My Favourite Rock Band U2

Artificial Horizon is a compilation album of remixed tracks by rock band U2. It was released exclusively to subscribing members of U2.com, replacing Medium, Rare & Remastered. The remix CD is of a similar vein to the band's 1995 release Melon: Remixes for Propaganda, which was also released exclusively to fans.A triple-vinyl edition was released to the general public until 14 May 2010; this version included an MP3 for the Snow Patrol remix of the song "Unknown Caller"

The Saints Are Coming" was the third single by the Scottish punk rock band, Skids, featured on their 1978 debut album, Scared to Dance. The song was covered in 2006 by Green Day and U2 and in 2008 bhe song's lyrics about storms and drowning came back to light after the events of Hurricane Katrina. In September 2006, it was announced that Green Day and U2 were to record a cover version of the song for charitable purposesy Von Thronstahl.The single earned a Grammy nomination for "Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group". Billie Joe also performed the song with U2 in Hawaii at the end of the Vertigo Tour

With or Without You" is a song by rock band U2. The third track from their 1987 album, The Joshua Tree, it was released as the album's first single on 21 March 1987. The song was the group's most successful single at the time, becoming their first number-one hit in the United States by topping the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks.

"With or Without You" features sustained guitar parts played by guitarist The Edge with a prototype of the Infinite Guitar, along with impassioned vocals by lead singer Bono and a driving bassline by bassist Adam Clayton. The song originated from a demo recorded in late 1985 that the group continued to work on throughout The Joshua Tree sessions. Ostensibly a troubled love song, the track's lyrics were inspired by Bono's conflicting feelings about the lives he led as a musician and domesticated man.

Critics praised the song upon its release. It is frequently performed on the band's tours, and it has appeared on a number of their compilation albums and concert films. "With or Without You" is U2's second most frequently covered song.[1] In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed the song at number 131 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

Bono shows up on another fashion magazine cover next month. It’s the May 2010 issue of French Vogue, and this time he’s on the cover with actress Penelope Cruz. The magazine turned over guest editing duties to Cruz for May, and she produced three different covers — all promoting Product (RED).

The magazine apparently credits two photographers for this cover, which some of the fashion blogs say is an indication that the cover is Photoshopped. (Yes, in the name of investigative reporting, I actually spent time reading fashion blogs tonight. All for you, folks. All for you.)

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U2 3D is a 2008 3-D concert film featuring Irish rock band U2 performing in Latin America during the Vertigo Tour in 2006. A total of 14 songs are featured in the film, including new songs taken from the Vertigo Tour's supporting album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. The film consists almost entirely of concert footage, with political statements addressed during several songs. Following the 1988 rockumentary, Rattle and Hum, U2 3D became the band's second feature film, and it was praised over its predecessor. The film also became the first ever live-action digital 3-D film, and created many other "firsts" in the history of cinema.

The project was created to experiment with a new type of 3-D film technology, pioneered by 3ality Digital in 2003. After proposing to film American football games in 3-D, 3ality Digital decided to create a concert film, selecting U2 as their subject. The band was quite hesitant at first to accept, but eventually decided to make the film mainly as a technological experiment rather than as a means to make profit. Latin America was chosen as the location to shoot the film, with seven concerts shot at various venues, and an additional two concerts shot in Australia. The film's complex setup involved shooting with up to 18 3-D cameras at one time, and capturing the footage digitally.

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States. To date, U2 are tied with Stevie Wonder in having won the most Grammy Awards of any artist of contemporary music with a total of 22 awards. They have won Best Performance by a Rock Duo or Group seven times, while winning Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Rock Album all twice.

1988 Album of the Year The Joshua Tree
Best Performance by Rock Duo or Group with Vocal The Joshua Tree
1989 Best Performance by Rock Duo or Group with Vocal "Desire"
Best Performance Music Video "Where the Streets Have No Name"
1993 Best Performance by Rock Duo or Group with Vocal Achtung Baby
1994 Best Alternative Music Album Zooropa
1995 Best Long Form Music Video Zoo TV: Live from Sydney
2001 Best Performance by Rock Duo or Group with Vocal "Beautiful Day"
Song of the Year
Record of the Year
2002 Best Rock Album All That You Can't Leave Behind
Best Performance by Rock Duo or Group with Vocal "Elevation"
Best Pop Duo or Group with Vocal "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
Record of the Year "Walk On"
2005 Best Short Form Music Video "Vertigo"
Best Rock Song
Best Performance by Rock Duo or Group with Vocal
2006 Album of the Year How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Song of the Year "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
Best Performance by Rock Duo or Group with Vocal
Best Rock Song "City of Blinding Lights"
Best Rock Album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

Social and political commentary, often embellished with Christian religious and spiritual imagery,are a major aspect of U2's lyrical content. Songs such as "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Silver and Gold", and "Mothers of the Disappeared" were motivated by current events of the time. The former was written about the troubles in Northern Ireland,while the latter concerns the struggle of mothers whose children were kidnapped and killed under Argentina's military dictatorship that began in 1976.

Bono's personal conflicts and turmoil inspired family colour songs like "Mofo", "Tomorrow" and "Kite". An emotional yearning or pleading frequently appears as a lyrical theme,in tracks such as "Yahweh"Peace on Earth", and "Please". Much of U2's songwriting and music is also motivated by contemplations of loss and anguish, coupled with hopefulness and resiliency, themes that are central to The Joshua Tree.Some of these lyrical ideas have been amplified by Bono and the band's personal experiences during their youth in Ireland, as well as Bono's campaigning and activism later in his life. U2 have used tours such as Zoo TV and PopMart to caricature social trends, such as media overload and consumerism, respectively

While the band and its fans often affirm the political nature of their music, U2's lyrics and music have been criticised as apolitical because of their vagueness and "fuzzy imagery", and a lack of any specific references to actual people or characters.