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Released 32 years ago today: U2's Achtung Baby. Your favorite live track?
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Released 28 years ago today: Achtung Baby. LIKE if this is also your favourite U2 album. And comment with your favourite song. 🎶
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U2 have released a pro-shot video of Where The Streets Have No Name in Vancouver as part of this tours press kit. #U2TheJoshuaTree2017
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Celebrating its 36th anniversary: The Joshua Tree. Which three songs should U2 never leave out of their setlists?
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26 years ago today U2 released POP 🔮. Which song from this album have you listened the most?
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Happy birthday Bono! Celebrating his 61st birthday today. On behalf of the entire U2start team we wish him the best of birthdays. What is your Bono birthday wish? 🎉
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Released today in 1991, 29 years ago: U2's Achtung Baby. Their best album ever? 🔥. What do you remember from your first listen?
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60 years ago, the man who we all know as Bono was born Paul David Hewson in Dublin, Ireland. We wish him the best of birthdays and we thank him for being part of our lives in ways difficult to describe. Happy birthday! 👏 😍 🎉
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Bono and Elijah performing "A Man And A Woman" at a wedding on Hydra in Greece. Does it get any better than this? 😍 Video by Santorini Boo.
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🌲 The classic. Celebrating its 35th anniversary today. U2's Joshua Tree. With possibly the best first 3 songs of any album. What an iconic album. When was the last time you listened to it in full?
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Celebrating its 30th anniversary today, the album that is considered U2's best album by most fans: ACHTUNG BABY!. Your favorite tune? 👇
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Celebrating its 22nd anniversary today: All That You Can't Leave Behind 🤩. What is your favorite track?
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Released 24 years ago today in 2000: U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind. Which one song from this album would you never leave behind?
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🎉 Happy U2 day! 48 years ago, Bono, Edge, Larry and Adam first came together to play in Larry's kitchen. And here we still are, almost 50 years later. 📷 taken at Mount Temple
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Happy birthday Bono! 63 years and counting, we all look forward to the film of the Stories of Surrender tour and seeing you in Vegas 👋. What is your favorite Bono era?
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Released 34(!) years ago today: The Joshua Tree 🌳. Apart from the first 3 tracks, which one is your favorite other track?
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Happy birthday Bono! 🎉. Born as Paul David Hewson, our favorite singer has turned 62. What a life, what a career and here's to many more amazing years. 🥰
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🔥 Released 40 years ago today: The Unforgettable Fire. How does this album rank for you?
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Released 43 years ago today: U2's October. For many fans, this is the album they listen to the least. Does this also apply to you?
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Released 14 years ago today: No Line On The Horizon. What is your favorite track?
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Happy birthday. U2! Our favorite band got together for the first time 46 years ago today in 1976 in Larry's kitchen. 46 years. and counting. Here's to many more years U2. 😍. What do you love most about U2?
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35 years ago today U2 kick off the original Joshua Tree tour in Tempe, Arizona. With the first live performances of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Bullet The Blue Sky, and Running To Stand Still. Did you see any shows in 1987? 👇
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🔮 BOOM CHA!. U2' POP celebrates its 25th anniversary today. Released in 1997, it's one of U2's most experimental albums. What's the one Pop song you would like to see live again?
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Happy birthday Bono! 59 years ago today Bono was born as Paul David Hewson. And we wish him the best of birthdays!
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Released 41 years ago today in 1981: U2's second album, October 🎸. What is your favorite track?
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Released 37 years ago today: The Joshua Tree. What should U2 release on its 40th anniversary? 🤔
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With the news that the Joshua Tree documentary will be named Heartland with a performance of the song included, we can now assume that this promo photo is taken after U2 performed Heartland in the desert in 2018, with all their instruments still in hand. Quite special!
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Celebrating its 32nd anniversary: Rattle and Hum!. Best track? 💞
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Happy 62nd birthday to Larry, U2's founder! 🎉 . What is your favorite Larry era?
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Bono met fans at gate C tonight at the Mount Smart Stadium. Took time to answer questions and sign stuff. Also answered a question for our podcast, to be published later today! #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019
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"My position is that I write songs, I'm in a band and I just hope that when it's all over for U2, that in some way we made the light a bit brighter. Maybe just tear off a corner of the darkness." - Bono
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The first Shine Like Stars snippet of the tour in With Or Without You! Better late than never! #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019 #U2Mumbai
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Released 44 years ago today: Boy. U2's debut album. What is the song from this album that you listen to the most?
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18 years ago today U2 opened the Vertigo Tour in San Diego 🇺🇸. Which U2 shows did you see in 2005?
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Celebrating his 59th birthday today: THE EDGE! 🎉. Join us in wishing our favourite guitarist the best of birthdays, staying safe and healthy. Until soon!
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Released today in 2009: No Line On The Horizon. How does this album rank against other U2 albums? 👇
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"My only advice to my son, who has set out on a path to make music, is: don’t listen to your dad. And he’s taking that advice! He is mildly asthmatic and he’s called his band Inhaler. Need I say more!" - Bono on Inhaler, 2019
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Today we celebrate the 27th anniversary of Achtung Baby, an album highlighted near the end of the E&I tour. Will we ever see an Achtung Baby anniversary tour?
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Bono and Edge played at a beach house in Cape Cod today, performing for 200 radio contest winners. They played Vertigo, Stuck, Every Breaking Wave, Summer Of Love (live debut!), Love Is Bigger & One. Video via bboydave55.
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20 years ago today in 2001, U2 played Slane Castle for the first time since 1981. The start of two historic shows, with the first performance of A Sort Of Homecoming since 27 June 1987. Who was there for one of these shows and what do you remember? 👇
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Released 30 years ago today: Zooropa. One of U2's more experimental albums. Learn all about the meaning behind the songs and album: What is your favorite song?
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Celebrating its 21st anniversary today: All That You Can't Leave Behind 💼. Your favorite and least-favorite tune? 👇
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Or how about a performance in an elevator? They can do it anywhere. Only one band member doesn't seem to like these things 🤣
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Released today in 1994: The Zoo TV concert film live from Sydney, released in Europe and Australia. What is your favourite performance on this film? 🤤
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Released on single 27 years ago today in 1995: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me. 🎸. What's your favorite U2 song title?
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43 years ago today students of Trinity College witnessed a free outdoor concert of this band called U2 during their lunchbreak. Little did they know what this band turned out to become! 🚀
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"People say, 'Why don't you do interviews? What do you think about this or that?' My job in the band is to play drums, to get up on stage and hold the band together. That's what I do. At the end of the day that's all that's important. Everything else is irrelevant." - Larry
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Released today in 1997, one of U2's most underrated albums: POP! Where does this album rank in your list favourite U2 albums?
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For the first time in 38 years, U2 played SECONDS live on stage. Along with Two Hearts Beat As One and Sunday Bloody Sunday as a War mini-set. Your favorite of the 3?.
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Hewson family Christmas! 🎄.Merry Christmas from Bono himself! 🥰. Video via Emma Hewson.
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Released today in 2000, 19 years ago already: All That You Can't Leave Behind. What is your favourite track?
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It’s 6am showday and a few hundred fans lined up for General Admission. 🌐 . Are you ready?. #U2UVSphere
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Can we please take a second to appreciate these huge goosebumps that shake all over our body when Edge starts playing the Streets' riff? . Welcome to The Joshua Tree. #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019. 📸: Phil Walter
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Released today in 1988: U2's Rattle and Hum! 🎸. Which R&H song deserves a place on U2's 2019 tour?
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Released 35 years ago today: The Unforgettable Fire. With classics such as Pride and Bad. How does this album rank for you compared to other U2 albums? Top 3? 🤔
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This is probably the last time Larry Mullen Jr. waves to the camera with a concert-featured t-shirt. Wow!. MUMBAI. INDIA. 15.12.19. #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019 #U2Mumbai
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27 years ago the Popmart tour kicked off in Las Vegas 🔮 . What was your first impression of the stage?
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Bono confirmed that the band is going to Vegas to play the MSG Sphere. "It’s nothing like Las Vegas has ever seen before. This will be really extraordinary". "I’m interested in Las Vegas for all kinds of reasons, even going back to The Fly".
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Released 22 years ago today: POP! Lets say U2 would still be touring in 2027, would you be in favour of a Pop anniversary tour?
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Released today in 1987, The Joshua Tree 👏.Your favorite memory of the anniversary tour?. "We thought: let's actually write songs. We wanted the record to be less vague, open-ended, atmospheric and impressionistic. To make it more straightforward, focused and concise" - The Edge
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Celebrating its 41st birthday today: BOY! U2's debut album. "It's one of the best debut albums of all time, I think." - Bono. Would you agree? 🎸
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37 years old today: The Unforgettable Fire! Which song is most underrated from this beautiful album? 💞
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Happy birthday to the one and only THE EDGE! One of the greatest guitar players of all time. The genius of the group, the magician of the band. The one who is always thinking about and working on new music. Have a great day!
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Celebrating his 61st birthday today, the jazzman: Adam!. Join us in wishing him the best of birthdays 💞
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Some quick photos of MacPhisto, Shadow Man, Larry with his new hair and Adam with a longer than usual haircut! 🥰 .Photos taken by Remy/U2start in Auckland tonight. #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019
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Happy U2 day! The biggest rock and roll band of the north side of Dublin celebrates their 42nd anniversary. What a career, blessed we are as fans.
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"We're leaving your country now and. we don't know when we'll be back together. So thank you,thank your for being so supportive with our band for all of these years. This is One.". The last Australian show of the #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019 comes to an end in Perth's Oval. 📸: Remy
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24 years ago today U2 released. POP! 🔮. "The sequencing of songs on Pop make you get the feeling like it's gonna be a party record after the first 3 songs. Then it will turn mean on you." - Bono, 1997
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U2Com’s subscriber gift of 2021 is U2’s show live from at Apollo as performed and broadcasted in 2018. The gift will be an audio CD. Like 👍🏻 or prefered something else? 👀
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One year ago today U2 opened the Sphere and blew our minds with an audiovisual spectacle not seen before. What is your favorite memory?
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"My position is that I write songs, I'm in a band and I just hope that when it's all over for U2, that in some way we made the light a bit brighter. Maybe just tear off a corner of the darkness." - Bono
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26 years ago today U2 kicked off the Popmart tour in Las Vegas. Which shows did you attend on that tour?. 📸 taken in Vegas by Paul Bergen
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2 years ago today: Where The Streets Have No Name in Croke Park, Dublin. And then out of nowhere, these planes fly over to make the moment even more magical. Nothing like a homecoming show! 😍
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Full multicam video of the opening night in the Sphere: . What’s your favorite part?.
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"We want you to know that once we put another record together we would tour again. It won’t be next year but probably the year after. I think it’ll be a worldwide tour and we’ll we’ll go everywhere that we can." - Adam, November 2023
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Released 13 years ago today: No Line On The Horizon. Favorite track? 👇
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It's U2 day! Today in 1976, already 43 years ago, U2 had their first gathering in Larry's kitchen after Larry posted a notice on the Mount Temple school notice board in search of musicians. Celebrate U2 today and be thankful that they are still around 💞. 📸 by Terry ONeill.
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Released 31 years ago today: One. Which version do you prefer: Songs of Surrender or the original one?
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U2's debut album celebrates its 39th anniversary today!. "It's one of the best debut albums of all time, I think." - Bono. Best song? 💞
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The 12 minutes at Live Aid that made U2's career. This EPIC performance of Bad celebrates its 34th anniversary today. 🔥
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"My position is that I write songs, I'm in a band and I just hope that when it's all over for U2, that in some way we made the light a bit brighter. Maybe just tear off a corner of the darkness." - Bono
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Released 22 years ago today: the best of 1980-1990! What is your top 3 of U2 songs from the 1980s? 🎉
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Released 26 years ago today: Discotheque 🔮. "Discotheque, it's kind of nearly great. It's that close." - Bono, 2022. What is your opinion?
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"We are currently writing new material and doing some initial recording and hope we will tour at some point in 2026. I don’t think it will be what we normally do. I would hope it would be something different. But I’m excited to get back in some capacity." - Larry, December 2024
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Released 29 years ago today in 1993: Zooropa!. "That's what I want the album to be. Legal drugs! Why else buy an album these days?". Do you own a copy of this album?
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It's U2 day! Today, 25 September, U2 celebrates its 45th anniversary. Founded in 1976 in Larry's kitchen, and still going strong. Who do you want to wish a happy U2 day?! 👇.
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Happy birthday U2! 44 years 😍. It was today in 1976 that the first meeting of the band that would become U2 is held in Larry's kitchen. In honour of U2's 40th birthday we created a slideshow with 40 years of band photos, from 1976 to 40 years later 👇
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The band visited One Tree Hill today to pay tribute to Greg Carroll. #TheJoshuaTreeTour2019
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"The first song on The Unforgettable Fire, 'A Sort of Homecoming', I know backward and forward -- it's so rousing, brilliant and beautiful. It's one of the first songs I played to my unborn baby." - Chris Martin, 2004. Would you agree? One of U2's most brilliant songs? 💞
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"He's the perfect rock and roll baby. He sleeps blissfully all day and roars all night. Ali is a saint; I try to do my bit, but I don't have the right breasts." - Bono on Elijah, born today in 1999 🎉
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40 years old today and still young: U2's Boy! 🎉. What is your favourite track? . A special limited edition release on white vinyl will be released next month for Black Friday and Record Store Day UK 😍
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