U2
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Zooropa...album. Influenced by both tour life and the ideas of media barrage and irony from the tour, Zooropa continues the band's experimentation with alternative rock and electronic music from their previous album Achtung Baby. Much like that... In this article: Zooropa, Bono, The Edge, The Kinks, Numb, Lemon, Achtung Baby, U2, Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car, and Babyface |
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BBC News | May 22, 2009
Winehouse pulls out of label gig
...to a song halfway through and told the audience she was "bored". Island Records is best known for bringing Bob Marley, Roxy Music and U2 to the world's attention. As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations, a month-long exhibition,...
In this article: Amy Winehouse, Island Records, Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, Roxy Music, Bob Marley, Toots and The Maytals, Island Life, and Forth and Clyde
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Wikipedia | October 30, 2009
All That You Can't Leave Behind
All That You Can't Leave Behind All That You Can't Leave Behind is the tenth studio album by the Irish rock band U2, released in 2000 by Island Records in the UK and Interscope Records in the U.S. The album signaled the band's return to a...
In this article: All That You Can't Leave Behind, Beautiful Day, Walk On, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Elevation, Rolling Stone magazine, Record of the Year, Bono, and The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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BBC News | December 12, 2008
Brit Awards tip top rising star
...shows, her debut single Kiss With a Fist was used in a Channel 4 TV trailer. She has been signed by Island Records, home to Amy Winehouse, U2 and Mika. This is the second year the Brit Awards have handed out their Critics' Choice...
In this article: BRIT Awards, Florence and the Machine, Adele, Island Records, Electro-pop, Little Boots, White Lies, Katy Perry, and Amy Winehouse
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Wikipedia | May 30, 2009
Island Records Australia
...Eyes. The original Island Records, founded in 1962, has developed its premier reputation through the global popularity of such artists as U2, Bob Marley, Cat Stevens, Roxy Music, Bad Company, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, P.J. Harvey, Pulp...
In this article: Island Records Australia, Gin Wigmore, Andy Bull, Sony Music Australia, Universal Music, Roxy Music, Cat Stevens, Amy Winehouse, and Bob Marley
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Daily Express | May 29, 2009
U2 stun Baaba Maal fans with London encore
...STUN BAABA MAAL FANS WITH LONDON ENCORE Friday May 29,2009 U2 stunned world music fans in London on Thursday night (28May09) when they took the stage during a BAABA MAAL gig. Bono and his bandmates joined the African artist for his O2...
In this article: Baaba Maal, London, AIDS, Vertigo, Neil Tennant, Bob Marley, Peter Gabriel, Bono, and Island Records
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Joshua Tree, California
...26, had died of a drug overdose at the Joshua Tree Inn, a small hotel. Rock group U2 named its fifth studio album "The Joshua Tree" (1987, Island Records). The album cover shows the group in the Joshua Tree desert. The band claims the...
In this article: California, Joshua Tree National Park, Gram Parsons, The Joshua Tree, Asthma, Jerry Lewis, and United States Census Bureau
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Techdirt | January 28, 2008
Techdirt: U2 Manager Says Google And Its Hippie Friends Should Pay The Recording Industry
...over their album called "U2". And U2 denied that they knew anything of the album much less had anything to do with the lawsuit, instead stating that it was Island Records that was pursuing it. About 5 years ago it all came out at a...
In this article: Revenue, Bono, Negativland, Tax, Silicon Valley, and Apple
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Wikipedia | September 14, 2009
Audiotube
...and southern Spain. Audiotube is backed by music and media entrepreneur Chris Blackwell who launched both U2 and Bob Marley under his label Island Records; and the entertainer and industrialist Michael Flatley. Audiotube focuses on...
In this article: Chris Blackwell, Island Records, Visitors, VH1, Michael Flatley, MTV, Bob Marley, and UK
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Independent.co.uk - Music | June 04, 2009
Island life comes to London
...of a series of five concerts to celebrate 50 years of Island Records. The band strolled on stage, joining Baaba Maal, to perform "One" and Bob Marley's "One Love". Bono went on to introduce Yusuf Islam, who first signed to Island Records...
In this article: London, Bob Marley, Island Records, One Love, Ladyhawke, Bombay Bicycle Club, Chris Blackwell, Paul Weller, and Cat Stevens
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U2 are a rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono (vocals and rhythm guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion).
The band formed at secondary school in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed to Island Records and released their debut album. By the mid-1980s, they had become a top international act. They were more successful as a live act than they were at selling records, until their 1987 album The Joshua Tree, which, according to Rolling Stone, elevated the band's stature "from heroes to superstars". Their 1991 album Achtung Baby and the accompanying Zoo TV Tour were a musical and thematic reinvention for the band. Reacting to their own sense of musical stagnation and a late-1980's critical backlash, U2 incorporated dance music and alternative rock into their sound and performances, replacing their earnest image with a more ironic tone. Since 2000, U2 have pursued a more conventional sound, while maintaining influences from their 1990's musical explorations.
U2 have released 12 studio albums, with worldwide sales totaling more than 145 million records, and they have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band. In 2005, the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone magazine listed U2 at #22 in its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. Throughout their career, as a band and as individuals, they have campaigned for human rights and philanthropic causes, including Amnesty International, the ONE Campaign, Product Red, and Bono's DATA campaign.
- Name:
- U2
- Origin:
- Dublin, Ireland
- Years Active:
- 1976 – present
- Current members:
- Associated With:
- Passengers (1995)
- Genre:
- Rock, alternative rock, post-punk
- Record Label:
- Mercury, Interscope, Island
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