The U2 Podcast

Bonsoir and welcome to the Innocence and Experience tour, live from Paris (and London). This week on REVU2 - The U2 Podcast: - U2 make a defiant return to Paris in a charged atmosphere and give up their stage to special guests. - Jonny and Tyler enjoy a tight, narrative-based show and cringe as fans flood the stage. - We reflect on our U2 live journey and how the band has evolved from innocence to...

“Honey, I’m home!” – welcome to the 360 Tour, Live from Pasadena (and Sheffield). This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - The Dublin boys get themselves in a spin after Bono gains inspiration from cutlery. - U2 smash various records with an ambitious tour and an insane stage. - And Jonny and Tyler are each treated to their favourite songs live.

Hello, hello! We’re at a place called Chicago! This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - The evolution of the Elevation tour hits the road in dizzying red and black. - Jonny and Tyler recount their memories of their first U2 gig in Manchester. - And RevU2 launches the ‘Find Gareth’ appeal! Apologies for getting Gavin Taylor (and anyone else's) name wrong yet again.

El – ah – vay – shun! RevU2 gets back to basics with the Boston Live DVD. This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - U2 strip back (most) of their postmodern trappings to reveal the true heart beneath. - The band struggles with personal and later global tragedy. - Jonny and Tyler fail to get beyond ‘definitive’ in their descriptions of the show.

Boom-cha! and welcome to PopMart, Live from Mexico City. This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - Late 90s U2 inhabit rock n’ roll at its most fanciful and cartoonish (quite literally at one point!). - Tyler gives us the inside track on LED technology and turns the air blue. - And Jonny bangs on about guitars even more than usual.

RevU2’s first live episode is here and it’s a big one! The first part documents our trip to Twickenham with interviews from U2 fans and a few clips from the band. The actual review commences around 42 minutes in. Thanks again to everyone we met and the amazing crowd on the day. This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - U2 fans, both domestic and international, give us their hopes and predictions for...

N.B. We got some of our details about U2’s Doppelgangers mixed up this week but have edited out the blunders and will clarify things next time. Check out U2sdoppelgangers.weebly.com for more info. This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast tunes into ZooTV via an electric transmission from Sydney: - U2 dream it all up again and return with an entire TV station in tow. - Jonny and Tyler consider the legac...

RevU2 - The U2 Podcast trips back into town with The Joshua Tree and Lovetown tours, focusing on the Live in Paris DVD performance. This week: - The Joshua Tree comes to Paris sans one of the album’s best tracks. - Bono is elevated (quite literally) by an enthusiastic fan. - Jonny and Tyler talk bad cover versions, minimal stage design and brave fashion choices.

RevU2 - The U2 Podcast blazes on with The Unforgettable Fire tour. This week: - RevU2 travel back to 1984 for an unforgettable evening in Dortmund. - Following a change of musical direction and top 5 hits, U2 face their critics. - Jonny and Tyler tie up the loose ends of Live Aid, Wide Awake “in America” and the Conspiracy of Hope tour. Live from Dortmund: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDAwptDxl...

This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Jonny and Tyler brave the elements to review U2’s landmark live album, Under A Blood Red Sky. This week: - U2 gamble their future on a high stakes show. - Bono makes some questionable fashion choices while the rain beats down. - And we find out whether Jonny or Tyler have cashed in their magical concert ticket yet.

Season 4 arrives on the scene with ‘Another Time, Another Place: The Marquee Club, 1980’ and a general chat about U2’s early performances. This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - Jonny and Tyler consider U2’s landmark London gig. - An adventurous young Bono pulls a dangerous stunt at the US festival. - And RevU2 talks band names, walkouts, Christianity and dodgy stage attire.

RevU2 drops by for another brief bonus episode, in which Tyler and Jonny focus on U2 releases in April 2017. This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - Jonny and Tyler discuss XXX (not the Vin Diesel film). - The Dublin lads return to Red Hill. - And Tyler gives us his Record Store Day anecdote featuring: pancakes, orders gone awry and questionable packaging.

RevU2 - The U2 Podcast swings back into town for an out-of-season bonus episode, in which Tyler and Jonny untangle the soundtrack for Spider-man, Turn Off The Dark! This time: - Bono and Edge get caught like flies in an unholy mess of a musical. - RevU2 try (and fail) to distinguish rock songs from musical songs. - And we find out precisely what Steve Lillywhite has been up to in KFCs in Indonesia...

This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... The 30th Anniversary Joshua Tree tour, the 20th Anniversary of Pop, expectations about Songs of Experience and the rest of 2017. Jonny and Tyler discuss everything from what they expect Bono and the band to wear to how they would compile this year's setlist. In what is shaping up to be a game changing year in the career of U2, RevU2 give their two cents on wh...

RevU2 - The U2 Podcast reaches the end their B-sides odyssey with the Best Of that might have been. This week: -U218, Green Day and Rick Rubin are each given a stern appraisal. -Jonny is merciful while Tyler goes crazy for remixes. -And finally, is there hope on the horizon for re-buffed Boots?

This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - U2 continue to make questionable choices about B-sides. - Other modes of fruit-based transport are considered. - And Jonny and Tyler just about struggle through a maze of remixes.

RevU2 - The U2 Podcast begins a sequence of B-sides reviews with the second CD from U2's 1980 – 1990 Best Of. In which: -The Dublin boys take a swing at some classic cover versions. -RevU2 celebrates the unknown and oft neglected of U2’s back catalogue. -Jonny and Tyler spend a heartbroken evening at a certain hotel.

This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Season 3 kicks off in earnest with RevU2's long-awaited (and just plain long) review of Songs of Innocence.

This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... An introduction to our long and long-awaited review of U2's Songs of Innocence. The track by track review will follow. Why was Bono lucky to see the album's release? How did The Edge, Larry and Adam cope without their singer? How did No Line On The Horizon affect the bands mindset? All this and more in Episode 13 of RevU2 - The U2 Podcast...

RevU2 - The U2 Podcast returns for a one-off Christmas special! This week: - RevU2 discusses the band's most festive moments. - Jonny sets out his 3 suggestions for better Christmas listening. - And Tyler gets a surprise at the end of the show. N.B. Jonny is sorry for getting Betty's name wrong.

This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... we’re buckling up our boots for No Line On The Horizon! - U2 decamp to Fez and attempt to soak up some Moroccan vibes. - Producers come and go as fans wait with baited breath (or should that be Breathe?). - And things get meta as there are audio issues for both U2 and RevU2. N.B. Since recording Jonny has realised that a certain song is two minutes shorter th...

This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast... Jonny and Tyler are back to review U2's 11th studio album, 'How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.' On this week's show: - How much have the band aged? - What could be better than the smell of a new born baby's head? - And Jonny once again resurrects jokes from episode one!

The 00s take off with All That You Can’t Leave Behind This week: - U2 shed the irony and return with at least half an album of classic songs. - The album acquires deeper resonance as a violent decade begins to unfold. - And there are mistaken lyrics a plenty as hearing aids are contemplated.

This is the way the 90s end, not with a bang but a POP! This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: - U2 vies with young talent and a fresh music scene. - The band smuggle tough theological theories inside a postmodern pop package. - And Jonny and Tyler ask the listeners for help with a long, long disputed lyric.

Season 2’s sensory odyssey continues with Zooropa. This week on RevU2 - The U2 Podcast: -The Irish lads dream out loud about lemons -The Edge gets his capable hands on a production credit -And a Bono and Bukowski anecdote goes badly off the rails