RECREATING THE FEELING AND EMOTION
OF U2’s GREATEST LIVE PERFORMANCES
RECREATING THE FEELING AND EMOTION
OF U2’s GREATEST LIVE PERFORMANCES
Guggi, Hotpress 2016
U2Baby are a world-class U2 tribute band who get flown IN to Dublin for fan events when U2 are in town. Their reputation for authenticity has earned them iconic venues including Sporting Club Monaco, The Cavern Club Liverpool, The Button Factory Dublin, MAD Club Lausanne, and the Half Moon in Putney; plus festivals such as Thunder in the Glens, Tribfest Bahrain and Undercover Festival in Warsaw. They have played all over the UK and in Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Norway, Malta, Poland, Switzerland, Monaco and Bahrain.
As trusted band for official Dublin fan parties #WelcomeToTheNorthside, their credentials reach U2's own inner circle — Guggi, quoted in Hotpress, said "I thought U2Baby were amazing! And it was easier to get in."
Rather than only recreate album tracks, U2Baby also performs iconic concert versions to capture the spontaneous power of a real stadium show — the chills, the hairs on the back of your neck. A full-era repertoire spanning Boy to Songs of Experience, from A Sort of Homecoming to With or Without You.
Ric and Simon on what U2Baby is really chasing — not an impression of a voice, but the tension, ache and euphoria behind the songs themselves. A candid look at the sound, the look, and the one thing they say matters more than both.
Not every U2Baby night starts with a flight to Dublin. On Saturday 12th September, the full show lands at The Globe, Cardiff — big anthems, deeper cuts, and a room that turns into a choir by the encore.
There's nowhere quite like Dublin during a U2 anniversary. On Saturday 26th September, U2Baby take the Button Factory stage for U250, billed as "The Reinvention" — with a special guest still to be revealed.
That shimmering Edge sound isn't a preset — it's a set of precise, deliberate choices. We sat down with Strings Direct to break down two of them on camera: layering dual delays, and the reason our guitarist turns his pick around before he plays a note.
"U2Baby are the U2 tribute that we fly to Ireland for our major events due to their authenticity, professionalism and absolute attention to detail...we would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone looking for the closest tribute to the real thing you can get."
Darren Moore, General Manager, The Church Cafe Bar and Restaurant Dublin
Main photo credit to James Booth Photography