U2

U2
U2
	U2 2009 i Gelsenkirchen, Tyskland
Information
Oprindelse	Dublin, Irland
Genre	Alternativ rock, Post punk, Rock
Aktive år	1976–nutiden
Pladeselskab	Island Records (1979-2004) ; Interscope Records (1997-nutiden), Mercury Records (2006-nutiden)
Associeret med	The Dalton Brothers, Automatic Baby, Passengers
Medlemmer	Bono; The Edge; Adam Clayton; Larry Mullen Jr.
Tidligere medlemmer	Dick Evans
Eksterne henvisninger
	www.u2.com

Denne artikel omhandler rockbandet U2. Opslagsordet har også en anden betydning, se U2 (flertydig).

U2 er en irsk rockgruppe fra Dublin, der blev dannet i 1976 under navnet "Feedback". I 1977 ændredes navnet til "The Hype" og i 1978 til U2. Bandet består af:

Bono (Paul David Hewson) som forsanger og som nogle gange spiller på guitar, bl.a. i U2's sang One. Bono er meget politisk engageret, og det har præget bandet.

The Edge (David Howell Evans) er bandets guitarrist, men han spiller ofte også på klaver. Derudover synger han også tit med på sangene.

Adam Clayton er bandets bassist og spiller guitar i sangen "40", hvor Edge og Adam bytter roller.

Larry Mullen Jr. spiller på trommer. Han var med til at starte bandet, da han søgte medlemmer til et band, The Larry Mullen Band, som nu er U2. Han har sunget med på en sang, "Numb", hvor Edge er forsanger, og Bono og Larry synger kor.

I september 2014 udgav U2 i samarbejde med Apple albummet "Songs of Innocence", som alle brugere af musikprogrammet iTunes fik gratis^[1]. I første omgang kunne albummet ikke slettes fra brugernes musikbibliotek igen, men efter mange henvendelser gav Apple efter og gjorde det muligt at fjerne det^[2].

Gruppen er politisk engageret i bl.a. menneskerettighedsemner og har spillet til "Live Aid", og "Stop Sellafield Concert".

Flere af U2s sange er religiøst prægede, og sangene er blevet brugt til gudstjenester i den danske folkekirke.^[3].

Diskografi

Uddybende artikel: U2's diskografi

Boy, 1980
October, 1981
War, 1983, 2008
Under a Blood Red Sky, 1983, live
The Unforgettable Fire, 1984
Wide Awake in America, 1985, live/EP
The Joshua Tree, 1987 – produceret af Daniel Lanois og Brian Eno
Rattle and Hum, 1988
Achtung Baby, 1991 – produceret af Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno og Flood
Zooropa, 1993 – produceret af Brian Eno, The Edge og Flood
The Passengers – Original Soundtracks 1, 1995 – Et Brian Eno projekt hvor U2 medvirker i en meget stor del
Pop, 1997 – produceret af Flood, Steve Osborne og Howie B
The Best of 1980-1990, 1998
The Million Dollar Hotel, 2000, soundtrack til Wim Wenders' film efter en idé af Bono
All That You Can't Leave Behind, 2000
The Best of 1990-2000, 2002
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, 2004
U218 Singles, 2006
No Line on the Horizon, 2009
Songs of Innocence, 2014
Songs of Experience, 2017
Songs of Surrender, 2023

Tourneer

1970 – 1980

The Early Days (1976 – 1979)
1. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (UK / IE)

1980 – 1990

Boy Tour (1980 – 1981)
1. North America / Europe
October Tour (1981 – 1982)
1. America
European Dates + Festivals (1982)
Pre-War (1982)
War Tour (1983)
1. North America / European Festivals / Japan
Under Australian Skie / Australia + New Zealand (1984)
The Unforgettable Fire Tour (1984 – 1985)
1. North America
Festival tour (1986)
A Conspiracy of Home Amnesty International's A Conspiracy of Hope (1986)
The Joshua Tree Tour (1987)
1. North America
Love Comes to Town / LoveTown tour (1988 – 1990)
1. Europe

1990 – 2000

ZOOTV tour (1992 – 1993)
1. ZOOmerang: New ZOOland / Australasia / New Zealand tour
PopMart tour (1997 – 1998)
1. South America / South Africa / Australia

2000 – 2010

A.T.Y.C.L.B. – Promo tour (2000)
Elevation tour (2001)
1. North America
H.T.D.A.A.B. – Promo tour (2004)
Vertigo Tour (2005 – 2006)
1. World
N.L.O.T.H. – Promo tour (2009)
U2360^_o (2009 – 2011)
1. North America

2017

The Joshua Tree Tour 2017
1. North America
2. South America
3. Europe

Koncerter i Danmark

Roskilde Festival, 2. juli 1982
Falkoner Teatret, 14. december 1982
Gentofte Stadion, 27. juli 1993
Parken, København, 4. august 1997
Forum, København, 6. juli 2001
Forum, København, 7. juli 2001
Parken, København, 31. juli 2005
Casa Arena Horsens, Horsens, 15. august 2010
Casa Arena Horsens, Horsens, 16. august 2010
Royal Arena, København, 27. september 2018

Bøger

McCormick, Neil (2006). U2 om U2. Ekstra Bladets Forlag. ISBN 87-7731-208-2.
Fallon,B. P. (1994). U2 - faraway so close. Politisk revy. ISBN 87-7378-128-2.
Assayas, Michka (2006). BONO - I samtale med Michka Assayas. Scandinavia. ISBN 87-7247-956-6. (Handler primært om Bono, men også en del om U2)

Kampagnearbejde

Nogle menneskerettighedssager som U2 støtter:

Amnesty International
Greenpeace
africanwellfund.org
DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa)
Chernobyl Children's Project

Noter

^ Apple giver gratis U2-album til alle fans - Politiken.dk
^ Apple giver efter: Nu kan du fjerne U2-musik fra din mobil - Politiken.dk
^ "U2gudstjeneste i Herning Kirke og snart i Viborg Domkirke". Arkiveret fra originalen 8. marts 2010. Hentet 12. oktober 2009.

Eksterne henvisninger

Officielt Websted (engelsk)
U2 Danmark Arkiveret 8. maj 2009 hos Wayback Machine (Største danske U2 website)

[1] Apple giver gratis U2-album til alle fans - Politiken.dk

[2] Apple giver efter: Nu kan du fjerne U2-musik fra din mobil - Politiken.dk

[3] "U2gudstjeneste i Herning Kirke og snart i Viborg Domkirke". Arkiveret fra originalen 8. marts 2010. Hentet 12. oktober 2009.

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v d r U2
Bono The Edge Adam Clayton Larry Mullen Jr. Dik Evans Ivan McCormick
Studiealbum	Boy October War The Unforgettable Fire The Joshua Tree Rattle and Hum Achtung Baby Zooropa Pop All That You Can't Leave Behind How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb No Line on the Horizon Songs of Innocence Songs of Experience Songs of Surrender
Opsamlingsalbum og EP'er	Three Wide Awake in America Please: PopHeart Live EP The Best of 1980–1990 7 The Best of 1990–2000 Exclusive The Complete U2 Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge U218 Singles Wide Awake in Europe
Livealbums, fanklub udgivelser og andre albums	Under a Blood Red Sky Melon: Remixes for Propaganda Original Soundtracks 1 Hasta la Vista Baby! U2 Live from Mexico City Live from the Point Depot U2.Communication Zoo TV Live U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland Live from Paris Medium, Rare & Remastered Artificial Horizon Duals U22 From the Ground Up: Edge's Picks from U2360°
Singler	"Out of Control" "Another Day" "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" "A Day Without Me" "I Will Follow" "Fire" "Gloria" "A Celebration" "I Will Follow" "New Year's Day" "Two Hearts Beat as One" "Sunday Bloody Sunday" "Pride (In the Name of Love)" "The Unforgettable Fire" "With or Without You" "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" "Where the Streets Have No Name" "In God's Country" "One Tree Hill" "Desire" "Angel of Harlem" "When Love Comes to Town" "All I Want Is You" "The Fly" "Mysterious Ways" "One" "Even Better Than the Real Thing" "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" "Numb" "Lemon" "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" "Miss Sarajevo" (ft. Luciano Pavarotti) "Discothèque" "Staring at the Sun" "Last Night on Earth" "Please" "If God Will Send His Angels" "Mofo" "Sweetest Thing" "Beautiful Day" "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" "Elevation" "Walk On" "Electrical Storm" "Take Me to the Clouds Above" "Vertigo" "All Because of You" "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" "City of Blinding Lights" "The Saints Are Coming" (ft. Green Day) "Window in the Skies" "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" "Get On Your Boots" "Magnificent" "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" "Ordinary Love" "Invisible" "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)" "Every Breaking Wave" "Song for Someone" "You're the Best Thing About Me" "Get Out of Your Own Way" "Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way" "Your Song Saved My Life" "Atomic City"
Andre sange	"An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart" "The Electric Co." "October" "Seconds" "Red Light" "A Sort of Homecoming" "4th of July" "Bad" "Elvis Presley and America" "MLK" "Bullet the Blue Sky" "Running to Stand Still" "Red Hill Mining Town" "Trip Through Your Wires" "Exit" "Mothers of the Disappeared" "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" "Hawkmoon 269" "Heartland" "God Part II" "Night and Day" "Zoo Station" "Until the End of the World" "So Cruel" "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World" "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" "Acrobat" "Love Is Blindness" "Zooropa" "Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car" "Dirty Day" "The Wanderer" "Slug" "Your Blue Room" "Gone" "Kite" "In a Little While" "Wild Honey" "Peace on Earth" "When I Look at the World" "New York" "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" "The Hands That Built America" "Miracle Drug" "A Man and a Woman" "One Step Closer" "Original of the Species" "Yahweh" "Instant Karma!" "No Line on the Horizon" "Moment of Surrender" "Unknown Caller" "Stand Up Comedy" "Fez – Being Born" "White as Snow" "Breathe" "Cedars of Lebanon" "Winter" "XXX"
Videoalbums og film	U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky The Unforgettable Fire Collection Rattle and Hum Zoo TV: Live from Sydney PopMart: Live from Mexico City Elevation 2001: Live from Boston U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago Vertigo 05: Live from Milan U218 Videos Live from Paris U2 3D Linear U2360° at the Rose Bowl From the Sky Down Innocence + Experience: Live in Paris
Turnéer	October Tour War Tour The Unforgettable Fire Tour Live Aid A Conspiracy of Hope The Joshua Tree Tour Vaillancourt Fountain concert Lovetown Tour Zoo TV Tour PopMart Tour concert in Sarajevo Elevation Tour Super Bowl XXXVI halftime show Vertigo Tour U2 360° Tour Innocence + Experience Tour The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Experience + Innocence Tour The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere
Realterede artikler	Priser og nomineringer Diskografi Sange Coverversioner The Million Dollar Hotel Mother Records AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered U2 by U2 U2 Tower Paul McGuinness Guy Oseary Bram van den Berg

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