U2 360 Degree Tour
April 7th, 2009The band’s official website that is U2.com has announced the today confirmation that the U2 360 Degree Tour. The U2 360 Degree Tour opens in Barcelona at the famous Nou Camp Stadium. The U2 360 Degree Tour starts in Barcelona on the 30th June this year. The U2 360 Degree Tour is sponsored by the famous BlackBerry Company. The U2 360 Degree Tour happens to be the band’s first ever stadium album for a while. To be more specific this is the band’s first ever outing since they released the album entitled Vertigo and went on to the Vertigo Tour in the year 2005-06. This outing entitled the U2 360 Degree Tour aptly follows the release of their much acclaimed album, called the No Line on the Horizon.
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U2 History
April 4th, 2009An advert at school can be hailed the primary reason for the coming together of U2. These were the early days of the band. Initially the band had a total of 9 members and it cottoned onto the name “FEEDBACK”. However after the first practice the band members dwindled down to 7 members as two of the initial members left. In the year 1977 the band renamed itself “THE HYPE” and it was at this crucial time that Dik Evans was phased out as he was too old for the band.
U2: Top 10 songs
April 4th, 2009As we know, U2 the band was formed in Dublin in the year 1976 when Larry Muller Jr. put up a notice on his schools notice board seeking musicians for the formation of band. Initially the bands work only consisted of cover versions before they went onto punk music.
Some of their top songs:
It all started with Larry Mullen posting an ad on the notice board of Dublin’s Temple Mount School. The ad read – “musicians wanted”, and U2 was formed soon after in 1978 when Adam Clayton and other band members such as Bono, responded to the advert. Displaying great interest in music from an early age, Adam Clayton started practicing with the acoustic guitar when he was just 13. Later on he requested his parents to buy him a bass guitar, which he said sounded a lot better and was a lot more satisfying. Read the rest of this entry »
Understanding the Essence of U2’s Musical Style
April 4th, 2009From the very beginning, U2 appears to have successfully created and sustained a distinctive musical style, with special focus on soulful instrumentals and expressive, meaningful lyrics. To a certain extent, the musical style used in most U2 creations can be attributed to the conditioning band members gained while they worked with record producer, Steve Lilywhite. This was during their formative years, when they were not known for their genius and had just started honing their musical and vocal skills.
After nearly five years since their last big hit, U2’s fans have a lot to cheer about with the release of “No Line on the Horizon”. The long gap however, may not be all that surprising since U2’s history has always been characterized by significant gestation periods between their successive releases. Since 1976, U2 has released just twelve studio albums, with four of them coming in the first five years. It says a lot about U2’s efforts to create soulful music that has managed to touch many million hearts worldwide.