Recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, two-time Golden Globe and 22-time Grammy Award-winning U2 perform some of their biggest hits, alongside brand new tracks from their forthcoming album, Songs of Experience, as well as chatting about their lives to date in the television special.
In exclusive behind the scenes footage, the band allowed TV cameras special access backstage and gave presenter Cat Deeley an AAA backstage tour as they prepared to perform at the Morumbi stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The venue is where they ended their The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 which saw the band play to over 2.7 million people in just 51 shows across Europe and North and South America.
From the beginning, U2 were marked out by their drive and ambition, forming as a band “… before they could play”. Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton met at Mount Temple School, Dublin and formed U2 in 1978. Acknowledged as one of the best live acts in the world, U2 have released 13 studio albums and have sales in excess of 157 million. They have won numerous awards; including 22 Grammys (the record for most wins by a rock act), two Golden Globes, an Oscar nomination and the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience. And in 2005, U2 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility.