They made almost two times more as the second man on the list, Bruce Springsteen. The Irish band in year 2009,  made more than $108 millions and that is a huge year for them. Not only they made in top list , they also made deal with a  live entertainment company , Live Nation. They gaved them a great money share from touring, also good merchandising and Web site U2.com from group’s. Money camed from songwriting stayed at home, as some memebers contribute, the irish band doesn’t have to work a lot outside.

Springsteen, made  $57 million and more, Bruce has been followed by Madonna ($47 million) in top five , AC/DC  and Britney Spears .

Here is top 10 for 2009.

1. U2 – $108,601,283
2. Bruce Springsteen – $57,619,037
3. Madonna – $47,237,774
4. AC/DC – $43,650,466
5. Britney Spears – $38,885,267
6. Pink – $36,347,658
7. Jonas Brothers – $33,596,576
8. Coldplay – $27,326,562
9. Kenny Chesney – $26,581,141
10. Metallica – $25,564,324

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With the release of the album the band was propelled from the stature of heroes to superstars. The album was one of the best selling albums of that time having sold over 25 million copies worldwide.

Why the album “The Joshua Tree” came about?
After the album The Unforgettable fire was released the band was hit with a stark realization that they had no sort of tradition in the way they played and put forth their songs to the public. It was at this time that they started experimenting with the blues, folk rock and gospel music. Time spent with fellow Irish bands encouraged the band to try out the new music implementing American folk music.

Recording, production and some of their best singles
The recording was carried out from June to November 1986 at windmill lane studios in Dublin. Though the band interrupted their album sessions in the year 1986 to join AI tour they found out that they had not made a bad choice as the tour helped them to work on their music and bring it out in a stronger way. On their travels they saw the hand of distress in the way of life of the peasants in Central America.

The interference of the US army in the affairs of Salvador angered some of the members and was the base of the song “BULLET THE SKY”. The song “Mothers of the Disappeared” was a tribute to the mothers of those people who had opposed the hand of the videla and the galteiri coup d’?tat that overtook the Argentinean Govt. in 1976.
The album though it criticizes the US in a subtle way it also praises the country for its vast and beautiful landscape. The music of the band for this album was basically based on the vast open areas and countryside that stood for freedom. The album was inspired more by the country’s scenery that by its people.
Where the streets have no name this song was conceived by guitarist The Edge. It told about how one could determine the income of a person on the basis of his religion and the place where he lived in Belfast.  The recordings continued till November 1986.

Release:
The album was released on 9th march 1987. The album photo which was a Joshua tree was taken by a Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn in the Death Valley in California. The main theme behind the photo was: man and environment, the Irish in America.
The album The Joshua Tree won for U2 their first two awards when it was named as the “album of the year” and “the best rock performance by duo or group with vocal”

The tour promoters, live nation, announced the ticket sale as the fastest ever and the largest attended concert by people. Similarly, at other places like North America, Boston, and Chicago, the sale of tickets recorded were very high. U2 has also announced the dates for their final shows for 2009 and also the date for ticket sales for each show.

The final concert will take place from October 3rd and will be held at Raleigh, NC at Carter Finlay Stadium. Other dates for the concert have been decided as 12th October at Dallas, TX at New Cowboys stadium, on 14th October in Houston, TX at Reliant Stadium, On October 18th at Norman, OK at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The ticket sales for all the shows will start from 10th April. The ticket sale for October 23rd performance at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV, go on sale on 11 April for Norman and Raleigh. The tour will potentially have 90 to 100 shows with the finale coming up in 2011.

The U2 360 degree tour has been sponsored by Blackberry and produced by Live Nation Global Touring. U2 have been performing live with an aim of saving the world from war, hunger and poverty. The album includes some songs that were written by Bono and The Edge for the movie “Spiderman the musical”. The movie is supposed to debut in 2010.  U2 have given an impressive list of concerts to fans, and they can happily choose from them as there’s no dearth of concerts to choose from. This will not be the only dilemma for the audience, as they will have to choose between other groups like Fleetwood Mac, the Bruce Springsteen tour. The U2 360 degree tour will surely help them queue up for the best band in the world for the 3rd time now.

The following charities are supported by U2:

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This is charity that is run by Nelson Mandela and it aims to provide information and help to those who are suffering from the AIDS/HIV virus. The charity highlights the necessary precautions and information through unique music performances.

Make poverty history
This organization stresses on the need for making poverty an issue of the past. The organization through it campaigns pressurizes world leaders to take a look at their economies and take decisions to eradicate the issue of poverty.

Live 8
This organization stresses on adoption, foster care, orphans, AIDS and poverty. This organization has been instrumental in getting together world leaders to finance their projects on AIDS, which deal with care of orphans suffering from AIDS and access to AIDS drugs.

Amnesty International (AI)
This is an international organization that clamors its voices to stop internationally acclaimed acts of violence.

DATA (debt, AIDS, trade, Africa)
This organization is headed by Bono and aims at ridding Africa of AIDS and poverty. It also aims at establishing an improved trade flow with other countries.

Mencap
This organization works with children suffering from learning disabilities. The basic endeavor of this organization is to end the discrimination and prejudice and provide services to such people.

Greenpeace
This organization as we know deals with factors and issues that are harmful to our environment.

Holly rod foundation
The holly rod foundation extends its services to those who are suffering from health problems like Parkinson’s disease.
To provide donations to the above mentioned charities U2 holds live concerts and shows. During these shows some of the best seats are auctioned and the proceeds thus garnered are sent towards charity needs.

Thus the band U2 has been seen at the fore front of various humanitarian issues living up to the saying “sharing is caring”.
For U2, charity is a very integral part of their very existence. They support many charities, and lend their support continuously. In fact, when it comes to charity, you’ll always hear about U2. In fact, the band has been credited at many functions for their charitable nature. They enjoy a very global reputation and are keen on charity shows to raise money through music. This is a true case of genuine help unlike many others who pledge their support just once and aren’t actively involved. U2 not only donates money but voices their support actively and spreads awareness in their quest to get people to take notice, and donate generously. They aren’t just popular in Europe, and have reached out wholeheartedly for support in Africa.

The band never gave time to the great Michael Jackson to celebrate his new record of ticket sales. He recently had a record with his London O2 residency. Jackson would surely had no reasons to celebrate since U2 who on Friday that is 20th of March successfully managed to shift a total of 650,000 tickets. This ticket sale was meant for their U2 360 tour. This record in ticket sales was achieved in a total of seven hours. This record is stupefying and stands at an average sale of 112 tickets per second.

The band later came to know about their success story regarding the ticket sales and the news that the band had collectively sold-out both the Croke Park shows was relayed to the band mates by Gerry Ryan who represents 2fm. U2 frontman Bono later commented that the entire situation was overwhelming and that the band would like to thank their strong fan base. Bono also added that the entire incident was a very big deal for the band. He also said that to be able to sell-out all the tickets within such a small san of time at the band’s hometown at such an incredible speed were simply unbelievable.

As per Gavin Friday of 2fm insecurity can be one’s best security and that’s what precisely 2fm is and they don’t take anything for granted. U2’s latest album topped the charts and was number one in a total of 31 countries. However, the album wasn’t number one in Finland which in turn got the company down.

Playing a concert in Dublin for the band wouldn’t even be a musical event it would be more like a tribal event or rather a sociological experiment just like a wedding is. The band is looking forward to this show and hopes that the strong fan base that they command in their hometown would surely support them. Coming back to Bono, he insists that U2360 would not be too much choreographed as it’s a rock concert. However the stage has been created in a way so that the band can get closer to the audience and the fans can also get to touch their favorite band. The ticket sales record adds another feather in U2’s illustrious cap.

Firstly you need to join up at U2.com and the paid members of this site are granted an “access to a subscriber only ticket pre-sale.” You need to be aware that the first U2.com pre-sale regarding the Vertigo Tour was a disaster. However, the involvement of U2 so as to fix what was wrong and also the pre-sale for the 3rd leg of the tour was a grand success. You can also ask a neighbor or a co-worker to pay for the account and get their help to get the tickets during the pre-sale.

The second step asks you to be with the fellow U2 fans through the usage of mailing lists and message boards. You can also use various available social networking sites. The U2 mailing list also grants the fans to sell as well as trade tickets at face value only.

Thirdly, if you plan to buy tickets in-person, try to find ticket outlets in the smaller cities where there are shorter lines and alternately you can also utilize Ticketmaster’s web site so as to look for the locations in advance.

Fourthly you simply have to scout for the lines from an early period. By doing this you can actually secure your chances of getting the concert tickets much before the other people. You can also call up on Spokane Ticketmaster number and you can also call up on the remote phone lines within a couple of days and tell them what you would like.

The fifth step involves you to set up the phone or the PC on an earlier basis in case you wish to buy the tickets through either of these aforementioned mediums. You can also bookmark the necessary web pages so that next time onwards you need to search frantically for them. You should also have a plan to use a series of web browsers so as to facilitate your chances of buying a ticket through online methods.

Next you can create a Ticketmaster account at free of charge and save up all your personal info in that system thus you would be having a quicker access to your tickets. You also need to regularly update your information and be ready.

Around 6 years later in the year 1992, U2 also took part in the “Stop Sellafield” concert with Greenpeace while they were touring for the Zoo TV. There were many events in Sarajevo when the Bosnian war was happening and this incident has inspired the song “Miss Sarajevo”. This was later premiered at a September 1995 Pavarotti and Friends show. The band much later played in Sarajevo as a part of promise made in 1993 and the band played at the year 1997’s PopMart Tour. In the year 1998, the band performed in the Belfast days before the vote on the Good Friday Agreement took place.

In 2001, the band also made a dedication of the “Walk On” to the famous pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and around more than a couple of years in the late 2003, Bono along with fellow band mate the Edge took part in the South Africa HIV/AIDS awareness. The band as well as the manager Paul McGuinness were both awarded Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award as a part of gratitude for their work for human rights. They have received a lot of support for their social work.

The Live Nation Global Touring is producing this particular special concert of the band and the concert will be held in a total of 14 cities all across Europe including places like Gothenburg, Milan, Amsterdam, Dublin, Paris, Nice, Chorzow, Berlin and in Gelsenkirchen along with other European cities like London, Sheffield and Glasgow. The tour finishes at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on the 22nd of August. The European tour will then be followed by tours in North America starting with Chicago’s Soldier Field on the 12th of September 12th in 2009.

As per as the band’s frontman Bono he has spoken to the Rolling Stone magazine and the stage for the concert is being set up as an engineering monstrosity that would successfully create a real physical closeness to the crowd. This means that the stage for the concert is being set in such a way that the band would be closer to the audience and fans. U2’s 360° Tour page lets you check out all the virtual blueprints of the concert and there would also be a 360° TV screen that would be hovering over the entire stage allowing the whole stadium to have a great view of the band performing. The band would be performing in the center of the field.

The good news about this special tour is the fact that the prices of the tickets would be ket low. This bit of amazing information has been got from the band’s frontman Bono as he said the same to the legendary Rolling Stone magazine. U2 also aims to keep the ticket prices down for the entire tour. According to the band’s manager Paul McGuinness the European pricing of this tour would be different. He adds that U2 has always been comfortable and has performed their best when they were surrounded by the audience and this concert showcases that feature of the band. When it’s U2 you’re talking about, you can always expect more.

The first breakthrough for the band came in the year 1978 when the amateur band first took part in a concert where that won L500 and a funding to record a demo album. It was at this juncture the band took on the name U2.

Their first demo tape was recorded in Keystone studios on Harcourt Street in Dublin. Their first album which was released was only for the Irish markets and they failed to rally audiences or gain any feedback from critics.

Their rise to fame and popularity started when Island studios roped in the band to perform in March 1980. Little by little, they managed to build a reputation and the turning point in their lives came when one of their renditions, “The Jam” became a hit. At that time, their music was more about energy and expression and had less to do with creating great music. Their eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth album combined techno music, rock music and electronic music. By the year 2005 the band had amassed a total of around 22 Grammys.
Lead vocalist, Bono, admits that most of the other songs too were written with a view to capture the mental conflict of the protagonist. Each song had a story to tell and the same has been achieved effectively in the lyrics, music and video created for the “No Line on the Horizon”. In its entirety, this album also captures the essence of U2’s long journey and the various transformations they have achieved in their lifetime.

While most of U2 creations have generic similarities, the band has not failed in offering something entirely new to their fans in each of their new releases. Albums released by U2 during their formative years appear to have been inspired by creations of other bands such as the Television and Joy Division. Most tracks in these albums oozed “spirited exhilaration”, resulting from the distinctive tones of Edge’s guitar works and the larger-than-life vocals done by Bono.  As a band, U2 has gone from strength to strength over the years. What’s really amazing is the fact that the band has stuck together through their failure and success and not disintegrated under pressure or because success got to their head like we’ve seen with so many other bands. That’s one very strong reason why people look up to U2. Then again there’s that fascination for all the experience they have, and their ability to never fade away into obscurity.