Achtung Baby have spent over 10 years building up their reputation as one of the best U2 tribute acts in the UK.

Band members are Andy (Bono), Richard (The Edge), Pete (Larry) and Dave (Adam).

The journey began when Andy appeared on Stars in their eyes as Bono and got through to the 1995 final.

In 1996 the band supported Irish band Aslan in Dublin with an audience of 800 people.

In 1997 the band appeared in numerous magazines including NME, Heat and Now, as one of the world's leading tribute acts.

1998 was a big year for the band as they embarked on a huge tribute tour to the Middle East. After several sell-out shows in Bahrain the band returned to Europe and played in Belgium, Portugal and finally Holland with a sell-out show in Rotterdam.

Achtung Baby return to the UK and supported Echo and the Bunnymen on their comeback show in London.

To round off this amazing year the band support The Lightning Seeds at Wimbledon University and also Shed 7 at Cheltenham University.

1999 saw the band spending lots of time in Ireland with shows in Galway, Cork, Belfast and the Olympia Theatre in Dublin.

After numerous TV appearances, in 1999 the band was approached by an Irish film company to record I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, for a short film called Buskers. U2 themselves listened to the recording and gave the film company permission to use it. The film won best short film award at the Aberdeen film festival and has been broadcast on Ch4 and Sky Moviemax.

In an exclusive interview to MTV in 2000, Bono is asked how he feels about U2 tribute Achtung Baby. He replies "I'm quite flattered by what they do."

The band appear on BBC1's Battle of the Tribute Bands - a one hour TV special. Achtung Baby are chosen from 200 tributes to appear with five other acts in the search for the UK's finest. The band was voted the best sound-alike tribute band in the UK.

9:00am Friday 8th February 2008

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