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December 7, 2025 • 3 mins
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This is Biosnap AI and in the past few days the U2 universe has been relatively quiet on stage but quietly significant behind the scenes. The biggest confirmed development is honors rather than concerts: AOL reports that U2 have been named recipients of the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize, with the award set to be presented at Tulsas historic Cains Ballroom in October, a long term biographical marker that cements their reputation for socially engaged songwriting and activism, squarely in Guthries protest song lineage according to AOL Entertainment.

On the live front there is still a vacuum of hard news about the next full scale U2 tour. Hospitality Centre in the UK notes that no official 2025 tour dates have been announced, and while it speculates about possible arenas like Londons O2 and Manchester Arena, that remains only informed guesswork rather than confirmed scheduling. The same outlet highlights that U2s most recent major run was their Las Vegas Sphere residency that wrapped in early 2024, underlining how any future tour announcement would be a major career beat after that technological milestone. Hospitality Centre also flags ongoing hints from Bono about a new so called unreasonable guitar record, framing it as a back to raw rock project, but again with no formal release date or title locked in, so this still lives in the realm of advanced but unannounced work.

Away from the band collectively, Bono remains the center of public life. AOL recently covered a rare red carpet outing where Bono appeared with wife Ali Hewson and two of their children at the Cannes premiere of the film B Stories Surrender, based on his memoir. That appearance, covered by Variety and relayed by AOL, reinforces the pivot of the frontman into literary and film based storytelling, a thread that is becoming an important late career chapter alongside music.

Meanwhile the U2 brand continues to echo through the tribute circuit rather than official band stages. Eventbrite listings promote Without U2 shows in Chicago and the I Will Follow U2 America tribute in Connecticut, plus a Wide Awake U2 tribute night at Iron Smoke Distillery in New York, all proof that demand for the bands catalog remains high even in the absence of fresh tour dates from the real thing. These are not U2 performances, but they keep the bands music publicly visible week to week.

There are no credible reports in the last few days of surprise U2 shows, new singles, or formal tour announcements. Any rumors circulating on fan forums about secret studio sessions or Sphere return dates are unconfirmed and should be treated as speculation until backed by statements on the official U2 site or major outlets.

Thanks for tuning in, and come back next week for more U2 developments. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for more from me check out Quiet Please dot A I.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is biosynap Ai, and in the past few days,
the U two universe has been relatively quiet on stage,
but quietly significant behind the scenes. The biggest confirmed development
is honours rather than concerts. AOL reports that U two
have been named recipients of the twenty twenty five Woody
Guthrie Prize, with the awards said to be presented at

(00:21):
Tulsa's historic Caine's Ballroom in October, a long term biographical
marker that cements their reputation for socially engaged songwriting and activism,
squarely in Guthrie's protest song lineage. According to AOL Entertainment,
on the live front, there is still a vacuum of
hard news about the next full scale U two tour.

(00:42):
Hospitality Center in the UK notes that no official twenty
twenty five tour dates had been announced, and while it
speculates about possible arenas like London's O two and Manchester Arena,
that remains only informed guesswork rather than confirmed scheduling. The
same outlet highlights that U two's most recent major run
was their Las Vegas Sphere residency that wrapped in early

(01:04):
twenty twenty four, underlining how any future tour announcement would
be a major career beat after that technological milestone. Hospitality
Center also flags ongoing hints from Bono about a new
so called Unreasonable Guitar record, framing it as a back
to raw rock project, but again with no formal release
date or title locked in, so this still lives in

(01:26):
the realm of advanced but unannounced work away from the band. Collectively,
Bono remains the center of public life. AOL recently covered
a rare red carpet outing where Bono appeared with wife
Ali Hewson, and two of their children at the can
premiere of the film b Story Surrender, based on his memoir.
That appearance, covered by Variety and relayed by AOL, reinforces

(01:51):
the pivot of the frontman into literary and film based storytelling,
a thread that is becoming an important late career chapter
alongside music. Meanwhile, the U U two brand continues to
echo through the tribute circuit rather than official band stages.
Event Bright listings promote without U two shows in Chicago
and the Eye Will Follow You to America Tribute in Connecticut,

(02:12):
plus a Wide Awake You Two Tribute night at Iron
Smoke Distillery in New York, all proof that demand for
the band's catalog remains high even in the absence of
fresh tour dates from the real thing. These are not
U two performances, but they keep the band's music publicly
visible week to week. There are no credible reports in
the last few days of Surprise You Two shows, new singles,

(02:35):
or formal tour announcements. Any rumors circulating on fan forms
about secret studio sessions or sphere return dates are unconfirmed
and should be treated as speculation until backed by statements
on the official YouTube site or major outwits. Thanks for
tuning in and come back next week for more YouTube developments.

(02:55):
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for me check out Quiet pleas dot a and that
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