Jim Carroll

• U2
• July 20, 2009, 10:42

Am I the only one wondering just how many tickets U2 have sold for their homecoming shows next weekend? Over the last few weeks, there have been non-stop ads advertising the fact that there are a “limited number of production …

• Politics U2
• February 26, 2009, 09:13

As the bandwagon rumbles on ahead of the release of U2′s “No Tune On The Horizon”, there are some who are using U2 Week: The Crack Is Only Mighty to highlight some uncomfortable home truths about the band and their …

• U2
• February 23, 2009, 08:48

On The Record readers with an interest in sampling U2′s new album should proceed here where there are one minute snippets (yep, 60 seconds) of all the tracks from “No Line On The Horizon” to be heard. Please let us …

• U2
• January 12, 2009, 14:39

The over-the-top promotion for the new U2 album continues at a pace to rival Usain Bolt. Not content with dominating last week with that Q interview (amazing how band members weren’t able to see that question about tax and Amsterdam …

• U2
• December 19, 2008, 10:44

You won’t be able to escape them in Zero Nine, you know. U2 annouced yesterday that yes, their new album will be released in ’09 (Friday February 27, to be exact) and yes, it will be called “No Line On …

• U2
• November 21, 2008, 09:41

A year or so ago, On The Record predicted that one of the landmark releases of 2008 would be an U2 album. Not for the first time, On The Record was wrong.

• Festivals Live music Music business U2
• September 9, 2008, 08:46

Anyone fancy a trip to an alternative utopia next weekend? Behold, it’s Inisfox New radio station comingatcha in the capital from August 2009 – Radio Nova gets the nod from the BCI for the classic rock licence in the Dublin …

• U2
• August 15, 2008, 04:13

That sound you can hear in the background is the sound of the U2 machine cranking up.