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2025-03-06: Bono’s Surrender Japan release, Accessing Apple TV+ and more
Along with his Stories of Surrender film debuting in May on Apple TV+, Bono is releasing new versions of his autobiography.
First up we have information on the long awaited Japan translation of his book. The translation by Kenji Kurashina and Yayoi Sato will arrive on May 21, 2025, and will be published by Hayakawa Shobo. ISBN for this version is 9784152104304 and the book is appearing for...
2025-02-26: Bono Stories of Surrender and new version of book in May
Update: February 26
The new version of Bono’s book Stories of Surrender will be released May 27, 2025, and will accompany the film Stories of Surrender which debuts on Apple TV+ on May 30.
The description of the book is as follows:
A revised edition of Bono’s extraordinary, bestselling memoir to accompany the upcoming Apple Original Films documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender. The...
2025-02-26: Filming Surrender
Update: February 26, 2025
The film Stories of Surrender has been officially announced for May 30 on Apple TV+. It will be the first feature-length film in Apple Immersive on Apple’s Vision Pro system as well, available the same day.
A new soft cover edition of Bono’s autobiography is expected in stores on May 27, titled Stories of Surrender. For more on the new version of the book...
2025-02-17: Breaking Waves…Fan club subscriptions, Sphere, Wrecking Ball and more…
The 2025 subscriber offer has been set up on U2.com, but the gift has not been announced. However, if you are up for renewal, as many of us are, you can now pick the unknown 2025 gift offering, instead of picking an item you already have.
If you’ve already had to resubscribe before the 2025 offer went live? Use the ticket system at U2.com/help to let them know what happened and ask that...
2025-02-06: U2 Announced for Record Store Day
U2’s contribution to Record Store Day 2025 has been announced.
This year they’ll be releasing a double vinyl record for the 30th anniversary of Passengers, Original Soundtracks 1.
Record Store Day 2025 will be held on April 12, 2025 this year.
More details on the release can be found in our discography entry here.
A number of sites are set up for local information regarding Record...
2025-01-31: U2Com Renewal Questions
We’re getting a number of messages asking what fans should do in regards to renewing for U2.com as the 2025 gift offer has not gone live. If you are in this situation, we offer what help we can below. But as always, any information published on U2.com regarding subscription offers should be considered correct and current over any information found below.
For those fans who joined U2.com...
2025-01-30: Breaking Waves…Fire Aid, Lists, Marianne Faithfull, V-U2
Getting a lot of questions today about the Fire Aid concerts which will start in a couple of hours. U2 shared on their social media accounts news of the concerts and how to view them. The concerts take place tonight at the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum in Los Angeles and will be widely streamed on television and the internet. U2, however, are not listed to perform, but we will be keeping an...
2025-01-04: Bono: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Bono. Just Bono. That’s how he was called when awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom today. Bono was one of 19 honorees today, awarded the medal by President Joe Biden. Others awarded the medal today include actors Michael J. Fox and Denzel Washington, athletes Magic Johnson and Lionel Messi, scientists Jane Goodall and Bill Nye, and former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. The...
2024-12-31: U2024: A Year in Review
Each year at the end of the year we do a little recap of things here at U2Songs. We’ll look at the releases, the radio specials, the reissues, and more in this article. Links to the earlier recaps from previous years are available at the end of the article. We take the opportunity to look back on the material added to the site over the year, and U2’s career over the twelve months, with a...
2024-12-23: New U2X-Radio Show from Adam Clayton Debuts
Here’s a little surprise before the year ends.
U2 X-Radio debuted a new show by Adam Clayton today, called “Don’t Ask Me I’m the Bass Player”.
The show is described as “Adam Clayton invites fellow bass players, across all genres, to choose their essential tracks as musicians and share the stories behind them.” The first episode saw Adam Clayton speaking with Colin Greenwood, the bass...
2024-12-21: U218 Singles on Vinyl Over the Years
Original Story: Published 2024-09-16. Updated Story: Published 2024-12-21
Here we are three months after the initial story, and we’ve identified a new 2024 pressing on black vinyl being sold worldwide. The article below has been modified to update information about this new pressing.
Note: Repressing and reissuing records is part of the record business and is done routinely when a record...
2024-12-16: U2’s Upcoming Albums and Tour
We maintain a permanent page about U2’s Upcoming Projects. With the release of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and Larry’s press tour for Left Behind there has been much new information from the band themselves where the upcoming albums stand, what they are working on, and with whom. As we attempt to get that page back into an updated form, we present a little look at the new album projects...