OffStereo

U2

OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. U2 runs through 4 of them, 3 that take them as the subject and 1 more where they surface inside someone else's story. They appear most often alongside Massive Attack, Portishead and Brian Eno.

4 shows 3 about them 15 tracks 6 related artists

Shows about U2

Bryson Tiller, U2

Bryson Tiller's 2014 trapsoul breakthrough and U2's 1987 landmark The Joshua Tree both master distinct, emotionally resonant soundscapes.

Featuring With or Without You · Beautiful Day · I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

14 chapters · 12 tracks · 1 plays

U2, Bristol trip-hop

Brian Eno's ambient influence and Bristol's trip-hop scene, led by Massive Attack and Portishead, push U2's 90s sound from stadium rock to electronic deconstruction.

Featuring Where The Streets Have No Name · Numb · MOFO

10 chapters · 8 tracks · 1 plays

Dublin's Post-Punk Genesis

Amidst 70s Dublin's economic void, punk's raw energy and post-punk's experimental edge, from The Radiators From Space to U2 and The Virgin Prunes, forge a defiant scene.

Featuring I Will Follow · Out of Control · Gloria

12 chapters · 9 tracks

Shows where U2 appears

Live Aid: Stage or Spectacle?

Live Aid proves a proving ground where Queen's Freddie Mercury unites 72,000 with "Radio Ga Ga" and U2's Bono dives into legend, while Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" reunion falters.

1 of 7 tracks — Bad

10 chapters · 7 tracks

Related artists

Massive Attack1 Portishead1 Brian Eno1 Tricky1 David Bowie1 Bob Dylan1