On the Road with U2

On the Road with U2
Author: Deena Dietrich
Publisher: Deenasdays
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2015-04-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692422991

Join me on my musical journey on the road with U2 to the 75 shows I have seen since the Zoo TV tour in 1992. Meeting Bono in Jersey, hugging Larry in Baltimore, having a drink with Larry in Providence, talking with Bono in Seattle, hugging Larry again in Pittsburgh - just to name a few.

U2 Live

U2 Live
Author: Pimm Jal de la Parra
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780711991989

Since their formation in 1976, U2 have played over 1,000 concerts to millions of fans around the world. Now updated to include their PopMart and Elevation tours, U2 Live: A Concert Documentary takes you along to every single U2 live performance - from 1976 to 2003. With over 500 colour and black & white photographs.

U2 by U2

U2 by U2
Author: U2 (Musical group)
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0007196687

"I always thought the job was to be as great as you could be." - Bono This is the story of U2, in their own words and pictures.

Rock and Popular Music in Ireland Before and After U2

Rock and Popular Music in Ireland Before and After U2
Author: Noel McLaughlin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Popular music
ISBN: 9780716530763

This volume explores Irish rock's relationship to the wider world of international popular music through detailed analysis of the island's most prominent artists and bands such as U2, Van Morrison, Sinéad O'Connor, The Boomtown Rats, and Horslips - and key musical movements including the beat scene and the folk revival.

The Frontman

The Frontman
Author: Harry Browne
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2013-06-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1781684820

Celebrity philanthropy comes in many guises, but no single figure better encapsulates its delusions, pretensions and wrongheadedness than U2's iconic frontman, Bono-a fact neither sunglasses nor leather pants can hide. More than a mere philanthropist-indeed, he lags behind many of his peers when it comes to parting with his own money-Bono is better described as an advocate, one who has become an unwitting symbol of a complacent wealthy Western elite. The Frontman reveals how Bono moved his investments to Amsterdam to evade Irish taxes; his paternalistic and often bullying advocacy of neoliberal solutions in Africa; his multinational business interests; and his hobnobbing with Paul Wolfowitz and shock-doctrine economist Jeffrey Sachs. Carefully dissecting the rhetoric and actions of Bono the political operator, The Frontman shows him to be an ambassador for imperial exploitation, a man who has turned his attention to a world of savage injustice, inequality and exploitation-and helped make it worse.

The American Lieutenant

The American Lieutenant
Author: Peyton Garver
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2014-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1491850574

Lieutenant Garrett Harkins, a US paratrooper stationed in Wiltshire, England during World War 2, leads his platoon through the largest airborne operations of the war: Normandy, Netherlands, and Belgium. Between campaigns, Garrett defies orders when he pursues a forbidden romance with Sophia, a young British heiress. While deployed and fighting in Europe, Garrett struggles with fear, morality, and guilt. He draws strength from believing that Sophia reciprocates his feelings and awaits his safe return. Sophia Wells is fighting her own war. She became interested in the American lieutenant while struggling over the end of a childhood infatuation with James, a young British officer who has finally come to realize he does indeed reciprocate her feelings, and wants her back in his arms. Will the bond between the American Lieutenant and his newfound love survive the tragedies of war and a former love, or become a casualty of both?

U2's Achtung Baby

U2's Achtung Baby
Author: Stephen Catanzarite
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2007-09-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0826427847

Stephen Catanzarite takes a close look at what many consider to be U2's most fully formed album through the prisms of religion, politics, spirituality, and culture, illuminating its previously unexplored depths, arguing that it's a concept album about love and the fall of man.

Bono

Bono
Author: Travis Thrasher
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0310359317

Unprecedented in storytelling and vivid detail, this biography reveals the heart and soul of one of the world's most iconic superstars. A journey of love and loss, art and faith, and the salvation found in both--this is the story of Bono. Extensively researched and written in compelling prose that unfolds like a novel, this unique and intimate look at Bono's life tells of the critical moments in his journey--how the death of his mother at age fourteen sent him on a search that led him from the anarchy of his youth to joining a band, to forming a career as a true artist and the front man for one of the most popular bands in the world. That quest led him further on to working as an activist for the poor and needy and becoming an ambassador of love and faith in the world. Bridging all these moments together is an incredible faith that has characterized Bono's life in fiercely creative and unconventional ways. With revealing quotes from the man himself about family, faith, heartbreak, and art, this is a must-read for anyone who's found themselves singing along with Bono. Drawing on hundreds of interviews Bono has given over his decades-long career, this book composes an intricate portrait showing the personal and spiritual becoming of a legend. Authentic and gritty, Bono's story resonates with the daily fears we all have to overcome and our universal search for love.

U2

U2
Author: Timothy D. Neufeld
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2017-04-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1442249404

U2’s significant career far exceeds that of most average successful rock bands, with a prolific output of thirteen well-received studio albums and a sometimes relentless touring schedule. The band is famous for uniquely drawing together music, art, faith, and activism, all within a lucrative career that has given each of these elements an unusual degree of social and cultural resonance. Broad-minded musically and intellectually, U2’soutput is thematically rich, addressing a slew of topics, from questions of faith to anxieties about commercialism to outright political statements. With one of the largest fan bases in the history of rock music, U2 and their work require contextualization and exploration. In U2: Rock ’n’ Roll to Change the World, Timothy D. Neufeld takes up this challenge. Neufeld explores U2’s move from the youthful idealism of a band barely able to play instruments through its many phases of artistic expression and cultural engagement to its employment of faith and activism as a foundation for its success. This book outlines how U2 reshaped the very musical and even political culture that had originally shaped it, demonstrating through close readings of its musical work the dynamic interplay of artistic expression and social engagement.