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The Edge, Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr of U2 photographed in 1980.
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Bono of U2 photographed in Torhout, Belgium on July 3, 1982.
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Bono photographed circa 1981.
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Bono photographed at the Rock Werchter Festival in Belgium on April 7, 1982.
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U2 in concert in London on Nov. 28, 1984.
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Bono of U2 performs on stage on the Lovetown Tour at the Palais Omnisports de Bercy, Paris, France on Dec. 11, 1989.
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The Edge and Bono of U2 perform on stage on the Lovetown Tour at the Palais Omnisports de Bercy, Paris, France on Dec. 11, 1989.
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Adam Clayton, The Edge, Bono and Larry Mullen of U2 photographed in 1990.
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Bono and Adam Clayton performing onstage during the Z00 TV Tour in 1992.
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Bono photographed in the Netherlands on Aug. 3, 1993.
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Bono of U2 performing live onstage on PopMart tour on July 19, 1997.
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U2 photographed at the Grammys in 2006 after winning Album Of The Year for "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" and Song Of The Year for "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own."
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The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Bono, and Adam Clayton of U2 perform on stage on the final night of U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 at SDCCU Stadium on Sept. 22, 2017 in San Diego, Calif.
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