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Rattle and Hum is a hybrid live/studio album by Irish rock band U2, and a companion rockumentary film directed by Phil Joanou.The album was produced by Jimmy Iovine and was released on 10 October 1988, while the film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was released on 27 October 1988.
Van Diemen's Land or Henry the Poacher, Young Henry's Downfall, Beware Young Men (Roud 221). [ 1 ] is an English transportation ballad . It was widely published in broadsides during the 19th century, and was collected from traditional singers in England during the twentieth century.
Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration and colonisation of Australia in the 19th century. The island, inhabited by Aborigines, was first encountered by the Dutch ship captained by Abel Tasman in 1642, working under the sponsorship of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.
It is the twelfth track from U2's 1988 album, Rattle and Hum, and was released in 1989 as the record's third single. The song was recorded at the historic Sun Studio in Memphis. "When Love Comes to Town" reached number one in the Irish Singles Chart , number six in the UK Singles Chart , number ten in the Dutch Top 40, and number two in the US ...
The 9 October show was the only one where both were played; subsequently, the band played one or the other, and they demonstrated a strong preference for "Van Diemen's Land", as it was from the band's most recent album, Rattle and Hum. "October" was played just three more times.
As with all U2 tours from 1983 on, the stage and lighting design was done by Willie Williams. The tour name, possibly a contraction of the Rattle and Hum song " When Love Comes to Town ", was the first not to be named for the band's then-current album; as of 2018 [update] , all of their subsequent tours have also had different names from any ...
"Last Night on Earth" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the sixth track on their 1997 album, Pop , and was released by as its third single on 1 July 1997 by Island Records . The song includes excerpts from "Trayra Boia", written by Naná Vasconcelos and Denise Milan. [ 2 ]
Following the release of their single "Another Day" in 1980, U2 signed a recording contract with Island Records, [2] and released their first album, Boy, later that year. The band has since released 15 full-length studio albums, the most recent being Songs of Surrender in 2023.