and I came across this

 

Its been 28 years since four boys from Dublin joined forces to form U2. Over 130 million albums, 22 Grammy Awards and a dozen sell out world tours later, Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton, Bono and The Edge are still finding new fans around the world.

 

From the beginning, U2 were marked out by their drive and ambition; Bono admitting in early interviews that they were a band before they could play. In 1979 they released a one-off Irish EP, U23, and in April that year U2 signed to Island Records, releasing their first album 11 O'Clock Tick Tock the following month.

 

In the following years, U2 went from strength to strength, and from tour to tour. Their first three Steve Lillywhite-produced albums Boy (1980), October (1981) and War (1983) yielded hit after hit, and captured the collective imagination of audiences worldwide.

 

Early in 1984, U2 asked experimentalist Brian Eno (ex-Roxy Music, producer for David Bowie and Talking Heads) to produce their fourth studio album, The Unforgettable Fire, which was recorded in the cavernous ballroom of County Dublin's Slane Castle. This album preceded a landmark appearance at the original Live Aid concert in 1985.

 

In 1986 Time magazine declared U2 "Rock's Hottest Ticket", an accolade that followed the release of their fifth album The Joshua Tree, which became the fastest-selling UK album by going platinum within 48 hours.

 

Rattle And Hum followed in October 1988, a film and double soundtrack album chronicling The Joshua Tree tour, which gave U2 their first UK number one single with Desire.

 

At the close of the eighties, the band were ready for something new. At Hansa Studios in Berlin, they recorded the dance-inflected Achtung Baby, and launched into the Zoo TV tour shortly afterwards. Circling the globe twice for this tour meant 1993s Zooropa album was recorded during the Zoo TV tour. In 1997 its successor, Pop, topped the charts in 27 countries and gave them their second UK number one single, Discotheque. Giant lemons, disco supermarkets and the world's largest video screen were the order of the day on the PopMart world tour that followed.

 

Past achievements were celebrated in U2: The Best Of 1980-1990 [1998], and U2: The Best Of 1990-2000 [2002]. New album All That You Can't Leave Behind was released in 2000, picking up seven Grammys the following year.

 

U2s eleventh studio album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, was recorded over 18 months in Dublin and the south of France and released in November 2004. HTDAAB took home the coveted Album of the Year award at the Grammys in 2006. The accompanying Vertigo Tour has played to audiences of more than 3.4 million worldwide. September 2006 saw the publication of U2 by U2, the bands story in their own words.

 

 

THIS PART OF THE ARTICLE CAUGHT MY EYE

 

Early in 1984, U2 asked experimentalist Brian Eno (ex-Roxy Music, producer for David Bowie and Talking Heads) to produce their fourth studio album, The Unforgettable Fire, which was recorded in the cavernous ballroom of County Dublin's Slane Castle. This album preceded a landmark appearance at the original Live Aid concert in 1985.

 

IT SEEMS COLDPLAY ARE FOLLOWING THE SAME ROUTE AS U2

It caught my eye right away too. Coincidence? I think not.:wink3:

nice article

 

 

 

 

 

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