U2 Show: The Art of Touring - Softcover

Scrimgeour, Diana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752873938 ISBN 13: 9780752873930

Publisher: Orion, 2006

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

U2 SHOW marks the first time that the band's contribution to live music has been gathered together in one sumptuous volume and it's a must for any fan... truly spectacular (IRISH NEWS)

'truly spectacular' (IRISH NEWS)

Book Description:

Authorised by U2 this is the inside story of the tours from The Tick Tock Tour of 1980 to Elevation 2001. Photographs from the exclusive U2 archive.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0752873938
• ISBN 13: 9780752873930
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312