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 Three, the group's debut release, was an Ireland-only EP issued in September 1979. [([[http://www.musicomania.ca/u2/biography.htm|Musicomania]])] Three, the group's debut release, was an Ireland-only EP issued in September 1979. [([[http://www.musicomania.ca/u2/biography.htm|Musicomania]])]
  
 +===== First Tours Outside Of Ireland =====
  
 +During one of U2's first tours outside of Ireland, they played a show at Islington's Hope and Anchor to a crowd of only nine people. [([[https://www.u2songs.com/news/december_1979_u2_take_on_london|U2songs]])]
 +
 +===== Global TV Audience =====
 +
 +U2's performance in front of 72,000 supporters in the stadium in front of a global television audience of two billion people was a watershed moment in the band's history. [([[https://www.radioswisspop.ch/en/music-database/band/2364535e942fe055136a5564f0d396d52abf2d/biography|Radio Swiss Pop]])]
 +
 +===== Previous Names =====
 +
 +U2 used to be known as Feedback, and then as The Hype.[([[https://quizzclub.com/trivia/which-band-originally-known-as-feedback-in-1976-and-then-the-hype-in-1977-has-become-one-of-the-most-successful-rock-bands/answer/345734/|Quizzclub]])]
 +
 +===== 1990 Fifa =====
 +
 +In time for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. co-wrote and produced "Put 'Em Under Pressure," a song for the Republic of Ireland national football team that topped the Irish charts. [([[https://media.fandom.com/wiki/U2|Media]])]
 +
 +===== EDUN =====
 +
 +Bono and his wife, Ali, launch the EDUN apparel line in 2005. [([[https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/bono-and-ali-hewson-s-green-fashion-brand-edun-stays-in-red-1.3244597|Irish Times]])]
 +
 +===== Joshua Tree =====
 +
 +The Joshua Tree became the fastest-selling album in British chart history, and it topped the Billboard 200 for nine weeks in a row in the United States. [([[https://www.u2.com/news/title/the_joshua_tree_becomes_the_fastest_selling_record_in_uk_history_1188/albums_nineties/|U2]])]
 +
 +===== Time Magazine =====
 +
 +U2 became only the fourth rock band to appear on the cover of Time magazine in 1987. (following The Beatles, The Band and The Who). [([[https://www.u2.com/band|U2]])]
 +
 +===== The Edge =====
 +
 +The Edge has also collaborated with Johnny Cash, B. B. King, Tina Turner, Ronnie Wood, Jah Wobble, Jay-Z, and Rihanna, among others.  [([[https://www.celebsagewiki.com/the-edge|celebsagewiki]])]
 +
 +{{tag>music celebrities people}}
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