| UPDATED: 07:31, Tue, Jan 26, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top Royal stories again. SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. U2 started life as a rock band called Feedback, then renamed as The Hype, before becoming the band we know and love today. Having been together since 1976, that is a long time to work with the same people and at one point, according to frontman Bono, the band almost did the unthinkable: break up.