from 1976 through today, U2 stayed atop of the music industry, they formed together at a christian school and won a Talent Show in 1978, just before the band could get going, they suffered family problems, Bono's mother died two years before U2 formed and Larry's mother also died in 78, but that didn't stop the band from achieving their dream, the band lived in Dublin City, Ireland which is their hometown to this day, in 1979, Bono and the band recorded their first CD which would be titled 3, the first LP that featured Out of Control and Stories For Boys in their future CD, U2 toured throughout 1979 and 1980, the band also provided two more singles Another Day and 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, U2 finally released their first album, Boy. With 2 singles, A Day Without Me and I Will Follow, I Will Follow was the first promotional video ever done by U2, U2 started the Boy Tour in September 1980 through June 1981 with five legs, in December 8, 1980. The band performed in Buffalo, the night John Lennon passed away, this was the largest tour in U2 even though they played in Small Venues, U2 returned to the studio after Boy to record their next album October, their Boy Setlist started with The Ocean and 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, and it would end with the 2 same songs including I Will Follow, U2 completed their second album in 1981 despite the lyrics being stolen at a tour, Bono referred to it in 2004 as an Act of Grace when it was recovered, future songs from this CD would also be used from this Boy Tour with I Fall Down and Fire, U2 released their album in October of 1981 and used Fire and Gloria as two singles,U2's October CD was about Christianity, even Bono found the emotion of lyrics when Tomorrow written by Bono's mother was used in this CD, as I mentioned Bono's mother died seven years when Bono wrote and played that song, The October Tour began in August of 1981 just two months after Boy finished, U2 had some crazy troubles in this tour, in November 3. 1981, U2 almost walked out after many fans was inciting a riot and Bono had to stop in between Gloria and I Will Follow to calm the fans down, but didn't work. The band did not return for an encore, in 1982. U2 introduced another song, A Celebration which was also a hit single, U2 would introduce that song in that tour, U2 started their October Set off with Gloria, and it would end with usually The Ocean, Fire and I Will Follow just previously from the tours, U2 ended the October Tour in August of 1982, after the tour, Bono married his high-school sweetheart Ali, and in the fall of 1982, U2 went back to work on their third album, The Band finally finished their recording from May through August, that CD was titled War, U2 returned to tour in December with the CD that was not released yet, U2 finished some leftover October Tours as you would call it with new songs, New Year's Day. Surrender and a violent Sunday Bloody Sunday as well, the band debriefed theirselves to warm up from their tour, U2 released War in February of 1983, Steven Wickham a member of the waterboys provided as a guest on Violin for Sunday Bloody Sunday and Drowning Man, the War CD featured songs electric, but Edge would unplug the guitar and bring acoustic songs from Seconds and Drowning Man, the band finished their album with 40 with Edge playing on Bass, this song would be featured everytime live with Edge playing the Bass and Adam on Guitar, U2 finally began the War Tour in February of 1983, with Gloria taking it's usual spot in the main set but it sometimes was replaced with Out of Control and Gloria would end the main set, four months later, the band documented their tour in Red Rocks which was called Under a Blood Red Sky, the song lyric which was from New Years Day, it was the most successful concert and brought U2 to rock n' roll status, the tour ended in November of 1983 when U2 had performed overseas for the first time in Australia, in 1984, the band recorded their next LP it was at Slane Castle, U2 were facing rumours of breaking up however the band regrouped despite all those rumours, U2 brought in Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, the Edge was impressed by Eno's work so he was brought in, it was a real undertaking for U2, U2's next Album was titled The Unforgettable Fire, after their recording, they returned to where they left off on the War Tour and that was New Zealand and Japan, the setlist continued as usual but changed drastically with Wire, Unforgettable Fire, A Sort of Homecoming and Pride being brought to the tour, Gloria and Out of Control continued their swapping set, U2 officially ended their tour overseas in September of 1984, weeks after. the fourth album was released. Pride was the first single dedicated to Martin Luther King, there were a lot of silver linings in these intimate songs, The Unforgettable Fire with an orchestra, an acoustic-stripped down Promenade that sounded electric but really was played acoustic, and Bad which Bono stated a drug called heroin, and Bono's tribute to Elvis Presley which they discovered Elvis Presley and America, and the sentimental closer to The Unforgettable Fire, MLK dedicated to King as well, the band also brought another band member Greg Carroll, the Unforgettable Fire Tour kicked off in October of 1984, Gloria and Out of Control were no longer openers, another old favorite opened the show 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, in between songs, the band played the usual set they would normally play for their Boy, October and War, in these tours, the band would interupt songs with fights breaking out, this was the different story at Radio City in December of 1984 when fights broke out and a security member aggressively attacked a fan, Bono and the band continued their show despite the chaos, another incident happened in March of 1985 in Phoenix when Bono stopped The Unforgettable Fire to calm the people down and played Pride twice for the crowd, U2 also brought their tour to MSG on April 1, 1985. the tour ended in July of 1985 after a homecoming show in Dublin on June of 85, but U2 appeared on LiveAid to perform two songs Sunday Bloody Sunday and Bad, Bad was typically the longest song ever played on tour, with snippets usually being thrown in too, after the LiveAid event, U2 took a break to prepare for their next LP, Bono stated in the Unforgettable Fire tour that they were writing new songs, Bono that year was featured in a Music Video with Artists against Apartheid, Sun City was released as a single with Bono and the rest of the apartheid crew, in 1986. Bono joined Clannad for in a Lifetime, U2 returned on January 1986 on a TV Show in Dublin called TV Gaga the band played future songs with Womanfish and Trip Through Your Wires, and covering Knockin on Heaven's Door, the band covered it in the Unforgettable Fire Tour too, after. The band continued writing on the next lp, however. another tour came knocking for U2, this was not a typical tour, it was a benefit tour, U2, Sting and Others would join the Amnesty International Tour, U2 would be considered the closers, but The Police reunited on the tour and they would close out the show along with U2 and the all-star band with a cover of I Shall Be Released, in June 15. 1986 on a worldwide television audience, U2 and all the others closed the Amnesty International Tour and U2 went back to work once again, but they were delayed when Bono's close friend Greg Carroll got involved in a car accident, he was killed delaying the band again, after Carroll's Funeral, Bono wrote One Tree Hill, Bono was so close to Greg Carroll when Carroll met him during the Unforgettable Fire Tour,, U2 regrouped in August to finally record their album, they completed their record in the fall, U2 then went out on the desert in December in Las Vegas to take pictures of the new album, it was called the Joshua Tree, U2's fifth album, The Joshua Tree was released in March of 1987 kicking off with U2's prominent sentimental love ballad With or Without You, the Joshua Tree Tour began in April, by then U2 were discovering america, weeks before their tour, U2 shot a video for Where The Streets Have No Name at a liquor store with fans being involved, U2 would play a free concert singing Streets not once but four times, until after Pride, the show was being forced to shut down, U2 started their tour in April 2, the band since the October Tour opened a new song Where The Streets Have No Name, U2 put their tour by being in all stadiums, U2 would also play covers, and some covers would use acoustic versions, Sunday Bloody Sunday was played slow and fast, U2 recorded Jimi Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner which would lead into Bullet The Blue Sky, in the middle of the tour, U2 were documented in America about singing, Bono had problems in the tour injuring his chin on the first rehearsal of the Joshua Tree Tour and injuring his shoulder in September, Bono was forced to wear a sling through October, The Joshua Tree provided guests from Bruce Springsteen, BB King and Maria Mckee, sometimes Stand By Me and Bullet The Blue Sky would be the openers replacing Streets, U2 played an emotional concert in Denver during filming when they heard the news of an enniskilen bombing, Bono took to the mic during Sunday Bloody Sunday and went on a long tirade saying "fuck the revolution", it was included in the movie, U2 filmed their movie in Denver and Tempe it was called Rattle and Hum, U2 finished the Joshua Tree Tour in December of 1987, in March of 1988, U2 won the grammy award for best album ever, and Rattle and Hum was debuted in October, critics slandered the movie, some loved it, critics however didn't buy it, that seemed to be the beginning of the end for U2, U2 returned to tour in late 1989 to finish where they left off from the Joshua Tree Tour, New Zealand, Australia and Japan, U2 brought in BB King and his orchestra in the end of the main set or the encore, U2 sometimes would no longer play 40 as the closer, but it would still be a closer on the tours, U2 returned to Dublin in 1989 to play four shows, on the third show, Bono stated that the band would go away and dream it up all again, the tour ended in January of 1990 at Rotterdam, and Bono stated on the sky down "Let's cut down the Joshua Tree and use a chainsaw", U2 then regrouped in 1990 with a lot of changes, they became fascinated in german music, dance, they thought they would record their next album in Berlin, after the New Year's Eve Tour, the band barely communicated, arguments got tensed between the band, when they arrived in Berlin on October of 1990 to find a new sense of hope, they were totally unprepared in a brief bridge between Mysterious Ways, Edge played a riff that brought the band to progress, the band stopped Mysterious Ways, Edge got an acoustic guitar out and Bono did the lyrics, the band followed and that song was called One, finally the band was able to stand up again they regrouped in Dublin in Christmas to keep on going, in January, they finished the Hansa sessions, in the spring. They returned to Dublin to resume the sessions. Bono made a new change by cutting his hair, in April, The sessions in Hansa were stolen and they were bootlegged called the Salome Sessions, U2 finally after when Bono made the "Dream it up all Again announcement", Dreamed it up when the record was completed and Achtung Baby was released in November of 1991, the CD got positive reviews, and that meant U2 were back to the tour again, in February of 1992. The ZOOTV Tour was set in gear, the 90's may have sparked change, rock and grunge was taking over but U2 was back in a big kickass way, in the main set, U2 played all of their eight songs, U2 also expiremented a new way to perform, and they would use a b-stage Acoustic Version, in the encore, Bono dressed up as Mirrorball Man and would sometimes call the president, U2 changed their closer instead of 40, band played Love is Blindness, Love is Blindness was one of the best violent-guitar solos inmy opinion from Achtung Baby through the tour, U2 took a break to record another album, it was the sister of Achtung Baby, the band completed the recordings quickly, U2's next album was Zooropa, it was released in 1993 and the band returned to Zoo TV/Zooropa, it was now like a Zoo TV/Zooropa tour, the Zoo TV Set would be played in their european tour back in 93, but Zooropa songs were used in the second half of the tour, Bono no longer became the Mirrorball Man and became Mr. Macphisto, Bono continued to do the calling trick but nobody was there, U2 played their best performance to date it was in November of 1993 in Sydney, it was also released on DVD, the band ended their long-awaited dream in December of 1993, Bono's words on the Lovetown Tour in 1989 finally worked, by 1994 and 1995, the band changed their new looks, Bono got another haircut this time it was cut short, not longer, in 1995, the band released Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me and Kill Me from Batman Forever, in September. Bono and Edge joined Pavarotti playing Miss Sarajevo and an acoustic version of One complete with orchestra, Bono and Edge along with the rest of the band helped provided in the Passengers CD with Pavarotti, it was called Original Soundtracks: Passengers which was released in November of 1995, band didn't go on tour for that, it wasn't a huge CD, but U2 did return to the studio in 1995 to record and write their next album, the band spent 1995 through 1996 on that record, U2 wanted to channel Achtung Baby III once more, but before it could happen, U2 faced a setback, not a serious setback, Larry Mullen underwent surgery on his back, the surgery was a complete success and the band continued to complete the record, the album was scheduled to be released on Holidays in 1996 but instead was pushed back in 1997, it was Pop, U2 began their Pop Tour in April, they also would revive some songs from the tour, I Will Follow returned in it's second spot similar to the Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree and Lovetown Tours, MLK. 40, Mystery Girl and Rain would be provided at the end of One including Wake Up Deadman, Mofo would kick off the set almost every night, Bono and Edge would rechannel ZOOTV by stripping old acoustic versions but new ones as well, Edge similar solely to what he used to do in Seconds, Numb and Van Diemen's Land played Sunday Bloody Sunday solely on guitar Joshua Tree Style, but not a wild version, just a stripped down acoustic version even though Edge played it on Electric Guitar, in Buenos Aires and Santiago, the band brought back another song for all four times, Mothers of The Disappeared, it was used as a closer similar to the closer on Joshua Tree, U2 finished their tour in March of 1998, after U2 broke away for a while, their best of 1980 and 1990's was released in October of 1998, they made one appearance back in 1998 after the Omagh Bombing by playing North and South of The River and All I Want Is You, U2 went back to the studio in Late 1998 to record another CD again, in 1999, Bono did a lot of charities so the guys continued to do the recording until he returned, the sessions nearly ran long in 1999 and the band thought they had completed it in the year, but the band continued to work in 2000 they recorded it in France, Edge played a guitar tone he had not worked on since 1983's War. it was Beautiful Day, U2 it seemed were back to the 1980's of old again, the record seemed to be a return to the U2 roots again, and the band completed the cd in October of 2000, U2 celebrated their CD openings with free concerts in Irving Plaza, U2 brought back old-school songs in those free concerts, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, Desire, Bad and 40 but that was it, we had to wait until the real tour for surprises, in March 2001. The band returned to tour again, U2 kicked off their shows with Elevation and Beautiful Day, After. Until the End of The World and New Years Day still stayed together sequed, Sunday Bloody Sunday returned full band the way it should be, Edge and Bono repeated the ZOOTVPopmart vibe by doing an acoustic set, sometimes Desire would be done by full band with Larry on percussion and Adam on bass guitar, the band produced old school songs like 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, Out of Control, Angel of Harlem, Sweetest Thing and even Bad, Bad returned as a regular the first time sinnce the ZOOTV Tour. the band also recreated a Joshua Tree Encore by having Bullet The Blue Sky in the encore since 1989 but with a new intro version instead of the star-spangled banner it would be followed by With or Without You. In August, Bono experienced a heartbreaking, his father lost his battle with Cancer, U2 and Bono however still did their tour despite feeling the loss of Bono's father, Bono and the Band returned home to Dublin for two shows where he dedicated Kite to his father after ending their summer tour, USA was struck with Tragedy, The World Trade Center and The Pentagon were struck down by terrorists this caused U2 to nearly cancel the leg, but true to their US fans, the band threw it in and in their acoustic sets, they would dedicate In God's Country and Please to the United States of America, U2 ended their tour 3 months after the Terrorist Attack and won all the grammys for that CD in 2001 and 2002, U2 returned to the studio in 2003 to do their next album and by 2004, they took a new meaning bringing in How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Bono stated that it would be a Full Metal Record and it was, the first single Vertigo kicked off awesomely, Bono then moved away to dedicate Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own to his father, the band returned to tour in March of 2005 after doing promotional concerts in late 2004, old songs were brought back in the form of Electric Co. Gloria, The Ocean, Zoo Station, The Fly, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Running to Stand Still, Miss Sarajevo, An Cat Dubh, Into The Heart, Party Girl (when it was usually played via fan request), and a full band verson of 40, The Vertigo Tour kept going for the band, it was a strong reaction to most of the diehard U2 fans that had seen U2 in the 1980's. in the middle half of their tour, U2 brought acoustic songs in the main set or in the encore, Vertigo would be played many times on the main set and encore, this was similar to 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, The Ocean and I Will Follow back in their sophomore days, U2 also released 2 DVD's in their tour both were filmed in Chicago and Milan, in 2006. U2 released the U218 singles with 2 new songs Window in The Skies and the Saints are Coming with Green Day, Bono who had a mullet once again back in the Unforgettable Fire Tour cut his hair once more, the tour ended in December of 2006 overseas, U2 also would record once again in 2007 through 2008, it was No Line on The Horizon the band recorded, U2 released Get on Your Boots as the first single, the band kicked off their 360 tour in June of 2009 bringing back old songs, Ultraviolet, Unforgettable Fire, MLK, Walk On and originally Drowning Man but it was all for rehearsals, some songs surprisingly appeared in the form of Desire, Electrical Storm, Stay. Stuck in A Moment and Mysterious Ways, U2 released a song on their second leg called Your Blue Room, in the show, U2 would close their encore with Moment of Surrender, a wonderful way to close the show, on October of 2009, U2 and YouTube were filmed together in the Rose Bowl, the band took a break but in 2010 when they were to continue the fourth leg, Bono injured his back and was forced to have surgery, the band regrouped returning to August working on some new songs even bringing back some old 1995 songs like Miss Sarajevo and HMTMKMKM, Mothers of The Disappeared made 3 appearances in the show taking the place of MLK, even new songs North Star, Mercy, Glastonbury, Return of The Stingray Guitar and Every Breaking Wave was used in the set, Bad made some returns in the show, I Will Follow and New Year's Day would swap turns with Beautiful Day it was played in 2009 as well, in November, the band replaced MLK with Scarlet a song that had never been played, it was played along with Jay-Z, One Tree Hill also made appearances in New Zealand, a Rattle and Hum Rebirth was used as well, All I Want Is You, Desire and Love Rescue Me made a rare return to the show, in March of 2011, more surprises kept coming and coming, Even Better Than The Real Thing made its return it was played as the first song in every single tour including Zooropa, Out of Control also returned in April as well, The Fly also returned in June, and at the end of the tour including the Glastonbury Set the band played a 5-achtung baby show despite One being played in Anaheim with the 5 shows and in Glastonbury as well, and finally, the band ended the 360 tour with 40, the 360 tour lasted from June 2009 through July 2011 making a two-year tour. the band took time away after their tour to do performances, Bono and Edge along with musicians appeared at the Clinton Show to do an acoustic performance, the band is currently back in studio where they plan to release their next album the next year, despite all the setbacks and trials, U2 is still going stronger than ever, and no intentions of breaking the band up,
Closed, anyway. If people want an accurate representation of U2, such as when in ''in 1979, Bono and the band recorded their first CD which would be titled 3'', they can Wikipedia it.
