U2

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Irish band Irish musician bassist drummer guitarist keyboardist musical group rock band singer songwriter

U2 is an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976, renowned for its anthemic sound, socially conscious lyrics, and global influence on popular music.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
U2 canonical	760
U2 discography	6
Irish rock band U2	2
U2 (via Island Records/Interscope)	1
U2 360° Tour	1
U2 Limited	1
U2 live setlists	1
U2 singles	1
U2 songs	1
U2 – "The Unforgettable Fire" sessions	1
U2 – "U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland"	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish band ⓘ Irish musician ⓘ Irish musician ⓘ Irish musician ⓘ Irish musician ⓘ bassist ⓘ drummer ⓘ guitarist ⓘ keyboardist ⓘ musical group ⓘ rock band ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1976 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ireland ⓘ
dateOfFormation	1976 ⓘ
genre	alternative rock ⓘ pop rock ⓘ post-punk ⓘ rock ⓘ
hasMember	Adam Clayton ⓘ Bono ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ The Edge ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle	anthemic sound ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.u2.com ⓘ
hasWonAward	Golden Globe Award ⓘ Grammy Award ⓘ
influenced	popular music ⓘ
languageOfLyrics	English ⓘ
locationOfFormation	Dublin ⓘ
lyricCharacteristic	socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
memberOf	U2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ U2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ U2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ U2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableSong	Beautiful Day ⓘ I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For ⓘ New Year’s Day ⓘ One ⓘ Pride (In the Name of Love) ⓘ Bloody Sunday ⓘ surface form: Sunday Bloody Sunday Vertigo ⓘ Where the Streets Have No Name ⓘ With or Without You ⓘ
notableTour	PopMart Tour ⓘ The Joshua Tree ⓘ surface form: The Joshua Tree Tour U2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U2 360° Tour Zoo TV Tour ⓘ
notableWork	Achtung Baby ⓘ All That You Can’t Leave Behind ⓘ Boy ⓘ How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb ⓘ No Line on the Horizon ⓘ October ⓘ Pop ⓘ Rattle and Hum ⓘ Songs of Experience ⓘ Songs of Innocence ⓘ Songs of Surrender ⓘ The Joshua Tree ⓘ War ⓘ Zooropa ⓘ
recordLabel	Interscope Records ⓘ Island Records ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Super Bowl XXXVI → halftimePerformer → U2 ⓘ

U2 → memberOf → U2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Bono

U2 → memberOf → U2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: The Edge

U2 → memberOf → U2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Adam Clayton

U2 → memberOf → U2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Larry Mullen Jr.

U2 → notableTour → U2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U2 360° Tour

B. B. King → collaboratedWith → U2 ⓘ

Manchester Arena → hostedArtist → U2 ⓘ

Ambassador of Conscience Award → hasRecipient → U2 ⓘ

easyJet → IATAcode → U2 ⓘ

Van Dyke Parks → associatedAct → U2 ⓘ

All Along the Watchtower → coveredBy → U2 ⓘ

Knockin' on Heaven's Door → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → U2 ⓘ

Grammy Award for Song of the Year → hasAwardedTo → U2 ⓘ

Where the Streets Have No Name → artist → U2 ⓘ

Where the Streets Have No Name → performer → U2 ⓘ

Where the Streets Have No Name → tourStapleFor → U2 ⓘ

Bono → memberOf → U2 ⓘ

Bono → associatedAct → U2 ⓘ

Boy → artist → U2 ⓘ

Boy → performer → U2 ⓘ

Boy → notableWorkOf → U2 ⓘ

Boy → partOf → U2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U2 discography

War → artist → U2 ⓘ

War → performer → U2 ⓘ

The Joshua Tree → artist → U2 ⓘ

The Joshua Tree → performer → U2 ⓘ

The Joshua Tree → producer → U2 ⓘ

Rattle and Hum → artist → U2 ⓘ

Rattle and Hum → performer → U2 ⓘ

Rattle and Hum → producer → U2 ⓘ

Achtung Baby → artist → U2 ⓘ

Achtung Baby → performer → U2 ⓘ

Achtung Baby → partOf → U2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U2 discography

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb → artist → U2 ⓘ

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb → performer → U2 ⓘ

No Line on the Horizon → artist → U2 ⓘ

No Line on the Horizon → performer → U2 ⓘ

Songs of Innocence → artist → U2 ⓘ

Songs of Innocence → performer → U2 ⓘ

Songs of Experience → artist → U2 ⓘ

Songs of Experience → performer → U2 ⓘ

With or Without You → artist → U2 ⓘ

With or Without You → performer → U2 ⓘ

With or Without You → producer → U2 ⓘ

With or Without You → isSignatureSongOf → U2 ⓘ

Pride (In the Name of Love) → artist → U2 ⓘ

Pride (In the Name of Love) → performer → U2 ⓘ

Pride (In the Name of Love) → includedIn → U2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U2 live setlists

One → artist → U2 ⓘ

subject surface form: One (U2 song)