U2's Enduring Magic: Bad Video, Live Aid Nostalgia, and Vegas Spectacle

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This week U2 reminded the world that legends never fade. Just hours ago they dropped a brand new music video for their early hit Bad, from their album The Unforgettable Fire, delighting fans on TikTok and earning a flood of comments like their best song and my favorite U2 song and album. In a bit of double trouble they also released a lyric video for their classic 40 on YouTube, showing they still understand how to work the nostalgia pedal according to coverage by Parade. This push comes amid ongoing talk about U2s place in the pop culture canon as reviews, most notably from Cult Following, revisited their career-defining albums like Achtung Baby, highlighting their enduring musical reinvention and the ever-controversial Bono.

On the live front, July 23 saw U2 play another high-tech sellout show at the Las Vegas Sphere, bringing that immersive magic to capacity crowds and keeping the Sphere-U2 connection sizzling. Shazam listings confirm the show was one of the city’s top music events this week, and fan chatter online rated it as dazzling—a word the band keeps earning night after night.

July 14 also saw U2 prominent in headlines celebrating the 40th anniversary of Live Aid. CNN’s new docuseries Live Aid When Rock n Roll Took on the World featured Bono candidly revisiting his fashion faux pas—a mullet, no less—at Wembley Stadium in 1985. People magazine’s coverage included Bono’s quip about his hair and Instagram posts by U2 calling the concert a coming of age for both band and fans, adding old school charm to modern memory.

Social media has been buzzing with U2 love as well. The Instagram fan page u2_breathe shared daily tributes, such as Bono and The Edge’s New York performance of Stuck in a Moment You Cant Get Out Of on July 18, while other accounts lit up with flashbacks to iconic moments and quirky trivia, like drummer Larry Mullen Jr’s original 1976 band ad. The hashtag u2history hit trending charts as fans shared personal stories in response to a public call for U2 memories by author Stefano Belfiore, who is crowdsourcing for a new book about the band.

Business wise while rumors continue to swirl about a new U2 album following Bono’s tease on RTÉ Radio in May nothing official has dropped yet on release dates or business partnerships. What’s clear is that U2 is keeping the world watching, listening, and reminiscing, while still paving new ground in music and tech spheres.

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