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
THIS DESPERATELY NEEDS UPDATING, I APOLOGIZE!!
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