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For 41 years, rock band U2 have had the world singing and thinking. The Irish supergroup are almost as well known for their politics as their countless hits. Bono, the Edge, Larry Mullen Jr and Adam Clayton were teenagers in Dublin when they got together in 1976 to avoid the bleak prospect of unemployment. As they say, the rest is history, but when Tara Brown sat down with them in Brazil she found a group not prepared to live off the success of their past. Next week U2 will release their 14^th album, Songs of Experience, and they seem just as hungry and joyfully defiant as ever. U2 also let Tara in on a little secret: after a seven-year absence they could be on their way to Australia next year.

Reporter: Tara Brown

Producer: Grace Tobin

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U2 will release their 14^thalbum, Songs of Experience on December 1. To pre order your copy, click here.