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General Information (U2)
  
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Mostly Credited As: U2
Date Of Birth: September 25, 1976 (Age 33)
Country Of Birth: Ireland
Birth Place: Dublin

Members:
Bono (Paul David Hewson) - vocals, guitar, harmonica
The Edge (David Howell Evans) - guitar, keyboards, vocals
Adam Clayton - bass guitar
Larry Mullen, Jr. - drums, backing vocals


In 1976, drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. would do something that would change the world forever. He posted a notice at his school, Mount Temple Comprehensive, calling for auditions to start a band. Four people responded--Paul Hewson, David Evans, Dik Evans and Adam Clayton. Keeping change from names like Feedback and The Hype, they soon got their big break. In 1978, they won a talent contest in Limerick, Ireland. They went with CBS Records and changed their name to U2. Dik soon left to join another band. Then Paul McGuinness became their manager.

From then on it was up hill. Now having produced 11 major albums, U2 has climbed to the top and are bigger than ever.

Currently their newest album, No Line on the Horizon, was released on February 27th in Ireland, March 2nd everywhere but the US and March 3 in the US.


Albums:



Boy (1980)



October (1981)



War (1983)



The Unforgettable Fire (1984)



The Joshua Tree (1987)



Rattle & Hum (1988)



Achtung Baby ()


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U2 TV Appearances
  
Episode Cast Credits 
Show: Saturday Night Live (1975) 
  • Megan Fox/U2 35x01: (Sep/26/2009) As Themselves, [Musical Guests]
  • Luke Wilson/U2 30x09: (Nov/20/2004) As Themselves, [Musical Guests]
  • Val Kilmer/U2 26x07: (Dec/09/2000) As Themselves, [Musical Guests]
Show: Late Show with David Letterman (1993) 
• 5 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Monday March 02nd, 2009)
  • Jason Segel, Brian Kiley, U2 16x101: (Mar/06/2009) As Themselves 
  • Jon Stewart, U2, a Top Ten List featuring 10 Team USA members from the World Baseball Classic 16x100: (Mar/05/2009) As Themselves 
  • Dr. Phil McGraw, U2 16x99: (Mar/04/2009) As Themselves 
  • Felicity Huffman, Artie Lange, U2 16x98: (Mar/03/2009) As Themselves 
Show: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) 
  • David Attenborough, Emily Blunt, Clive Owen, U2 16x06: (Feb/27/2009) As Themselves, [Musical Guests]
  • Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Jessica Stevenson, U2 07x13: (Dec/03/2004) As Themselves, [Musical Guests]
Show: The Grammys (1959) 
  • The 51st Annual Grammy Awards 51x01: (Feb/08/2009) As Themselves (Performer) 
  • The 48th Annual Grammy Awards 48x01: (Feb/08/2006) As Themselves (Performer) 
Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) 
  • U2 13x19: (Oct/06/2005) As Themselves 
Show: Entourage (2004) 
  • I Love You Too 02x09: (Jul/31/2005) As Themselves 
Show: The Academy Awards (1929) 
  • The 75th Annual Academy Awards 75x01: (Mar/23/2003) As Themselves - Performer 
Show: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983) 
  • Miami Vice (Mar/14/2003) As Themselves 
Show: The Simpsons (1989) 
  • Gump Roast 13x17: (Apr/21/2002) Voiced Themselves 
  • Trash of the Titans 09x22: (Apr/26/1998) Voiced Themselves 
Show: Super Bowl (1967) 
  • Super Bowl XXXVI 36x01: (Feb/03/2002) As Themselves (Halftime Show) 
Show: All That (1994) 
  • U2 06x15: (Jun/17/2000) As Themselves, [Musical Guests]
Show: The Kenny Everett Television Show (1981) 
  • Series 2, Show 3 02x03: (Mar/10/1983) As Themselves, [Musical Guests]
 
U2 Crew Credits
  
No TV Crew Credits
 
U2 Featured Songs
  
Show: Cold Case Songs:
• 8:03 AM + "Grace"
+ "It's a Beautiful Day"
+ "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
+ "When I Look at the World"
+ "With or Without You" 
Show: Beavis and Butt-Head Songs:
• Wet Behind The Rears + "Numb" 
• Eating Contest + "Mysterious Ways" 
• Baby Makes Uh, Three + "One" 
Show: Entourage Songs:
• I Love You Too + All Because of You
+ City Of Blinding Lights and Vertigo 
Show: Blauw Blauw Songs:
• Ja ik wil + All I Want Is You 
Show: Alias Songs:
• Authorized Personnel Only (1) + Bad 
• Passage (1) + Walk On 
Show: Smallville Songs:
• Nicodemus + Beautiful Day 
• Leech + Elevation 
Show: Scrubs Songs:
• My Friend the Doctor + Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of 
• My American Girl + Beautiful Day 
Show: The West Wing Songs:
• Election Day, Part 2 + Beautiful Day 
Show: Super Bowl Songs:
• Super Bowl XXXVI + Beautiful Day
+ MLK
+ Where the Streets Have No Name 
Show: Saturday Night Live Songs:
• Megan Fox/U2 + Breathe
+ Moment of Surrender
+ Ultraviolet (Light My Way) 
Show: Top 2000 Songs:
• TOP 2000 trapt af! + Sunday Bloody Sunday 
• Top 2000 A GO-GO + Desire 
Show: The Sopranos Songs:
• Christopher + Elevation 
• Second Opinion + Mysterious Ways 
Show: Sex and the City Songs:
• Great Sexpectations + Even Better Than The Real Thing 
Show: Melrose Place Songs:
• Suspicious Minds + Even Better Than the Real Thing 
• Peanut Butter and Jealousy + One 
• Dreams Come True + One 
Show: Doe maar normaal Songs:
• Season 3, Episode 3 + Get On Your Boots 
Show: AL-TV Songs:
• Al Music - Bad Hair Day + Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 
Show: Stenders late vermaak Songs:
• Season 1, Episode 3 + Sunday Bloody Sunday 
• Season 1, Episode 2 + I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 
Show: Oud geld Songs:
• Kiboeng + I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
+ With or Without You 
Show: Wereld draait door, De Songs:
• Season 4, Episode 159 + Magnificent 
Show: Fort Alpha Songs:
• Grande finale + Mysterious Ways 
Show: The O.C. Songs:
• The New Era + Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own 
Show: Ugly Betty Songs:
• I See Me, I.C.U. + Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own 
Show: Best Week Ever Songs:
• Michael Jackson trial, the OC and more + Sometimes You can't Make It On Your Own 
Show: Joan of Arcadia Songs:
• Independence Day + Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own 
Show: What About Brian Songs:
• Pilot + Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of 
Show: Hollyoaks Songs:
• New Deal + Sweetest Thing 
Show: Friends Songs:
• The One Where Ross And Rachel Take A Break (1) + With or Without You 
• The One With The Football + With or Without You 
• The One With The List + With or Without You 
Show: The Office Songs:
• Valentine's Day + With Or Without You 
Show: 21 Jump Street Songs:
• La Bizca + With or Without You 
Show: Jan Smit, de zomer voorbij Songs:
• L'Estartit + With or Without You 
Show: Rock Nation Songs:
• Season 1, Episode 5 + With or Without You 
 
U2 Trivia
  
Was named "The Band of the 80's" by Rolling Stone magazine.
 
U2 has won a total of 22 Grammys.
 
Often credited as "the biggest band in the world".
 
U2's The Joshua Tree album is sometimes considered one of the greatest rock albums.
 
The band as taken part in charity events and concerts such as Live Aid, Live 8 and Make Poverty History.
 
The band started playing in Larry Mullen, Jr.'s kitchen.
 
When they started, they were called "The Larry Mullen Band".
 
U2 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility on March 14, 2005.
 
For the first two seasons of "The Batman," Edge performed the theme song.
 
The band wrote and performed the theme song for the movie "The Gangs Of New York" entitled "The Hands That Built America".
 
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U2 Quotes
  
Adam on the writing process: "Nowadays, Edge tends to do his homework and discipline some chord sequences. Then, as a group, we find an interpretation, a unique way they fit together."
 
Adam: "'Walk On' was two songs that both had great chords but weren't great songs. We sewed them together."
 
Edge on performing under influences: "We'd been told that all bands are out of it on stage and so we tried that once in about 1977. And it was such an unmitigated disaster that we vowed at that point that we'd never do it again."
 
Bono: "I think that in U2, there are moods or feelings that no one else has done before. And I think that finally, that is the most important thing, which is to find something that's your own color, and unique."
 
The Edge: "When it came to the 90's work, we were being more experimental and we got more interested in the abuse of technology -- seeing what happens when you push something to the point where it's almost about to break."

 
Edge on the album, Zooropa: "It's a record I really love, because it does have a certain spontaneity, a certain sense of ideas left in their raw form."
 
Edge: "U2's not great and I don't think Achtung Baby's a good name either."
 
Edge on the album Pop: "By the end of the album we'd kind of taken the band as far in one direction as we could."
 
Adam: "For us there`s U2 music, and then there's everything else."
 
Bono: "Right now there is so much fear about the future, people losing their jobs, people getting angry... but Get On Your Boots opens with the line 'The future needs a big kiss' and I hope that our optimism as a band is the right tone for now, it is a defiant tone..."
 
 
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