How a journalist for a German magazine found the band in 1982. Another North Side Story.

From Boy to Achtung Baby, how some of the band's finest work became finer still. Agreed ?

Thirty years ago this October U2's first album was released. Which of these five tracks from 'Boy' could you never give up?

'I bought a £5 acoustic guitar from a junk-shop down Dublin quays and I started learning chords and collecting songs....' Adam's first guitar - latest feature from the U2.com archives, and this one's really early.

Paul McGuinness, Bono and others have paid tribute to the late Rob Partridge. Rob was a hugely respected figure in ...

Speed of Life, Saturday Night and Cartoon World are among the rare and previously unreleased tracks featured in the remastered ...

Author and critic Paul Morley, who's followed U2 since their earliest shows in the UK, when he was a writer ...

Speed of Life, Saturday Night and Cartoon World are among the rare and previously unreleased tracks featured in the reformatted ...

U2's first three albums have been re-mastered and will be released by Universal on July 21st. Following the re-mastered release ...

U2's first three albums have been remastered and will be released by Universal on July 21st. Following the remastered release ...

In our second exclusive extract from 'U2byU2', discover how a little Spanish guitar got Edge lost in music.

In our first exclusive extract from 'U2byU2', discover how Adam first came across the bass guitar.

As the Virgin Prunes back-catalogue is re-released, Gavin Friday remembers when 'Fionan became Gavin, Derek became Guggi and Paul became Bono.

The cover of BOY from 1979 is one of the Top Fifty Album Covers nominated in a new poll at Rolling Stone Magazine.

Boy released in US and reaches No 63 in the chart

Boy released in Ireland and UK. Peaks at No 52 in the British charts

Play to 15,000 at first open-air festival in Ireland with The Police and Squeeze

U2 sign major international recording deal with Island Records.

U2 play to nine people at the Hope and Anchor, Islington

Playing The Dark Space Festival, directed by Jim Sheridan

Unity and diversity as the band becomes a four-piece and change name for good.

The magnificent seven are whittled down to five and an unlikely musical outfit explores feedback.