Ivor Novello Awards, known as The Ivors, in London on Thursday evening with U2 receiving the academy fellowship.

Music • 23 May

Bono on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday evening - Bono: Stories of Surrender arrives on Apple TV+ on 30 May

Bono premieres film at Cannes, criticises US aid cuts

For Bono, the U2 frontman used to performing at sold-out arenas, being without his bandmates on a sparsely decorated stage for his one-man show, now the subject of the new Apple TV+ documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender, feels unfamiliar.

Movies • 19 May

Bono in a scene from Stories of Surrender

'Tall tales of a short rock star': Bono talks new doc

Bono talks about joining U2, meeting his wife and his relationship with his late father in a new trailer for the upcoming Apple TV+ documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender.

Music • 01 May

The soundtrack to the film Kneecap (left), Fontaines DC (top right), and Orla Gartland (bottom right) are among the nominees for this year's Ivor Novello Awards, which will be held in London on 22 May

Irish acts look forward to Ivor Novello Awards in May

Irish acts Fontaines DC and Orla Gartland and the film Kneecap are among the nominees announced by the Ivors Academy in the UK for this year's Ivor Novello Awards.

Music • 24 Apr

Kendal Moody. Photo credit: Celeste Burdon

Behind the music - Kendal Moody

Rising Irish singer Kendal Moody has released Troubled Heart, the first single from her upcoming debut EP, Kay Valerie. We asked her the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 20 Apr

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

Inhaler talk to RTÉ Entertainment in RTÉ's Studio 8

Inhaler take a deep breath and embrace pop on new album

It's a challenge to get Inhaler front man Eli Hewson to stand or even sit still. We are in Studio 8 in the RTÉ Radio Centre and the singer is a constantly moving target.

Music • 12 Feb

Larry Mullen Jr said the documentary Left Behind "gave me incredible hope"

Larry Mullen Jr tells how dyslexia documentary hit home

Larry Mullen Jr has been speaking to The Kelly Clarkson Show about why the acclaimed new documentary Left Behind means so much to him as the parent of a dyslexic child.

Movies • 27 Jan

Larry Mullen Jr - "I've always known that there's something not particularly right with the way that I deal with numbers. I'm numerically challenged"

U2's Larry Mullen Jr discusses life with dyscalculia

U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr has said that counting bars within music is like "climbing Everest" for him due to his dyscalculia.

Music • 16 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

Gavin Friday: "That catholic imagery is in my DNA. If you walked into a certain room in my house, you'd think I was a priest." Picture credit: Barry McCall

Gavin Friday: 'I've never walked the line'

Gavin Friday is back with ECCE HOMO, his first album in 13 years, He talks to Alan Corr about his late mother, Sinéad O'Connor and U2

Music • 29 Oct 24

U2 reveal previously unreleased track, Happiness

U2 have shared a new track titled Happiness from How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb, the forthcoming collection of ten songs taken from the original recording sessions for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

Music • 24 Oct 24

Atom baby! U2's "shadow album" to feature new songs

U2 have shared two unreleased songs ahead of the 20th anniversary edition of their 2004 album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, and announced a "shadow album" titled How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb.

Music • 27 Sep 24

Ardal O'Hanlon - "He knew the words better than I did, let me tell you!"

Ardal O'Hanlon sang My Lovely Horse with Moby at Slane

Ardal O'Hanlon has told Second Captains Saturday on RTÉ Radio 1 about the time he performed the classic My Lovely Horse with Father Ted superfan Moby when the dance music star supported U2 at Slane in September 2001.

Radio • 04 Sep 24

Will.i.am: "As a matter of fact, I wrote the chorus for U2"

Will.i.am says U2 inspired Black Eyed Peas hit

Will.i.am has revealed that U2 were the inspiration behind Black Eyed Peas' hit song I Gotta Feeling and says he "wrote the chorus for them".

Music • 13 Aug 24

Hozier is shortlisted in the Best Alternative category and U2 are nominated in the Best Rock category

Hozier, U2 nominated for MTV Video Music Awards

Hozier and U2 are among the nominees for this year's MTV Video Music Awards in the US.

Music • 06 Aug 24

The EP features Zoo Station, Mysterious Ways, Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Stay (Faraway, So Close!) and Love Is Blindness

U2 to release new Live In Dublin 1993 EP

U2 are to release of a ZOO TV - Live In Dublin 1993 EP this August featuring five tracks recorded at their show at the RDS in the summer of 1993.

Music • 25 Jul 24

Annie Lennox sang Nothing Compares 2 U during the Grammys' In Memoriam segment.

Grammys honour Sinéad O'Connor and Shane MacGowan

Sinéad O'Connor and Shane MacGowan were both honoured at the Grammy Awards - with Annie Lennox performing a powerful rendition of Sinéad's 1990 smash hit Nothing Compares 2 U during the In Memoriam segment.

Music • 05 Feb 24

Joni Mitchell to perform at the Grammys for the first time aged 80

Mitchell, U2 to perform history-making sets at Grammys

Joni Mitchell is set to make history by performing live at the 2024 Grammy Awards for the first time at the age of 80.

Music • 02 Feb 24

Gaga and Bono on stage on Wednesday night

Lady Gaga joins U2 on stage at the Sphere in Vegas

Fresh from vamping it up with the Rolling Stones last week in New York, Lady Gaga joined another bunch of veteran rockers when she performed three songs with U2 last night at Sphere in Las Vegas.

Music • 26 Oct 23

U2 will now play more dates at the Sphere in January and February. Photo credits: Ross Stewart

Achtung! U2 extend their run at the Sphere in Las Vegas

U2 have announced an additional 11 dates for January and February next year for their U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere residency in Las Vegas.

Music • 21 Oct 23