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| 1960 | 1961 | 1974 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
| 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000


 

1960

Mar.13 - Adam Clayton was born
May 10 - Paul Hewson was born
 

1961

Aug.8 - Dave Evans born in London, England
Oct.31 - Larry Mullen Jr. born
 

1974

Autumn - "Feedback" plays first gig at Mount Temple
 

1978

Mar.20 - "The Hype" change their name to U2
May 25 - Paul McGuinness watches U2 perform for the first time and decides to manage them
 

1979

Sept. - U2-3 EP is released in Ireland on CBS Records
 

1980

March - U2 sign to Island Records
Oct.20 - debut album 'BOY' is released in Ireland and UK
Dec.6 - U2 play USA for first time at The Ritz in New York City
Dec.9 - U2 play Canada (woohoo!!) for the first time at El Mocambo in Toronto, Ontario
 
 
 

1981

Mar.3 - 'BOY' is released in the USA
Oct.12 - U2's second album 'OCTOBER' is released
 

1982

Aug.21 - Bono marries Ali Stewart in Dublin
 

1983

Feb.28 - 3rd album 'WAR' is released
Mar.31 - U2 perform "Two Hearts Beat As One" on Top of The Pops
June 5 - U2 record 'UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY' at Red Rocks in Denver, CO
July - Edge marries Aislinn O'Sullivan 
Nov. - 'UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY' is released
Dec. - U2 voted "Band of The Year" in Rolling Stone writer's poll
 

1984

Aug.1 - U2 establish Mother Records
Oct.1 - 'UNFORGETTABLE FIRE' is released
 

1985

May - 'WIDE AWAKE IN AMERICA' is released
July 13 - U2 play Live Aid with a set that included a 10 minute version of "Bad"
 

1986

Aug.1 - recording sessions for 'JOSHUA TREE' begin
 

1987

Mar.9 - 'JOSHUA TREE' is released
Mar.27 - U2 perform on top of liquor store in Los Angeles to film video for "Where The Streets Have No Name"
Apr.2 - Joshua Tree Tour begins in Tempe, AZ
Apr.27 - U2 appear on the cover of Time Magazine, making them the 3rd ever band to do so, and the others were The Beatles and The Who
Oct. - "Dalton Brothers" were born. U2 were the opening act for their own concert under a false name
Nov.11 - U2 play free show "Save The Yuppies" in San Francisco, and Bono spray paints "Rock & Roll Stops The Traffic" on a fountain, nearly getting himself fined- all charges ended up being dropped
 

1988

Feb. - U2 begin to record the 'RATTLE & HUM' movie, directed by Phil Joanou
Mar.2 - U2 win Grammy's for "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", and for Album of The Year for Joshua Tree
Oct.10 - 'RATTLE & HUM' the album is released
Oct.27 - World premiere of 'RATTLE & HUM - THE MOVIE' in Dublin, Ireland
 

1989

Aug.6 - Adam Clayton arrested in Dublin for drug possession
Sept.21 - 'Lovetown Tour' kicks off in Australia
Dec.31 - U2 play Dublin's Point Depot where Bono makes his famous "we're going to go away and dream it all up again" statement; the show is broadcast to over 300 million listeners worldwide

1990

1991

Nov.18 - the release of the 7th album 'ACHTUNG BABY'
 

1992

Feb.29 - ZOO TV Tour kicks off in Florida
Aug.28 - during an interview in New York City, Bill Clinton contacts U2 live on air
Oct. - release of 'ACHTUNG BABY' video
 

1993

July 5 - 'ZOOROPA' album is released
Aug.11 - Salmon Rushdie joins U2 onstage in London's Wembley Stadium
Sept.3 - Edge performs "Numb" solo at MTV Music Awards in Los Angeles
 

1994

Mar. - 'ZOOROPA' wins Grammy for "Best Alternative Album"
Apr.5 - 'Live in Sydney' video is released
 

1995

June 1 - U2 release "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" single for the movie Batman Forever
Sept.12 - Bono, Edge, and Brian Eno sing "Miss Sarajevo" for the first time at the Pavarotti & Friends concert in Modena, Italy
Nov.6 - 'PASSENGERS: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS 1' is released
 

1996

May 1 - Adam and Larry release their version of "Mission Impossible" single for the movie of the same name

1997

1998

1999

2000
 
 

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