Judas betraying Jesus, the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland past and present, heroin addiction and gun-running in South America, writes Ben Gilbert for DotMusic.co.uk.
There is a simple reason that U2 can make the casually patronising claim that they are "reapplying" to be the best band in the world, writes Peter Aspen of the Financial Times.
Four years ago it was all oversized lemons, giant video screens and generous portions of irony. Oh, and stadiums, writes Sky News Online reporter Rob Cole.
Four years ago it was all oversized lemons, giant video screens and generous portions of irony. Oh, and stadiums, writes Sky News Online reporter Rob Cole.
The final notes of the intro tape, the Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," faded, writes Andy Coleman, and four musicians ambled on to the NEC stage - Birmingham Evening Mail
Moby caught up with U2 on the Elevation stops in New York last week. It got him thinking, in particular Charlton Heston and the 'gun' film - as he writes on his own site.
Making a stop on its Elevation Tour at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Ann Powers of The New York Times writes that U2 turned each song into a musical rocket ship aimed heavenward.