(RNS) — Bono was far from the first ... of dissecting this nation with a rare and effective ruthlessness. And nowhere is this talent more on display than U2’s handling of America and religion.

Last year, the Hollywood reporter cited an anonymous source suggesting that U2 frontman Bono is among the investors behind a striking spec-built mansion just above Los Angeles's Sunset Boulevard.

Revisiting the night for an essay on U2's website 40 years on, Bono wrote, "I remember thinking as my eyes scanned the vinyl albums scattered around the studio 'these people are truly other ...

At some point, fellow U2 standard The Edge spoke to Bono about the comment, looking for more direction. “How unreasonable?” The Edge apparently asked, to which Bono replied, “As unreasonable ...

U2's catalog ranks right up there with the best of any rock band in history. Even on albums that were relatively middling (at least compared to the imposing standard set by some of their masterworks), ...

(JTA) — The original lyrics of U2’s hit song “Pride (In the Name of Love)” were about Martin Luther King, Jr. But on Sunday night, the band’s singer Bono changed some of the song’s ...

Christo Bowman: I consider it a great privilege that I am finding it all but impossible to single out any one gig I’ve ever been to as reigning supreme over all the rest. The truth is, I’ve been to so ...

Bono is also the co-founder of advocacy organizations ONE and (RED). The Presidential Medal of Freedom will be presented at the White House on Saturday. U2’s most recent album, Songs of ...