This was during U2's Elevation Tour, and from that point on during shows Bono would introduce the song as a tune that was originally about a lovestruck hangover but that Joey turned it into a gospel song.

U2's lead singer Bono had become aware of Orbison when he saw Blue Velvet and, with The Edge wrote " She's a Mystery to Me " for him.

Red Moon, which included background vocals by U2's Bono, was released in 1990.

The plane had been carrying Buffett as well as U2's Bono, and Island Records producer Chris Blackwell, and co-pilot Bill Dindy.

In 2007 the band performed at an NAACP tribute to Bono, covering U2's " Sunday Bloody Sunday " and " Pride ( In the Name of Love )".

It's an extraordinary voice ," said U2's Bono in 2003.

Also acknowledging the heritage of the show, Bono introduced U2's performance by saying: " Right, what we'd like to do now is go live from Toronto to London, to The Secret Policeman's Ball – which is a mysterious and extraordinary event that certainly changed my life ..." ( Notwithstanding the description of the show as " live " the U2 performance had actually been pre-recorded in Toronto two weeks earlier on 21 May 2001.

On 21 March 2005, Eidos received a takeover bid from Elevation Partners, the private equity firm owned by former Electronic Arts president John Riccitiello and with a number of notable partners, including U2's lead singer Bono.

Ben did satirical portrayals of William Shatner as Star Trek's Captain Kirk, Al Pacino, Arsenio Hall, U2's Bono and Yakoff Smirnoff.

The festival grew at a remarkable pace now being the most prominent film festival in South-East Europe, attracting tens of thousands of people a year, as well as foreign celebrities such as U2's Bono, Willem Dafoe, and Angelina Jolie.

Central Park West is the address of several famous residences, including The Dakota ( where John Lennon lived with Yoko Ono, who still resides there, and outside of which he was murdered in 1980 ), The San Remo ( home to U2's Bono, Demi Moore, Diane Keaton, & Steve Martin ), The El Dorado, The Beresford ( home to Diana Ross & Jerry Seinfeld ), The Langham, The Century, 15 Central Park West ( home to Sting ), 41 Central Park West ( home to Madonna ), 455 Central Park West, The St. Urban, and The Majestic ( which was home to some of the former heads of the Genovese crime family, including Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano and Frank Costello.

The album was named after the chorus from the track " She's a Mystery to Me ", written for Orbison by U2's Bono and The Edge.

* In November 2006, Pearl Jam performed the song with U2's Bono and The Edge, under the moniker " U-Jam " for the Make Poverty History Concert in Melbourne, Australia.

In 1985, he was recruited to play clarinet by friends Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood on the song Silver and Gold by U2's Bono for the Artists United Against Apartheid album Sun City.

Elvis Costello wrote the lyrics to the track " Miss Mary ", U2's Bono was responsible for the English version of the title track and Paul Buchanan of The Blue Nile provided two sets of English lyrics.

Steve Winwood played Hammond on two songs and U2's Bono wrote the lyrics to the English version of " Blu ".

The album was produced by Don Was and Brendan O ' Brien and includes collaborations with Brian Wilson and U2's Bono.

The band consisted of childhood friends of U2's Bono.

* Ali Hewson ( born 1961 ), activist and wife of U2's Bono

In August 2010, at U2's first performance in Russia, Bono invited Yuri Shevchuk to join him on the stage for a spontaneous duet.

He has maintained a close friendship with U2's Bono since both were children, and they collaborated on the soundtrack for the Jim Sheridan film In the Name of the Father, including the title track " In the name of the father ", " Billy Boola " and " You made me the thief of your heart ", which was sung by Sinéad O ' Connor and nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song.

Shortly before Joe Strummer's death, he and U2's Bono co-wrote the song " 46664 " for Mandela as part of the campaign against AIDS in Africa.

The song was given added exposure in 1992-1993 by its regular use on U2's satellite-themed Zoo TV Tour, where Bono sang it as a duet with a prerecorded video image of Reed ( and on a few occasions Reed appeared on stage to sing it in person ).

U2's lead singer Bono wrote the song about the suicide of his close friend Michael Hutchence, lead singer of the band INXS.

Friday and Guggi, along with third vocalist Dave-iD Busaras, guitarist Dik Evans ( brother of U2's The Edge ), bassist Strongman ( Trevor Rowan, brother of Guggi ) and drummer Pod ( Anthony Murphy ), completed the original lineup.

Janet and Michael Jackson's Scream and Weezer's el Scorcho, both directed by Mark Romanek, and U2's One, directed by Anton Corbijn, also have director's cut versions.

She also acquired an experienced manager, Fachtna O ' Ceallaigh, former head of U2's Mother Records.

During this period they also opened a number of shows on U2's PopMart Tour.

Most of the songs on the album sounded like U2's first record Boy, also using xylophones effects and The Edge's distinctive guitar style.

She has also provided backing vocals to U2's cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's " Fortunate Son " ( B-side of 1992 " Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses " single from their Achtung Baby album ), as well as to the Counting Crows ' 1993 debut August and Everything After on " Sullivan Street " and " Mr. Jones ".

They also gained mainstream exposure by opening a European leg of U2's Zoo TV Tour in 1992, although they were nearly booed off the stage and almost started a riot when front man Coughlan swore at a Milan audience and insulted the Pope.

It also contains samples from U2's song " Ultraviolet ( Light My Way )", Peter Gabriel's " Kiss That Frog ", NASA retransmissions sampled from " Mare Tranquillitatis " performed by Vangelis, and Genesis ' " Dreaming While You Sleep ".

Willie Williams has been responsible for the design of all of U2's tours from 1982 onward, most famously the extravagant, bewildering Zoo TV Tour ( 1992 – 93 ), but also the far more minimalist War Tour ( 1982 – 83 ) and Unforgettable Fire Tour ( 1984 – 85 ), as well as the Joshua Tree Tour ( 1987 ), Lovetown Tour ( 1989 – 90 ), PopMart Tour ( 1997 – 98 ), Elevation Tour ( 2001 ), Vertigo Tour ( 2005 – 06 ) and U2 360 ° Tour ( 2009 – 11 ).

She can also be seen in U2's music video for their song " Even Better Than the Real Thing "; not " Mysterious Ways " as has been incorrectly reported.

Music Video directed by Kevin Godley & It was also released as a B-side on U2's " Stay ( Faraway, So Close!

The final song on U2's 1980 debut album takes its title, " Shadows and Tall Trees ", from Chapter 7 in the book.

Soon after she was signed, she embarked on her first major assignment, providing the vocals for the song " Heroine ", which she co-wrote with U2's guitarist The Edge for the soundtrack to the film Captive.

O ' Ceallaigh, who had been fired by U2 for complaining about them in an interview, was outspoken with his views on music and politics, and O ' Connor adopted the same habits ; she defended the actions of the IRA and said U2's music was " bombastic ".

SST's reputation was damaged severely when sound collage group Negativland fought a long legal battle with SST in the wake of its sampling lawsuit over their notorious " cover " of U2's hit " I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For ", on the 1991 U2 single.

** U2's opening performance of " Walk On ", which won Record of the Year later on that night

* November 12 – U2's Rattle and Hum hits the Number One spot on the U. S. charts, the first double album to do so since Bruce Springsteen's The River in 1980.

This location is featured prominently on the cover of U2's album The Joshua Tree.

U2's 2009 song " Breathe " refers to events taking place on a fictitious 16 June.

In 1993, Flood shifted from engineering U2's albums to producing them, sharing duties with Brian Eno on Zooropa.

Along with Eno, he went on to produce U2's The Joshua Tree, the 1987 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and some of the band's other works including Achtung Baby and All That You Can't Leave Behind, both of which were nominated for the same award but did not win.

* U2's " One Tree Hill " on the album The Joshua Tree is dedicated to Greg Carroll, who was a stagehand in New Zealand.

Days later, however, a protest by Art Uncut at the Glastonbury Festival against U2's alleged hypocrisy on matters of taxation was stopped with force by festival security.

* On July 5, 2005, during U2's performance of the song New Year's Day at a stadium in Chorzów, Poland, the audience of 70, 000 waved colored articles of clothing to form a giant Polish flag of white and red: fans on the pitch waved red, those in the bleachers waved white.

* " Fez – Being Born ", a song from U2's 2009 album No Line on the Horizon

The line " I see seven towers, but I only see one way out " from U2's 1987 song " Running to Stand Still " ( on The Joshua Tree album ) refers to these towers.

Two tracks from the performance were included on U2's 1983 live album, Under a Blood Red Sky.

On June 24, 2011, a prerecorded message by Kelly from the ISS, wished his wife love and introduced U2's song " Beautiful Day " on the first night of the Glastonbury festival in England.

Interpol opened for U2 on their rescheduled tour date at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 5, 2011 and remained on the U2's 360 ° Tour for the remainder of the Summer.

On 12 November 2004 Lemar guested on Radio 1's Live Lounge and performed a cover of U2's song " Vertigo ".