Australian U2 fans find what they’re looking for at conference to mark Joshua Tree tour

Film director Richard Lowenstein, academics and fans to attend Sydney edition of the U2 Conference – with or without the band

Fan culture works in mysterious ways, but for a band as popular and influential as U2 have been over four decades, it seems only natural that a whole academic discipline has emerged to study them.

The inaugural Australian edition of the U2 Conference – part symposium for researchers in the robust field of U2 studies, part fan gathering – will take place in Sydney in November, to coincide with the Irish superstars bringing their Joshua Tree tour to local shores.

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