U2's latest album, Songs of Experience, is out now. Anton Corbijn/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

U2 premiered "The Blackout" from Songs Of Experience via Facebook Live. Facebook hide caption

Larry Mullen Jr, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Bono will take U2's The Joshua Tree on the road this summer for the album's 30th anniversary. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The Joshua Tree's iconic album cover. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Producer George Martin with The Beatles in 1963. Keystone\Getty Images hide caption

A still from the video for U2's "Song for Someone," featuring the work of muralist Mode 2. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from top left: U2, Neil Young, Weezer, Paula Cole. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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The music on U2's new album, Songs of Innocence, reaches back toward the moment when the band was first building an audience. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Lisa Robinson interviews a young Michael Jackson at his family's house in Encino, Calif., in October 1972. Andrew Kent/Courtesy of Riverhead Books hide caption

The iconic cover art for U2's 1988 album Rattle and Hum. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Neil Young (clockwise from upper left), fun., James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, early era R.E.M. Courtesy of the artists hide caption