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U2
The Irish rock band U2 has won 22 Grammys, more than any other group. U2 members include Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen. Ask questions here about their discography, tour and awards.
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What was the significance of the U-2 incident?
On May 1st of 1960, an American U2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. This incident began a downward spiral of spy v. spy type diplomacy that directly led to collapse of the Four Power Paris Summit, between then President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, United Kingdom Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan and French President Charles de Gaulle. This was mostly due to the fact that Eisenhower refused to apologize over the incident. When the spy plane was first shot down, the United States at first denied the incident making many false claims before to admit the truth of the incident when the Soviet government produced remains of the plane and the pilot, Francis Gary Powers, who was still alive. Powers was convicted by the Soviets of espionage and served close to two years of hard labor in a soviet prison before being released and sent home in exchange for the "hallow nickel" Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
When did U2 sing bloody Sunday?
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" is the opening track from U2's 1983 album, War. The song was released as the album's third single on 11 March 1983.
Band of the 70's featuring female singer?
Heart
Cold Blood, Smith, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Earthen Vessel, the Carpenters, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Curved Air, Fleetwood Mac, Joy of Cooking, Moonstone, These Trails, the Poppy Family, Renaissance, Bermuda Triangle, Skyfarmer, Spriguns, Stone Angel, Stoneground, & Trees.
When did Columbia House release U2 The Joshua Tree?
The Joshua Tree, U2's fifth album, was released March 9, 1987 by Island Records. Columbia House released only a limited number of 8 track tape versions of The Joshua Tree.
Where did U2 shoot the 'Where the Streets Have No Name' video?
That live video was shot in Los Angeles.
Which band is better u2 or cheap trick?
In My Opinion, Neither. That's not an answer. And not a fair answer, either. U2 has had more sucess, but Cheap Trick has a tight fan-base. They are both great bands and have both worked hard to get where they are.
Why is bono from U2 important?
Bono is a great activist for world peace, and the band U2 backs many great humanitarian causes.
Amount of time
How many American pilots shot down over Vietnam in 1967?
You didn't specify North or South Vietnam nor which type of aircraft; choppers or fixed wing (or jets or propeller driven airplanes). However, Rolling Thunder ended in November '68 and by 1967 roughly 1,000 US jets/prop attack planes had been downed over both North & South VN.
No US Marine Corps jets were lost over the north because they only bombed in S VN to support their ground Marines. The only losses over the north were USN/USAF and assorted rescue choppers (like the Jolly Green giants).
'67/'68 was also a transitioning time frame for US aviation forces. The USN propeller driven A1 Skyraider (a dive bomber) was being phased out by the A4 Skyhawk (Senator McCain's jet) and A7 Corsair II...and all of the jets were being phased out by the F4 Phantom II Vietnam.
All of the jets in Vietnam meaning: F100 Super Sabre, F101 Voodoo, F102 Delta Dagger, F104 Starfighter, F105 Thunderchief, F8 Crusader and even the A6 Intruder. The Phantom could handle them all!
How much u2 charges per concert?
In order to asses the per-gig fee of a band like U2 you have to asses the sucess of the band. In the case of U2 we are dealing with one of the most sucessful rock bands of all time. They have millions of fans of a varying demographic in most countries.
They are known as a stadium band or " arena rockers " and usually play infront of an audience of 45,000 to 60,000 people. Multiply those figures by say an average ticket price of 85$ and you have a multi-million dollar figure. Ofcourse the venue has mega expenses to campaign a U2 show but you can rest assure that the band takes home well into the six figures.
My educated guess: $200,000 USD
When Eisenhower denied having such an aircraft, and the Soviets had the wreckage of the plane in their hanger. That was embarrassing!
What song did U2 write and dedicate to Dr. ML King?
They had a song that was called MLK. More famous is their song Pride, commonly referred to as In The Name Of Love, which was also dedicated to him.
Were German pilots shot down over England killed?
German pilots who were shot down over Britain in both World Wars became prisoners of war if still alive after crashing or landing. Exactly the same happened to British pilots shot down over Germany.
What is the name of the song by the Crash Test Dummies on the movie Dumb and Dumber?
It's two songs performed by Crash Test Dummies in the movie Dumb & Dumber:
"The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead" and "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
What was the original band name before U2?
First, they were called Feedback, then The Hype, and then U2.
During Several shown on the recent Vertigo Tour, Bono said that the original name for the band was the Larry Mullen Project. Larry Mullen, U2's Drummer, had posted a notice at school looking for band mates. This name, according to Bono, lasted for an afternoon.
When the group was whittled to it's current lineup, they named themselves Feedback and then eventually The Hype before finally becoming U2.
What were the results of the 1960 u-2 incident?
We had to build a better airplane; we built the SR-71 Blackbird.
With whom did U2 write the song love rescue me?
The name of the song is "When love comes to town". It was written and composed by U2. However, U2 sings it with BB King.
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Actually, those are two different songs from the same album (Rattle & Hum). When Love Comes to Town was in fact written as a tribute to BB King and he performed it with them live on the LoveTown tour in 1989-1990. But Love Rescue Me is a different song. On this song Bob Dylan sang background vocals on the album version. U2 has not played Love Rescue Me live since January 1990 but they soundchecked it earlier today in Sydney, Australia (December 13, 2010) before their 360 Tour show.
