by Diana Scrimgeour (Author)
Everything about the band U2 is huge. From their music, to their tours, to their influence on global popular culture and politics. In the US they are cultural icons as well as multimillion album selling pop stars. Underpinning their popularity is the passion for touring. For the last 20 years they have hardly been off the road. It is the thing they love to do best. And it is the tour which drives their creativity and reflects the direction of the band. From the modest Tick Tock Tour of 1980, through the Joshua Tree, and on to the videomedia extravaganza of ZooTV in the early 90s and Popmart in the late 90s then the more intimate Elevation tour of the last two years, it is the tours which have set their agenda. For the first time the band has agreed to allow a book on this vital part of their creative energy. The photographs will be hand picked from their archive put together over 25 years. There will be a commentary by Diana Scimgeour, and first-person accounts from the band and associates.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 312
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 22 Mar 2006
ISBN 10: 0752873938
ISBN 13: 9780752873930
Book Overview: U2 are quite simply the most popular band in the World. The book be featured on the U2 web site which receives 200.000 hits a month The book is authorised by U2 Written by,and featuring shots from, Diana Scimgeour who has followed U2 on the road for several tours Total record sales estimate 'approaching 150 million' LOG ON TO U2.com