On their 1988 album Rattle And Hum, a companion piece to the film of the same name which documented their Joshua Tree tour in America, U2 tipped a (cowboy) hat to some of the blues, roots and folk ...

U2’s Rattle and Hum became controversial for the way it tried to connect the band to earlier groups like The Beatles. Bono was surprised by the reaction to U2’s cover of The Beatles ...

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.