As Ed Sheeran gets ready to play Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Ed Power and Des O’Driscoll recall some of the other big gigs at the Cork venue.

The release follows a surprise for fans last week of a performance video for ‘The Blackout’, another track from the upcoming album.

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U2 bassist Adam Clayton has thanked his bandmates, as well as The Who’s Pete Townshend and guitarist Eric Clapton, for helping him quit alcohol.

U2 guitarist The Edge has won approval to build five hilltop homes in the California celebrity enclave of Malibu despite opposition from environmentalists who fear it will endanger crucial wildlife corridors for such animals as mountain lions and bobcats, officials said.

It’s good news for U2’s legion of fans — the rock legends have announced six Irish dates to wrap up their Innocence + Experience world tour.

Rock superstars U2 are doing everything they can to take their world tour to Ireland — with The Edge saying not playing to a home crowd would be a “huge disappointment” to the band.

Bono has defended U2’s tax arrangements, saying just because he is a debt campaigner does not mean he needs to be “stupid” with his money.

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New accounts filled by U2's Ireland-based holding company, Not Us Ltd show increased losses in 2013 - growing to €10.49m from €8.35m in the previous year.

Accumulated losses at U2’s main Irish firm increased by over €2m last year to nearly €10.5m.

If injured Bono was in the market for top-notch understudies, the U2 frontman certainly found what he was looking for in New York.

Sinead O'Connor has compared U2 to terrorists.

U2 plan to release a new album in just 18 months.

U2 guitarist The Edge had "doubts" before they agreed for their album, 'Songs of Innocence' to be an automatic download.

Bono struggled to write U2's 'personal' new album.

Everything about U2’s new album is unexpected. Like its very existence, for one, after the rock giants dropped it on iTunes users on Tuesday night in a surprise move.

U2 will release their new album later this year.

"The amount of times I had to take off my glasses to wipe away the tears of laughter," the woman behind us said, shaking her head at her friend who still had obvious tears in her eyes too.

U2 members Bono and The Edge have joined the board of directors at the world-famous Fender guitar company.

Adam Clayton credits Eric Clapton for his decision to seek treatment in rehab.

U2 frontman Bono and singer Paul Simon said Seamus Heaney should be an inspiration to people on their travels as a tapestry dedicated to the late poet was unveiled yesterday.

U2 have scotched rumours that they have stopped work on their new album and insisted tit will be out later this year, according to a new report.

Bono takes his own bed on tour with him.

DOLLY PARTON apparently once said “just because you lost your fuzz, don’t mean you ain’t a peach”.

While many stars were awash in the gifts and parties of Golden Globes weekend, a few used their privilege to help the people of Haiti — and they were rewarded with an intimate performance by U2.

A Dublin-based firm controlled by the four members of U2 plunged into the red last year.

ICONS of Irish music don’t come much bigger than Christy Moore. The 68-year-old singer has just released a new album, Where I Come From.

U2's new album will be released in April 2014.

Yes Bono and the boys were back on Irish soil.

MUSIC NEWS: U2 have revealed they hope to finish their new album by the end of next month, with a release date yet to be specified for 2014.

U2 will release their new album early next year.

U2 member Adam Clayton has finally bid farewell to his bachelor days — after tying the knot at the grand old age of 53.

Chris Martin is rumoured to be helping U2 with their new album.

A second U2 track has been leaked online as fans eagerly await the band’s new album, 10 Reasons To Exist.

With the director Stephen Spielberg ending up in a bidding war with his wife for one of the items at the charity auction, it was no wonder the event raised more than €250,000 towards the building of a hospice in Wicklow — and they are still counting.

Dublin became a part of Hollywood yesterday when movie stars, directors, celebrities and fully paid-up members of the glitterati attended the European premiere of the new Steven Spielberg movie Lincoln in the city’s Savoy Cinema.

The cash pile at a company controlled by the four members of U2 fell nearly €1.7m last year as the company slipped into the red.

Once the musical, which began life as a tiny budget film on the streets of Dublin, is fast turning into a financial juggernaut.

U2’s record company in Britain, Mercury Records, has put the Irish group on its schedule for a new album release in 2013.

Triskel Christchurch champions art house and leftfield film screenings in Cork, Colette Sheridan reports

Leading names from the world of art and culture gathered in Dublin over the weekend to celebrate the life and works of the late artist, Louis le Brocquy.

The Edge and Bono hope to buck trend with their Dropbox deal, writes Stephen Rogers