Blown Away. Ryan Gaerity is buying components for his bombs at the flea market. The woman he's buying from throws in some tapes of U2, and given Gaerity's Irish accent is bemused at his ignorance of the band (because he's been in prison). However Gaerity takes a liking to it, and a couple of songs become an In-Universe Soundtrack.
In Keep the Change (2017), David plans to take Angie to a U2 concert. He tells her that he's obsessed with Bono and knows things like his date of birth. She tells him that he looks kind of like Bono, and he does an impression of him. She ditches him before they can actually go to the concert.
Left Behind (2014): Rayford Steele gets U2 tickets the day of the Rapture.
Taken had Kimmy and her friend travelling to Europe hoping to follow U2's tour. Unfortunadely, they got kidnapped shortly after arriving in Paris.
Tell No One: When Alexandre hears "With or Without You" playing while walking his dog, it gives him the clue he needs to log into a special e-mail account so he can read the e-mail from Margot, whom he thought was dead.
American Psycho: Patrick attends U2 concert and (presumably) hallucinates a moment where Bono says to him and him alone: "I . . .am . . .the . . .devil . . .and I am . . .just . . .like . . .you."
The Americans: "With or Without You" is playing when Elizabeth, Philip and Paige are taking the train so they can escape capture, and continues to play when Paige makes the decision to get off the train and go on her own.
Friends: Ross calls a radio station to play "With or Without You" to Rachel as an apology. Then she calls back, reveals why she's mad at Ross (he wrote a list of her pros and cons), and the DJ is disgusted, saying she'll never play the song again. As a Call-Back, once the couple takes a break, the song plays as Ross dances with another woman.
The series as a whole is named after the song "One Tree Hill" and it even plays over the final scene of the series.
Lucas and Peyton play a game of musical Jeopardy! in the opening episode of the fourth season, with "Running to Stand Still" coming up; Peyton, a music buff, naturally identifies it as U2.
The following episodes are named after U2 albums or songs:
South Park: The episode "More Crap" is about Randy Marsh breaking Bono's record for taking the world's biggest crap and the rivalry between them that ensues.