Since their formation in 1976, U2 have played over 1,000 concerts to millions of fans around the world.
Now updated to include their PopMart and Elevation tours;
U2 Live: A Concert Documentary takes you along to every single U2 live performance.
From their earliest shows in Dublin clubs to the heartwarming spectacle of their 2001 Elevation Tour, this book includes:
Information, anecdotes and facts from virtually every single U2 show ever, from 1976 to 2003, including spontaneous shows with local bands, impromptu sessions with fans and friends, and acoustic jams during radio and TV interviews... Dates, venues, set lists, radio and TV broadcasts, quotes from the stage and details of unreleased material and dozens of cover versions performed by U2... An insightful commentary which traces the band's musical development over 25 excitement packed years... Over 500 colour and black & white photographs, most previously unseen, which follow the band's evolution from Dublin teenagers to global megastars... Concert, ads, and memorabilia collected by fans throughout the world U2 Live: A Concert Documentary is the definitive U2 reference book. It has been produced by U2 fans and is specifically designed to revive memories for anyone who has ever experienced a U2 performance.
Original author Pimm Jal de la Parra was the editor and publisher of the highly acclaimed U2 fanzine Collectormania between 1987 and 1996. He spent three years researching to produce the U2 book.
Pimm Jal regrettably died in 2002. The current update of U2 Live A Concert Documentary was realised by a team of his friends and written by Collectormania's associate editor Caroline van Oosten de Boer.
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