- U2 / ACHTUNG BABIES
THE BAND
ACHTUNG BABIES started out in 1993 in Rome. They debut for the first time at Palladium Theater, where they put on the very first U2 Tribute event in the world, that is to say a live concert with a repertorie entirely dedicated to the Irish band.
The existance of a band dedicated exclusively to U2´s music quickly attracted thousands of U2 fans in Italy.
With the news spreading, Achtung Babies began performing constantly in Rome first and around Italy then, under a collaboration with U2´s Official Italian Fans Club (U2Backstage), and then even in cooperation with Universal, U2´s Record Label. In fact precisely Universal involves the band in many important promotional events nationwide, including the presentation of the Italian shows of U2´s POP Mart Tour, in which occasion Bono personally says hi to the band during an interview on Radio Dee Jay Network.
In the meantime, Achtung Babies´ tour schedule grows more and more, and the band appears in many interviews with news papers and radio shows, as well as tv appearences: in RAI news, musical shows on Swiss television, Spanish national TV (where they even appear on prime time news), Turkish TV, and on several music shows by Mediaset, including an entore report on the popular show le Iene. Among many more tv appearences, it´s worth mentioning a full concert filmed and broadcast on satellite tv Match Music and most importantly the PIM (Italian Music Awards), where Achtung Babies share the stage with...