Did U2 really have This Heat, Eisturzende Neubauten, Pixies,

Yeah.
Their normie audience fucking hated Neubauten and the Pixies though, IIRC.

>>72626951
Yeah, for two reasons
1. U2 had to work their way to the top and their earlier gigs would have had their Post-Punk contemporaries performing with them
2. When U2 got popular they knew most of the audience didn't give a shit about the opening act so they'd put on whoever they felt like putting on, the more outlandish the better i.e. Public Enemy, Primus, EN, etc.

They've also had stuff like Smash Mouth support them as well, so it wasn't always good

>>72627076
IIRC, U2's label pretty much forced them to take on Smash Mouth as an opening act on the American dates (because they were a new signee and just blowing up with "Walking on the Sun") because U2's singles from and the album itself bombed commercially and critically and the tour was struggling sell tickets in the US.

Does that bother you OP?

>>72626951
Didn't know about This Heat
Cool

Don't forget PJ Harvey.
Doesn't make U2 music any less bland and monolithic.
The Stones pay for the funerals of their favorite bluesmen when they pass.
Doesn't change the fact that they're sellouts who peddled whitewashed versions of black music.

>>72627979
U2 is better than your favorite band.

>>72626951
Bullshit

>>72627979
Why is it wrong to "wash" another style of music with something you're more familiar with? Techno isnt blackwashed Kraftwerk?

Bono is fucking based, anyone that hates U2 is a douche with their head too far deep in their own ass