With “Songs of Surrender,” an album of 40 reimagined songs, and “A Sort of Homecoming,” a documentary on Disney+, the Irish band pauses to reflect. By Jon Pareles For decades, U2 refused to rest on ...

“Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” which hits stores Nov. 1, is exactly what you would expect from Bono’s memoir. The U2 showman veers from intimate to over the top, from insightful to overwrought.

Plenty of incredible rock tunes through the years have made it to the airwaves and live performances alike. However, some bands have opted to stop performing certain hits from their discography live.

The longevity of U2 makes it difficult to parse the full arc of its 43-year recording career. But it is possible to divide the group’s work roughly in half. In early 2001, touring behind the hugely ...

While I was undergoing treatment to eradicate a tumor, listening to songs from the band’s long career became its own vital form of medicine. By Theodore Kim The radiation oncology department in the ...