U2 Biography

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farewell show for him at the Community Centre in Howth, in which Dik walked offstage halfway through the set and later joined The Virgin Prunes, a fellow Dublin band. By and by, U2 reputation for intense and electrifying live shows had soon built up a dedicated following of fans. One of the fans played an important part in the band tale is Bill Graham, a journalist with the music paper 'Hot Press', who was an early champion of the band and also introduced them to their manager, Paul McGuinness.

In May 1978, Paul McGuinness became U2's manager, brought them to a three-year contract with CBS Ireland. The fruit of the sign appeared in September of 1979 when U2 released a three song EP entitled 'U23' comprising "Out of Control," "Boy/Girl," and "Stories for Boys." A second single soon followed and the band later signed a worldwide contract with Island Records in March 1980. Having secured the all-important record deal, U2 released their 1st album "Boy," which upon its release in October 1980 received widespread critical acclaim. In an attempt to promote the new album, in December the same year the guys traveled to London held their first tour outside the ...

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U.K., but failed to get much attention from the foreign audiences and critics. To cover up the flop, U2 made its first appearance on US television on the "The Tomorrow Show" hosted by Tom Snyder. On the show aired on June 4, 1981, they performed "I Will Follow," and "Twilight," along with an interview.

U2's 2nd album "October" was released in 1981 and was a much more pleasant, smooth and spiritual, that reflected the Christian beliefs of Bono, Edge and Larry. Fans and critics soon responded the band's spiritual lyrics. Nonetheless, all the three devoted Christians could at last find the way to reconcile Christian faith and the rock and roll lifestyle to make music without compromising their personal beliefs. Hence, U2 continued to work on their next record, their third one called “War” released in March 1983. This time on, the band used such extent of images, focusing their songs on dogmatic anger, and turned it into a call for all Christians to unite and claim the victory over death and evil Christ has achieved through His resurrection. Even not supposing as one of U2's best songs, "War" was generally considered as one of the most fascinating examples of ...