From the award-winning music director for WBCN-FM, Boston, here is the first book about the Irish rock band U2's conquest of the American public. Since their U.S. debut in 1980, U2 has become a phenomenon, capturing a Grammy Award and the cover of Time magazine. Alan follows the group's rise from their first visit to America to their 1992 tour. 20 photographs.
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20 Years ago, a club called Paradise,
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This review is from: Outside Is America: U2 in the U.S. (Paperback)
Non-Bostonians who have seen the "Live in Boston" U2 DVD were probably a bit puzzled, when halfway through one of the songs Bono sings out "Paradise...20 Years ago....A Club called Paradise". The line is a reference to a Boston club called "The Paradise" where they played one of their first shows in the US sometime in late December, 1980.There is much discussion among casual U2 fans I know as to where they played their very first gig in the US. (Some say New York, some say Boston.) I decided to get this book and settle the argument. Both sides are somewhat right. Although U2 played their first concert in New York, WBCN in Boston was the first radio station in the US to play their music. Carter Allen details how he picked up a import single of their first record and was able to get the station music director to ok him putting it on. And such did greatness get its' start.
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