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Two U2 Projects in Pipeline (12-27-09)
Adam Clayton Ripped Off by Assistant? (12-19-09) 
The Edge Seeks Support in Malibu (12-17-09)
No Line on the Horizon nominated for Grammy Rock Album of the Year (12-3-09)
Glastonbury lands U2 for 2010 (11-22-09)
U2 pays to play Montreal? (11-18-09)
Dublin promoter hit with U2 noise fine (11-12-09)
Mere Mortal to Spiderman's Rescue (11-6-09)
Walled off U2 Berlin appearance angers fans (11-6-09)
U2 Takes Berlin (10-29-09)
360° world tour adds another North American trek in 2010 (10-26-09)
U2 California concert goes global (10-26-09)
U2ube - U2 Concert To Stream (10-20-09)
U2 3D opens renovated Rock Hall theater (10-17-09)
U2 BBQ To Go (10-5-09)
Bono meeting with Pope Benedict (9-24-09)
U2 stokes Unforgettable Fire (9-18-09)
SNL gets U2 for season opener (9-3-09)
U2 flips New York date (8-28-09)
360° tour disrupted by protesters at home (7-28-09)
U2 raises ire in Ireland (7-6-09)
U2 redefines state of the art video (6-30-09)
360° stage an engineering milestone (6-26-09)
Bono ode To Elvis to air on BBC (5-5-09)
Building plans put Malibu neighbors on edge (3-29-09)
European Stadium tour sales @ record pace (3-25-09)
U2 give Boston fans a night to remember (3-12-09)

360° Tour dates set ((3-9-09)
U2 stage BBC rooftop performance in London (2-27-09)
Spider-Man production on track for 2010 (2-25-09)
U2 album leak blamed on label (2-20-09)
U2 books full week with Letterman (2-12-09)
U2 turn new song loose early (1-21-09)
U2 play We Are One concert in DC (1-18-09)
U2 to play pre-inaugural concert in DC (1-12-09)

2008

NOTEWORTHY Dates

12 06 2017 Bono & The Edge play Berlin subway platform, followed by a free U2 set at another site (story)

12 02 2017 U2 plays Saturday Night Live

12 01 2017 U2 releases Songs Of Experience

 6 26 2017 Adam Clayon gets MusiCares Award, credits Clapton & Townshend (story)

 5 14 2015 The Edge falls off stage opening night of 2015 tour (video)

12 01 2014 Springsteen fills in for Bono during U2 World AIDS Day concert in Times Square (story)

11 16 2014 Bono injures arm in Central Park bicycle spill. Band postpones Tonight Show residency (story)

11 11 2014 Plane carrying Bono to Germany loses hatch while landing (story)

  8 06 2010 360° Tour resumes in Turin, Italy after long layoff (story)
 
6 26 2010 The Edge makes surprise Glastonbury Festival appearance (story)
 
5 25 2010 U2 Postpones North American tour in wake of Bono surgery (story)

  5 21 2010 Bono undergoes emergency back surgery in Germany (story)
11 05 2009 U2 does Free concert at Berlin Wall site (story)
10 25 2009 U2 streams final US 360° Tour date from Rose Bowl on YouTube (story)
  7 27 2009 Protests over noise after Dublin concerts threaten to disrupt U2 tour schedule [story]
  3 11 2009 Free concert at Somerville Theater outside Boston. 800 get in. Set broadcast live.
  3 06 2009 U2 free, outdoor, morning concert on campus of Fordham University in New York City
  3 02 2009 U2 open full week as guests on David Letterman
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  3 03 2009 No Line On The Horizon released
  2 27 2009 U2 perform 4 song set on top of BBC Broadcast building in London
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  1 18 2008 U2 perform at Barack Obama pre-inaugural concert [story]
12 12 2008 Bono receives Nobel Man of Peace award in Paris
10 16 2008 Edge and Bono play new U2 songs for restaurant staff after a meeting.
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  9 29 2007 Bono and Bill Clinton appear together at a forum in New York's Apollo Theater
  5 19 2007 U2 midnight set on red carpet follows screening U2 3D at Cannes Film Festival
  5 12 2007 Edge gets honorary degree at Boston's Berklee College of Music graduation
11 21 2006 U218 Singles, released includes 2 new cuts
10 17 2005  Springsteen & Patti Scialfa join U2 on stage in Phiadelphia for "People Get Ready"
  2 27 1998 U2 and INXS perform tribute to Michael Hutchence, Sydney
  5 28 1997 U2 Raleigh concert cancelled when severe thunderstorm destroys JumboTron
  5 26 1997 Bono meets with Bill Clinton at the White House
  5 20 1997 U2 video shoot creates gridlock during Kansas City rush hour
  4 25 1997 U2 opens Pop tour, Las Vegas
  3 04 1997 Pop released
  1 16 1996 Bono and Jimmy Buffett shot at by Jamaican police in Buffett's seaplane
  6 03 1995 U2 signs 6 album 60 million dollar deal (93)
  7 06 1993 Zooropa released
11 29 1992 U2 "Zoo TV" special on Fox
11 19 1991 Achtung Baby released
  9 01 1989 Adam Clayton acquitted of marijuana posession, Dublin
  8 06 1989 Adam Clayton busted for pot possession in car near home
11 03 1988 Rattle & Hum concert movie opens
10 11 1988 Rattle & Hum released
12 11 1987 U2's Bono busted for spry painting graffiti on fountain  during free S.F. concert
11 18 1987 U2 opens for themselves disguised as a country band (Dalton Bros) in L.A.
  5 27 1987 Earthquake alarms triggered by show at Flamino Stadium in Rome
  3 27 1987 Where The Streets Have No Name video shot on LA rooftop
  3 09 1987 The Joshua Tree released
   6 15 1986 U2, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Lou Reed play Amnesty International, Giant's Stadium
  6 04 1986 U2, Peter Gabriel, Sting open Amnesty International tour, San Francisco
11 16 1985 U2 launch own label "Mother Records"
  5     1985 Wide Awake In America released
10     1984  The Unforgettable Fire released
  7 08 1984 U2's Bono joins Bob Dylan & Van Morrison on stage at Wembley Stadium
11     1983 Under A Blood Red Sky released
  2     1983 War released
10     1981 October released
11     1980  Boy released
10 31 1961 Larry Mullen born
  8 08 1961 Dave (The Edge) Evans born, Essex
  5 10 1960 Bono Vox (Paul Hewson) born
  3 13 1960 Adam Clayton born, Oxfordshire