![]() ![]() They were named Best International Group at the BRIT Awards for the third straight year, collected a slew of Rolling Stone awards, and covered Cole Porter’s “Night and Day” on the compilation album Red Hot + Blue to support the fight against AIDS.įor the band, the conversation was all about where to travel next after the immense impact of Rattle and Hum. The first year of the 1990s was one of both individual adventure and collective achievement for U2. ![]() Amid events of such magnitude, the biggest rock group in the world had some momentous changes of their own to unveil. By the time their seventh studio album was released on November 18, 1991, Germany had reunified, the first, unofficial text message had been sent, Nelson Mandela was a free man, Margaret Thatcher had resigned, and the Soviet Union was about to dissolve. The world changed dramatically in the three years in between Rattle and Hum and Achtung Baby - and so did U2. ![]()
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