I'm just glad someone else noticed. 
I watched it again last night after this thread. There are many similarities in the guitar playing and drums. Especially when Buckland starts into the harmonics. Edge is all over. Some of the riffs are almost copies. Drum rythms & lead-ins really have a Mullen thing going. U2 somewhere around Joshua Tree, well before the Achtung Baby shift. I'd have to listen more but it's there. Not that U2 hasn't been around long enough to influence lots of bands...I just didn't pick up on it before.
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