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Belfast
Belfast () is the capital of and the largest city in Northern Ireland. It is the seat of devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. It is the largest urban area in Northern Ireland, the second-largest city in Ireland and the 15th-largest city in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in the province of Ulster. The city of Belfast has a population of 267,500 and lies at the heart of the Belfast urban area, which has a population of 483,418. The Belfast metropolitan area has a total population of 579,276. Belfast is also the 100th-largest urban zone in the EU. Belfast was granted city status in 1888.
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Burma
Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the second largest country by geographical area in Southeast Asia. The country is bordered by People's Republic of China on the north-east, Laos on the east, Thailand on the south-east, Bangladesh on the west, India on the north-west and the Bay of Bengal to the south-west with the Andaman Sea defining its southern periphery. One-third of Burma's total perimeter, 1,930 kilometers (1,199 mi), forms an uninterrupted coastline.
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El Salvador
El Salvador (; , literally meaning "Republic of The Savior") is the smallest and also the most densely populated country in Central America. It borders the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras. It lies on the Gulf of Fonseca, as do Honduras and Nicaragua further south.
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Fez, Morocco
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Limerick
Limerick (pronounced ; Irish: Luimneach ) is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city in County Limerick. Population wise, it is the fifth largest city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the Republic of Ireland, with an urban population of 90,757. Limerick is the second-largest city in the province of Munster, an area which constitutes the midwest and southwest of Ireland. The city is situated on several curves and islands of the River Shannon, which spreads into an estuary shortly after Limerick. Road infrastructure features four main crossing points near the city centre (an additional river tunnel to the west of the three bridges opened in July 2010). Limerick is one of the constituent cities of the Cork-Limerick-Galway corridor, which has a population of 1 million.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua ( ) officially the Republic of Nicaragua (, ), is a representative democratic republic. It is the largest country in Central America with an area of 130,373 km2. The country is bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of the country, the Caribbean Sea to the east. The country's Caribbean coast is part of the Western Caribbean Zone. Falling within the tropics, Nicaragua sits between 11 degrees and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere. Nicaragua's abundance of biologically significant and unique ecosystems contribute to Mesoamerica's designation as a biodiversity hotspot. The capital city of Nicaragua is Managua. Roughly one quarter of the nation's population lives in the Nicaraguan capital, making it the second largest city and metropolitan area in Central America (following Guatemala City).
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west. At the time of the 2001 UK Census, its population was 1,685,000, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the population of the United Kingdom.
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Oireachtas
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Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the state of Oregon. As of July 2009, it has an estimated population of 582,130, making it the 30th most populous in the United States. Portland is Oregon's most populous city, and the third most populous city in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Approximately 2.2 million people live in the Portland metropolitan area (MSA), the 23rd most populous in the United States as of July 2006.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (, , , ), described as the Republic of Ireland (), is a state in northwest Europe with a population of almost 4.5 million people. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional republic occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned into two jurisdictions in 1921. It is bordered to the northeast by Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Irish Sea to the east, St George's Channel to the southeast, and the Celtic Sea to the south.
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San Salvador
San Salvador City is the capital and largest city of the nation of El Salvador. It is the third most populous city in Central America after Guatemala City and Managua. Home to one-half of El Salvador's wealth, the city's per capita GDP - PPP is approximately USD11,200, compared to a national average of USD5,260 (2002). The city has a long history, with origins dating back to the Spanish conquest of the Pipil tribes. The name of the capital city is the Spanish name of "Holy Savior".
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Adam Clayton
Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960) is the bassist of the rock band U2. Clayton has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965. Clayton is well-known for his bass playing on songs such as "New Year's Day", "Bullet the Blue Sky", "With or Without You", "Mysterious Ways", "Get on Your Boots", and "Magnificent". His work on No Line on the Horizon has been cited as his best bass playing. He has worked on several solo projects throughout his career, such as his work with fellow band member Larry Mullen Jr. on the theme of 1996's . Clayton, as a part of U2, has won 22 Grammy awards.
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Al Schmitt
Al Schmitt is a recording engineer and record producer.
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Alan Light
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Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station (AKUS), and later released her first album with them as a group in 1989.
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Allen Ginsberg
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Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse (born 14 September 1983) is an English singer-songwriter, known for her eclectic mix of various musical genres including R&B;, soul, jazz. Winehouse is best known for her powerful contralto vocals.
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Anthony DeCurtis
Anthony DeCurtis is an American author and music critic, who has written for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Relix and other publications.
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Anton Corbijn
Anton Corbijn (; born 20 May 1955) is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade. Some of his works include music videos for Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" (1990) and Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" (1993), as well as the Ian Curtis biopic Control.
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Arif Mardin
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and a former General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won 59% of the national votes and 80% (392 of 492) of the seats in Parliament. Some people claim that this implies Suu Kyi was elected Prime Minister. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She has remained under house arrest in Myanmar for almost 14 out of the past 20 years.
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B. B. King
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B.B. King
Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and guitar playing.
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Barry Bales
Barry Bales (born August 23, 1969 in Kingsport, Tennessee) is the bass player and harmony vocalist for Alison Krauss and Union Station.
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Bernie Grundman
Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer.
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Big Boi
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Bill Flanagan
Bill Flanagan is an American author and television executive. He was born in Rhode Island in 1955 and graduated from Brown University in 1977. His books include Written in My Soul (1986), Last of the Moe Haircuts (1986), U2 at the End of the World (1995), and the novels A&R; (2000), New Bedlam (2007) and ''Evening's Empire'' (2010).
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Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is the lead vocalist, chief songwriter, and lead guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the rock band Pinhead Gunpowder and sings for garage rock band Foxboro Hot Tubs when not working with Green Day.
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Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to the RIAA.
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Bob Dylan
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Bobby Kimball
Robert Troy "Bobby" Kimball (born March 29, 1947) is an American singer, best known as the longtime frontman of the rock band Toto.
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Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), most commonly known by his stage name Bono ( ), is an Irish singer and musician, best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2. Bono writes almost all U2 lyrics, often using political, social, and religious themes. During their early years, Bono's lyrics contributed to U2's rebellious and spiritual tone. As the band matured, his lyrics became inspired more by personal experiences shared with members of U2.
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Brian Gardner
Brian Gardner (nicknamed 'BigBassBrian') is a mastering engineer. He has worked on countless recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B;, hip hop, pop punk, and dance pop. He is perhaps best known for his work on hip hop albums and in particular in his collaborations with Dr. Dre.
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed "The Boss", is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of Heartland rock infused with pop hooks, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey.
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Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican American rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. Rolling Stone named Santana number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards.
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Chester Thompson
Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American drummer and session musician.
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Chris Blackwell
Chris Blackwell (born June 22, 1937) is the founder of independent record company Island Records, and has been a music industry mogul for over fifty years. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is the single person most responsible for turning the world on to reggae music.
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Chris Carmouche
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Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions.
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Chris Martin
Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Coldplay. He is married to American actress Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom he has two children.
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Chris Thomas King
Chris Thomas King (born October 14, 1964) is a New Orleans, Louisiana-based blues musician and actor.
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Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae (born Corinne Jacqueline Bailey on 26 February 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist from Leeds, who released her debut album Corinne Bailey Rae in February 2006.
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Craig Street
Craig Street, born in Oakland, California, is a noted record producer.
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Crystal Lewis
Crystal Lewis (born September 11, 1969) is an American contemporary Christian/Gospel vocalist.
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Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois (, Respell|lan-) (born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, and singer-songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, and Willie Nelson. Lanois is best known for producing, with Brian Eno, a number of albums for U2, including The Joshua Tree.
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David Fricke
David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine, where he writes predominantly on rock music. In the 1990s, he was managing editor before stepping down.
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David Hungate
David Hungate (b. August 5, 1948) is a bass player noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977-1982. Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album of 1976 included Hungate and several other future members of Toto. Hungate's tracks featured the "hook" popping bassline on the single "Lowdown," and the lyrical bass fills on "Harbor Lights" and "We're All Alone."
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David Paich
David Paich (born David Frank Paich on June 25, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is a session musician, keyboard player, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. David is the son of the late jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich. With Toto, Paich has released 17 albums and sold over 30 million records.
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Dik Evans
Richard "Dick" (also "Dik") Evans is the brother of David "The Edge" Evans, guitarist for rock band U2.
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Dust Brothers
The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles, California based, Grammy Award winning producers, E.Z. Mike (Michael Simpson) and King Gizmo (John King), famous for their sample-based music in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums ''Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys, Odelay by Beck, and the soundtrack to the film Fight Club''.
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Elliot Scheiner
Elliot Scheiner is a record producer and record engineer. Scheiner has received 23 Grammy Award nominations, 6 of which he won, and he has been awarded four Emmy nominations, one Emmy award for his work with the Eagles on their farewell tour broadcast, three TEC Awards nominations, a TEC Hall of Fame inductee, and recipient of the Surround Pioneer Award. Elliot holds an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music and is one of the only Americans to be awarded the Master of Sound honor from the Japan Audio Society.
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Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known by the stage name Elvis Costello, is a British singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the Punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; the critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes him as a "pop encyclopedia," able to "reinvent the past in his own image".Stephen Thomas Erlewine, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql;=10:ly09kect7q70 Get Happy!! [Ryko Bonus Tracks]], Allmusic. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
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Elvis Presley
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Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including Linda Ronstadt, Elvis Costello and Dolly Parton.
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Flood (producer)
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George H. W. Bush
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George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (); June 25, 1963) is an English singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! along with his school friend Andrew Ridgeley. His first solo single, "Careless Whisper" was released when he was still in the duo and sold about six million copies worldwide.
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Gillian Welch
Gillian Welch (; born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, Bluegrass, and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as "at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms".
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Guy Berryman
Guy Rupert Berryman (12 April 1978, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland) is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist best known as the bassist for the group Coldplay.
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Harley Allen
Harley Lee Allen (born January 23, 1956) is a country singer and songwriter.
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Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet", Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound. He was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk. Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieved success among pop audiences. His music embraces elements of funk and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz. In his jazz improvisation, he possesses a unique creative blend of jazz, blues, and modern classical music, with harmonic stylings much like the styles of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
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Hugh Padgham
Hugh Padgham is a British record producer. He has won a string of awards, including four Grammys, with Producer of the Year (1985) and Engineer of the Year amongst them. A 1992 poll in Mix magazine voted him one of the world's Top Ten Most Influential Producers.
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Jacknife Lee
Garret "Jacknife" Lee is an Irish Grammy Award winning music producer and mixer. He has worked with a variety of artists, including U2, R.E.M., Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, AFI, The Hives, Weezer, Vega4 and Editors.
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James Bond
James Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. The character has also been used in the longest running and most financially successful English-language film franchise to date, starting in 1962 with Dr. No.
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Jeff Porcaro
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Jerry Douglas
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Jimmy Iovine
James "Jimmy" Iovine (born March 11, 1953) is an American music producer, entrepreneur and chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M.;
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John Hartford
John Cowan Hartford (December 30, 1937 – June 4, 2001) was an American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore. Hartford performed with a variety of ensembles throughout his career, and is perhaps best known for his solo performances where he would interchange the guitar, banjo, and fiddle from song to song. He also invented his own shuffle tap dance move, and clogged on an amplified piece of plywood while he played and sang.
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John Lennon
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Johnny Cash
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Jon Pareles
Jon Pareles is an American journalist who is the chief popular music critic in the arts section of the New York Times. He played jazz flute and piano, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in music. In the 1970s he was an associate editor of Crawdaddy!, and in the 1980s an associate editor at Rolling Stone and the music editor at The Village Voice. He currently reviews popular music in the arts section of the New York Times.
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Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC, (born Roberta Joan Anderson; November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter.
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K. C. Porter
KC Porter (born June 27, 1962 Karl Cameron Porter) is an American record producer, songwriter, musician and singer. For nearly three decades in the entertainment industry, Porter has earned numerous Grammy nominations and 3 Grammys and Latin Grammys. He is best known for his production work on Carlos Santana's Supernatural, (which sold over 27 million copies worldwide and won 9 Grammy Awards) and for producing and penning some of the most popular Spanish language singles for Ricky Martin to date.
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Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is known for his innovative rhythm playing. In 2003 he ranked 10th on Rolling Stone magazine's "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". With songwriting partner and Rolling Stones lead vocalist Mick Jagger, Richards has written and recorded hundreds of songs, fourteen of which are listed by Rolling Stone magazine among the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
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Larry Klein
Larry Klein (born 1956) is a music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player, commonly known for being the frequent musical collaborator, and ex-husband, of Joni Mitchell.
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Larry Mullen, Jr.
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Mullen, Jr. (born 31 October 1961) is the drummer for the rock band U2. He is the founder of U2, which he later described as "'The Larry Mullen Band' for about ten minutes, then Bono walked in and blew any chance I had of being in charge." He has worked on numerous side projects during his career, including a collaboration with Michael Stipe and Mike Mills of R.E.M. to form Automatic Baby in 1993 and working with bandmate Adam Clayton on the re-recording of the theme to , in 1996. He and U2 have won many awards, including 22 Grammy awards.
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Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen, CC, GOQ (born 21 September 1934) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often deals with the exploration of religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships. Famously reclusive, having once spent several years in a Zen Buddhist monastery, and possessing a persona frequently associated with mystique, he is extremely well-regarded by critics for his literary accomplishments, for the richness of his lyrics, and for producing an output of work of high artistic quality over a five-decade career.
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Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (born March 2, 1942) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which spans several decades and crosses multiple genres. The Velvet Underground gained little mainstream attention during their career, but became one of the most influential bands of their era. As the Velvet Underground's main songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects of personal experience that rarely had been examined so openly in rock and roll, including a variety of sexual topics and drug culture. He is responsible for the popularization of ostrich tuning.
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Luciano Pavarotti
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Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is an English DJ, guitarist, music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido Records. He currently works with his band under the music alias of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.
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Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige (surname ; born January 11, 1971), also known as Mary J. Blige, is an American singer, producer, songwriter, actress, and rapper. A recipient of nine Grammy Awards and many other honors, Blige has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. Blige has received the World Music Legends Award for combining hip hop and soul in the early 1990s. She was ranked number 100 in the list of 100 greatest singers of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. As of 2010, Blige has sold over 50 million albums and 15 million singles. Blige has cited Anita Baker, Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin as influences.
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Matt Serletic
Matt Serletic is a record producer who has worked with several popular bands and artists for Atlantic Records, including Collective Soul, Matchbox Twenty, Blessid Union of Souls, Edwin McCain, Stacie Orrico, Taylor Hicks, Rob Thomas, and singer/songwriter Angie Aparo. Serletic will be working with American Idol Season 7 Winner David Cook on his second studio album. He also preceded Jason Flom as chairman of Virgin Records. Most recently he has been working with Joe Cocker, writing as producing his latest album, Hard Knocks.
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Michael Jackson
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Michael Omartian
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Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead vocalist of rock band, The Rolling Stones. Jagger has also acted in and produced several films.
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Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt (born May 4, 1972 as Michael Ryan Pritchard) is an American musician who is currently the bassist and backing vocalist for the American rock band Green Day. While at school, he would play "air-bass." While pretending to pluck the strings, he made the noise, "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt," so his schoolmates started to call him "Mike Dirnt".
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Muhammad Ali
MedalCountry|
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Niall Stokes
:''For other uses of the name 'Stokes', see Stokes.''
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Olaf Tyaransen
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Patti Smith
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother of Punk", she integrated the beat poetry performance style with three-chord rock. Smith's most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. In 2005, Patti Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, and in 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Paul McCartney
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Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
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Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a former United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, President of the World Bank, and former dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships, and chairman of the US-Taiwan Business Council.
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Peter Kurland
Peter Franklin Kurland is a production sound mixer .
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for English progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.
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Phil Joanou
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Quincy Jones
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R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967), best known by the stage name R. Kelly, is an American R&B; singer, songwriter and record producer. Debuting in 1992 with the group Public Announcement, Kelly went solo in 1993 with the album 12 Play. He is known for a collection of hit singles including "Bump n' Grind", "I Believe I Can Fly", "Gotham City", "Ignition (Remix)", "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time", "The World's Greatest", "I'm A Flirt", and the hip-hopera "Trapped in the Closet".
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Ralph Stanley
Ralph Stanley (born February 25, 1927), also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley, is an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing.
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Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1974, often cited as the first punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the punk rock movement both in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930June 10, 2004), better known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. Ray was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm & blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his Modern Sounds albums. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company.
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Rick Rubin
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records.
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Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant, CBE (born 20 August 1948), is an English rock singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career. In 2007, Plant released Raising Sand, an album produced by T-Bone Burnett with American bluegrass soprano Alison Krauss, which won the 2009 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
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Ron Block
Ronald Franklin "Ron" Block (born July 30, 1964 in Inglewood, California) is an American bluegrass musician mainly playing the banjo and the guitar, singing, and writing gospel music.
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Roy Halee
Roy Halee is an American record producer and engineer, best known for working with Simon and Garfunkel.
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Roy Orbison
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S. Husky Höskulds
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Salman Rushdie
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (lang-ur| ; born 19 June 1947) is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He achieved notability with his second novel, ''Midnight's Children'' (1981), which won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism mixed with historical fiction, and a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western worlds.
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Salvadoran Civil War
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Sam Bush
Sam Bush (born April 13, 1952 in Bowling Green, Kentucky) is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.
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Sinéad O'Connor
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Steve Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite (born 1955) is an English Grammy Award winning record producer. From his early work with Ultravox in 1976 through to the present day, Lillywhite has produced a variety of musicians including U2, Dave Matthews Band, Joan Armatrading, Darius Danesh, Big Country, The Pogues and The Smiths, through to Beady Eye and Evanescence in recent times.
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Steve Lukather
Steve "Luke" Lukather (born October 21, 1957, San Fernando Valley, California) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Lukather has played with countless artists, released several solo albums and, as a studio session guitarist, has been involved with arranging, composing, and recording on over 1,000 albums. He is also a member of jazz fusion bands El Grupo and Los Lobotomys, both collaborations of notable sessions musicians. While his work with Toto was predominantly based on pop rock music, Lukather's solo and side-project work spans many genres including rock, prog, jazz and funk.
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Steve Porcaro
Steven Maxwell "Steve" Porcaro (born September 2, 1957, Hartford, Connecticut) is an American keyboardist and composer, who was an original member of the rock/pop band Toto.
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Stuart Duncan
Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician who has worked with such stars as George Strait, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire and Barbra Streisand, to name a few.
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Suzanne Cox
Suzanne Cox (born 19 March, 1972) is an English aerobic instructor. She was at one point a gladiator in the UK television show Gladiators. She went by the name Vogue.
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T-Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry Burnett (born January 14, 1948), widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.
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The Buzzcocks
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The Edge
David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961 in Barking, Essex, England), more widely known by his stage name The Edge (or just Edge), is an Irish musician best known as the guitarist, keyboardist, and main backing vocalist of rock band U2. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named him at #24 on its list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time".
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The Skids
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The Times
The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785, when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.
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Tim Blake Nelson
Tim Blake Nelson (born May 11, 1964) is an American director, writer, singer and actor.
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Tina Turner
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have earned her the title '''The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll'''.
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Tom Elmhirst
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Tom Lord-Alge
Tom Lord-Alge is a three-time Grammy-Award winning record producer and mixer widely known as a leader in music mixing. He is the youngest of Vivian Lord's five children, Mark Alge, Lisa Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Jeff Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge. His older brother, Chris Lord-Alge and the lesser known Jeff Lord-Alge are also audio engineers.
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Toto (band)
Toto is an American rock band founded in 1977 by some of the most popular and experienced session musicians of the era. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the late 1970's and 1980s, beginning with the band's self-titled debut released in 1978. With the release of 1982's critically acclaimed and commercially successful Toto IV, Toto became one of the best-selling music groups of their era. They are best known for the Top 5 hits "Hold the Line," "Rosanna," and "Africa." Although their popularity in the United States diminished in the 1990s and 2000s, they continued to sell out arenas constantly internationally, only playing minimal shows in the USA.
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Tre Cool
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Van Morrison
Van Morrison, OBE (born George Ivan Morrison; 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album ''It's Too Late to Stop Now'', are widely viewed as among the greatest ever made.
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William Gibson
William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer (1984). In envisaging cyberspace, Gibson created an iconography for the information age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s. He is also credited with predicting the rise of reality television and with establishing the conceptual foundations for the rapid growth of virtual environments such as video games and the Web.
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William S. Burroughs
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Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 14 August 1945) is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.
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Wyclef Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (, ; born October 17, 1969)[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2012369,00.html Wyclef Dumped From Haiti's Presidential Ballot] - TIME, 21 Aug 2010. "Before he announced on August 5 that he was running for President of Haiti, Wyclef Jean was still listing his age as only 37 years old. But after declaring himself a presidential candidate, the Haitian-American hip-hop star also decided to come clean and confirm that he was really 40." is a Haitian musician, record producer and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country. He first received fame as a member of the acclaimed New Jersey hip hop group, the Fugees.
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Yoko Ono
is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront through her music, and is also considered a pioneer and major influence of the 1970s new wave genre. She is a supporter of gay rights and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.
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U2 Filmography
- The 2011 Billboard Music Awards (2011)
- From the Sky Down (2011)
- Glastonbury 2011 (2011)
- Cirque du Soleil's Poetic Social Mission (2009)
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009)
- The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert (2009)
- Linear (2009)
- Brit Awards 2009 (2009)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 (2009)
- The 51st Annual Grammy Awards (2009)
- U2 3D (2007)
- Here Is What Is (2007)
- Vertigo 2005: Live from Milan (2006)
- The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)
- Live 8 (2005)
- Vertigo 2005: U2 Live from Chicago (2005)
- The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (2005)
- The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005)
- Live 8: A Worldwide Concert Event Presented by Nokia (2005)
- Fuse 100% (2004)
- 2003 Radio Music Awards (2003)
- The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003)
- Super Bowl XXXVI (2002)
- The 44th Annual Grammy Awards (2002)
- U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle (2002)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2001 (2001)
- America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001)
- U2: Elevation 2001 Live from Boston (2001)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 2000 (2000)
- Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree (1999)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 1997 (1997)
- Especial U2 (1997)
- MTV Video Music Awards 1997 (1997)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 1995 (1995)
- The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (1994)
- Elvis: The Tribute (1994)
- MTV Video Music Awards 1993 (1993)
- Rock the Vote (1993)
- The 1992 Billboard Music Awards (1992)
- MTV Video Music Awards 1992 (1992)
- U2: Outside It's America (1987)
- U2: Wide Awake in Dublin (1985)
- Live Aid (1985)
- U2: Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
Karaoke:
Lyrics:
- Elvis Presley and America
- Fast Cars
- Fire
- Get On Your Boots
- God Part II
- Gone
- Grace
- Hallelujah, Here She Comes
- Hawkmoon 269
- Heartland
- Helter Skelter
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
- Holy Joe (Guilty Mix)
- I Will Follow
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
- Ive Got You Under My Skin
- If God Will Send His Angels
- If You Wore That Velvet Dress
- In a Little While
- In God's Country
- Instant Karma
- Is That All
- J.swallow
- Kite
- Lady With the Spinning Head
- Last Night On Earth
- Lemon
- Like a Song
- Love And Peace Or Else
- Love Rescue Me
- Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)
- Magnificent
- Mercy
- Miami
- Miracle Drug
- Miss Sarajevo
- MLK
- Mofo
- Moment Of Surrender
- Mysterious Ways
- New York
- Night and Day
- North Star
- Numb
- One
- One Tree Hill
- Out Of Control
- Paint It Black
- Party Girl
- Playboy Mansion
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- The Wanderer
- Falling at Your Feet
- Miss Sarajevo
- Slow Dancing
- The Saints Are Coming
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (live)
- One
- When Love Comes to Town
- Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of (live)
- The Ballad of Ronnie Drew
- I'm Not Your Baby
- Stranded (Haïti mon amour) (Hybrid mix)
- Drunk Chicken / America
- Amazing Grace
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Mysterious Ways
- Beautiful Day
- I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
- Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
- No Line on the Horizon
- Elevation
- In a Little While
- Unknown Caller
- Until the End of the World
- The Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
- [Bono Speech-radio Teheran]
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- MLK
- Walk On
- [Desmond Tutu Speech]
- One
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
- With or Without You
- Moment of Surrender
- Space Oddity (PA)
- The Return of the Stingray Guitar
- Beautiful Day
- I Will Follow
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Mysterious Ways
- Elevation
- Until the End of the World
- Band Introduction
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- North Star
- Mercy
- In a Little While
- Miss Sarajevo
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (remix)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday / Get Up Stand Up (snippet)
- MLK
- Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone
- Desmond Tutu Speech
- One
- Amazing Grace - Where the Streets Have No Name
- Spaceship Intro
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
- With or Without You
- Bono Speech
- Moment of Surrender
- Helter Skelter (live, 1987-11-08: McNichols Arena, Denver, CO, USA)
- Van Diemen's Land
- Desire
- Hawkmoon 269
- (1987-11-08: Save the Yuppie Free Concert, Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco, CA, USA)
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (live, 1987-09-28: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA)
- Freedom for My People
- Silver and Gold (live, 1987-11-08: McNichols Arena, Denver, CO, USA)
- Pride (In the Name of Love) (live, 1987-11-08: McNichols Arena, Denver, CO, USA)
- Angel of Harlem
- Love Rescue Me
- When Love Comes to Town
- Heartland
- God, Part II
- The Star Spangled Banner (live, 1969: Woodstock)
- Bullet the Blue Sky (live, 1987-12-20: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ, USA)
- All I Want Is You
- When Love Comes to Town (Live From the Kingdom mix)
- Vertigo (live, 2004-11-16: BBC Radio 1, Hanover Quay Studios, Dublin, Ireland)
- All Because of You (live, 2004-11-16: BBC Radio 1, Hanover Quay Studios, Dublin, Ireland)
- Miracle Drug (live, 2004-11-16: BBC Radio 1, Hanover Quay Studios, Dublin, Ireland)
- Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own (live, 2004-11-16: BBC Radio 1, Hanover Quay Studios, Dublin, Ireland)
- Beautiful Day (live, 2004-11-16: BBC Radio 1, Hanover Quay Studios, Dublin, Ireland)
- Rain (acoustic) (live, 2004-11-18: Opening of Clinton Presidential Center & Library Little Rock, AR, USA)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (acoustic) (live, 2004-11-18: Opening of Clinton Presidential Center & Library Little Rock, AR, USA)
- The Hands That Built America (acoustic) (live, 2004-11-18: Opening of Clinton Presidential Center & Library Little Rock, AR, USA)
- Vertigo (live, 2004-11-20: Saturday Night live, Nbc Studios, Rockfeller Center, New York City, NY, USA)
- Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own (live, 2004-11-20: Saturday Night live, Nbc Studios, Rockfeller Center, New York City, NY, USA)
- I Will Follow (live, 2004-11-20: Saturday Night live, Nbc Studios, Rockfeller Center, New York City, NY, USA)
- Vertigo (live, 2004-10-15: Top of the Pops, BBC Television, London, UK)
- All Because of You (acoustic) (live, 2004-10-26: California Theatre, San Jose, CA, USA)
- Mercy (studio outtake)
- Slow Dancing
- Spanish Eyes
- She Is a Mystery to Me
- Hawkmoon
- Rain / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Exit / Gloria
- Bad / Waiting for the Man
- C'mon Everybody
- Southern Man
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door
- Maggie's Farm (feat. Cold Turkey)
- Womanfish
- Stand by Me
- Help
- Sun City
- Spring Hill Mining Disaster
- Mothers of the Disappeared
- Pop Muzik (intro)
- Mofo
- I Will Follow
- Gone
- Even Better Than the Real Thing
- Last Night on Earth
- Until the End of the World
- New Year's Day
- Pride (In the Name of Love)
- Desire (acoustic)
- Staring at the Sun (acoustic)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (acoustic, vocals by The Edge)
- Bullet the Blue Sky
- Glad to See You Go (live: 1979-10-05: Cork Opera House, Cork, Ireland)
- The Silver Lining (live: 1980-02-26: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)
- The Speed of Life (live: 1980-02-26: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)
- The Magic Carpet (live: 1980-02-26: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)
- Cartoon World (live: 1980-02-26: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)
- Jack in the Box (live: 1980-02-26: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)
- Shadows and Tall Trees (live: 1980-02-26: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)
- Trevor (live: 1980-02-26: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)
- Another Time, Another Place (live: 1980-02-26: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)
- Another Day (live: 1980-02-26: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)
- Pete the Chop (live: 1980-02-26: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)
- The Electric Co. (live: 1980-02-26: National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)
- Father Is an Elephant (live: 1980-11-11: Kent University, Canterbury, England, UK)
- I Fall Down (live: 1981-04-18: Harpo's, Detroit, MI, USA)
- Carry Me Home (live: 1981-06-09: Hammersmith Palais, London, England, UK)
- Gloria (live: 1981-08-16: Slane Castle, Slane, Ireland)
- Rejoice (live: 1981-08-16: Slane Castle, Slane, Ireland)
- I Threw a Brick Through a Window (live: 1981-08-31: Coasters, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
- Boy - Girl (live: 1981-10-14: Kid Jensen, BBC radio, London, England, UK)
- With a Shout (Jerusalem) (live: 1981-10-14: Kid Jensen, BBC radio, London, England, UK)
- Two Hearts Beat as One
- October
- The Ocean (live, 1981-02-28: Old Grey Whistle Test, UK)
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (live, 1981-02-28: Old Grey Whistle Test, UK)
- The Dream Is Over
- Lost on a Silent Planet
- Another Time, Another Place
- City at Night
- Street Mission
- Scarlet (live, 1981-10-14: Kid Jensen, UK)
- Stories for Boys (demo, 1979: RTE Studios, Dublin, Ireland)
- Lost Highway (live, 1987-12-xx: [radio session], USA)
- People Get Ready (live, 1987-03-13: McCordie Hall, Belfast, Ireland)
- Southern Man (live, 1987-03-13: McCordie Hall, Belfast, Ireland)
- Trip Through Your Wires (live, 1987-03-13: McCordie Hall, Belfast, Ireland)
- Exit (live, 1987-03-13: McCordie Hall, Belfast, Ireland)
- In God's Country (live, 1987-03-13: McCordie Hall, Belfast, Ireland)
- Pride (In the Name of Love) (live, 1987-03-13: McCordie Hall, Belfast, Ireland)
- Twist and Shout (live, 1989-11-14: [radio session], Australia)
- All Over Now (live, 1989-11-14: [radio session], Australia)
- Trip Through Your Wires / She's a Mystery to Me (demo, 1987-11: Sun Studios, Memphis, TN, USA)
- Can't Help Falling in Love (demo, 1987-11: Sun Studios, Memphis, TN, USA)
- Zoo Station
- The Fly
- Even Better Than the Real Thing
- Mysterious Ways
- Medley: One/Unchained Melody
- Until the End of the World
- Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
- Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
- Medley: Angel of Harlem/Dancing Queen
- Satellite of Love
- Two Hearts Beat as One
- Seconds
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- The Cry Elective Co.
- I Fall Down
- October
- New Year's Day
- Gloria
- Party Girl
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- I Will Follow
- Twilight
- Surrender
- I Threw a Brick Through a Window
- A Day Without Me
- An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- The Electric Co.
- I Fall Down
- October
- New Year's Day
- Gloria
- I Will Follow
- Fire
- Celebration
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- The Ocean
- I Will Follow
- Bad
- Spring Hill Mining Disaster
- New Year's Day
- Pride (In the Name of Love)
- Party Girl
- With or Without You
- People Get Ready
- "40"
- Space Oddity (PA intro)
- [introduction]
- Breathe
- No Line on the Horizon
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Beautiful Day
- Elevation
- Desire
- Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
- The Auld Triangle
- One
- Until the End of the World
- The Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (remix)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Pride (In the Name of Love)
- MLK
- Walk On
- [Desmond Tutu speech]
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Bad
- Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
- With or Without You
- Moment of Surrender
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- Touch
- An Cat Dubh
- Into the Heart
- Another Time Another Place
- The Cry / The Electric Co.
- Things to Make and Do
- Stories for Boys
- Twilight
- I Will Follow
- Out of Control
- All Along the Watchtower
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- The Ocean
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- I Will Follow
- I Fall Down
- An Cat Dubh
- Into the Heart
- Another Time, Another Place
- The Cry / The Electric Company / Things To Make And Do
- Stories for Boys
- Boy-Girl
- Out of Control
- A Day Without Me
- I Will Follow
- [radio introduction] / Gloria
- Another Time, Another Place
- I Threw a Brick
- Rejoice
- With a Shout
- The Electric Co.
- I Fall Down
- October
- I Will Follow
- An Cat Dubh
- Into the Heart
- Out of Control
- Twilight
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- The Ocean
- [radio outro]
- Stand by Me
- C'mon Everybody
- I Will Follow
- Trip Through Your Wires
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- MLK
- The Unforgettable Fire
- Exit
- In God's Country
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- People Get Ready
- Help
- [introduction]
- The Ocean
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- I Will Follow
- An Cat Dubh
- Into the Heart
- Another Time, Another Place
- The Cry
- The Electric Co.
- I Fall Down
- Things to Make and Do
- Stories for Boys
- Boy-Girl
- Out of Control
- Twilight
- I Will Follow
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- The Ocean
- A Day Without Me
- Twilight
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- An Cat Dubh (The Black Cat) > Into the Heart
- The Electric Co.
- Things to Make and Do (instrumental)
- Stories for Boys
- Boy/Girl (spliced)
- Out of Control
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- I Will Follow
- Stories for Boys
- The Speed of Life
- Cartoon World
- The King's New Clothes
- Inside Out
- Another Time Another Place
- Boy-Girl
- Out of Control
- Glad to See You Go
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1981-01-23: U2 Play Belfast: McMordie Hall, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- [introduction]
- The Ocean
- 11 O'Clock Tock Tock
- An Cat Dubh
- Into the Heart
- Another Time Another Place
- The Electric Co.
- I Will Follow
- A Day Without Me
- Out of Control
- The Ocean (live: 1981-01-28: University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, UK)
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (live: 1981-01-28: University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, UK)
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1981-01-23: Belfast Boy: McMordie Hall, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- [introduction]
- The Ocean
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- An Cat Dubh
- Into the Heart
- Another Time, Another Place
- The Electric Co.
- Things to Make & Do
- Twilight
- I Will Follow
- Out of Control
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1980-10-15: Amsterdam 1980 - The Milky Way Tapes: The Milkyway, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- The Ocean
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- I Will Follow
- Touch
- An Cat Dubh
- Into the Heart
- A Day Without Me
- Twilight
- The Electric Co.
- Things to Make and Do
- Stories for Boys
- Boy Girl
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
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1980-03-02 / 1980-05-11: The Garden of Eden: The Garden of Eden, Tullamore, Ireland
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- Speed of Light
- The Magic Carpet
- Stories for Boys
- Trevor
- Another Time, Another Place
- Another Day
- The Dream Is Over
- Pete the Chop
- Cartoon World
- Jack in the Box
- Shadows and Tall Trees
- A Day Without Me
- Twilight
- Boy-Girl
- Out of Control
- Beautiful Day
- I Will Follow
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Mysterious Ways / The Way You Make Me Feel (snippet)
- Elevation
- Until the End of the World / Anthem (snippet)
- [talking]
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand by Me
- North Star
- Pride (In the Name of Love)
- In a Little While
- Miss Sarajevo
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- Crazy Tonight (remix) / Relax (snippet) / Two Tribes (snippet)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Scarlet
- Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
- [Desmond Tutu speech] / [encore break]
- One
- Amazing Grace
- Amazing Grace (snippet) / Where the Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
- [encore break]
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
- With or Without You
- Moment of Surrender
- [intro]
- Breathe
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Until the End of the World
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- With or Without You
- [outro]
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2009-03-11: New Hope on the Horizon: Summerville Theatre, Boston, MA, USA
- [introduction]
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Breathe
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
- Vertigo
- [introduction] (2009-03-02: Ed Sullivan Theater, New York City, NY, USA)
- Breathe (2009-03-02: Ed Sullivan Theater, New York City, NY, USA)
- Magnificent (2009-03-03: Ed Sullivan Theater, New York City, NY, USA)
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / Come on Eileen (snippet) (2009-03-04: Ed Sullivan Theater, New York City, NY, USA)
- Beautiful Day / Rock 'n' Roll High School (snippet) / I Remember You (snippet) (2009-03-05 or 2009-03-06: Ed Sullivan Theater, New York City, NY, USA)
- Get on Your Boots (2009-03-02: Ed Sullivan Theater, New York City, NY, USA)
- Zoo Station
- The Fly
- Even Better Than the Real Thing
- Mysterious Ways
- One
- Unchained Melody
- Until the End of the World
- Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
- Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
- Angel of Harlem
- Dancing Queen
- Satellite of Love
- Please
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Lemon
- Discotheque
- If You Wear That Velvet Dress
- With or Without You
- Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
- Mysterious Ways
- One
- Wake Up Dead Man
- [outro]
- [introduction]
- Breathe
- Get on Your Boots
- Mysterious Ways
- Beautiful Day / The Hands That Built America (snippet)
- No Line on the Horizon
- Magnificent
- Elevation
- Your Blue Room
- New Years Day
- [band introductions] / I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Movin' on Up (snippet)
- Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
- The Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (snippet) / I Want to Take You Higher (snippet)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday / People Get Ready (snippet)
- MLK
- Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
- [Desmond Tutu speech]
- One
- Amazing Grace (snippet)
- Where the Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
- [encore break]
- Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
- With or Without You
- Moment of Surrender
- Intro: Space Oddity (PA)
- [introduction]
- Breathe
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Mysterious Ways / My Sweet Lord (snippet)
- Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet)
- [talking] / [band introductions]
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand by Me (snippet)
- Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
- No Line on the Horizon
- Elevation
- Until the End of the World
- The Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) (snippet) / Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough (snippet)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday / Get Up Stand Up (snippet)
- Intro: Space Oddity (PA)
- [introduction]
- Breathe
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Mysterious Ways
- Beautiful Day
- [talking]
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Stuck in a Moment
- No Line on the Horizon
- Elevation
- Your Blue Room
- Until the End of the World
- Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I'll Go Crazy (remix)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- MLK / Walk On
- [Desmond Tutu speech]
- One / Amazing Grace
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- [space intro]
- Ultraviolet
- With or Without You
- [talking]
- Moment of Surrender
- Space Oddity
- Kingdom
- Breathe
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Mysterious Ways
- Beautiful Day / In God's Country / Fix You
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Stand by Me / Viva Las Vegas
- Stuck in a Moment
- No Line on the Horizon
- Elevation
- In a Little While
- Unknown Caller
- Until the End of the World
- The Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- MLK
- Walk On
- [Desmund Tutu speech]
- One
- Amazing Grace
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Techno Talk (interlude)
- Ultraviolet (Baby Light My Way)
- With or Without You
- Moment of Surrender
- Rocket Man
- [intro]
- Breathe
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Mysterious Ways
- Beautiful Day
- [band introductions]
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Stuck in a Moment
- No Line on the Horizon
- Elevation
- In a Little While
- Unknown Caller
- Until the End of the World
- The Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- MLK
- Walk On
- [encore break]
- [Desmund Tutu speech]
- One
- Amazing Grace
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- [encore break]
- Space Child
- Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
- With or Without You
- Moment of Surrender
- Space Oddity
- Even Better Than the Real Thing
- The Fly
- Mysterious Ways
- Until the End of the World
- I Will Follow
- Get on Your Boots
- [Bono speech]
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- The Wanderer
- Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
- Beautiful Day
- Elevation
- Pride (In the Name of Love)
- Miss Sarajevo
- Zooropa
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (remix)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Scarlet
- Walk On
- [Bishop Tutu speech]
- One
- Amazing Grace
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- [encore break]
- Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
- With or Without You
- Moment of Surrender (intro)
- Moment of Surrender
- All I Want Is You (feat. unknown blind guitar player)
- [introduction]
- Breathe
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Mysterious Ways
- Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet)
- Band Intros
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / Stand by Me (snippet)
- Stuck in a Moment (acoustic)
- No Line on the Horizon
- Elevation
- In a Little While
- Unknown Caller
- Until the End of the World
- The Unforgettable Fire
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (remix) / Two Tribes (snippet)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- MLK
- Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet)
- One
- Amazing Grace
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Space Ship Talk
- Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
- With or Without You
- Moment of Surrender
- [introduction]
- Elevation
- Beautiful Day
- Until the End of the World
- New Year's Day
- I Will Follow
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
- Kite
- Angel of Harlem
- Stay (Far Away, So Close)
- Bad / 40
- Beautiful Day
- Summer Rain
- Always
- Pride (In the Name of Love)
- New Year's Day
- With or Without You
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Bad
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- I Will Follow
- The Unforgettable Fire
- Sweetest Thing (the single mix)
- Desire
- When Love Comes to Town
- Space Oddity
- Return of the Stingray Guitar
- Beautiful Day
- I Will Follow
- Get on Your Boots
- Magnificent
- Mysterious Ways
- Elevation
- Until the End of the World
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Bad
- Mercy
- In a Little Way
- Miss Sarajevo
- City of Blinding Lights
- Vertigo
- I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- MLK
- Walk On
- Desmond Tutu Speech
- One
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
- With or Without You
- Happy Birthday
- Moment of Surrender
- Zoo Station
- The Fly
- Even Better Than the Real Thing
- Mysterious Ways / Love to Love You Baby
- One / Unchained Melody
- Until the End of the World
- Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
- Bad
- All I Want Is You
- Bullet the Blue Sky
- Running to Stand Still
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Pride (In the Name of Love)
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Desire
- Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
- With or Without You
- Love Is Blindness
- [introduction]
- Elevation
- Beautiful Day
- Until the End of the World
- New Years Day
- Kite (intro)
- Kite
- New York
- I Will Follow
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- In My Life
- Stuck in a Moment
- In a Little While (intro)
- In a Little While
- [band introductions]
- Desire
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1984-09-18: Sports And Entertainment Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Gloria
- I Threw a Brick Through a Window
- A Day Without Me
- An Cat Dubh
- Into the Heart
- The Unforgettable Fire
- Surrender
- Two Hearts Beat as One
- Seconds
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- [introduction: 4th of July]
- Gloria
- I Threw a Brick Through a Window
- A Day Without Me
- An Cat Dubh
- Into the Heart
- The Unforgettable Fire
- Surrender
- Two Hearts Beat as One
- Seconds
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- I Will Follow
- Seconds
- MLK
- The Unforgettable Fire
- Wire
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- The Electric Co
- A Sort of Homecoming
- Bad
- 4th of July
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- I Will Follow
- Wire
- MLK
- The Unforgettable Fire
- Surrender
- Two Hearts Beat as One
- Seconds
- A Sort of Homecoming
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- I Will Follow
- Seconds
- Surrender
- Two Hearts Beat as One
- MLK
- The Unforgettable Fire
- Wire
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- The Cry / The Electric Co
- A Sort of Homecoming
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U2 - Beautiful Day
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:11
- Published: 23 Dec 2009
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Music video by U2 performing Beautiful Day. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 5262327. (C) 2000 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
http://wn.com/U2_Beautiful_Day
U2 - Bloody Sunday
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- Duration: 7:20
- Published: 29 Sep 2006
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
On January 30, 1972, British troops opened fire on unarmed and peaceful civilians in Derry, Ireland during a civil rights march. This music video is a tribute to the 14 killed and others wounded - combining video/music of U2, video from "Bloody Sunday" (2002 movie), and photographs from that terrible day.
http://wn.com/U2_Bloody_Sunday
U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
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- Duration: 4:07
- Published: 14 Dec 2009
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Music video by U2 performing Pride (In The Name Of Love). (C) 1984 Universal-Island Records Ltd. under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Limited
http://wn.com/U2_Pride_In_The_Name_Of_Love
Mary J. Blige, U2 - One
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- Duration: 4:27
- Published: 17 Jun 2009
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Music video by Mary J. Blige, U2 performing One. (C) 2006 Geffen Records
http://wn.com/Mary_J_Blige,_U2_One
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / U2
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- Duration: 4:32
- Published: 10 Apr 2009
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / U2 www.universal-music.co.jp
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U2 - With Or Without You
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- Duration: 4:51
- Published: 05 Oct 2009
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Music video by U2 performing With Or Without You. (C) 1987 Universal-Island Records Ltd. under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Limited
http://wn.com/U2_With_Or_Without_You
U2 - Electrical Storm
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- Duration: 4:40
- Published: 31 Aug 2007
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Amazing cinematic experience video directed by Anton Corbijn, and uploaded whit better quality.
http://wn.com/U2_Electrical_Storm
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
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- Duration: 7:13
- Published: 14 Dec 2009
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Music video by U2 performing Where The Streets Have No Name. (C) 1987 Universal-Island Records Ltd. under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Limited
http://wn.com/U2_Where_The_Streets_Have_No_Name
u2- live - with or without you
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- Duration: 5:29
- Published: 08 Jan 2007
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
u2 live in boston 2001
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U2 - Unchained Melody
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- Duration: 4:48
- Published: 10 Nov 2006
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
One of their B-Sides. It was a B-Side on "All I Want Is You", the last single release of "Rattle And Hum" in June 1989, beside of "Everlasting Love" the other B-Side of this record. Well, I really fell in love with that song. I'm sorry for being an newbie on music, the first version I ever heard from the beginning till end was the Gareth Gates cover and so I got to know the Righteous Brothers version, which is 1000 times better. But this one so special to me, I can't stop listening to Bono's incredible sexy voice. =) Enjoy. DISCLAIMER: Pictures and Music do not belong to me. All rights reserved by Universal Music. BTW: Don't blame me for the ad in the video, I can't help it myself. :(
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U2 - Sweetest Thing
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- Duration: 3:17
- Published: 26 Jun 2009
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Music video by U2 performing Sweetest Thing. (C) 1998 Universal-Island Records Ltd. under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Limited
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U2 - Walk On
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- Duration: 4:54
- Published: 14 Dec 2009
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Music video by U2 performing Walk On. (C) 2000 Universal-Island Records Ltd. under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Limited
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U2 Where The Streets Have No Name Live At Slane Castle
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- Duration: 6:04
- Published: 11 Sep 2006
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
U2's Where The Streets Have No Name Live At Slane Castle
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U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
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- Duration: 5:54
- Published: 14 Dec 2009
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Music video by U2 performing Sunday Bloody Sunday. (C) 2006 Universal-Island Records Ltd. under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Limited
http://wn.com/U2_Sunday_Bloody_Sunday
U2: Beautiful Day
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- Duration: 4:38
- Published: 18 Sep 2007
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Elevation 2001, Live from Boston (DVD)
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U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
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- Duration: 4:49
- Published: 06 Mar 2008
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (From the Album "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb")
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U2 One Live
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- Duration: 5:26
- Published: 18 Apr 2006
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
U2 - One Vertigo Tour New Year´s Day: www.youtube.com Original of the Species: www.youtube.com
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U2 - Magnificent
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- Duration: 4:33
- Published: 14 Dec 2009
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Music video by U2 performing Magnificent. (C) 2009 Universal-Island Records Ltd. under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Ltd.
http://wn.com/U2_Magnificent
U2 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horse - Official Music Video - HD
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- Duration: 4:58
- Published: 09 May 2012
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
U2 - Vertigo
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- Duration: 3:17
- Published: 06 Mar 2008
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
U2 - Vertigo (From the Album "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb")
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U2 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
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- Duration: 2:18
- Published: 07 Dec 2006
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
Merry Christmas from U2...
http://wn.com/U2_Christmas_Baby_Please_Come_Home
U2 Superbowl 36 halftime performance where the streets have no name HD
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- Duration: 7:06
- Published: 16 Jan 2009
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
The U2 Halftime show performance at Super bowl XXXVI (36). In HD quality!! They're preforming Where the Streets Have No Name in this clip. Also check out my other video of the Super Bowl 36 halftime show by U2 with their song Beautiful Day. Thanks for watching
http://wn.com/U2_Superbowl_36_halftime_performance_where_the_streets_have_no_name_HD
U2 - Love Is Blindness (Edge's Solo Performance)
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- Duration: 3:01
- Published: 09 Dec 2011
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Performance taken from From The Sky Down, a documentary film about the making of U2's Achtung Baby. Available worldwide on Blu-ray and DVD, and in the US from 24th January 2012. Music video by U2 performing Love Is Blindness. (C) 2011 Universal-Island Records Limited. Film & Artwork under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Limited in the UK, Interscope Records in the USA & Universal Music Group for the Rest of the World
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This article is about the band. For other uses, see U2 (disambiguation).
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 U2 performing at Madison Square Garden in November 2005, from left to right: The Edge; Larry Mullen, Jr. (drumming), Bono, and Adam Clayton |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Rock, alternative rock, post-punk |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Labels | Mercury, Interscope, Island |
| Associated acts | Passengers |
| Website | u2.com |
| Members | |
| Bono The Edge Adam Clayton Larry Mullen, Jr. |
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U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion). U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music. Throughout the group's musical pursuits, they have maintained a sound built on melodic instrumentals, highlighted by The Edge's timbrally varied guitar sounds and Bono's expressive vocals. Their lyrics, often embellished with spiritual imagery, focus on personal themes and sociopolitical concerns.
U2 formed at Mount Temple Comprehensive School when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed with Island Records and released their debut album Boy. By the mid-1980s, they became a top international act. They were more successful as live performers than they were at selling records, until their breakthrough 1987 album The Joshua Tree,[1] which, according to Rolling Stone, elevated the band's stature "from heroes to superstars".[2] Reacting to musical stagnation and late-1980s criticism of their earnest image and musical direction, the group reinvented themselves with their 1991 hit album Achtung Baby and the accompanying Zoo TV Tour. U2 integrated dance, industrial, and alternative rock influences into their sound and performances, and embraced a more ironic and self-deprecating image. Similar experimentation continued for the remainder of the 1990s with mixed levels of success. U2 regained critical and commercial favour after their 2000 record All That You Can't Leave Behind. On it and the group's subsequent releases, they adopted a more conventional sound while maintaining influences from their earlier musical explorations.
U2 have released 12 studio albums and are among the all-time best-selling music artists, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. They have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band, and in 2005, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone ranked U2 at number 22 in its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".[3] Throughout their career, as a band and as individuals, they have campaigned for human rights and philanthropic causes, including Amnesty International, the ONE/DATA campaigns, Product Red, and The Edge's Music Rising.
History[link]
See also: Timeline of U2
Formation and early years (1976–79)[link]
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U2 in 1980. Shown from left to right: Clayton, Mullen, Bono, The Edge.
The band formed in Dublin on 25 September 1976.[4] Larry Mullen, Jr., then a 14-year-old student at Mount Temple Comprehensive School, posted a note on the school's notice board in search of musicians for a new band—six people responded. Setting up in his kitchen, Mullen was on drums, with Paul Hewson (Bono) on lead vocals; David Evans (The Edge) and his older brother Dik Evans on guitar; Adam Clayton, a friend of the Evans brothers on bass guitar; and initially Ivan McCormick and Peter Martin, two other friends of Mullen.[5] Mullen later described it as "'The Larry Mullen Band' for about ten minutes, then Bono walked in and blew any chance I had of being in charge." Soon after, the group settled on the name "Feedback" because it was one of the few technical terms they knew.[6] Martin did not return after the first practice, and McCormick left the group within a few weeks. Most of the group's initial material consisted of cover songs, which the band admitted was not their forté.[7] Some of the earliest influences on the band were emerging punk rock acts, such as The Jam, The Clash, The Buzzcocks, and The Sex Pistols. The popularity of punk rock convinced the group that musical proficiency was not a prerequisite to being successful.[8]
"We couldn't believe it. I was completely shocked. We weren't of an age to go out partying as such but I don't think anyone slept that night.... Really, it was just a great affirmation to win that competition, even though I've no idea how good we were or what the competition was really like. But to win at that point was incredibly important for morale and everyone's belief in the whole project."
—The Edge, on winning the CBS competition[9]
In March 1977, the band changed their name to The Hype.[10] Dik Evans, who was older and by this time at college, was becoming the odd man out. The rest of the band was leaning towards the idea of a four-piece ensemble and he was "phased out" in March 1978. During a farewell concert in the Presbyterian Church Hall in Howth, which featured The Hype playing covers, Dik ceremonially walked offstage. The remaining four band members completed the concert playing original material as "U2".[11] Steve Averill, a punk rock musician (with The Radiators) and family friend of Clayton's, had suggested six potential names from which the band chose "U2" for its ambiguity and open-ended interpretations, and because it was the name that they disliked the least.[12]
On Saint Patrick's Day in 1978, U2 won a talent show in Limerick, Ireland. The prize consisted of £500 and studio time to record a demo which would be heard by CBS Ireland, a record label. This win was an important milestone and affirmation for the fledgling band.[11] U2 recorded their first demo tape at Keystone Studios in Dublin in May 1978.[13] Hot Press magazine was influential in shaping the band's future; in May, Paul McGuinness, who had earlier been introduced to the band by the publication's journalist Bill Graham, agreed to be U2's manager.[14] The group's first release, an Ireland-only EP entitled Three, was released in September 1979 and was their first Irish chart success.[15] In December 1979, U2 performed in London for their first shows outside Ireland, although they were unable to gain much attention from audiences or critics.[16] In February 1980, their second single "Another Day" was released on the CBS label, but again only for the Irish market.[17]
[edit] Boy, October, and War (1980–83)
Island Records signed U2 in March 1980, and in May the band released "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" as their first international single.[18] The band's debut album, Boy, followed in October. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, it received generally positive reviews.[19] Although Bono's unfocused lyrics seemed improvised, they expressed a common theme: the dreams and frustrations of adolescence.[20] The album included the band's first United States hit single, "I Will Follow". Boy's release was followed by the Boy Tour, U2's first tour of continental Europe and the United States.[21] Despite being unpolished, these early live performances demonstrated U2's potential, as critics noted that Bono was a "charismatic" and "passionate" showman.[22]
The band's second album, October, was released in 1981 and contained overtly spiritual themes. During the album's recording sessions, Bono and The Edge considered quitting the band due to perceived spiritual conflicts.[23] Bono, The Edge, and Mullen had joined a Christian group in Dublin called the "Shalom Fellowship", which led them to question the relationship between the Christian faith and the rock and roll lifestyle.[24] Bono and The Edge took time off between tours and decided to leave Shalom in favour of continuing with the band. Recording was further complicated with the theft of a briefcase containing lyrics for several working songs from backstage during the band's performance at a nightclub in Portland, Oregon.[25] The album received mixed reviews and limited radio play. Low sales outside the UK put pressure on their contract with Island and focused the band on improvement.[26]
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Resolving their doubts of the October period, U2 released War in 1983.[27] A record where the band "turned pacifism itself into a crusade",[28] War's sincerity and "rugged" guitar was intentionally at odds with the "cooler" synthpop of the time.[29] The album included the politically charged "Sunday Bloody Sunday", where Bono had lyrically tried to contrast the events of Bloody Sunday with Easter Sunday.[30] Rolling Stone magazine wrote that the song showed the band was capable of deep and meaningful songwriting. War was U2's first album to feature the photography of Anton Corbijn, who remains U2's principal photographer and has had a major influence on their vision and public image.[31] U2's first commercial success, War debuted at number one in the UK, and its first single, "New Year's Day", was the band's first hit outside Ireland or the UK.[32]
On the subsequent War Tour, the band performed sold-out concerts in mainland Europe and the US. The sight of Bono waving a white flag during performances of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" became the tour's iconic image.[33] U2 recorded the Under a Blood Red Sky live album on this tour, as well as the Live at Red Rocks concert film, both of which received extensive play on the radio and MTV, expanding the band's audience and showcasing their prowess as a live act.[34] Their record deal with Island Records was coming to an end, and in 1984 the band signed a more lucrative extension. They negotiated the return of their copyrights (so that they owned the rights to their own songs), an increase in their royalty rate, and a general improvement in terms, at the expense of a larger initial payment.[35]
[edit] The Unforgettable Fire and Live Aid (1984–85)
"We knew the world was ready to receive the heirs to The Who. All we had to do was to keep doing what we were doing and we would become the biggest band since Led Zeppelin, without a doubt. But something just didn't feel right. We felt we had more dimension than just the next big anything, we had something unique to offer."
The Unforgettable Fire was released in 1984. Ambient and abstract, it was at the time the band's most marked change in direction.[37] The band feared that following the overt rock of the War album and tour, they were in danger of becoming another "shrill", "sloganeering arena-rock band".[38] Thus, experimentation was sought,[39] as Adam Clayton recalls, "We were looking for something that was a bit more serious, more arty."[36] The Edge admired the ambient and "weird works" of Brian Eno, who, along with his engineer Daniel Lanois, eventually agreed to produce the record.[40]
The Unforgettable Fire has a rich and orchestrated sound. Under Lanois' direction, Mullen's drumming became looser, funkier, and more subtle and Clayton's bass became more subliminal; the rhythm section no longer intruded, but flowed in support of the songs.[41] Complementing the sonic atmospherics, the album's lyrics are open to many interpretations, providing what the band called a "very visual feel".[37] Due to a tight recording schedule, however, Bono felt songs like "Bad" and "Pride (In the Name of Love)" were incomplete "sketches".[42] "Pride (In the Name of Love)", about Martin Luther King, Jr., was the album's first single and became the band's biggest hit to that point, including being their first to enter the US top 40.[43]
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"The Unforgettable Fire" has a rich, symphonic sound built from ambient instrumentation, a driving rhythm, and a lyrical "sketch".[44]
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Much of The Unforgettable Fire Tour moved into indoor arenas as U2 began to win their long battle to build their audience.[45] The complex textures of the new studio-recorded tracks, such as "The Unforgettable Fire" and "Bad", were problematic to translate to live performances.[37] One solution was programmed sequencers, which the band had previously been reluctant to use, but are now used in the majority of the band's performances.[37] Songs on the album had been criticised as being "unfinished", "fuzzy", and "unfocused", but were better received by critics when played on stage.[46]
U2 participated in the Live Aid concert for Ethiopian famine relief at Wembley Stadium in July 1985.[47] U2's performance in front of 82,000 fans was a pivotal point in the band's career.[48] During a 14-minute performance of the song "Bad", Bono leapt down off the stage to embrace and dance with a fan, showing a television audience of millions the personal connection that Bono could make with audiences.[49] In 1985, Rolling Stone magazine called U2 the "Band of the '80s", saying that "for a growing number of rock-and-roll fans, U2 have become the band that matters most, maybe even the only band that matters".[35]
[edit] The Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum (1986–89)
"The wild beauty, cultural richness, spiritual vacancy and ferocious violence of America are explored to compelling effect in virtually every aspect of The Joshua Tree—in the title and the cover art, the blues and country borrowings evident in the music ... Indeed, Bono says that 'dismantling the mythology of America' is an important part of The Joshua Tree's artistic objective."
Realising that "U2 had no tradition" and that their knowledge of music from before their childhood was limited, the group delved into American and Irish roots music.[51] Friendships with Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, and Keith Richards motivated the band to explore blues, folk, and gospel music and focused Bono on his skills as a songwriter and lyricist.[52] For their fifth album, The Joshua Tree,[53] the band wanted to build on The Unforgettable Fire's textures, but instead of out-of-focus experimentation, they sought a harder-hitting sound that used the limitation of strict song structures.[54] U2 interrupted their 1986 album sessions to serve as a headline act on Amnesty International's A Conspiracy of Hope tour. Rather than being a distraction, the tour added extra intensity and focus to their new material.[55] In 1986, Bono travelled to San Salvador and Nicaragua and saw first-hand the distress of peasants bullied in internal conflicts that were subject to American political intervention. The experience became a central influence on the new music.[56]
The Joshua Tree was released in March 1987. The album juxtaposes antipathy towards America against the group's deep fascination with the country, its open spaces, freedom, and ideals.[58] The band wanted music with a sense of location and a "cinematic" quality, and the record's music and lyrics draw on imagery created by American writers whose works the band had been reading.[59] The Joshua Tree became the fastest-selling album in British chart history, and topped the Billboard 200 in the United States for nine consecutive weeks.[60] The first two singles, "With or Without You"[38] and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", quickly became the group's first number-one hits in the US. They became the fourth rock band to be featured on the cover of Time magazine,[61] which declared U2 "Rock's Hottest Ticket".[62] The album won U2 their first two Grammy Awards,[63] and it brought the band a new level of success. Many publications, including Rolling Stone, have cited it as one of rock's greatest.[64] The Joshua Tree Tour was the first tour on which the band played shows in stadiums, alongside smaller arena shows.[65]
The documentary Rattle and Hum featured footage recorded from The Joshua Tree Tour, and the accompanying double album of the same name included nine studio tracks and six live U2 performances. Released in October 1988, the album and film were intended as a tribute to American music,[66] and included recordings at Sun Studios in Memphis and performances with Bob Dylan and B. B. King. Rattle and Hum performed modestly at the box office and received mixed reviews from both film and music critics;[67] one Rolling Stone editor spoke of the album's "excitement", another described it as "bombastic and misguided".[68] The film's director, Phil Joanou, described it as "an overly pretentious look at U2".[69] Most of the album's new material was played on 1989's Lovetown Tour, which visited Australia, Japan and Europe, because the band wanted to avoid the American backlash. In addition, they had grown dissatisfied with their live performances; Mullen recalled that "We were the biggest, but we weren't the best".[70] With a sense of musical stagnation, Bono said to fans on one of the last dates of the tour that it was "the end of something for U2" and that they had to "go away and [...] just dream it all up again".[71]
[edit] Achtung Baby, Zoo TV, and Zooropa (1990–93)
"Buzzwords on this record were trashy, throwaway, dark, sexy, and industrial (all good) and earnest, polite, sweet, righteous, rockist and linear (all bad). It was good if a song took you on a journey or made you think your hifi was broken, bad if it reminded you of recording studios or U2..."
Stung by the criticism of Rattle and Hum, the band sought to transform themselves musically.[73] Seeking inspiration on the eve of German reunification, they began work on Achtung Baby at Hansa Studios in Berlin in October 1990 with producers Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno.[74] The sessions were fraught with conflict, as the band argued over their musical direction and the quality of their material. While Clayton and Mullen preferred a sound similar to U2's previous work, Bono and The Edge were inspired by European industrial music and electronic dance music and advocated a change. Weeks of tension and slow progress nearly took their toll, as the group considered breaking up, but they made a breakthrough with the improvised writing of the song "One".[75] They returned to Dublin in 1991, where morale improved and the majority of the album was completed.
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In November 1991, U2 released Achtung Baby. The album represented a calculated change in musical and thematic direction for the group; the shift was one of their most dramatic since The Unforgettable Fire.[77] Sonically, the record incorporated influences from alternative rock, dance, and industrial music of the time, and the band referred to its musical departure as "four men chopping down the Joshua Tree".[78] Thematically, it was a more introspective and personal record; it was darker, yet at times more flippant than the band's previous work. Commercially and critically, it has been one of the band's most successful albums. It produced five hit singles, including "The Fly", "Mysterious Ways", and "One", and it was a crucial part of the band's early 1990s reinvention.[79] Like The Joshua Tree, many publications have cited the record as one of rock's greatest.[64]
Like Achtung Baby, the 1992–1993 Zoo TV Tour was an unequivocal break with the band's past. In contrast to the austere stage setups of previous U2 tours, Zoo TV was an elaborate multimedia event. It satirised the pervasive nature of television and its blurring of news, entertainment, and home shopping by attempting to instill "sensory overload" in its audience.[78][80][81] The stage featured large video screens that showed visual effects, random video clips from pop culture, and flashing text phrases.[82] Whereas U2 were known for their earnest performances in the 1980s, the group's Zoo TV performances were intentionally ironic and self-deprecating;[78] on stage, Bono performed as several over-the-top characters, including "The Fly",[83] "Mirror Ball Man", and "MacPhisto".[84] Prank phone calls were made to President Bush, the United Nations, and others. Live satellite link-ups to war-torn Sarajevo caused controversy.[85]
Quickly recorded during a break in the Zoo TV Tour in mid-1993, the Zooropa album continued many of the themes from Achtung Baby and the Zoo TV Tour. Initially intended as an EP, the band expanded Zooropa into a full-length LP album. It was an even greater departure from the style of their earlier recordings, incorporating further dance influences and other electronic effects.[86] Johnny Cash sang the lead vocals on "The Wanderer". Most of the songs were played at least once during the 1993 legs of the tour, which visited Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan; half the album's tracks became permanent fixtures in the setlist.[87] Although the commercially successful "Zooropa" won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, the band regards the album with mixed feelings, because they felt it was more of "an interlude."
[edit] Passengers, Pop, and PopMart (1994–99)
In 1995, U2 released an experimental album called Original Soundtracks 1. Brian Eno, producer of three previous U2 albums, contributed as a full partner, including writing and performing. For this reason and due to the record's highly experimental nature, the band chose to release it under the moniker "Passengers" to distinguish it from U2's conventional albums. Mullen said of the album, "There's a thin line between interesting music and self-indulgence. We crossed it on the Passengers record."[88] It was commercially unnoticed by U2 standards and it received generally poor reviews. However, the single "Miss Sarajevo" featuring Luciano Pavarotti, which Bono cites as one of his favourite U2 songs,[89] was successful.
"It's not enough to write a great lyric; it's not enough to have a good idea or a great hook, lots of things have to come together and then you have to have the ability to discipline and screen. We should give this album to a re-mixer, go back to what was originally intended..."
On 1997's Pop, U2 continued experimenting; tape loops, programming, rhythm sequencing, and sampling provided much of the album with heavy, funky dance rhythms.[91] Released in March, the album debuted at number one in 35 countries and drew mainly positive reviews.[92] Rolling Stone, for example, stated that U2 had "defied the odds and made some of the greatest music of their lives".[93] Others felt that the album was a major disappointment and sales were poor compared to previous U2 releases.[94] The band was hurried into completing the album in time for the impending pre-booked tour, and Bono admitted that the album "didn't communicate the way it was intended to".[95]
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The subsequent tour, PopMart, commenced in April 1997. Like Zoo TV, it poked fun at pop culture and was intended to send a sarcastic message to those accusing U2 of commercialism. The stage included a 100-foot (30 m) tall golden yellow arch (reminiscent of the McDonald's logo), a 150-foot (46 m) long video screen, and a 40-foot (12 m) tall mirrorball lemon. U2's "big shtick" failed, however, to satisfy many who were seemingly confused by the band's new kitsch image and elaborate sets.[96] The postponement of Pop's release date in order to complete the album meant rehearsal time for the tour was severely reduced, and performances in early shows suffered.[97] A highlight of the tour was the concert in Sarajevo where U2 were the first major group to perform there following the Bosnian War.[98] Mullen described the concert as "an experience I will never forget for the rest of my life, and if I had to spend 20 years in the band just to play that show, and have done that, I think it would have been worthwhile."[99] Bono called the show "one of the toughest and one of the sweetest nights of my life".[100] One month after the conclusion of the PopMart Tour, U2 appeared on the 200th episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons, "Trash of the Titans", in which Homer Simpson disrupted the band on stage during a PopMart concert.[101]
"Reapplying for the job of the best band in the world" (2000–06)[link]
Following the relatively disappointing reception of Pop, U2 declared they were "reapplying for the job ... [of] the best band in the world",[102] and they have since pursued a more conventional rock sound mixed with the influences of their 1990s musical explorations.[103] All That You Can't Leave Behind was released in October 2000 and was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. For many of those not won over by the band's 1990s music, it was considered a return to grace;[104] Rolling Stone called it U2's "third masterpiece" alongside The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby.[105] The album debuted at number one in 22 countries[106] and its worldwide hit single, "Beautiful Day" earned three Grammy Awards. The album's other three singles also won Grammy Awards.
For the Elevation Tour, U2 performed in a scaled-down setting, returning to arenas after nearly a decade of stadium productions. A heart-shaped stage and ramp permitted greater proximity to the audience. Following the 11 September attacks, the new album gained added resonance,[64][107] and in October, U2 performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Bono and The Edge later said these New York City shows were among their most memorable and emotional performances.[108] In early 2002, U2 performed during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVI,[109] which SI.com ranked as the best halftime show in Super Bowl history.[110]
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The band's next studio album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, was released in November 2004. The band were looking for a harder-hitting rock sound than All That You Can't Leave Behind. Thematically, Bono stated that "a lot of the songs are paeans to naiveté, a rejection of knowingness."[111] The first single, "Vertigo", was featured on an internationally aired television commercial for the Apple iPod, and a U2 iPod and an iTunes U2 box set were released as part of a promotion with Apple. The album debuted at number one in the US, where the first week's sales doubled that of All That You Can't Leave Behind and set a record for the band.[112] Claiming it as a contender as one of U2's three best albums, Bono said, "There are no weak songs. But as an album, the whole isn't greater than the sum of its parts, and it fucking annoys me."[111] The Vertigo Tour featured a setlist that varied more across dates than any U2 tour since the Lovetown Tour, and it included songs not played since the early 1980s. Like the Elevation Tour, the Vertigo Tour was a commercial success.[113] The album and its singles won Grammy Awards in all eight categories in which U2 were nominated. In 2005, Bruce Springsteen inducted U2 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[114] A 3-D concert film, U2 3D, filmed at nine concerts during the Latin American and Australian legs of the Vertigo Tour was released on 23 January 2008.
In August 2006, the band incorporated its publishing business in The Netherlands following the capping of Irish artists' tax exemption at €250,000.[115] The Edge stated that businesses often seek to minimise their tax burdens.[116] The move was criticised in the Irish parliament.[116][117] The band said the criticism was unfair, stating that approximately 95% of their business took place outside of Ireland, that they were taxed globally because of this, and that they were all "personal investors and employers in the country".[118] In March 2008, U2 signed a 12-year deal with Live Nation worth an estimated $100 million (£50 million),[119] which includes Live Nation controlling the band's merchandise, sponsoring, and their official website.[120]
[edit] No Line on the Horizon and U2 360° Tour (2007–present)
Recording for U2's twelfth album, No Line on the Horizon, began with producer Rick Rubin in 2006, but the sessions were short-lived and the material was shelved. In June 2007, the band began new sessions with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, who contributed not only as producers, but for the first time with U2, as songwriters as well.[121] Recording continued through December 2008 in the US, the UK, Ireland, and Fez, Morocco, where the band explored North African music. Intended as a more experimental work than their previous two albums,[122] No Line on the Horizon was released in February 2009 and received generally positive reviews, including their first five-star Rolling Stone review. Critics, however, noted it was not as experimental as expected. The album debuted at number one in over 30 countries,[123] but the album's sales have been comparatively low by U2 standards and it did not contain a hit single.[124]
The group commenced the U2 360° Tour in 2009. The shows featured the largest concert stage structure ever, nicknamed "the Claw", and a 360-degree staging/audience configuration that allowed fans to surround the stage from all sides.[125] The tour visited European and North American stadiums in 2009. At year's end, Rolling Stone named U2 one of eight "Artists of the Decade".[126] The group's tours ranked them second in total concert grosses for the decade after The Rolling Stones, although U2 had a significantly higher attendance figure than the Stones. They were the only band in the top 25 touring acts of the 2000s to sell out every show they played.[127] U2 resumed the 360° Tour in 2010 with legs in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. However, their scheduled headline appearance at the Glastonbury Festival 2010 and their North American leg that year were postponed following a serious injury to Bono's back.[128][129][130] These appearances were rescheduled for 2011 after the South African and South American legs.[131] The tour concluded in July 2011 with a final gross of $736,137,344, and a total attendance of 7,268,430, both record-setting figures for a single concert tour.[132]
Musical style[link]
Instrumentation[link]
Since their inception, U2 have developed and maintained a distinctly recognisable sound, with emphasis on melodic instrumentals and expressive, larger-than-life vocals.[133] This approach is rooted partly in the early influence of record producer Steve Lillywhite at a time when the band was not known for musical proficiency.[134] The Edge has consistently used a rhythmic echo and a signature delay[135] to craft his guitar work, coupled with an Irish-influenced drone played against his syncopated melodies[136] that ultimately yields a well-defined ambient, chiming sound. Bono has nurtured his falsetto operatic voice[137] and has exhibited a notable lyrical bent towards social, political, and personal subject matter while maintaining a grandiose scale in his songwriting. In addition, The Edge has described U2 as a fundamentally live band.[136]
Despite these broad consistencies, U2 have introduced brand new elements into their musical repertoire with each new album. U2's early sound was influenced by bands such as Television and Joy Division, and has been described as containing a "sense of exhilaration" that resulted from The Edge's "radiant chords" and Bono's "ardent vocals".[138] U2's sound began with post-punk roots and minimalistic and uncomplicated instrumentals heard on Boy and October, but evolved through War to include aspects of rock anthem, funk, and dance rhythms to become more versatile and aggressive.[139] Boy and War were labelled "muscular and assertive" by Rolling Stone,[38] influenced in large part by Lillywhite's producing. The Unforgettable Fire, which began with The Edge playing more keyboards than guitars, as well as follow-up The Joshua Tree, had Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois at the production helm. With their influence, both albums achieved a "diverse texture".[38] The songs from The Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum placed more emphasis on Lanois-inspired rhythm as they mixed distinct and varied styles of gospel and blues music, which stemmed from the band's burgeoning fascination with America's culture, people and places. In the 1990s, U2 reinvented themselves as they began using synthesisers, distortion, and electronic beats derived from alternative rock, industrial music, dance, and hip-hop on Achtung Baby,[140] Zooropa, and Pop.[141] The 2000s had U2 returning to a stripped-down sound, with a more traditional rhythm and less obvious use of synthesisers and effects.[142]
Lyrics and themes[link]
Social and political commentary, often embellished with Christian and spiritual imagery,[143] are a major aspect of U2's lyrical content. Songs such as "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Silver and Gold", and "Mothers of the Disappeared" were motivated by current events of the time. The former was written about the troubles in Northern Ireland,[144] while the latter concerns the struggle of a group of women whose children were killed or "disappeared" by the government during the Salvadoran Civil War.[145] The song "Running to Stand Still" from The Joshua Tree was inspired by the heroin addiction that was sweeping through Dublin—the lyric "I see seven towers, but I only see one way out" references the Ballymun Towers of Northern Dublin and the imagery throughout the song personifies the struggles of addiction.[146]
Bono's personal conflicts and turmoil inspired songs like "Mofo", "Tomorrow" and "Kite". An emotional yearning or pleading frequently appears as a lyrical theme,[133] in tracks such as "Yahweh",[147] "Peace on Earth", and "Please". Much of U2's songwriting and music is also motivated by contemplations of loss and anguish, coupled with hopefulness and resiliency, themes that are central to The Joshua Tree.[38] Some of these lyrical ideas have been amplified by Bono and the band's personal experiences during their youth in Ireland, as well as Bono's campaigning and activism later in his life. U2 have used tours such as Zoo TV and PopMart to caricature social trends, such as media overload and consumerism, respectively.[141]
While the band and its fans often affirm the political nature of their music, U2's lyrics and music have been criticised as apolitical because of their vagueness and "fuzzy imagery", and a lack of any specific references to actual people or characters.[148]
Influences[link]
The band cites The Who,[149] The Clash,[150] Television, Ramones,[151] The Beatles,[152] Joy Division,[153] Siouxsie and the Banshees,[154] Elvis Presley,[155] and Patti Smith[156] as influences. Van Morrison has been cited by Bono as an influence[157] and his influence on U2 is pointed out by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[158] U2 have also worked and/or had influential relationships with artists including Johnny Cash, Green Day, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, B.B. King, Lou Reed, Luciano Pavarotti,[159] Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Wim Wenders, R.E.M., Salman Rushdie, and Anton Corbijn.
Campaigning and activism[link]
Since the early 1980s, the members of U2—as a band and individually—have collaborated with other musicians, artists, celebrities, and politicians to address issues concerning poverty, disease, and social injustice.
In 1984, Bono and Adam Clayton participated in Band Aid to raise money for the 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia. This initiative produced the hit charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which would be the first among several collaborations between U2 and Bob Geldof. In July 1985, U2 played Live Aid, a follow-up to Band Aid's efforts. Bono and his wife Ali, invited by World Vision, later visited Ethiopia where they witnessed the famine first hand. Bono would later say this laid the groundwork for his Africa campaigning and some of his songwriting.[160]
In 1986, U2 participated in the A Conspiracy of Hope tour in support of Amnesty International and in Self Aid for unemployment in Ireland. The same year, Bono and Ali Hewson also visited Nicaragua and El Salvador at the invitation of the Sanctuary movement, and saw the effects of the El Salvador Civil War. These 1986 events greatly influenced The Joshua Tree album, which was being recorded at the time.[55][161]
In 1992, the band participated in the "Stop Sellafield" concert with Greenpeace during their Zoo TV tour.[162] Events in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war inspired the song "Miss Sarajevo", which premiered at a September 1995 Pavarotti and Friends show, and which Bono and the Edge performed at War Child.[163] A promise made in 1993 was kept when the band played in Sarajevo as part of 1997's PopMart Tour.[164] In 1998, they performed in Belfast days prior to the vote on the Good Friday Agreement, bringing Northern Irish political leaders David Trimble and John Hume on stage to promote the agreement.[165] Later that year, all proceeds from the release of the "Sweetest Thing" single went towards supporting the Chernobyl Children's Project.
In 2001, the band dedicated "Walk On" to Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.[166] In late 2003, Bono and the Edge participated in the South Africa HIV/AIDS awareness 46664 series of concerts hosted by Nelson Mandela.[167] The band played 2005's Live 8 concert in London. The band and manager Paul McGuinness were awarded Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award for their work in promoting human rights.[168]
Since 2000, Bono's campaigning has included Jubilee 2000 with Bob Geldof, Muhammad Ali, and others to promote the cancellation of third world debt during the Great Jubilee. In January 2002, Bono co-founded the multinational NGO, DATA, with the aim of improving the social, political, and financial state of Africa. He continued his campaigns for debt and HIV/AIDS relief into June 2002 by making high-profile visits to Africa.[169]
Product Red, a 2006 for-profit brand seeking to raise money for the Global Fund, was founded, in part, by Bono. The ONE Campaign, originally the US counterpart of Make Poverty History, was shaped by his efforts and vision.
In late 2005, following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, The Edge helped introduce Music Rising, an initiative to raise funds for musicians who lost their instruments in the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast.[170] In 2006, U2 collaborated with punk pop band Green Day to record a remake of the song "The Saints Are Coming" by The Skids to benefit Music Rising.[171]
U2 and Bono's social activism have not been without its critics, however. Several authors and activists who publish in politically left journals such as CounterPunch have decried Bono's support of political figures such as Paul Wolfowitz,[172] as well as his "essential paternalism".[173] Other news sources have more generally questioned the efficacy of Bono's campaign to relieve debt and provide assistance to Africa.[174] Tax and development campaigners have also criticised the band's move from Ireland to the Netherlands to reduce its tax bill.[175]
Other projects[link]
The members of U2 have undertaken a number of side projects, sometimes in collaboration with some of their bandmates. In 1985, Bono recorded the song "In a Lifetime" with the Irish band Clannad. The Edge recorded a solo soundtrack album for the film Captive in 1986,[176] which included a vocal performance by Sinéad O'Connor that predates her own debut album by a year. Bono and The Edge wrote the song "She's a Mystery to Me" for Roy Orbison, which was featured on his 1989 album Mystery Girl.[177] In 1990, Bono and The Edge provided the soundtrack to Royal Shakespeare Company London stage version of A Clockwork Orange (only one track was ever released, on the b-side to "The Fly" single). That same year, Mullen co-wrote and produced a song for the Irish International soccer team in Italia '90, called "Put 'Em Under Pressure", which topped the Irish charts. Together with The Edge, Bono wrote the song "GoldenEye" for the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, which was performed by Tina Turner.[178] Clayton and Mullen reworked the title track of the movie Mission: Impossible in 1996.[179] Bono loaned his voice to "Joy" on Mick Jagger's 2001 album Goddess in the Doorway.[180] Bono also recorded a spare, nearly spoken-word version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" for the Tower of Song compilation in 1995. Additionally, in 1998, Bono collaborated with Kirk Franklin and Crystal Lewis (along with controversial mainstream artists R. Kelly and Mary J. Blige) for a successful gospel song called "Lean on Me".
Aside from musical collaborations, U2 have worked with several authors. American author William S. Burroughs had a guest appearance in U2's video for "Last Night on Earth" shortly before he died.[181] His poem "A Thanksgiving Prayer" was used as video footage during the band's Zoo TV Tour. Other collaborators include William Gibson and Allen Ginsberg.[182] In early 2000, the band recorded three songs for The Million Dollar Hotel movie soundtrack, including "The Ground Beneath Her Feet", which was co-written by Salman Rushdie and motivated by his book of the same name.[183]
In 2007 Bono appeared in the movie Across the Universe and performed The Beatles songs. Bono and The Edge also wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Additionally, The Edge created the theme song for Season 1 and 2 of the animated television series The Batman.[184]
Legacy[link]
Main article: List of awards received by U2
U2 have sold more than 150 million records, placing them amongst the best-selling music artists of all-time.[185] The Joshua Tree ranks as one of the best-selling albums in the US, having shipped 10 million units,[186] and it is also among the best-selling albums worldwide with sales of 25 million copies.[187] Rolling Stone ranked U2 at number 22 in its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time",[3] while ranking Bono the 32nd greatest singer[188] and The Edge the 38th greatest guitarist.[189] In 2010, eight of U2's songs appeared on Rolling Stone's updated list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", with "One" ranking the highest at number 36.[190] Five of the group's twelve studio albums were ranked on Rolling Stone's 2003 list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time"—The Joshua Tree placed the highest at number 26.[64] A Q Magazine readers' poll named U2 the Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years in 2011.[191] Reflecting on the band's popularity and worldwide impact, Jeff Pollack for the The Huffington Post said, "like The Who before them, U2 wrote songs about things that were important and resonated with their audience".[192]
U2 first received Grammy Awards for The Joshua Tree in 1988, and have won 22 in total, from 34 nominations, more than any other band.[63][193] These include Best Rock Duo or Group, Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Rock Album. The British Phonographic Industry has awarded U2 seven BRIT Awards, five of these being for Best International Group. In Ireland, U2 have won 14 Meteor Awards since the awards began in 2001. Other awards include one AMA, four VMAs, eleven Q Awards, two Juno Awards, three NME Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in early 2005.[114] In 2006, all four members of the band received ASCAP awards for writing the songs, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", and "Vertigo".[194]
Concert tours[link]
Main article: List of U2 concert tours
Discography[link]
Main articles: U2 discography and List of U2 songs
- Boy (1980)
- October (1981)
- War (1983)
- The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
- The Joshua Tree (1987)
- Rattle and Hum (1988)
- Achtung Baby (1991)
- Zooropa (1993)
- Pop (1997)
- All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
- How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)
- No Line on the Horizon (2009)
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