The band got together in dublin, ireland, in 1976. at the (6) __ of the 1980s they started to have hits in the uk and america. they (7) __ in the live aid concert in 1985, and after that they were international superstars. their album the joshua tree came out in 1987 and it spent nine weeks at the top of the american charts. in britain they sold 250,000 copies in two days. a year later the album rattle and hum (8) __the same success. in the early 1990s they made a series of (9) __and original cds including zooropa and achtung baby — and continued to sell millions of copies. is their music irish? not really. bono is (10) __ by irish folk songs, but the band hasn't got an irish sound. it is sometimes american, sometimes british, sometimes pure «u2». but «u2» are rather (11) __from other big rock bands. (12) __ one thing, three of them are christians and sometimes their concerts have a christian atmosphere. bono says: «we are christians. but it's a very private thing. we are not comfortable (13) __ about it». also, they talk about serious problems. they are great (14) __of amnesty international and greenpeace. the group is well known for (15) __ political songs. their message is peace and understanding. even the name of the band is (16) __ this message with others: «u2» also (17) __ «you too». a b c d 6 begin beginner begun beginning 7 appear appeared appearing appears 8 have had has to have 9 interesting interest interested interests 10 fascinate fascinating fascinated is fascinated 11 different difference differ differentiate 12 on for with in 13 talking to talking talked told 14 support supporting supporter supporters 15 her his it its 16 share sharing" shared have shared 17 mean means meaning have meant
