Brian Boyd

U2 Experience Brian Boyd

Marc Notes: U2's career as a rock group spans nearly four decades, the band have produced one hit album after another. This book documents and archives all the band's achievenments, and features 20 items of removable facsimile memorabilia, including posters, tickets, flyers and signed photographs. Biographical Note: Brian Boyd is a highly respected music journalist and feature writer who pens the weekly music column The Ticket in the "Irish Times." His work has also appeared in many international newspapers and magazines. In broadcasting he contributes to the BBC, RTE, and many other radio stations both here and abroad. He has been served tea by Morrissey, Bono has cooked him lunch, and he has sung karaoke with Eminem."Publisher Marketing: Over a career that now spans nearly four decades, U2 has produced one hit album after another and created the template for the giant global stadium tour that other bands now use. From their roots in post-punk, the band has grown and incorporated musical styles from synth pop to gospel, while always making socially and politically aware music that hits a nerve with fans. Written by a leading music journalist, "U2 Experience" documents all of the band s mammoth achievements. The first interactive book to celebrate the legendary Irish rock group, it contains 20 items of removable facsimile memorabilia including posters, tickets, flyers, and contracts as well as numerous rare photographs."