U2 Wins Four Grammy Awards, Including Record Of The Year

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(2/28/02, 12 a.m. ET) -- U2 walked away with an impressive four Grammys last night: record of the year, best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal, best rock album, and best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal.

The band's "Walk On" won for record of the year, beating out stiff competition from India.Arie, Alicia Keys, OutKast, and Train. They picked up best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal for "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of."

"Elevation" won the band best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal. And All That You Can't Leave Behind won best rock album in the pre-telecast ceremony.

The band opened the show with "Walk On," and was then the first artist to pick up an award on the Grammy telecast, landing best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal for "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of." In accepting the honor, U2 frontman Bono explained why the award was extremely important to the band. "Oh, thank God--that's two in the bag. Being Irish, if you get eight nominations and get no awards, they wouldn't let you back in the country, so this is a public safety issue. Thank you," he said.

In the band's second trip to the podium, accepting best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals for "Elevation," Bono joked to the crowd that he hoped the band didn't win another Grammy. Prior to that comment, guitarist the Edge made fun of his own lengthy acceptance-speech habits, but Bono interceded. "Well, you know, there was a lot to go on about last year. Last year was a great year," Edge said. "And this year there are some very special things also that have happened to me which I just want to tell you about."

Bono interrupted, "He's a guitar player. I do the talking. I'm the singer."

Finally, when U2 came up to take its big prize, record of the year, Bono didn't speak until the end of the closing speech, leaving the Edge and bassist Adam Clayton to acknowledge those who helped them this year.

-- Darren Davis and Jason Gelman

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