U2’s second album almost didn’t happen – for a couple of reasons. One of them was because U2 nearly broke up. As good Irish lads, Bono, the Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. had all been raised in the ...

A long-lost briefcase full of notes and lyrics that were intended for the 1981 U2 album “October” has been returned, 23 years after it was stolen at a Portland concert. U2 frontman Bono made the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – A long-lost briefcase full of notes and lyrics that were intended for the 1981 U2 (search) album "October" (search) has been returned, 23 years after it was stolen at a Portland ...

Bono and his bandmates retired the 1981 tune October after the New Zealand leg of their Lovetown tour in November, 1989, but decided it was time to perform it again. And among the fans who enjoyed the ...