20 October: The band's debut album, Boy, is released in Ireland and the United Kingdom.19 October: U2 play the Lyceum Ballroom, opening for Slade with the hardcore punk fame Discharge and Last Words.15 October: U2 play their first continental Europe gig at Melkweg ("The Milkyway") in Amsterdam.The show is broadcast the following day to coincide with the following day's first mainland European concert. 14 October: The band play to a small audience in KRO Studios in Hilversum, The Netherlands.October: " I Will Follow" is released as a single and peaks at number 20 on the Mainstream Rock charts.27 September: U2 support Echo and the Bunnymen in London's Lyceum Ballroom.6 September – 4 December: The band play a 57-date tour of Europe.August: " A Day Without Me" is released as a single.The Police top the bill which includes Squeeze and Q-Tips. 27 July: U2 play their first open-air festival to an audience of 15,000 at Leixlip Castle in Kildare.23 May: " 11 O'Clock Tick Tock" is released in Ireland, and as the band's first internationally released single, in the UK.March – September: The band record their first album at Windmill Lane Studios.23 March: U2 sign an international deal with Island Records.19 March: U2 share the bill with Berlin and The Virgin Prunes at the Sense of Ireland festival.26 February: U2's second single, " Another Day", is released on the CBS label for the Irish market only.15 January: U2 perform "Stories for Boys" live on The Late Late Show.Windmill Lane Studios where U2 recorded their first album 1 December: With £3,000 borrowed from family and friends, U2 begin a two-week tour of London clubs, their first shows outside Ireland.1 November : U2 receive their first cover story outside Ireland in British magazine Record Mirror.26 October: U2 are featured on the cover of Hot Press magazine.5 October: U2 play their first television performance on RTÉ at a televised concert at the Cork Opera House.September: U2's first release, an Ireland-only EP entitled Three, becomes the band's first Irish chart success.Organised for young people prohibited from the venues U2 normally play, the concerts greatly expand their Dublin audience. May: U2 play the first of six afternoon concerts at the Dandelion Market in Dublin.February: Using borrowed money, Bono travels to London to plug U2 at the offices of record companies and music magazines.December 1978: U2 play in support of The Greedy Bastards, a band made up of members of Sex Pistols, Thin Lizzy, and Boomtown Rats, at the Stardust nightclub in Dublin.
November 1978: Mullen's mother, Maureen Mullen, is killed in a car accident.9 September 1978: U2 play in support of The Stranglers at the Top Hat Ballroom, their biggest gig to date.: Paul McGuinness agrees to become U2's manager.Paul McGuiness (pictured in 2010) became manager of the band in 1978 late 1976 : Feedback give their first public performance at a talent contest held in the school canteen.Autumn : Martin leaves the band after the first practice, and McCormick leaves within a few weeks.September : The band name themselves "Feedback" because it was one of the few technical terms they knew.Attending the first practice are Mullen (playing drums), The Edge and his older brother Dik Evans (playing guitar), the Evans brothers' friend Adam Clayton (playing bass guitar), Bono (performing lead vocals), and Mullen's friends Ivan McCormick and Peter Martin. 25 September: The band that will become U2 forms in Dublin after Mullen posts a notice seeking musicians for a new band on the Mount Temple Comprehensive School notice board.The group nicknames Hewson Bono after a Dublin hearing aid store.
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