History Heartwarming / U2

* While Music/AllThatYouCantLeaveBehind gets critized for sounding like its lyrics come from a self help book for many people it's the most uplifting album they've ever released with nearly every song being touchy and/or motivational.

%%* Beautiful Day does the job well!

* The very name U2 comes from the fact that they considered the audience part of the band.

* When U2 wants to tug at the heartstrings, they go all the way. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msqXt0JEkyA Here's]] the band performing at Pavarotti and Friends, starting with them performing "One" and followed by Bono doing a half-English/half-Italian duet of "Ave Maria" with Pavarotti himself.

* While Music/AllThatYouCantLeaveBehind gets critized for sounding like it's lyrics come from a self help book for many people it's the most uplifting album they've ever released with nearly every song being touchy and/or motivational.

** "Stuck In A Moment" is a tribute to late Music/{{INXS}} singer Michael Hutchence

* When U2 wants to tug at the heartstrings, they go all the way. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msqXt0JEkyA Here's]] the band performing at Pavarotti and Friends, starting with them performing "One" and followed by Bono doing a half-English/half-Italian duet of "Ave Maria" with Pavarotti himself.
* "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of". It's a song about not getting hung up in your frustrations and not letting sadness get the best of you. There are actual stories of people who beat depression thanks to this song.
-->''And if the night runs over\\
And if the day won't last\\
And if your way should falter\\
Along the stony pass\\
It's just a moment\\
This time will pass''

* When U2 wants to tug at the heartstrings, they go all the way. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msqXt0JEkyA Here's]] the band performing at Pavarotti and Friends, starting with them performing "One" and followed by Bono doing a half-English/half-Italian duet of "Ave Maria" with Pavarotti himself.

%%** '''"40."'''
%%** "The First Time".
** When U2 couldn't play the Glastonbury festival in 2010, Music/{{Muse}} invited The Edge to play "Where The Streets Have No Name" with them. At once a CMOA for Muse and a CMOH for Mister The Edge. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6p-Xb2zMU4 D'awwww!]]
** The 360° performances of "Walk On". Everybody wore masks of Aung San Suu Kyii.
** The 2009/2010 Desmond Tutu intro to One on the 360° tour.
---->Because our voices were heard, millions more of our brothers and sisters are alive, thanks to the miracle of AIDS drugs and malaria drugs. They will be doctors, they will be nurses, they will be scientists, who will live to solve great problems. Yes, there are many obstacles. Of course, there are always roadblocks in the way of justice, but God will put a wind at our back and a rising road ahead, if we work with each other as '''one'''.

* A blind fan had been to over 20 live shows, and when Bono saw him on stage during a live show in Tennesse with a sign reading stating that he was a blind guitarist, Bono brings him onstage to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSXmZfwJCTU preform "All I Want Is You,"]] then afterward, the band [[http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/offbeat/blind-man-in-crowd-gets-invited-to-play-with-bono-on-stage-7-5-2011 gives him a guitar!]]

* During their current tour (360°), Bono was caught in the rain while walking outside Vancouver. He was picked up by Edmonton Oilers forward Gilbert Brule, who offered him a ride. Grateful, Bono gives Brule tickets to his concern in Edmonton. The heartwarming comes when Bono mentions this story in front of the entire audience and gives a shout out to Brule (who was given free tickets and a backstage pass) ends with "Now, I want to BE Gilbert Brule".

** "Stuck In A Moment" is a tribute to late Music/INXS singer Michael Hutchence

* When U2 wants to tug at the heartstrings, they go all the way. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msqXt0JEkyA Here's]] the band performing at [[Music/LucianoPavarotti Pavarotti]] and Friends, starting with them performing "One" and followed by Bono doing a half-English/half-Italian duet of "Ave Maria."

** "In a Little While" gets a posthumous one from punk legend [[Music/TheRamones Joey Ramone]] who the band cites as a huge influence, it was the last song he listened to when he died of lymphoma. After that every time it was played on the Elevation tour it was dedicated to his memory

* During the 2015 concert tour, Ireland legalized same sex marriage, and on the Inglewood, CA stage at The Forum, Bono cried out at last that "Love is the Highest Law".

* 'The Miracle (of Joey Ramone) is such a heartwarming song, knowing [[TheRamones the subject matter]] and how much the impact it had on the band.

** '''"40."'''
** "The First Time".

** For this troper, the best use of "Where the Streets of Have No Name" would probably be at their performance at Slane Castle. The performance occurred just weeks after the death of Bono's father; needless to say, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDkBzkA9L4s preformance is nothing if not moving.]]
*** This troper thinks the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq08ouOwiqQ&feature=related performance at the Super Bowl]] fits the trope better.

* Beautiful Day does the job well!

* During the 2015 concert tour, Ireland legalized same sex marriage, and on the Inglewood, CA stage at The Forum, Bono cried out at last that "Love is the Highest Law". This troper's voice was raw as he and 8000(?) people shouted with joy and, I'd like to think, triumph.

* Gabrielle Giffords is a congresswoman that survived an assassination attempt in Jan 2011. During her recovery she listened to U2 a lot and even picked a U2 song (Beautiful Day) as the wake up song when her husband, Commander Mark Kelly, was on the International Space Station. During a concert in Seattle, Bono dedicated Beautiful Day to Gabrielle and asks the audience “Imagine a man looking down on us from 200 miles up. Looking down at our beautiful crowded planet… What would he say to us…? What is on your mind, Commander Kelly?” Commander Kelly, appearing on the 360 screen from the International Space Station, quoted Bowie, [[http://youtu.be/9ydz5-ecdpg “I’m looking forward to coming home. Tell my wife I love her very much… she knows.”]]

** From the same album, 'Iris', about Bono's mother, who died when he was only 14.

* 'The Miracle (of Joey Ramone) is such a heartwarming song, knowing [[TheRamones the subject matter]] and how much the impact it had on the band.

* The song "One". At a moment the band was facing a serious split after ''Rattle And Hum'' and arguing over the direction of the next album, U2 sits down and records a delicate ode to the pain of a relationship falling apart, yet a song that still comes across as hopeful and uplifting.

* Beautiful Day does the job well!

** When U2 couldn't play the Glastonbury festival in 2010, {{Muse}} invited The Edge to play ''Where The Streets Have No Name'' with them. At once a CMOA for Muse and a CMOH for Mister The Edge. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6p-Xb2zMU4 D'awwww!]]
** For this troper, the best use of ''Where the Streets of Have No Name'' would probably be at their performance at Slane Castle. The performance occurred just weeks after the death of Bono's father; needless to say, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDkBzkA9L4s preformance is nothing if not moving.]]

** The 360° performances of Walk On. Everybody wore masks of Aung San Suu Kyii.