U2 are:
Bono (singer)
The Edge (guitar)
Larry Mullen Jr (drums)
Adam Clayton (bass)

U2 formed in Dublin Ireland, 1976 and went on to become one of the biggest bands in the world.

Quickly following up their punky 1980 debut Boy with October and War, they changed tack and began making the kind of epic music that would soon see them take the world by storm.

The Unforgettable Fire (1984) was a US smash, while 1987’s The Joshua Tree became their defining album.

Since then they've released many albums with degrees of success. From dance-influenced records like Achtung Baby (1991) and Pop (1997) to the more straight-ahead How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004), U2 developed a reputation for delivering the unexpected. Their new album No Line on the Horizon is due out in March 2009.

5 Things You Didn't Know About U2

1. Bono spray painted ‘Rock N Roll Stops the Traffic’ on a statue at a concert in San Francisco.

2. The phrase ‘Achtung Baby’ doesn’t come from Germany, where they recorded the said album, but instead from a Mel Brooks movie.

3. Hit song ‘The Sweetest Thing’ was originally written as a song for Bono’s wife’s birthday.

4. Bono has a ban on climbing any of their stage rigging – the rest of the band put it on him when he fell from scaffolding in 1987 and dislocated his shoulder.

5. U2’s first big break in music came when they won a St. Patrick’s Day talent contest, winning 500 pounds.