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=== Influences === <!--This is not intended to be a comprehensive list; no more artists need to be added--> The band cite [[the Who]],<ref>McCormick (2006), p. 113</ref> [[the Clash]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2600669.stm|title=Clash Star Strummer Dies|website=BBC News |date=27 December 2002|access-date=18 June 2010}}</ref> Television,<ref name="RStone397"/> [[Ramones]],<ref name="Walker">{{cite news|url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,107223,00.html?internalid=ACA|title=Eulogy: Bono Remembers Joey Ramone|author=Bono|magazine=Time|date=April 2001|access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref> [[the Beatles]],<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/24/1058853193517.html | date = 26 July 2003| title = Saint Bono | website=The Age | access-date =7 January 2008 | location=Melbourne}}</ref> Joy Division,<ref>''NewOrderStory'' [DVD]. Warner Bros., 2005.</ref> Siouxsie and the Banshees,<ref>McCormick (2006), p. 56, 58, 96</ref> [[Elvis Presley]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Immortals β The Greatest Artists of All Time: Elvis Presley |author=Bono |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=15 April 2004}}</ref> [[Patti Smith]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Bono β The Rolling Stone Interview |magazine=Rolling Stone |first=Jann |last=Wenner |date=3 November 2005}}</ref> and [[Kraftwerk]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/9-biggest-revelations-in-bonos-bbc-interview-about-u2-172174/|title=9 Biggest Revelations in Bono's 'BBC' Interview About U2|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Jason|last=Newman|date=3 February 2014|access-date=5 July 2018}}</ref> as influences. [[Van Morrison]] has been cited by Bono as an influence,<ref>Bayles (1994), p. 321</ref> and the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] mentioned his influence on U2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/van-morrison/|title=Van Morrison: Induction year 1993|website=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|rockhall.com]]|access-date=18 June 2010|archive-date=11 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611012301/http://rockhall.com/inductees/van-morrison|url-status=dead}}</ref> U2 have also worked with or had influential relationships with artists including [[Johnny Cash]], [[Green Day]], [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[B.B. King]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Bob Dylan]] and [[Luciano Pavarotti]].<ref>McCormick (2006), pp. 39, 113, 343</ref> Bono said that [[David Bowie]] helped him discover the works of [[Bertolt Brecht]], [[William Burroughs]], Springsteen, and Brian Eno.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/bono-remembers-david-bowie-he-is-my-idea-of-a-rock-star-225955/|title=Bono Remembers David Bowie: 'He Is My Idea of a Rock Star'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=27 January 2016|access-date=18 March 2019}}</ref> Fellow Irish rock band [[the Script]] have also been influenced by U2.<ref name="TheScript">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-script-mn0001013375|title=The Script β Music Biography, Credits and Discography : AllMusic|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref>
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