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The "Gloria" video, written and directed by Meiert Avis, was filmed in October 1981 on a barge in Grand Canal Dock in Dublin near Windmill Lane. "Gloria" was the first U2 music video that received heavy airplay on MTV. The video featured U2 playing on a barge while a crowd of onlookers danced.
The Irish rock band U2 has released 15 studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, 84 singles, and nine extended plays (EPs). [1] [2] The band formed at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in 1976 as teenagers. In 1979, the group issued their first release, the EP U2-3, which sold well in Ireland.
On 26 February 1980, their second single, "Another Day", was released on the CBS label, again only for the Irish market. The same day, U2 performed at the 2,000-seat National Stadium in Dublin as part of an Irish tour. [25] [26] Despite their gamble of booking a concert in such a large venue, the move paid off. [25]
September: U2's first release, an Ireland-only EP entitled Three, becomes the band's first Irish chart success. [19] 5 October: U2 play their first television performance on RTÉ at a televised concert at the Cork Opera House. [5] 26 October: U2 are featured on the cover of Hot Press magazine. [5] 1 November: U2 receive their first cover story ...
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. The band formed in 1976 and released their debut EP Three in 1979 exclusively in Ireland. [ 1 ] 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.
Nine months after U2 wrapped its 40-date residency at Sphere, the veteran Irish rock band is back at the dome-shaped venue just off the Las Vegas Strip.. Well, sort of. “V-U2” is a new concert ...
U2 signed the card, “Your Irish fan club, Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry.” Swift’s warm welcome comes ahead of her Dublin shows at Aviva Stadium on Friday, Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30.
Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960) is an English-Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. [1] Born in Oxfordshire, England, he lived in County Dublin, Ireland after his family moved to Malahide in 1965, when he was five years old.