U2 Japan

U2's (from left) Larry, Bono, Edge, and Adam, who came to Japan. U2, a popular rock band from Ireland, performed a total of six times in Tokyo, Osaka and other cities. The four-member group is known as a socially conscious group that looks at various movements in the world. Formed in Dublin in 1978, U2 debuted the following year, and their 1987 album "Joshua Tree" sold over 15 million copies worldwide and won the Grammy Award for "Best Album" that year, making them one of the world's top groups in both name and reality. At their first concert in Japan in six years, the band captivated the audience with their powerful rock music, stripped down to the bare essentials. At the Irish Embassy in Tokyo, November 22, 1989. Interview with U2, a socially conscious rock band from Ireland, published in the evening edition of December 5, 1989.