Rare photos reveal U2′s “Show”

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NEW YORK (Billboard) – More than 400 rare photographs and illustrations will
chronicle U2′s live performance history in the book "U2 Show: The Art of
Touring."

Assembled by photographer Diana Scrimgeour with the full cooperation of U2 and

its associates, the 312-page volume will hit bookstores Oct. 21 via Riverhead
Books.

"U2 has put together some pretty spectacular shows over the years, from the
famous Red Rocks show to the extravagant ZooTV and PopMart tours to the much
calmer Elevation shows," Riverhead senior editor Sean McDonald told
Billboard.com. "And the book is appropriately spectacular, I think — lavish
when it needs to be, more intimate when it needs to be."

Besides U2′s members, such music luminaries as Island Records founder Chris
Blackwell, producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois and artists Peter Gabriel and
Steven Van Zandt  were interviewed for or contributed to the project.

"U2 Show" also features reminiscences from "all the people involved on the
ground in putting together a U2 performance, like stagehands and the lighting
guys," McDonald said. "These are the people who have been really involved in
making U2 what they are."

The volume is not being specifically tied in to the release of U2′s new
Interscope studio album, which is expected sometime this fall. "It would be
great for us if (the album) came out at the same time," McDonald said. "Clearly
it’s expected to be around that time."

Reuters/Billboard