The band formed at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed with Island Records and released their debut album, Boy Subsequent work such as their first UK number-one album, War , and the singles "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Pride In the Name of Love " helped establish U2's reputation as a politically and socially conscious group.
By the mids, they had become renowned globally for their live act, highlighted by their performance at Live Aid in The group's fifth album, The Joshua Tree , made them international superstars and was their greatest critical and commercial success. Beginning with their acclaimed seventh album, Achtung Baby , and the multimedia intensive Zoo TV Tour, the band integrated influences from alternative rock, electronic dance music, and industrial music into their sound, and embraced a more ironic, flippant image.
This experimentation continued through their ninth album, Pop , and the PopMart Tour, which were mixed successes. U2 regained critical and commercial favour with the records All That You Can't Leave Behind and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb , which established a more conventional, mainstream sound for the group.
The group's thirteenth album, Songs of Innocence , was released at no cost through the iTunes Store, but received criticism for its automatic placement in users' music libraries. U2 have released 13 studio albums and are one of the world's best-selling music artists in history, having sold more than million records worldwide.
They have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band, and in , they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. MyRockShows All rights reserved. Back Next. Sign up or Log in Username or email. Use your current location or search. Cancel Apply. Events map. Live streams. Genres and styles. Upcoming events: 2. Larry took the mic and came to the front to talk while Bono sat behind the drums.
It took me 40 years to get up front. I feel like I could borrow money from you. Edge took a swig, then Larry drank and continued to drink for the next few songs.
After "Kite," Larry got off the drums and made a B line for me. He gave me the champagne bottle — with champagne still in it. I drank some and shared it with my friends. Larry wanted to share his birthday with ME! He wanted ME to have a drink on his birthday. After "Pride," Larry came back over to me so I could give him the birthday card and Elvis tee shirt. I said, "Thank you. Happy Birthday. I doubt there will ever be another U2 show like that night in Providence. There was just a great energy in Providence that night.
I still have that champagne bottle that Larry gave me on his 40th birthday. Read more. Report as inappropriate. I accompany the band since , in the days of long or compact disc and my first album, the first record I bought was "War". I have always known the social and political position of the group, I think it is what caught my attention and captivated me from the beginning. But here in Brazil, we live in difficult times, of belligerence and intolerance of diverse forms, racial, social, and religious.
An apolitical society, but that bases its beliefs on what the local press determines. I think this is the best Tour I've been on, seeing it as my second time at a U2 show. The current tour is one of the best, if not the best, as well as the group's album and if it could go in all, fantastic Setilist, minimalist lighting and stage and referring to a simplicity of the beginning of the bands shows. Congratulations and many more Let me begin with, "U2 is the greatest band in the universe!
I have been very fortunate to have seen them for most of their tours, Elevation, Vertigo, and now ie. I was a broke college student during Zoo and PopMart. U2 has a very loyal fan base. You will meet people that have seen of their concerts. I am fortunate to have seen them 4x already during this tour. The live experience during the ie tour is very personal and intimate.
Bono shows such strong emotion during Iris which makes you want to cry. I heard Out Of Control at the 2nd Phoenix show and I had tears of joy rolling down my cheeks as that was the one song I have been waiting to hear since Elevation.
LA 4th show they played 40 which made me cry Bono is the perfect frontman, always introducing the band as if we are meeting them for the first time. Brandon Flowers never introduces the other Killers Bono always has crowd interaction from shaking hands, kissing women's hands, bringing up a lucky fan for the Meerkat live stream and singing to a lucky fan like me during Beautiful Day in the 2nd night Phoenix show I'm still on cloud 9!!! Larry, The Edge and Adam also interact with the crowd.
I know first hand as I got an air kiss from Adam. The Edge smiled at my friend. Larry shakes hands with people at the e stage.
I can go on and on how U2 is the perfect band. No other bands compare to them. What band has loyal fans waiting all night thru rain and hail to see them? What band always mentions how they tour for the music and the fans?? I sure don't think they need the money. Great show, very basic staging, which is a nice change of pace for U2 recently. It allowed you to focus on them as a band, 4 guys playing music together. As a tour kick off, there will be some glitches and bugs, the worst of which is when The band and Bono totally flubbed the entire song With or Without You!!!
The band was out of sync right from the start and that must have rattled Bono because he false started the first verse, got the lyrics wrong, then just stood there silent while the crowd sort of tried to chime in with the vocals. It was actually pretty awkward, and Bono didn't acknowledge it except by saying "you guys can sing this one". It was so great to see them actually play Joshua Tree straight through, track by track. I wasn't sure that's how it would really play out.
As an album about the greatness, and hardships, of America, with inspiration from American music, landscapes, and especially politics, there was no way to get through the set without nods mostly subtle - for U2 to the current leadership in America. The opening songs before actually launching into Joshua Tree were pretty telling about the bands politics and values of freedom, truth, and fulfilling the American dream.
The fact that opening night coincidentally fell on the 60th anniversary of the Martin Luther King "Give Us the Vote" speech gave more weight to lyrics referencing King's assassination in "Pride In the Name of Love ". Finally, totally unrelated to Songkick or U2, but I have to say how HORRIBLE Levi's Stadium is and the whole process of getting there unmanaged traffic , getting into the venue no purses bigger than a cell phone allowed and no mention of that fact anywhere , getting food seemed like only 25 people trying to sell hot dogs to 50,!
Will never see another show there again no matter who the act is. This show needed to start and finish in darkness to concentrate the mind on the amazing imagery and truly iconic music. The lead in through tracks from Unforgettable Fire set the pace and raised the pulse rate to a crescendo at the onset of Where The Streets Have No Name where it remained at rates which would have set off many a hospital vital signs alarm until the end of the a play through of the entire Joshua Tree album.
Had this concert finished there it would have sad to depart - and U2 knew this so included a further array of some of their finest tracks from the last 30 years. This was the trickiest period of the gig however, as not all of the next 35 - 40 minutes could match the standard set down by some of the best music of the 20th century.
Moments of oddness crept in, as is Bono's way, and momentum was lost - not gained - towards the end. Ultimately, an incredible visionary onslaught and a truly mammoth rendition of One lifted the gig back to the heights of its earlier euphoria. Peter Hook And The Light. Hugh Cornwell. The Cult. Manic Street Preachers. New Order. The Cure. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Rahman For New Track Ahimsa.
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