- Music
- 30 Oct 14
We go back in time to 1981 and find our current cover stars ready to storm America.
To celebrate our new issue, with Ireland's most famous band on the cover and Bono, Edge, Larry and Adam opening up inside, we're taking a trip down memory lane.
To 1981, to be specific, and to legendary HP writer Bill Graham, who arrives in Chicago's O'Hare Airport to be greeted by The Edge. From there, a firsthand account of the young band's early experiencing in the great continent across the ocean.
Read U2 Versus The USA
To add to the ambience, here's a full show the band played in San Francisco around that period. The haircuts are decidedly dodgy, but they are undoubtedly going places...
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