Although formed in 1976, U2 came of age during the 1980s. The band absolutely dominated the decade, earning back-to-back No. 1 records on the Billboard 200 (for The Joshua Tree and its 1988 follow-up, ...
U2 first crossed paths with B.B. King in early 1987, when the blues icon played a show in Dublin. It was King’s idea to record a song together. When U2 headed to America later that year, they booked a ...
In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. U2 almost quit.