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Were a short-lived fictional, spoof country band, created and performed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2 U2], as their own opening act, on three dates (November 1, 1987 - Indianapolis, November 18, 1987 - Los Angeles and December 12, 1987 - Hampton) of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joshua_Tree_Tour Joshua Tree tour] - "fictional" only in that they did not exist separately from U2. On those occasions, the band members appeared on stage wearing wigs, cowboy hats and country-style boots, introducing themselves with "Dalton" pseudonyms, much in the style of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daltons_(Lucky_Luke) Lucky Luke Daltons]: Alton Dalton ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono Bono]), Luke Dalton ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edge The Edge]), Betty Dalton ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Clayton Adam Clayton]) and Duke Dalton ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Mullen,_Jr. Larry Mullen, Jr].).
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Were a short-lived fictional, spoof country band, created and performed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2 U2], as their own opening act, on three dates (November 1, 1987 - Indianapolis, November 18, 1987 - Los Angeles and December 12, 1987 - Hampton) of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joshua_Tree_Tour Joshua Tree tour] - "fictional" only in that they did not exist separately from U2. On those occasions, the band members appeared on stage wearing wigs, cowboy hats and country-style boots, introducing themselves with "Dalton" pseudonyms, much in the style of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daltons_(Lucky_Luke) Lucky Luke Daltons].
  
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*Alton Dalton ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono Bono])
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*Luke Dalton ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edge The Edge])
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*Betty Dalton ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Clayton Adam Clayton])
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*Duke Dalton ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Mullen,_Jr. Larry Mullen, Jr])
  
== References ==
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[[Category:1987|Dalton Brothers]]
 
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[[Category:Pseudonyms|Dalton Brothers]]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dalton_Brothers_(band)]
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[[Category:Country music|Dalton Brothers]]
[http://www.atu2.com/daltons/lyrics.html]
 

Latest revision as of 11:59, 23 January 2019

Were a short-lived fictional, spoof country band, created and performed by U2, as their own opening act, on three dates (November 1, 1987 - Indianapolis, November 18, 1987 - Los Angeles and December 12, 1987 - Hampton) of their Joshua Tree tour - "fictional" only in that they did not exist separately from U2. On those occasions, the band members appeared on stage wearing wigs, cowboy hats and country-style boots, introducing themselves with "Dalton" pseudonyms, much in the style of the Lucky Luke Daltons.

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