U2: The Joshua Tree We say: A joyful noise. U2’s idealistic, hopeful vision of a world without war, drugs, hunger, racial tension and religious persecution is growing moredesperate with each album. On The Joshua Tree, its first LP in almost three years, this not-so-young-anymore Irish band comes across as feisty and concerned as ever, despite […]
Read MoreU2 STARTS NATIONAL TOUR ON A POLITICAL NOTE
(Tempe, Arizona) — A national tour by the Irish rock band U2 got off to a controversial start Thursday night at Arizona State University in Tempe. The group issued a statement before the show deploring Gov. Evan Meacham’s recent rescission of a state holiday on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, and announcing […]
Read MoreHarmony’s sweet sound
A fiery blend of passion and spirituality have earned Ireland’s U2 acclaim as one of the decade’s top rock groups. Such past hits as the pacifist anthem Sundy Bloody Sunday and Pride (In the Name of Love), a homage to Martin Luther King, typify the band’s Christian, but never preachy, message. The Joshua Tree, the […]
Read MoreU2 MAKES A BID FOR ‘GREAT BAND’ STATUS
THE MEMBERS OF U2, THE IRISH rock band – Bono Vox, also known as Paul Hewson, the singer; Dave (the Edge) Evans, the guitarist; Adam Clayton, the bass player, and Larry Mullen Jr., the drummer – are in their mid-20’s. Even before their first album, ”Boy,” in 1981, they had a strong cult and critical […]
Read MoreBand on The Run
U2 soars with a top album, a hot tour and songs of spirit and conscience He remembers it this way. Outside San Salvador, 30 or 40 miles up in the hills, mortars began to hit the village, and bombs cratered the hillside. Run. That was his first thought. And this was the second: Where? It […]
Read MoreU2 Can Be Famous; Breaking Into the Big Time With ‘Joshua Tree’
Slowly, though not particularly quietly, Ireland’s U2 has evolved into one of the most popular rock bands in the world and, some think, the best. With his charismatic presence, uplifting vocals and socially conscious songs, Bono Hewson is sometimes perceived as a Celtic Bruce Springsteen, an association more convenient than correct. Still, both are adherents […]
Read MoreU2: The Joshua Tree
Who are today’s most respected arena rock acts? The names Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Pretenders and Elvis Costello leap to mind, but none–including Springsteen–has earned more respect than the Irish band U2. U2 came out of Dublin in the late ’70s, moving from new wave cult status to arena stardom with no loss of moral […]
Read MoreU2’S ROOTS GO DEEPER
The mantle of leadership can be a destructive force in rock. Remember all the worthy singer-songwriters who crumbled under “new Dylan” proclamations in the ’70s, or how quickly the Clash disintegrated on the 1982 Who tour when observers began describing their appearances together as a passing of the torch from one generation in rock to […]
Read MoreJoshua Tree Blooms
All too often, the anticipation of an event is far greater than it’s arrival, as great expectations are built up beyond the point of reality. Since U2 began work on their fifth studio album over one year ago, public demand placed on the band the Herculean task of producing an album that would satisfy all […]
Read MoreStar Hits reviews The Joshua Tree
It’s been seven years and four albums since U2 came roaring out of Dublin, droning fire and brimstone and breathing new life into new music. With The Joshua Tree it’s obvious the flame is still alive&endash;in fact, six of the eleven songs have images of flames or burning&endash;but the heat it gives off is far from comforting. […]
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