Tom's Zoo Station

Welcome to Tom's U2 Tribute Site

My way of thanking the greatest band ever...

'Sweetest Thing' video shoot!

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U2 Time Line

1960

    13 March - Adam Clayton is born in Chinnor, Oxfordshire. (MY B'DAY TOO!)
    6 May - U2 spy plane shot down in the Soviet Union.
    10 May - Paul Hewson (Bono) born in Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1961    8 August - Dave Evans (Edge)born in Barking Maternity Hospital, east London
    31 October - Larry Mullen Jr. born in Artane, Dublin 1972    30 January - 13 Catholic demonstrators killed by British paratroopers at civil rights march in Derry ("Bloody Sunday") 1974    Autumn - Feedback play debut gig; later change name to "The Hype". 1978    20 March - The Hype changes their name to "U2" and Dick Evans leaves the band. 1980    23 March - U2 sign with Island Records.
    23 May - "11 O'Clock Tick Tock", U2's first release for Island, is released in Ireland & the UK.
    20 October - U2's debut album, Boy, is released in Ireland and the UK; it peaked at No. 52 in British charts.
    6 December - U2 play their American debut at The Ritz in New York. 1981    3 March - Boy released in America
    12 October - U2's second album, October, is released; enters British charts at No. 11. 1982    21 August - Bono marries Alison Stewart in Raheny, Dublin. 1983    28 February - Their third album, War, is released and hits No. 1 in the UK.
    July - The Edge marries Aislinn O'Sullivan.
    November - The mini album Under a Blood Red Sky is released.
    December - U2 is voted "Band of the Year" in the Rolling Stone writer's poll. 1984    1 October - The Unforgettable Fire is released world-wide.
    20 December - In Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of 1984 survey, Under a Blood Red Sky ranks 48th, War is 56th, and The Unforgettable Fire comes in as 68th. 1985    May - Wide Awake in America is released.
    19 December - Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of 1985, The Unforgettable Fire comes in as 54th and Wide Awake In America takes 59th. 1986    27 February - In Rolling Stone's Music Awards, among the Reader's Picks as Band of the Year was U2, Best Songwriter was Bono, Best Live Performance was U2, Bono again competed for best Male Singer, while Adam Clayton ran for best Bass Player. Fellow bantam The Edge was up for best Guitarist, and Larry Mullen Jr., unsurprisingly, was up for best Drummer. In the Critics' Picks, the Band of the Year was U2. 1987    9 March - The Joshua Tree is released and goes quickly to No.1 world-wide.
    27 March - U2 perform an impromptu gig on the roof of a liquor store in Los Angeles to film the video for "Where the Streets Have No Name".
    27 April - U2 become the third rock band to appear on the cover of Time magazine.
    May - Sales of The Joshua Tree pass seven million.
    17-31 December - U2 makes another appearance in the Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums list for 1987 with The Joshua Tree coming in at number three. 1988    February - U2 move to Los Angeles to work with Phil Joanou on the Rattle and Hum documentary.
    2 March - U2 win "Best Vocal of the Year" for "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and "Album of the Year" for The Joshua Tree at the Grammy Awards.
    10 October - Rattle and Hum album is released. That same month the documentary is released. 1990    20 June - Bono joins David Bowie on stage at a gig in Cleveland, Ohio. 1991    18 November - U2's seventh album, Achtung Baby, is released to widespread critical acclaim. 1992    29 February - The Zoo TV tour kicks off with a gig at the Lakeland Arena in Florida.
    27 March - Bono orders 10,000 pizzas for the audience at a gig in Detroit; Speedy Pizzas eventually manage to deliver 100. 1993    20 January - Larry and Adam team up with REM's Michael Stipe in Washington for a performance of "One" at the MTV 1993 Rock and Roll Inaugural Ball for newly elected American President Bill Clinton.
    5 July - The Zooropa album is released world-wide.
    3 September - The Edge makes his first ever solo appearance at the MTV Awards in Los Angeles where he performs "Numb" in front of a mini version of the ZooTV set.
    November - Bono records the vocal for his duet with Frank Sinatra "I've Got You Under My Skin" in Dublin. 1994    March - Zooropa wins "Best Alternative Album" award at the Grammy's. 1995    1 June - U2 release "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, a track featured in the Batman Forever soundtrack.
    6 November - Passengers' Original Soundtrack 1 is released world-wide. On the same day, Tina Turner releases "Goldeneye"-the theme to the new 007 movie, written by Bono and the Edge-on Capitol Records. 1996    January - Adam and Larry release their version of the Mission Impossible theme track. It goes Top 10 in the US, the UK, and numerous other territories. 1997    4 March - U2 release their long awaited album 'Pop' 1998    3 November - U2 release 'The Best of 1980-1990'

The New Album

Boy October War Under a Blood Red Sky The Unforgettable Fire Wide Awake in America The Joshua Tree
Rattle and Hum Achtung Baby Zooropa Passengers' Original Soundtrack Pop

'The Best of 1980-1990'
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