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We love this. This is what we do.

We try to be innovative.

We try to do things

that no one has ever seen or heard before.

Everybody has heard of U2,

a band with an incredible career trajectory,

a charismatic front man,

and hundreds of thousands of dedicated fans.

Their longevity have led many to regard them

as one of the biggest bands in the world.

We were a band in a sense as a band of brothers

before we were a successful musical thing.

So, those early friendships and that regard for one another

stood us in very good stead,

and I think, it's given us something

that a lot of bands don't have.

They have sold in excess of 170 million records

and are still producing and writing new music.

Setting records with their music sales and award wins,

U2 have never struggled to maintain popularity

with their fans and audiences alike.

Initially rooted in post-punk,

U2's musical style has evolved throughout their career,

but has maintained an anthemic quality

built on Bono's expressive vocals

and the Edge's effects-based guitar sounds.

U2 have released 14 studio albums

and are one of the world's best-selling music artists.

They have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band,

and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

as soon as they were eligible.

Their rise from small town Irish kids

to selling out stadiums worldwide.

There was no doubt, U2 have solidified their own legacy

before they've even retired from the music industry.

Back in 1976, Larry Mullen Jr., then a 14-year-old pupil

at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin,

posted a note on the school bulletin board,

looking for musicians to join him in creating a new band.

Six people responded to his note

and met at his house on the 25th of September.

Set up in the kitchen, Larry was joined

by Paul "Bono" Hewson, David "the Edge" Evans,

and his older brother, Dick Evans,

Adam Clayton, Ivan McCormick, and Peter Martin.

Larry Mullen later described it as the Larry Mullen Band

for about 10 minutes, then Bono walked in

and blew any chances he had of being incharge.

Within the first couple of weeks of meeting,

Ivan and Peter dropped out,

leaving the remaining five to settle on the name 'Feedback',

and begin covering songs,

which they have since admitted, was not their strong point.

Initially called 'Feedback', and then 'The Hype',

the band continued to perform around their local area

and built a good reputation.

The band changed their name to 'U2' in March 1978,

after briefly being known as 'The Hype'.

That same month, they won a talent show

in Limerick, Ireland,

winning the prize of 500 pounds

and the chance to record a demo record for CBS, Ireland.

Within a few days after this win,

Dick Evans was phased out of the group

and the remaining members became a four man band,

the U2 we know today.

The group consists of Bono, lead vocals and rhythm guitar,

the Edge, lead guitar, keyboards and backing vocals,

Adam Clayton, bass guitar,

and Larry Mullen Jr, drums and percussion.

Irish magazine "Hot Press" were influential

in shaping the future for U2.

In addition to being one of their earliest allies,

it also introduced them to Paul McGuinness,

who agreed to become their manager in May 1978.

McGuinness booked demo sessions for the band

and sought to get them a record deal.

The band continued to build their fan base across Ireland.

In August 1978, U2 recorded a three track EP

at Windmill Lane Studios,

and the following month, their EP "Three" was released,

selling all 1,000 copies

of its limited edition 12-inch vinyl almost immediately.

The band finally got a record deal

when A&R representative for Island Records

was attending one of their performances in Dublin

and offered to sign them to the label.

The following month, the band signed a four-year,

four-album deal with the label.

Their first international single, "11 O'clock Tick Tock,"

was released in May 1980, however, it failed to chart.

♪ A painted face ♪

♪ And I know we haven't long ♪

♪ We thought that we have the answers ♪

♪ It was the questions we had wrong ♪

♪ I hear the children crying ♪

♪ And I know it's time to go ♪

From July to September of this year,

the band recorded their first album, titled "Boy,"

at Windmill Lane Studios.

"Boy" was released in October 1980,

receiving positive reviews from critics.

The album peaked at number 52 in the UK charts.

The album release was followed up with their first tour

of continental Europe and the United States.

Despite being unpolished,

these early live performances

demonstrated the band's potential,

as critics complimented their ambition

and Bono's enthusiasm on stage.

The album included the band's first songs

to receive airplay on US radio,

including the single "I Will Follow,"

which reached number 20 on the Top Tracks rock chart.

♪ I walk away, walk away, I will follow ♪

♪ If you walk away, walk away, I walk away, walk away ♪

♪ I will follow ♪

The band face several challenges

in writing their second album, "October".

On an otherwise successful American leg of the "Boy" tour,

Bono's briefcase containing in progress lyrics

and musical ideas was lost backstage

during a March 1981 performance

at a nightclub in Portland, Oregon.

The band had limited time to write new music on tour

and in July, began a two month recording session

at Windmill Lane Studios, largely unprepared,

forcing Bono to improvise lyrically.

"October's" lead single, "Fire," was released in July

and was U2's first song to chart in the UK.

Despite securing the band an appearance

on UK television program "Top of the Pops,"

the single fell in the charts afterwards.

♪ Falling, falling ♪

♪ The sun is burning black ♪

♪ Falling falling ♪

♪ It's beating on my back ♪

♪ With a fire, fire ♪

♪ Ooh, fire, fire ♪

♪ Falling, falling ♪

"October" was released in October 1981

and contained overtly spiritual themes.

The album received mixed reviews and limited radio play,

and although it debuted at number 11 in the UK,

it sold poorly elsewhere.

The single "Gloria" was U2's first song

to have its music video played on MTV,

generating excitement for the band

during the "October" tour of 1981 to 1982,

in areas where the television channel was available.

♪ I try to stand up, but I can't find my feet ♪

♪ I try, I try to speak up ♪

♪ But only in you I'm complete ♪

♪ Gloria ♪

♪ in te domine ♪

During the tour, U2 met Dutch photographer, Anton Corbijn,

who became their principal photographer,

and has had a major influence

on their vision and public image.

U2 were disappointed by their lack of progress

by the end of the "October" tour.

Having run out of money and feeling unsupported

by the record label, the group committed to improving.

Adam Clayton recalled that there was a firm resolve

to come out of the box fighting with the next record.

U2's third studio album, "War,"

was released in February 1983.

It was the band's first commercial success,

debuting at number 1 in the UK

while reaching number 12 in the US.

"War" was lyrically more political

than their first two records,

focusing on the physical and emotional effects of warfare.

"War's" lead single, "New Year's Day,"

was released on the 1st of January, 1983.

It reached number 10 in the UK

and became the group's first hit outside of Europe.

In the US, it received extensive radio coverage

and peaked at number 53.

♪ On New Year's Day ♪

♪ On New Year's Day ♪

♪ I will be with you again ♪

♪ I will be with you again ♪

"The Unforgettable Fire", their fourth album,

was released in October, 1984 and was, at the time,

the band's most marked change in direction, musically.

The album reached number 1 in the UK.

The lead single, "Pride, In The Name Of Love,"

written about civil rights movement leader

Martin Luther Ling Jr.,

was the band's biggest hit to that point

and was their first song to chart in the US top 40.

♪ One man come and go ♪

♪ One man come he to justify ♪

♪ One man to overthrow ♪

♪ In the name of love ♪

♪ What more in the name of love ♪

♪ In the name of love ♪

In 1984, Bono took part in the recording

of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" a song written

by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in reaction

to television reports of the 1983 famine in Ethiopia.

The song was first recorded in a single day,

on the 25th of November, 1984,

by Band Aid, a supergroup put together by Geldof and Ure

and consisting mainly of the biggest British

and Irish musical acts at the time.

The single was released in the United Kingdom

on the 3rd of December, 1984,

and aided by considerable publicity,

it entered the UK singles chart at number 1

and stayed there for five weeks,

becoming the Christmas number 1 of 1984.

"Do They Know It's Christmas?"

has been re-recorded three times,

in 1989, 2004, and 2014.

Bono appeared again in two of the re-recordings,

in 2004 and 2014.

♪ And the Christmas bells that ring there ♪

♪ Are the clanging chimes of doom ♪

♪ Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you ♪

Bono, your famous line, it's changed to,

"Well tonight we're reaching out and touching you."

Is it still gonna be your line come tomorrow?

I think so. I think that's the plan.

I just feel really embarrassed to be late

and not having a lot of luck airplanes at the moment.

It was fog, so our plane was wrecked.

We'd never be late, never keep Bob late, never.

Can you believe

that you're recording this again 30 years on

from the original and it's still being used to raise money

for the people in Africa?

Look, we've been trying to make this kind of event

a thing of the past, you know.

We want to make Band Aid history.

And yeah, for quite some time.

And if every country had the values of Great Britain

and kept the promises they make

at these big G8 meetings and the like,

we wouldn't have to be standing here.

You know, it's not a failure

of Great Britain,

but outside of this country, we have a lot of work to do

in getting people to keep their promises.

How do you feel emotionally

about taking part in this today?

Of course, 30 years after you did

the original Band Aid single.

As I say, I just wish, in a way, we didn't have to do this

and there will come a time when we won't

and that will be great,

and it'll be great not to see the same old faces.

This is what I'm excited about today is sort of

"Star Trek: The Next Generation."

You know, I'd be happy just to stand in the background

and wave, actually.

And how do you feel about performing

alongside all these other stars,

many of whom weren't even born

when the original single was done?

What a depressing thought!

No, they're great. There's so brilliant.

Ed Sheeran, amazing, Ellie Goulding.

Those are great people.

All the re-recordings

were also charity records.

The 1989 and 2004 versions also provided money

for famine relief, while the 2014 version was used

to raise funds for the Ebola crisis in West Africa.

All three of these versions also reached number 1

in the UK, with the 1989 and 2004 versions

also becoming the Christmas number ones

for their respective years.

On the 13th of July, 1985,

the group performed at the Live Aid concert

at Wembley Stadium for Ethiopian famine relief

before a crowd of 72,000 fans

and a worldwide television audience of 1.5 billion people.

The performance was regarded as a pivotal event

in the band's career.

British newspaper "The Guardian" cited Live Aid

as the moment that U2 stars,

and included their performance

on a list of 50 key events in rock history.

♪ If I could through myself ♪

♪ Set your spirit free ♪

♪ I'd lead your heart away ♪

♪ See you break, break away ♪

♪ Into the light ♪

♪ And to the day ♪

For their fifth album, "The Joshua Tree,"

the band wanted to build

on the unforgettable "Fire's" textures,

but instead of out-of-focus experimentation,

they sought a harder-hitting sound

within the limitation of conventional song structures.

"The Joshua Tree" was released in March, 1987.

The album juxtaposes antipathy towards US foreign policy

against the group's deep fascination with the country,

its open spaces, freedom, and ideals.

The album went to number 1 in over 20 countries,

including the UK, where it received a platinum certification

in 48 hours and sold 235,000 copies in its first week,

making it the fastest seller

in British chart history at the time.

In the US, it spent nine consecutive weeks at number 1.

The album included the hit singles "With Or Without You",

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For,"

and "Where The Streets Have No Name,"

the first two of which became

the group's only number one hits in the US.

♪ I was cold as a stone ♪

♪ But I still haven't found ♪

♪ What I'm looking for ♪

♪ But I still haven't found ♪

♪ What I'm looking for ♪

♪ Through the storm, we reach the shore ♪

♪ You give it all but I want more ♪

♪ And I'm waiting for you ♪

♪ With or without you ♪

♪ With or without you, oh ♪

♪ I can't live ♪

♪ With or without you ♪

The album

and its songs received four Grammy award nominations,

winning for album of the year and best rock performance

by a duo or group with vocal.

In October, 1988, the group released "Rattle and Hum",

a double album and theatrically released documentary film

that captured the band's experiences

with American roots music on "The Joshua Tree" tour.

The record featured nine studio tracks

and six live U2 performances.

During the last performance of the tour

promoting the album, before a hometown crowd in Dublin,

Bono said on stage that it was the end of something for U2,

and that they had to go away and just dream it all up again.

They began work on their 7th studio album,

"Achtung Baby" at Berlin's Hamza studios inn October, 1990.

The sessions were fraught with conflict,

as the band argued over their musical direction

and the quality of their material.

Weeks of tension and slow progress nearly prompted the group

to break up until they made a breakthrough

with the improvised writing of the song, "One".

♪ You got someone to blame ♪

♪ You say, one love, one life ♪

♪ When it's one need in the night ♪

♪ One love, we get to share it ♪

♪ Leaves you baby, if you don't care for it. ♪

They returned to Dublin in 1991,

where morale improved

and the majority of the album was completed.

"Achtung Baby" was released in November, 1991.

The album represented a change in musical

and thematic direction for the group.

The shift was one of their most dramatic

since the "Unforgettable Fire".

Commercially and critically,

it has been one of the band's most successful albums.

It produced five hits singles,

including "The Fly", "Mysterious Ways" and "One",

and it was a crucial part

of the band's early 1990s re-invention.

♪ A man will beg ♪

♪ A man will crawl ♪

♪ On the sheer face of love ♪

♪ Like a fly on a wall ♪

♪ It's no secret at all ♪

In 1993, "Achtung Baby" won the Grammy award

for best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal.

Like "The Joshua Tree",

many publications have cited the record

as one of rock's greatest.

In June, 1993, U2 signed a long-term six album deal

to remain with island records.

The following month, the group released a new album,

"Zooropa", initially intended to be an EP,

"Zooropa" ultimately evolved into a full length album.

It was an even greater musical departure for the group,

delving further into electronic, industrial and dance music.

Although, the commercially successful "Zooropa",

won the Grammy award

for best alternative music album in 1994,

the band regard it with mixed feelings

as they felt it was more of an interlude.

Over the next couple of years,

U2 released another two albums, "Pop" in 1997,

and "All That You Can't Leave Behind" in 2000.

"All that you can leave behind" debuted at number 1

in 32 countries and sold 12 million copies.

It's lead single "Beautiful day" was a worldwide hit.

♪ You could lend a hand ♪

♪ In return for grace ♪

♪ It's a beautiful day ♪

♪ Sky falls, you feel like ♪

♪ It's a beautiful day ♪

♪ Don't let it get away ♪

♪ You're on the road ♪

♪ But you've got no destination ♪

The song won Grammy awards for best rock performance

by a duo or group, song of the year,

and record of the year.

On the 3rd of February, 2002,

U2 performed during the Superbowl 36 halftime show.

In a tribute to those who died

in the September 11th attacks,

the victim's names were projected onto a backdrop,

and at the end, Bono opened his jacket

to reveal an American flag in the lining.

Later that month, U2 received four additional Grammy awards.

"All That You Can't Leave Behind" won best rock album,

while "Walk on" was named record of the year,

marking the first time an artist had won the latter award

in consecutive years for songs from the same album.

Looking for a harder hitting rock sound

than that of "All That You Can't Leave Behind,

U2 began recording their 11th studio album,

"How to dismantle an atomic bomb" in February, 2003.

Released in November, 2004,

"How to dismantle an atomic bomb" received favorable reviews

from critics.

The album featured lyrics touching on life,

death, love, war, faith, and family.

It reached number 1 in 30 countries,

including the US where first week sales

of 840,000 copies nearly doubled those

of "All That You Can't Leave Behind",

setting a personal best for the band.

Overall it sold 9 million copies globally.

In 2006, U2 released a concert film "U2 3D",

which was the world's first live action, digital 3D film.

3D technology is relatively new,

and I haven't seen any of the other 3D films

that are out at the moment yet,

but certainly watching it gives you a real perspective

of being in the audience and seeing a real U2 show.

You know, what's nice about it is instead

of it being cut like a video or a concert film

where a lot of fast cuts, it's a lot slower,

so you get the overall feel of the band.

Oh, it's a concert film.

And I'm in it with my friends, Bono ad on Larry.

And it's a 3D film.

And hopefully, it's gonna rock the house.

We'll find out.

How did you come with the idea?

Well, it wasn't our idea, I mean, Catherine,

our director came to us with a project and she said,

"it's gonna hopefully be a great record of,

you know, U2 playing at their best".

So, we signed up and I think she was right.

If nothing else, it is a great record

of what we did during that time in South America.

They also released an autobiography in 2006,

titled "U2 by U2".

Oh, there is one enormous ego.

And it's not mine, it's sort of, it's a shared one.

it's just in four pieces.

And no one cares who wins an argument in our band,

as long as you know, the song is better, the show is better.

That's really it.

It's kind of not, not that complicated.

Our sort of, uber ego that we have

as a band is bigger than our individual ones.

And I think, a lot of bands that started out with us

that was not the case.

There were probably more talented people around,

who never just figured that one out.

You talk in the book actually

about needing the adulation of the fans

and getting a massive buzz of that.

There are a lot of fans here today.

What is your relationship with your fans?

Well, we have the best fans in the world.

They've got the best taste in music.

They really recognize intelligent, smart,

Tall.

And how handsome we are.

But, to be serious for a second, I think,

our fans are really smart and they really pay attention,

and over the years what's been incredible for us is

to see how we might get stumbled into something,

get involved with something.

But it's our fans who actually really make a difference.

You know, what I mean.

Also in 2006, Bono founded the company,

"Product Red", along with Bobby Shriver of the ONE Campaign.

The company seeks to engage the private sector

in raising awareness and funds to help eliminate HIV AIDS

in eight African countries.

So many people, six and a half thousand every day,

dying of this preventable, treatable disease in Africa.

It's astonishing and we're losing the war against AIDS,

and this is gonna help turn it around.

It has several licensed partnerships

with mainstream companies, such as Apple, Starbucks,

and Converse.

As part of a new business model,

each partner company creates a product

with the "Product Red" logo.

All of the funds generated by Red partners and events go

to global fund programs that provide medical care

and support services

for people affected by HIV AIDS, in Africa.

No overhead is taken by either Red or the global fund.

Red is the largest private sector donor to the global fund

and has generated over $600 million for HIV programs

in Africa as of July, 2019.

One of the things about Red is,

it's not just about the money raised, 330 odd million,

it's about the heat and the excitement,

you guys covering us,

that makes it a priority for our politician,

if it's popular.

U2's album "No line on the horizon" was released

in February, 2009, more than four years

after "How to dismantle an atomic bomb",

marking the longest gap between albums

of the band's career, to that point.

It received generally positive reviews,

including their first five-star rolling stone review.

The album debuted at number one in over 30 countries,

but its sales of 5 million were seen as a disappointment

by U2 standards.

And it did not contain a hit single.

The group embarked on the U2 360 tour in June, 2009.

The 360 tour concerts featured the band playing stadiums

in the round on a circular stage,

allowing the audience to surround them on all sides.

The U2 tour travels with 132 technicians,

which go to every show and there's 30 staging people,

which erect the structure

that we hang our PA sound and lights on.

We have 112 pro truck drivers and 12 bus drivers.

So, and then we have a band, of course,

so there's a few of us.

Not only are there no shows now,

there never have been any show as expensive as this,

but there's never been a show that has done these numbers.

We'll do over 7 million people,

over the course of this tour.

The tour will gross over $700 million,

over the course of the tour.

And every record will be broken

by a significant margin over anything previous.

And I dare say, the records that you're gonna see

from this tour, won't be touched.

By its conclusion in July, 2011,

U2, 360 had set records

for the highest grossing concert tour,

and most tickets sold for a tour.

In 2010, Bono and "The Edge" announced they had been working

on lyrics and music for a new musical,

"Spider-Man turn off the dark".

The musical was based on the 2002 Spider-man film

and incorporated elements of the story.

The production included highly technical stunts,

such as aerial combat scenes and actor swinging from webs,

being described early on

as the most technically complex show ever on Broadway,

with 27 aerial sequences

of characters flying and engaging in aerial combat.

Still the one thing people, one show people wanna go

and see when they go to the city,

you know, when they come to New York,

cause it's the New York story,

Spider-man, it's his hometown.

I mean, he's from Queens,

but it's New York and Mary Jane is from Queens,

you know, it's where Joey Ramone comes from.

It also included a multitude

of moving set pieces

that put the audience in the middle of the action

and enough projections onto giant screens

that Bono said,

"it is like a three-dimensional graphic novel".

The musical celebrated 1000 shows in May, 2013.

I said, it couldn't be done.

They said that Spider-Man would never fly on Broadway,

but here we are a thousand shows in.

And so, we're feeling pretty good tonight.

And so happy for the cast who are amazing,

and who, you know, come on stage every night

and just knock it out of the park.

So, we're very humbled to be collaborators with them.

They're amazing.

However, the Broadway production was notorious

for its many troubles.

Several actors were injured while performing stunts

and the opening night was repeatedly delayed.

Following initial negative reviews,

the musical suspended performances for another month

to rework the show.

By the time "Spider-Man turn off the dark" officially opened

in June, 2011, it had set the record

for the longest preview period in Broadway history

with 182 performances.

Critical reception of the opening was better than

for the previews, but still mixed.

"Spider-Man turn off the dark" is

the most expensive Broadway production in history,

with a budget of $75 million,

and also, once held the box office record

for Broadway sales in one week,

taking in $2.9 million over nine performances.

The production closed on January 4th, 2014

at a massive financial loss.

On the 9th of September, 2014,

U2 appeared at an Apple Product Launch event

to make a surprise announcement

of their 13th studio album "Songs of innocence".

They released it digitally the same day

to all iTunes store customers at no cost,

making it available to over 500 million people

in what apple CEO, Tim Cook called

the largest album release of all time.

"Songs of innocence" recalls the group member's youth

in Ireland, touching on childhood experiences,

loves and losses,

while paying tribute to their musical inspirations.

Bono described it

as 'the most personal album we've written'.

You know, the songs really always give you the clue as

to how to perform them and where to perform them.

And we wanted to have

to be back indoors again.

And we're using this contraption behind you,

which looks like a yellow Berlin wall.

This divider, we're using this translucent canvas

to tell sort of, stories behind those songs,

where we came from.

So lot of it's in Dublin, seventies

and we recreate 10 Cedar Wood Road, where I grew up

and Cedar road, my mates.

And, this is the inspiration behind "Songs of innocence".

The record received mixed reviews

and drew criticism for its digital release strategy.

It was automatically added to user's iTunes accounts,

which did not appeal to a large amount of users.

Of great human rights abuses of our time,

I'm not sure the Apple gift,

this is a company that more than anybody is trying

to get artists paid, you know.

They got, I think they got a backlash,

a sort of big tech backlash because people fear, oh my God,

these companies know too much about us.

Apple doesn't, they actually just know your music,

like That's all they're interested in, your music.

I thought it was quite a poetic thing to do,

to reward people who paid for music,

who paid for music with a free gift of our music.

They paid us modestly and we were grateful for that.

We've got to experiment.

We've gotta try new things.

And I mean, the new thing is the new thing

for all of 15 minutes these days.

And right now a lot of artists are trying to figure out

how to fix the issue

of CD sales going down so fast,

and free music on the internet that no one's paying for,

being so huge.

So ,this is just one attempt to figuring that out

and I'm sure there'll be others coming along.

And, at some point we will fix it.

But right now it's really bad for up coming artists,

particularly because no one can afford these days

to make records or go on the road.

So, it's actually kinda, serious.

If you go on the road, you can sort of survive.

But if you're a song writer you're really in trouble.

Yeah, but if you're a young band,

you can't afford to go on the road.

In 2016, U2 worked on their next studio album,

"Songs of experience", which was intended

to be a companion piece to "Songs of innocence".

"Songs of experience" was released

on the 1st of December, 2017.

The first single, "You're the best thing about me" is one

of many songs from the album that are letters written

by Bono to people in places closest to his heart.

The album went to number one in the US

and has since been certified platinum.

♪ You're the best thing about me ♪

♪ The best thing that ever happened a boy ♪

♪ You're the best thing about me ♪

♪ I'm the kind of trouble that you enjoy ♪

♪ You're the best thing about me ♪

♪ The best things are easy to destroy ♪

♪ You're the best thing about me ♪

So is this, I was the unknown.

So, you actually have an audience there.

You do a show or two,

you don't really know how it's gonna go.

So, there's still a few nerves.

Yeah, you find out were these songs are any good or not.

And that's it.

That's our audience is very demanding,

but live is where U2 lives,

as we've always been live band,

ever since, you know, we started out,

this was, our records are great.

And it's amazing when we're played on the radio,

but that to experience U2, you gotta come see us live.

Bono is known to be a real family man.

When he's not rocking the stage alongside his band-mates,

the iconic Irish singer, songwriter is spending time

with his longtime wife and their beloved kids.

Bono met his future wife, Alison Stewart from Raheny,

when they were both attending

Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, Ireland.

The pair first struck up a romance

when Bono walked her to the bus one day.

And he became Allie's first real boyfriend

when she was just 15 and he was 16.

The couple said "I do" in the old Guinness church of Ireland

in Raheny on August 21st, 1982,

when bono was 22 and Allie was 21.

After U2 began to find global success,

Allie decided to shelve her aspirations of becoming a nurse

to support her new husband and his rock and roll dreams.

The couple have four children.

Daughters, Jordan born in 1989

and Eve born in 1991.

And sons, Elijah born in 1999 and John born in 2001.

Allie has since dedicated herself to humanitarian work,

after being inspired by her husband's performance

at live aid in 1985.

The Edge is also a very family oriented person.

He married his high school girlfriend, Aislinn O'Sullivan

on July 12th, 1983.

They have three daughters named, Hollie born in 1984,

Arran born in 1985 and Blue Angel born in 1989.

The couple separated in 1990,

but were unable to get legally divorced

because of Irish laws regarding annulment at the time.

Divorce was legalized in 1995

and the couple legally divorced in 1996.

In 1993, he began dating Morleigh Steinberg,

an American professional dancer

who was employed by U2 as a choreographer and dancer

during the ZOO TV tour.

They have a daughter, Sian, born in 1997

and a son, Levi, born in 1999.

The couple were married in 2002.

U2 are regarded as one

of the greatest pop rock acts of all time

and have sold an estimated 150

to 170 million records worldwide,

placing them among the best selling music artists

in history.

You know, we were a band in a sense as a band of brothers

before we were a successful musical commercial thing.

So, those early friendships

and that regard for one another set us in very good stead,

and I think it's given us something that a lot of bands

don't have, you know.

When you go through a difficult time,

that's when you gotta make these decisions sometimes.

What's the important thing?

And for us, I don't think it's ever changed.

It's always this concept that we all have to win,

but it's not good enough for one or two individuals

to kind of succeed, that the collective has to win,

otherwise we fail.

U2 have eight albums that have reached number 1

in the US, the third, most of any group.

They were the first group

to attain number one albums in the US,

in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

The amount of hits they've released have allowed them

to produce three compilation albums to date,

featuring their best love singles and classic songs.

We love this. This is what we do.

We try to be innovative.

We try to do things that no one has ever seen

or heard before.

That's what we did with ZOO TV,

that's what we're doing on Pockmarks,

that's what we did in 360.

That's what we're doing now.

And at the heart of it though, is an idea

that started way back in the late seventies,

in around the time when I'm really a little, sort of,

post-punk combo,

which is this idea of to break into the fourth role,

you know, and seeing that there's no divide

between your audience and yourself,

trying to smash that divide.

U2 are regarded as one

of the greatest pop rock acts of all time.

They are often commended for writing songs about things

that are important and resonate with their audience,

keeping them a fan favorite

through the decades of their career.

Despite never wanting to be a nostalgia act,

U2 are now embracing their legacy

and the mark they have imprinted on the music industry,

accepting their status as a legacy band.

But one thing is for sure,

U2 aren't going to remain in the past.

They're still going to release new music,

and they're still going to try and score hits,

even if they know the odds are against them.

We're back, we're back

and you know,

we're hard to get rid of.