Its been 28 years since four boys from Dublin joined forces to form U2. Over 130 million albums, 22 Grammy Awards and a dozen sell out world tours later, Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton, Bono and The Edge are still finding new fans around the world. From the beginning, U2 were marked out by their drive and ambition; Bono admitting in early interviews that they were a band before they could play. In 1979 they released a one-off Irish EP, U23, and in April that year U2 signed to Island Records, releasing their first album 11 O'Clock Tick Tock the following month. U2s eleventh studio album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, was recorded over 18 months in Dublin and the south of France and released in November 2004. HTDAAB took home the coveted Album of the Year award at the Grammys in 2006. The accompanying Vertigo Tour has played to audiences of more than 3.4 million worldwide. September 2006 saw the publication of U2 by U2, the bands story in their own words. Genre Rock Label Island / Interscope / Mercury Music Group Major Label