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We love this. This is what we do.
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We try to be innovative.
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We try to do things
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that no one has ever seen or heard before.
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Everybody has heard of U2,
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a band with an incredible
career trajectory,
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a charismatic front man,
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and hundreds of thousands
of dedicated fans.
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Their longevity have
led many to regard them
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as one of the biggest bands in the world.
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We were a band in a
sense as a band of brothers
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before we were a successful musical thing.
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So, those early friendships
and that regard for one another
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stood us in very good stead,
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and I think, it's given us something
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that a lot of bands don't have.
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They have sold in
excess of 170 million records
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and are still producing
and writing new music.
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Setting records with their
music sales and award wins,
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U2 have never struggled
to maintain popularity
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with their fans and audiences alike.
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Initially rooted in post-punk,
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U2's musical style has evolved
throughout their career,
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but has maintained an anthemic quality
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built on Bono's expressive vocals
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and the Edge's
effects-based guitar sounds.
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U2 have released 14 studio albums
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and are one of the world's
best-selling music artists.
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They have won 22 Grammy Awards,
more than any other band,
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and were inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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as soon as they were eligible.
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Their rise from small town Irish kids
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to selling out stadiums worldwide.
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There was no doubt, U2 have
solidified their own legacy
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before they've even retired
from the music industry.
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Back in 1976, Larry Mullen
Jr., then a 14-year-old pupil
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at Mount Temple Comprehensive
School in Dublin,
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posted a note on the
school bulletin board,
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looking for musicians to join
him in creating a new band.
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Six people responded to his note
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and met at his house on
the 25th of September.
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Set up in the kitchen, Larry was joined
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by Paul "Bono" Hewson,
David "the Edge" Evans,
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and his older brother, Dick Evans,
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Adam Clayton, Ivan
McCormick, and Peter Martin.
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Larry Mullen later described
it as the Larry Mullen Band
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for about 10 minutes, then Bono walked in
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and blew any chances he
had of being incharge.
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Within the first couple
of weeks of meeting,
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Ivan and Peter dropped out,
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leaving the remaining five to
settle on the name 'Feedback',
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and begin covering songs,
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which they have since admitted,
was not their strong point.
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Initially called 'Feedback',
and then 'The Hype',
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the band continued to perform
around their local area
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and built a good reputation.
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The band changed their
name to 'U2' in March 1978,
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after briefly being known as 'The Hype'.
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That same month, they won a talent show
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in Limerick, Ireland,
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winning the prize of 500 pounds
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and the chance to record a
demo record for CBS, Ireland.
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Within a few days after this win,
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Dick Evans was phased out of the group
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and the remaining members
became a four man band,
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the U2 we know today.
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The group consists of Bono,
lead vocals and rhythm guitar,
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the Edge, lead guitar,
keyboards and backing vocals,
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Adam Clayton, bass guitar,
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and Larry Mullen Jr, drums and percussion.
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Irish magazine "Hot
Press" were influential
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in shaping the future for U2.
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In addition to being one
of their earliest allies,
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it also introduced them
to Paul McGuinness,
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who agreed to become
their manager in May 1978.
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McGuinness booked demo
sessions for the band
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and sought to get them a record deal.
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The band continued to build
their fan base across Ireland.
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In August 1978, U2
recorded a three track EP
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at Windmill Lane Studios,
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and the following month,
their EP "Three" was released,
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selling all 1,000 copies
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of its limited edition 12-inch
vinyl almost immediately.
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The band finally got a record deal
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when A&R representative for Island Records
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was attending one of their
performances in Dublin
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and offered to sign them to the label.
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The following month, the
band signed a four-year,
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four-album deal with the label.
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Their first international
single, "11 O'clock Tick Tock,"
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was released in May 1980,
however, it failed to chart.
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♪ A painted face ♪
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♪ And I know we haven't long ♪
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♪ We thought that we have the answers ♪
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♪ It was the questions we had wrong ♪
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♪ I hear the children crying ♪
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♪ And I know it's time to go ♪
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From July to September of this year,
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the band recorded their
first album, titled "Boy,"
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at Windmill Lane Studios.
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"Boy" was released in October 1980,
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receiving positive reviews from critics.
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The album peaked at number
52 in the UK charts.
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The album release was followed
up with their first tour
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of continental Europe
and the United States.
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Despite being unpolished,
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these early live performances
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demonstrated the band's potential,
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as critics complimented their ambition
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and Bono's enthusiasm on stage.
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The album included the band's first songs
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to receive airplay on US radio,
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including the single "I Will Follow,"
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which reached number 20 on
the Top Tracks rock chart.
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♪ I walk away, walk away, I will follow ♪
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♪ If you walk away, walk
away, I walk away, walk away ♪
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♪ I will follow ♪
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The band face several challenges
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in writing their second album, "October".
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On an otherwise successful
American leg of the "Boy" tour,
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Bono's briefcase containing
in progress lyrics
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and musical ideas was lost backstage
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during a March 1981 performance
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at a nightclub in Portland, Oregon.
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The band had limited time
to write new music on tour
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and in July, began a two
month recording session
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at Windmill Lane Studios,
largely unprepared,
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forcing Bono to improvise lyrically.
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"October's" lead single,
"Fire," was released in July
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and was U2's first song
to chart in the UK.
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Despite securing the band an appearance
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on UK television program
"Top of the Pops,"
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the single fell in the charts afterwards.
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♪ Falling, falling ♪
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♪ The sun is burning black ♪
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♪ Falling falling ♪
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♪ It's beating on my back ♪
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♪ With a fire, fire ♪
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♪ Ooh, fire, fire ♪
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♪ Falling, falling ♪
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"October" was released in October 1981
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and contained overtly spiritual themes.
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The album received mixed
reviews and limited radio play,
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and although it debuted
at number 11 in the UK,
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it sold poorly elsewhere.
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The single "Gloria" was U2's first song
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to have its music video played on MTV,
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generating excitement for the band
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during the "October" tour of 1981 to 1982,
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in areas where the television
channel was available.
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♪ I try to stand up, but
I can't find my feet ♪
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♪ I try, I try to speak up ♪
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♪ But only in you I'm complete ♪
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♪ Gloria ♪
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♪ in te domine ♪
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During the tour, U2 met Dutch
photographer, Anton Corbijn,
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who became their principal photographer,
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and has had a major influence
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on their vision and public image.
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U2 were disappointed by
their lack of progress
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by the end of the "October" tour.
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Having run out of money
and feeling unsupported
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by the record label, the
group committed to improving.
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Adam Clayton recalled that
there was a firm resolve
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to come out of the box
fighting with the next record.
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U2's third studio album, "War,"
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was released in February 1983.
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It was the band's first
commercial success,
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debuting at number 1 in the UK
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while reaching number 12 in the US.
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"War" was lyrically more political
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than their first two records,
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focusing on the physical and
emotional effects of warfare.
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"War's" lead single, "New Year's Day,"
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was released on the 1st of January, 1983.
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It reached number 10 in the UK
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and became the group's
first hit outside of Europe.
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In the US, it received
extensive radio coverage
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and peaked at number 53.
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♪ On New Year's Day ♪
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♪ On New Year's Day ♪
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♪ I will be with you again ♪
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♪ I will be with you again ♪
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"The Unforgettable Fire",
their fourth album,
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was released in October,
1984 and was, at the time,
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the band's most marked change
in direction, musically.
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The album reached number 1 in the UK.
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The lead single, "Pride,
In The Name Of Love,"
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written about civil rights movement leader
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Martin Luther Ling Jr.,
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was the band's biggest hit to that point
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and was their first song
to chart in the US top 40.
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♪ One man come and go ♪
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♪ One man come he to justify ♪
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♪ One man to overthrow ♪
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♪ In the name of love ♪
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♪ What more in the name of love ♪
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♪ In the name of love ♪
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In 1984, Bono took part in the recording
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of "Do They Know It's
Christmas?" a song written
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by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in reaction
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to television reports of
the 1983 famine in Ethiopia.
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The song was first
recorded in a single day,
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on the 25th of November, 1984,
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by Band Aid, a supergroup put
together by Geldof and Ure
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and consisting mainly
of the biggest British
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and Irish musical acts at the time.
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The single was released
in the United Kingdom
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on the 3rd of December, 1984,
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and aided by considerable publicity,
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it entered the UK
singles chart at number 1
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and stayed there for five weeks,
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becoming the Christmas number 1 of 1984.
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"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
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has been re-recorded three times,
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in 1989, 2004, and 2014.
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Bono appeared again in
two of the re-recordings,
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in 2004 and 2014.
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♪ And the Christmas
bells that ring there ♪
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♪ Are the clanging chimes of doom ♪
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♪ Well tonight thank God
it's them instead of you ♪
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Bono, your
famous line, it's changed to,
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"Well tonight we're reaching
out and touching you."
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Is it still gonna be
your line come tomorrow?
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I think so. I think that's the plan.
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I just feel really embarrassed to be late
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and not having a lot of luck
airplanes at the moment.
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It was fog, so our plane was wrecked.
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We'd never be late, never
keep Bob late, never.
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Can you believe
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that you're recording
this again 30 years on
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from the original and it's
still being used to raise money
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for the people in Africa?
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Look, we've been trying
to make this kind of event
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a thing of the past, you know.
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We want to make Band Aid history.
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And yeah, for quite some time.
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And if every country had
the values of Great Britain
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and kept the promises they make
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at these big G8 meetings and the like,
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we wouldn't have to be standing here.
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You know, it's not a failure
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of Great Britain,
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but outside of this country,
we have a lot of work to do
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in getting people to keep their promises.
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How do you feel emotionally
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about taking part in this today?
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Of course, 30 years after you did
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the original Band Aid single.
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As I say, I just wish, in a
way, we didn't have to do this
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and there will come a time when we won't
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and that will be great,
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and it'll be great not to
see the same old faces.
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This is what I'm excited
about today is sort of
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"Star Trek: The Next Generation."
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You know, I'd be happy just
to stand in the background
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and wave, actually.
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And how do
you feel about performing
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alongside all these other stars,
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many of whom weren't even born
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when the original single was done?
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What a depressing thought!
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No, they're great. There's so brilliant.
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Ed Sheeran, amazing, Ellie Goulding.
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Those are great people.
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All the re-recordings
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were also charity records.
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The 1989 and 2004 versions
also provided money
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for famine relief, while
the 2014 version was used
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to raise funds for the
Ebola crisis in West Africa.
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All three of these versions
also reached number 1
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in the UK, with the 1989 and 2004 versions
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also becoming the Christmas number ones
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for their respective years.
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On the 13th of July, 1985,
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the group performed at
the Live Aid concert
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at Wembley Stadium for
Ethiopian famine relief
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before a crowd of 72,000 fans
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and a worldwide television
audience of 1.5 billion people.
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The performance was
regarded as a pivotal event
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in the band's career.
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British newspaper "The
Guardian" cited Live Aid
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as the moment that U2 stars,
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and included their performance
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on a list of 50 key
events in rock history.
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♪ If I could through myself ♪
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♪ Set your spirit free ♪
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♪ I'd lead your heart away ♪
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♪ See you break, break away ♪
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♪ Into the light ♪
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♪ And to the day ♪
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For their fifth album, "The Joshua Tree,"
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the band wanted to build
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on the unforgettable "Fire's" textures,
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but instead of out-of-focus
experimentation,
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they sought a harder-hitting sound
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within the limitation of
conventional song structures.
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"The Joshua Tree" was
released in March, 1987.
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The album juxtaposes antipathy
towards US foreign policy
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against the group's deep
fascination with the country,
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its open spaces, freedom, and ideals.
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The album went to number
1 in over 20 countries,
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including the UK, where it
received a platinum certification
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in 48 hours and sold 235,000
copies in its first week,
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making it the fastest seller
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in British chart history at the time.
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In the US, it spent nine
consecutive weeks at number 1.
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The album included the hit
singles "With Or Without You",
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"I Still Haven't Found
What I'm Looking For,"
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and "Where The Streets Have No Name,"
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the first two of which became
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the group's only number
one hits in the US.
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♪ I was cold as a stone ♪
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♪ But I still haven't found ♪
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♪ What I'm looking for ♪
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♪ But I still haven't found ♪
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♪ What I'm looking for ♪
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♪ Through the storm, we reach the shore ♪
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♪ You give it all but I want more ♪
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♪ And I'm waiting for you ♪
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♪ With or without you ♪
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♪ With or without you, oh ♪
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♪ I can't live ♪
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♪ With or without you ♪
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The album
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and its songs received four
Grammy award nominations,
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winning for album of the year
and best rock performance
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by a duo or group with vocal.
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In October, 1988, the group
released "Rattle and Hum",
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a double album and theatrically
released documentary film
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that captured the band's experiences
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with American roots music
on "The Joshua Tree" tour.
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The record featured nine studio tracks
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and six live U2 performances.
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During the last performance of the tour
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promoting the album, before
a hometown crowd in Dublin,
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Bono said on stage that it was
the end of something for U2,
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and that they had to go away
and just dream it all up again.
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They began work on their 7th studio album,
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"Achtung Baby" at Berlin's
Hamza studios inn October, 1990.
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The sessions were fraught with conflict,
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as the band argued over
their musical direction
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and the quality of their material.
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Weeks of tension and slow
progress nearly prompted the group
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to break up until they made a breakthrough
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with the improvised
writing of the song, "One".
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♪ You got someone to blame ♪
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♪ You say, one love, one life ♪
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♪ When it's one need in the night ♪
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♪ One love, we get to share it ♪
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♪ Leaves you baby, if
you don't care for it. ♪
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They returned
to Dublin in 1991,
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where morale improved
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and the majority of the
album was completed.
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"Achtung Baby" was
released in November, 1991.
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The album represented a change in musical
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and thematic direction for the group.
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The shift was one of their most dramatic
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since the "Unforgettable Fire".
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Commercially and critically,
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it has been one of the band's
most successful albums.
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It produced five hits singles,
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including "The Fly",
"Mysterious Ways" and "One",
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and it was a crucial part
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of the band's early 1990s re-invention.
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♪ A man will beg ♪
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♪ A man will crawl ♪
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♪ On the sheer face of love ♪
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♪ Like a fly on a wall ♪
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♪ It's no secret at all ♪
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In 1993, "Achtung Baby"
won the Grammy award
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for best rock performance by
a duo or group with vocal.
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Like "The Joshua Tree",
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many publications have cited the record
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as one of rock's greatest.
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In June, 1993, U2 signed
a long-term six album deal
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to remain with island records.
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The following month, the
group released a new album,
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"Zooropa", initially intended to be an EP,
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"Zooropa" ultimately evolved
into a full length album.
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It was an even greater musical
departure for the group,
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delving further into electronic,
industrial and dance music.
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Although, the commercially
successful "Zooropa",
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won the Grammy award
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for best alternative music album in 1994,
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the band regard it with mixed feelings
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as they felt it was more of an interlude.
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Over the next couple of years,
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U2 released another two
albums, "Pop" in 1997,
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and "All That You Can't
Leave Behind" in 2000.
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"All that you can leave
behind" debuted at number 1
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in 32 countries and
sold 12 million copies.
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It's lead single "Beautiful
day" was a worldwide hit.
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♪ You could lend a hand ♪
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♪ In return for grace ♪
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♪ It's a beautiful day ♪
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♪ Sky falls, you feel like ♪
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♪ It's a beautiful day ♪
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♪ Don't let it get away ♪
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♪ You're on the road ♪
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♪ But you've got no destination ♪
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The song won Grammy awards
for best rock performance
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by a duo or group, song of the year,
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and record of the year.
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On the 3rd of February, 2002,
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U2 performed during the
Superbowl 36 halftime show.
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In a tribute to those who died
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in the September 11th attacks,
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the victim's names were
projected onto a backdrop,
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and at the end, Bono opened his jacket
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to reveal an American flag in the lining.
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Later that month, U2 received
four additional Grammy awards.
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"All That You Can't Leave
Behind" won best rock album,
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while "Walk on" was
named record of the year,
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marking the first time an
artist had won the latter award
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in consecutive years for
songs from the same album.
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Looking for a harder hitting rock sound
420
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than that of "All That
You Can't Leave Behind,
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U2 began recording
their 11th studio album,
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"How to dismantle an atomic
bomb" in February, 2003.
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Released in November, 2004,
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"How to dismantle an atomic
bomb" received favorable reviews
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from critics.
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The album featured
lyrics touching on life,
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death, love, war, faith, and family.
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It reached number 1 in 30 countries,
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including the US where first week sales
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of 840,000 copies nearly doubled those
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of "All That You Can't Leave Behind",
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setting a personal best for the band.
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Overall it sold 9 million copies globally.
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In 2006, U2 released a
concert film "U2 3D",
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which was the world's first
live action, digital 3D film.
436
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3D technology is relatively new,
437
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and I haven't seen any
of the other 3D films
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that are out at the moment yet,
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but certainly watching it
gives you a real perspective
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of being in the audience
and seeing a real U2 show.
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You know, what's nice about it is instead
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of it being cut like a
video or a concert film
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where a lot of fast
cuts, it's a lot slower,
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so you get the overall feel of the band.
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Oh, it's a concert film.
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And I'm in it with my
friends, Bono ad on Larry.
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And it's a 3D film.
448
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And hopefully, it's gonna rock the house.
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We'll find out.
450
00:25:00,923 --> 00:25:02,167
How did
you come with the idea?
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Well, it wasn't our
idea, I mean, Catherine,
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our director came to us
with a project and she said,
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"it's gonna hopefully
be a great record of,
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you know, U2 playing at their best".
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So, we signed up and
I think she was right.
456
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If nothing else, it is a great record
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of what we did during that
time in South America.
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They also released
an autobiography in 2006,
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titled "U2 by U2".
460
00:25:34,770 --> 00:25:37,170
Oh, there is one enormous ego.
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And it's not mine, it's
sort of, it's a shared one.
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it's just in four pieces.
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And no one cares who wins
an argument in our band,
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as long as you know, the song
is better, the show is better.
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That's really it.
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It's kind of not, not that complicated.
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Our sort of, uber ego that we have
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as a band is bigger than
our individual ones.
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And I think, a lot of bands
that started out with us
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that was not the case.
471
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There were probably more
talented people around,
472
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who never just figured that one out.
473
00:26:09,780 --> 00:26:10,830
You talk in the book actually
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about needing the adulation of the fans
475
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and getting a massive buzz of that.
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There are a lot of fans here today.
477
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What is your relationship with your fans?
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Well, we have the
best fans in the world.
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They've got the best taste in music.
480
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They really recognize intelligent, smart,
481
00:26:26,890 --> 00:26:27,723
Tall.
482
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And how handsome we are.
483
00:26:30,270 --> 00:26:32,493
But, to be serious for a second, I think,
484
00:26:33,450 --> 00:26:37,900
our fans are really smart and
they really pay attention,
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and over the years what's
been incredible for us is
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to see how we might get
stumbled into something,
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get involved with something.
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But it's our fans who actually
really make a difference.
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You know, what I mean.
490
00:26:51,170 --> 00:26:53,957
Also in 2006,
Bono founded the company,
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"Product Red", along with Bobby
Shriver of the ONE Campaign.
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The company seeks to
engage the private sector
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in raising awareness and funds
to help eliminate HIV AIDS
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in eight African countries.
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So many people, six and
a half thousand every day,
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dying of this preventable,
treatable disease in Africa.
497
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It's astonishing and we're
losing the war against AIDS,
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and this is gonna help turn it around.
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It has several
licensed partnerships
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with mainstream companies,
such as Apple, Starbucks,
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and Converse.
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As part of a new business model,
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each partner company creates a product
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with the "Product Red" logo.
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All of the funds generated
by Red partners and events go
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to global fund programs
that provide medical care
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and support services
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00:27:42,072 --> 00:27:45,960
for people affected by
HIV AIDS, in Africa.
509
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:50,060
No overhead is taken by
either Red or the global fund.
510
00:27:50,060 --> 00:27:53,480
Red is the largest private
sector donor to the global fund
511
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,340
and has generated over $600
million for HIV programs
512
00:27:57,340 --> 00:28:00,080
in Africa as of July, 2019.
513
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,430
One of the things about Red is,
514
00:28:02,430 --> 00:28:05,523
it's not just about the money
raised, 330 odd million,
515
00:28:05,523 --> 00:28:07,610
it's about the heat and the excitement,
516
00:28:07,610 --> 00:28:09,060
you guys covering us,
517
00:28:09,060 --> 00:28:11,380
that makes it a priority
for our politician,
518
00:28:11,380 --> 00:28:12,443
if it's popular.
519
00:28:16,020 --> 00:28:19,100
U2's album "No line on
the horizon" was released
520
00:28:19,100 --> 00:28:22,210
in February, 2009, more than four years
521
00:28:22,210 --> 00:28:24,820
after "How to dismantle an atomic bomb",
522
00:28:24,820 --> 00:28:27,020
marking the longest gap between albums
523
00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:29,490
of the band's career, to that point.
524
00:28:29,490 --> 00:28:31,930
It received generally positive reviews,
525
00:28:31,930 --> 00:28:35,180
including their first
five-star rolling stone review.
526
00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:38,980
The album debuted at number
one in over 30 countries,
527
00:28:38,980 --> 00:28:42,160
but its sales of 5 million
were seen as a disappointment
528
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:43,620
by U2 standards.
529
00:28:43,620 --> 00:28:46,940
And it did not contain a hit single.
530
00:28:46,940 --> 00:28:51,790
The group embarked on the
U2 360 tour in June, 2009.
531
00:28:51,790 --> 00:28:55,340
The 360 tour concerts featured
the band playing stadiums
532
00:28:55,340 --> 00:28:57,800
in the round on a circular stage,
533
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,760
allowing the audience to
surround them on all sides.
534
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,860
The U2 tour travels
with 132 technicians,
535
00:29:04,860 --> 00:29:07,720
which go to every show and
there's 30 staging people,
536
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,510
which erect the structure
537
00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:11,640
that we hang our PA sound and lights on.
538
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,230
We have 112 pro truck
drivers and 12 bus drivers.
539
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:16,410
So, and then we have a band, of course,
540
00:29:16,410 --> 00:29:17,900
so there's a few of us.
541
00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:19,300
Not only are there no shows now,
542
00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:22,030
there never have been any
show as expensive as this,
543
00:29:22,030 --> 00:29:24,190
but there's never been a show
that has done these numbers.
544
00:29:24,190 --> 00:29:26,010
We'll do over 7 million people,
545
00:29:26,010 --> 00:29:28,100
over the course of this tour.
546
00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:30,840
The tour will gross over $700 million,
547
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,020
over the course of the tour.
548
00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:33,250
And every record will be broken
549
00:29:33,250 --> 00:29:35,370
by a significant margin
over anything previous.
550
00:29:35,370 --> 00:29:37,650
And I dare say, the records
that you're gonna see
551
00:29:37,650 --> 00:29:39,300
from this tour, won't be touched.
552
00:29:40,820 --> 00:29:43,687
By its
conclusion in July, 2011,
553
00:29:43,687 --> 00:29:46,440
U2, 360 had set records
554
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,750
for the highest grossing concert tour,
555
00:29:48,750 --> 00:29:50,963
and most tickets sold for a tour.
556
00:29:55,270 --> 00:29:58,440
In 2010, Bono and "The Edge"
announced they had been working
557
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,707
on lyrics and music for a new musical,
558
00:30:00,707 --> 00:30:02,647
"Spider-Man turn off the dark".
559
00:30:04,010 --> 00:30:07,420
The musical was based on
the 2002 Spider-man film
560
00:30:07,420 --> 00:30:09,836
and incorporated elements of the story.
561
00:30:17,810 --> 00:30:20,210
The production included
highly technical stunts,
562
00:30:20,210 --> 00:30:24,350
such as aerial combat scenes
and actor swinging from webs,
563
00:30:24,350 --> 00:30:26,020
being described early on
564
00:30:26,020 --> 00:30:29,340
as the most technically
complex show ever on Broadway,
565
00:30:29,340 --> 00:30:31,560
with 27 aerial sequences
566
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,880
of characters flying and
engaging in aerial combat.
567
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,450
Still the one thing people,
one show people wanna go
568
00:30:38,450 --> 00:30:40,420
and see when they go to the city,
569
00:30:40,420 --> 00:30:41,360
you know, when they come to New York,
570
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:42,890
cause it's the New York story,
571
00:30:42,890 --> 00:30:45,000
Spider-man, it's his hometown.
572
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,150
I mean, he's from Queens,
573
00:30:46,150 --> 00:30:50,730
but it's New York and
Mary Jane is from Queens,
574
00:30:50,730 --> 00:30:53,110
you know, it's where
Joey Ramone comes from.
575
00:30:53,110 --> 00:30:54,680
It also included a multitude
576
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,090
of moving set pieces
577
00:30:56,090 --> 00:30:58,780
that put the audience in
the middle of the action
578
00:30:58,780 --> 00:31:01,240
and enough projections onto giant screens
579
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:02,267
that Bono said,
580
00:31:02,267 --> 00:31:05,190
"it is like a three-dimensional
graphic novel".
581
00:31:05,190 --> 00:31:08,930
The musical celebrated
1000 shows in May, 2013.
582
00:31:08,930 --> 00:31:11,690
I said, it couldn't be done.
583
00:31:11,690 --> 00:31:14,690
They said that Spider-Man
would never fly on Broadway,
584
00:31:14,690 --> 00:31:16,730
but here we are a thousand shows in.
585
00:31:16,730 --> 00:31:19,210
And so, we're feeling pretty good tonight.
586
00:31:19,210 --> 00:31:23,030
And so happy for the cast who are amazing,
587
00:31:23,030 --> 00:31:26,490
and who, you know, come
on stage every night
588
00:31:26,490 --> 00:31:28,860
and just knock it out of the park.
589
00:31:28,860 --> 00:31:33,270
So, we're very humbled to
be collaborators with them.
590
00:31:33,270 --> 00:31:34,103
They're amazing.
591
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,650
However, the
Broadway production was notorious
592
00:31:38,650 --> 00:31:40,180
for its many troubles.
593
00:31:40,180 --> 00:31:43,090
Several actors were injured
while performing stunts
594
00:31:43,090 --> 00:31:45,850
and the opening night
was repeatedly delayed.
595
00:31:45,850 --> 00:31:48,130
Following initial negative reviews,
596
00:31:48,130 --> 00:31:50,880
the musical suspended
performances for another month
597
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,530
to rework the show.
598
00:31:52,530 --> 00:31:55,430
By the time "Spider-Man turn
off the dark" officially opened
599
00:31:55,430 --> 00:31:57,930
in June, 2011, it had set the record
600
00:31:57,930 --> 00:32:00,840
for the longest preview
period in Broadway history
601
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,690
with 182 performances.
602
00:32:03,690 --> 00:32:05,900
Critical reception of the
opening was better than
603
00:32:05,900 --> 00:32:08,467
for the previews, but still mixed.
604
00:32:08,467 --> 00:32:10,100
"Spider-Man turn off the dark" is
605
00:32:10,100 --> 00:32:13,020
the most expensive Broadway
production in history,
606
00:32:13,020 --> 00:32:15,900
with a budget of $75 million,
607
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:18,160
and also, once held the box office record
608
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,200
for Broadway sales in one week,
609
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:24,380
taking in $2.9 million
over nine performances.
610
00:32:24,380 --> 00:32:27,780
The production closed on January 4th, 2014
611
00:32:27,780 --> 00:32:29,763
at a massive financial loss.
612
00:32:30,870 --> 00:32:33,272
On the 9th of September, 2014,
613
00:32:33,272 --> 00:32:36,120
U2 appeared at an Apple
Product Launch event
614
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:37,580
to make a surprise announcement
615
00:32:37,580 --> 00:32:41,500
of their 13th studio album
"Songs of innocence".
616
00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:43,800
They released it digitally the same day
617
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,130
to all iTunes store customers at no cost,
618
00:32:47,130 --> 00:32:50,300
making it available to
over 500 million people
619
00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:52,750
in what apple CEO, Tim Cook called
620
00:32:52,750 --> 00:32:55,877
the largest album release of all time.
621
00:32:55,877 --> 00:32:58,290
"Songs of innocence" recalls
the group member's youth
622
00:32:58,290 --> 00:33:01,390
in Ireland, touching on
childhood experiences,
623
00:33:01,390 --> 00:33:03,080
loves and losses,
624
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,630
while paying tribute to
their musical inspirations.
625
00:33:06,590 --> 00:33:07,640
Bono described it
626
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:09,907
as 'the most personal
album we've written'.
627
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,100
You know, the songs really
always give you the clue as
628
00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:17,510
to how to perform them
and where to perform them.
629
00:33:17,510 --> 00:33:19,910
And we wanted to have
630
00:33:22,470 --> 00:33:24,200
to be back indoors again.
631
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,750
And we're using this
contraption behind you,
632
00:33:27,750 --> 00:33:29,713
which looks like a yellow Berlin wall.
633
00:33:31,740 --> 00:33:36,090
This divider, we're using
this translucent canvas
634
00:33:36,090 --> 00:33:38,650
to tell sort of, stories
behind those songs,
635
00:33:38,650 --> 00:33:39,730
where we came from.
636
00:33:39,730 --> 00:33:42,840
So lot of it's in Dublin, seventies
637
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:46,020
and we recreate 10 Cedar
Wood Road, where I grew up
638
00:33:46,020 --> 00:33:48,450
and Cedar road, my mates.
639
00:33:48,450 --> 00:33:52,907
And, this is the inspiration
behind "Songs of innocence".
640
00:33:53,990 --> 00:33:55,860
The record
received mixed reviews
641
00:33:55,860 --> 00:33:58,830
and drew criticism for its
digital release strategy.
642
00:33:58,830 --> 00:34:02,150
It was automatically added
to user's iTunes accounts,
643
00:34:02,150 --> 00:34:04,923
which did not appeal to
a large amount of users.
644
00:34:06,260 --> 00:34:09,903
Of great human rights
abuses of our time,
645
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,600
I'm not sure the Apple gift,
646
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,690
this is a company that
more than anybody is trying
647
00:34:17,690 --> 00:34:20,690
to get artists paid, you know.
648
00:34:20,690 --> 00:34:23,550
They got, I think they got a backlash,
649
00:34:23,550 --> 00:34:26,530
a sort of big tech backlash
because people fear, oh my God,
650
00:34:26,530 --> 00:34:28,620
these companies know too much about us.
651
00:34:28,620 --> 00:34:32,500
Apple doesn't, they actually
just know your music,
652
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:34,197
like That's all they're
interested in, your music.
653
00:34:34,197 --> 00:34:36,480
I thought it was quite
a poetic thing to do,
654
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,620
to reward people who paid for music,
655
00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:43,100
who paid for music with
a free gift of our music.
656
00:34:43,100 --> 00:34:48,100
They paid us modestly and
we were grateful for that.
657
00:34:49,620 --> 00:34:50,950
We've got to experiment.
658
00:34:50,950 --> 00:34:52,680
We've gotta try new things.
659
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,140
And I mean, the new thing is the new thing
660
00:34:55,140 --> 00:34:57,420
for all of 15 minutes these days.
661
00:34:57,420 --> 00:35:00,550
And right now a lot of artists
are trying to figure out
662
00:35:00,550 --> 00:35:03,790
how to fix the issue
663
00:35:03,790 --> 00:35:07,290
of CD sales going down so fast,
664
00:35:07,290 --> 00:35:10,213
and free music on the internet
that no one's paying for,
665
00:35:10,213 --> 00:35:12,070
being so huge.
666
00:35:12,070 --> 00:35:14,550
So ,this is just one
attempt to figuring that out
667
00:35:14,550 --> 00:35:16,480
and I'm sure there'll
be others coming along.
668
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:20,200
And, at some point we will fix it.
669
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,090
But right now it's really
bad for up coming artists,
670
00:35:23,090 --> 00:35:26,050
particularly because no
one can afford these days
671
00:35:26,050 --> 00:35:28,820
to make records or go on the road.
672
00:35:28,820 --> 00:35:30,880
So, it's actually kinda, serious.
673
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,090
If you go on the road,
you can sort of survive.
674
00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:36,420
But if you're a song writer
you're really in trouble.
675
00:35:36,420 --> 00:35:39,000
Yeah, but if you're a young band,
676
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,750
you can't afford to go on the road.
677
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:45,477
In 2016, U2 worked
on their next studio album,
678
00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:47,684
"Songs of experience", which was intended
679
00:35:47,684 --> 00:35:50,677
to be a companion piece
to "Songs of innocence".
680
00:35:51,877 --> 00:35:53,800
"Songs of experience" was released
681
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,500
on the 1st of December, 2017.
682
00:35:56,500 --> 00:35:59,700
The first single, "You're the
best thing about me" is one
683
00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:02,210
of many songs from the album
that are letters written
684
00:36:02,210 --> 00:36:05,930
by Bono to people in places
closest to his heart.
685
00:36:05,930 --> 00:36:08,530
The album went to number one in the US
686
00:36:08,530 --> 00:36:10,553
and has since been certified platinum.
687
00:36:11,738 --> 00:36:15,705
♪ You're the best thing about me ♪
688
00:36:15,705 --> 00:36:19,781
♪ The best thing that
ever happened a boy ♪
689
00:36:19,781 --> 00:36:23,295
♪ You're the best thing about me ♪
690
00:36:23,295 --> 00:36:27,384
♪ I'm the kind of trouble that you enjoy ♪
691
00:36:27,384 --> 00:36:31,929
♪ You're the best thing about me ♪
692
00:36:31,929 --> 00:36:35,503
♪ The best things are easy to destroy ♪
693
00:36:35,503 --> 00:36:38,920
♪ You're the best thing about me ♪
694
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:40,660
So is this, I was the unknown.
695
00:36:40,660 --> 00:36:43,020
So, you actually have an audience there.
696
00:36:43,020 --> 00:36:44,370
You do a show or two,
697
00:36:44,370 --> 00:36:46,110
you don't really know how it's gonna go.
698
00:36:46,110 --> 00:36:48,110
So, there's still a few nerves.
699
00:36:48,110 --> 00:36:52,900
Yeah, you find out were these
songs are any good or not.
700
00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:53,750
And that's it.
701
00:36:53,750 --> 00:36:57,260
That's our audience is very demanding,
702
00:36:57,260 --> 00:36:59,900
but live is where U2 lives,
703
00:36:59,900 --> 00:37:02,070
as we've always been live band,
704
00:37:02,070 --> 00:37:05,230
ever since, you know, we started out,
705
00:37:05,230 --> 00:37:07,910
this was, our records are great.
706
00:37:07,910 --> 00:37:10,150
And it's amazing when
we're played on the radio,
707
00:37:10,150 --> 00:37:13,473
but that to experience U2,
you gotta come see us live.
708
00:37:18,060 --> 00:37:21,860
Bono is known to be a real family man.
709
00:37:21,860 --> 00:37:24,820
When he's not rocking the
stage alongside his band-mates,
710
00:37:24,820 --> 00:37:28,030
the iconic Irish singer,
songwriter is spending time
711
00:37:28,030 --> 00:37:30,913
with his longtime wife
and their beloved kids.
712
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,710
Bono met his future wife,
Alison Stewart from Raheny,
713
00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:35,700
when they were both attending
714
00:37:35,700 --> 00:37:39,140
Mount Temple Comprehensive
School in Dublin, Ireland.
715
00:37:39,140 --> 00:37:40,990
The pair first struck up a romance
716
00:37:40,990 --> 00:37:43,330
when Bono walked her to the bus one day.
717
00:37:43,330 --> 00:37:46,140
And he became Allie's first real boyfriend
718
00:37:46,140 --> 00:37:49,380
when she was just 15 and he was 16.
719
00:37:49,380 --> 00:37:52,670
The couple said "I do" in the
old Guinness church of Ireland
720
00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:55,870
in Raheny on August 21st, 1982,
721
00:37:55,870 --> 00:37:59,660
when bono was 22 and Allie was 21.
722
00:37:59,660 --> 00:38:02,400
After U2 began to find global success,
723
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:05,700
Allie decided to shelve her
aspirations of becoming a nurse
724
00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:08,923
to support her new husband
and his rock and roll dreams.
725
00:38:11,340 --> 00:38:12,960
The couple have four children.
726
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,670
Daughters, Jordan born in 1989
727
00:38:15,670 --> 00:38:18,300
and Eve born in 1991.
728
00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:23,210
And sons, Elijah born in
1999 and John born in 2001.
729
00:38:24,490 --> 00:38:28,010
Allie has since dedicated
herself to humanitarian work,
730
00:38:28,010 --> 00:38:30,420
after being inspired by
her husband's performance
731
00:38:30,420 --> 00:38:32,883
at live aid in 1985.
732
00:38:35,620 --> 00:38:39,570
The Edge is also a very
family oriented person.
733
00:38:39,570 --> 00:38:42,610
He married his high school
girlfriend, Aislinn O'Sullivan
734
00:38:42,610 --> 00:38:44,730
on July 12th, 1983.
735
00:38:44,730 --> 00:38:48,550
They have three daughters
named, Hollie born in 1984,
736
00:38:48,550 --> 00:38:53,550
Arran born in 1985 and
Blue Angel born in 1989.
737
00:38:53,850 --> 00:38:56,330
The couple separated in 1990,
738
00:38:56,330 --> 00:38:58,730
but were unable to get legally divorced
739
00:38:58,730 --> 00:39:02,150
because of Irish laws regarding
annulment at the time.
740
00:39:02,150 --> 00:39:05,260
Divorce was legalized in 1995
741
00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:08,730
and the couple legally divorced in 1996.
742
00:39:08,730 --> 00:39:12,260
In 1993, he began dating
Morleigh Steinberg,
743
00:39:12,260 --> 00:39:14,100
an American professional dancer
744
00:39:14,100 --> 00:39:17,710
who was employed by U2 as
a choreographer and dancer
745
00:39:17,710 --> 00:39:19,940
during the ZOO TV tour.
746
00:39:19,940 --> 00:39:23,080
They have a daughter, Sian, born in 1997
747
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:26,540
and a son, Levi, born in 1999.
748
00:39:26,540 --> 00:39:29,123
The couple were married in 2002.
749
00:39:39,328 --> 00:39:40,930
U2 are regarded as one
750
00:39:40,930 --> 00:39:43,700
of the greatest pop rock acts of all time
751
00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:45,690
and have sold an estimated 150
752
00:39:45,690 --> 00:39:49,730
to 170 million records worldwide,
753
00:39:49,730 --> 00:39:52,360
placing them among the
best selling music artists
754
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:53,283
in history.
755
00:39:54,150 --> 00:39:58,690
You know, we were a band in
a sense as a band of brothers
756
00:39:58,690 --> 00:40:03,190
before we were a successful
musical commercial thing.
757
00:40:03,190 --> 00:40:06,070
So, those early friendships
758
00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:10,110
and that regard for one another
set us in very good stead,
759
00:40:10,110 --> 00:40:14,130
and I think it's given us
something that a lot of bands
760
00:40:14,130 --> 00:40:15,080
don't have, you know.
761
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,550
When you go through a difficult time,
762
00:40:16,550 --> 00:40:20,090
that's when you gotta make
these decisions sometimes.
763
00:40:20,090 --> 00:40:21,007
What's the important thing?
764
00:40:21,007 --> 00:40:23,870
And for us, I don't
think it's ever changed.
765
00:40:23,870 --> 00:40:26,720
It's always this concept
that we all have to win,
766
00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:29,650
but it's not good enough
for one or two individuals
767
00:40:30,703 --> 00:40:34,930
to kind of succeed, that
the collective has to win,
768
00:40:34,930 --> 00:40:36,423
otherwise we fail.
769
00:40:38,492 --> 00:40:41,160
U2 have eight albums
that have reached number 1
770
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,460
in the US, the third, most of any group.
771
00:40:44,460 --> 00:40:45,470
They were the first group
772
00:40:45,470 --> 00:40:48,090
to attain number one albums in the US,
773
00:40:48,090 --> 00:40:53,090
in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
774
00:40:57,410 --> 00:40:59,760
The amount of hits they've
released have allowed them
775
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,590
to produce three
compilation albums to date,
776
00:41:02,590 --> 00:41:05,783
featuring their best love
singles and classic songs.
777
00:41:09,850 --> 00:41:13,680
We love this. This is what we do.
778
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,160
We try to be innovative.
779
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:18,390
We try to do things that
no one has ever seen
780
00:41:18,390 --> 00:41:19,670
or heard before.
781
00:41:19,670 --> 00:41:21,080
That's what we did with ZOO TV,
782
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:22,890
that's what we're doing on Pockmarks,
783
00:41:22,890 --> 00:41:24,590
that's what we did in 360.
784
00:41:24,590 --> 00:41:26,010
That's what we're doing now.
785
00:41:26,010 --> 00:41:29,060
And at the heart of it though, is an idea
786
00:41:29,060 --> 00:41:32,010
that started way back
in the late seventies,
787
00:41:32,010 --> 00:41:34,200
in around the time when I'm
really a little, sort of,
788
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:35,713
post-punk combo,
789
00:41:36,830 --> 00:41:39,460
which is this idea of to
break into the fourth role,
790
00:41:39,460 --> 00:41:43,570
you know, and seeing
that there's no divide
791
00:41:43,570 --> 00:41:45,240
between your audience and yourself,
792
00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:46,963
trying to smash that divide.
793
00:41:49,797 --> 00:41:51,460
U2 are regarded as one
794
00:41:51,460 --> 00:41:54,230
of the greatest pop rock acts of all time.
795
00:41:54,230 --> 00:41:56,700
They are often commended for
writing songs about things
796
00:41:56,700 --> 00:41:59,930
that are important and
resonate with their audience,
797
00:41:59,930 --> 00:42:01,470
keeping them a fan favorite
798
00:42:01,470 --> 00:42:03,580
through the decades of their career.
799
00:42:03,580 --> 00:42:06,840
Despite never wanting
to be a nostalgia act,
800
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,690
U2 are now embracing their legacy
801
00:42:09,690 --> 00:42:12,430
and the mark they have
imprinted on the music industry,
802
00:42:12,430 --> 00:42:15,600
accepting their status as a legacy band.
803
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,670
But one thing is for sure,
804
00:42:17,670 --> 00:42:20,520
U2 aren't going to remain in the past.
805
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:22,970
They're still going to release new music,
806
00:42:22,970 --> 00:42:25,620
and they're still going
to try and score hits,
807
00:42:25,620 --> 00:42:29,120
even if they know the
odds are against them.
808
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:30,833
We're back, we're back
809
00:42:30,833 --> 00:42:34,360
and you know,
810
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:35,454
we're hard to get rid of.
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