U2

Members of the group

Index

• Larry Mullen Jr : the founder of U2
• 31/October/1961
• Piano (8 years) - Battery
• 1974 - Artane Boys band
• “The Larry Mullen Band” - Mount Temple
• It stands out for being the component of U2 more serious

• The Edge - David Howell Evans - Guitarist
• 8/August/1961
• 1976
• 1981 - close to leave U2

• General information
• Members
• Discography
• Tours
• Awards
• Curiosities

General information

• Saturday 25th September 1976
• "Musicians wanted"
• Dublin's Temple Mount School
• "Feedback"
• Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry

Adam Clayton - Bass player

• 13/March/1960
• First manager of U2
• 1989 - arrested
• 1993 - Sidney´s concert

Paul David Hewson - Bono - Singer

• 10/May/1960
• 1976
• "Lypton Village"
• At the age of 14
• Religious, social, and political themes

BOY

• Debut album
• Produced by Steve Lillywhite
• Released 20 October 1980
• Adolescence
• Windmill Lane Studios (Dublin)
• I Will Follow, The Ocean, Stories for Boys

What do they think about drugs and alcohol?

There were drugs being consumed openly, lines of cocaine in our dressing room. We have no experience on drugs and judging people who offered them us, we could live without them.

OCTOBER

• Second album
• 12 October 1981
• Inspired by Bono's, the Edge's, and Larry Mullen
• Religion and spirituality
• Weakest album

Curiosities

Discography

• What does U2 thinks about sex and sexuality?
• What do they think about drugs and alcohol?
• Famous quotes

• Boy 1980
• October 1981
• War 1983
• The Joshua Tree 1987
• All That You Can't Leave Behind 2000
• Songs of Innocence 2014

WAR

• Third album
• 28 February 1983
• World-wide fame
• Darkest album
• Physical aspects of warfare,emotional after-effects.

The Joshua Tree

• Fifth album
• 9 March 1987
• Influenced by American and Irish roots music
• America
• Fastest selling album
• "With or Without You", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"

Famous Quotes

All That You Can't Leave Behind

Songs Of Innocence

• Tenth album
• 30 October 2000
• Received favourable reviews from critics and sold over 12 million copies
• Seven Grammy Awards
• "Beautiful Day", "Walk On", "Elevation", "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"

Bono:

-" It is not a big deal, we have just to go away and dream it all up again"

-"It is really the most expensive demo session in the history of music" Referring to the album POP (2006)

Larry Mullen Jr.:

-"I remember when I was asked in several interviews what was the album about and I answered I have no... fucking... idea."

• Thirteenth album
• Released on 9 September 2014
• Danger Mouse
• First studio work of the group since 2009
• "The most personal album we've written".

What does U2 thinks about sex?

CURRENT TOUR: THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR

• 30th anniversary of the album The Joshua Tree

We love women, they are definately the stronger sex. Some of our best frinds are women. Some of our best friends dress up as women as well.

1. WAR TOUR (1983)

• Album presented: War
• The most played songs: Sunday Bloody Sunday, 4th of July and Exit

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD

Tours

• Billboard (music popularity chart)
• Music business
• Held annually since 1990 until 2006
• Returned in 2011
• Album and digital songs sales, streaming, radio airplay...
• Categories divided by genre

3. ZOO TV TOUR (1992 - 1993)

2. THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR (1987)

WORLD MUSIC AWARDS

• Album presented: Achtung Baby and Zooropa
• The most played songs: Lemon, Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car and Love Is Blindness

• International award
• Founded in 1989
• Albert II, Prince of Monaco
• Nine awards are voted only by the public
• Hospitals, schools and orphanages

• Album presented: The Joshua Tree
• The most played songs: With or Without You, Walk to the Water, When Love Comes to Town and Spanish Eyes

METEOR IRELAND MUSIC AWARD

Irish and International record industry

• Las Vegas Film Critics Society award 1
• Golden Globe Award 2
• People's Choice Awards 2
• World Music Awards 2
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS

Awards

• American award
• Popular culture
• Voted by the general public
• First ceremony (1975)
• 65 categories

4. POPMART TOUR

(1997 - 1998)

• Album presented: Pop
• The most played songs: Staring at the Sun, One, Discotheque and Hands That Built America

GRAMMY AWARD

• The Recording Academy
• English-language music industry
• Annual ceremony
• 1st Grammy Awards ceremony (May 4, 1959)

GENERAL FIELDS:

• Album of the Year
• Record of the Year
• Song of the Year
• Best New Artist

95 awards won in total:

• Brit Awards 7
• MTV Video Music Award 6
• Grammy Award 22
• iHeartRadio Music Awards 1
• Q Awards 11
• Pollstar Awards 13
• Juno Award 3
• Billboard Music Award 9
• American Music Award 1
• Meteor Music Awards 15
• NME Awards 3

5. 360º TOUR (2009 - 2011)

• Album presented: No Lines on the Horizon
• The most played songs: Vertigo, Angel of Harlem, One Tree Hill and Fast Cars

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