U2 : Une histoire irlandaise

It was indeed on 25 September 1976 that Larry Mullen pinned up the now-legendary sentence - « Batteur cherche musiciens pour former un groupe » - on the notice board of Mount Temple Comprehensive School, located in north Dublin. Since then, U2 has toured the world countless times with some of the most revolutionary tours of all time. The band has released 15 studio albums and won numerous awards, including 22 Grammy Awards and the "Ambassador of Conscience" award presented by Amnesty International. Nearly ten years after their last studio album, Songs of Experience, a new album is announced for the end of this year. The exhibition presented at the CCI offers a selection of striking and historic photographs, in the spirit of the great photo essays of the French weekly Paris Match. It explores the Dublin roots of the band, the people and places that shaped its history in its early days, as well as the profound impact U2 has had on music, culture and Ireland's international profile over the past five decades.