U2 Goes Back to School to Put on a Show Where It All Began 50 Years Ago
The band marked 50 years since forming with a surprise set for about 1,000 students and staff, while announcing a new album this week.
- On Friday, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen returned to Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin for a surprise performance marking 50 years since the band first formed, playing for around 1,000 students and staff.
- The band formed at Mount Temple five decades ago after 14-year-old Larry Mullen pinned a note reading 'Drummer seeks musicians to form band' on the school noticeboard, prompting the teenagers to gather.
- Performing for 30 minutes, the group played classics like 'I Will Follow' and 'Vertigo' before delivering the live debut of their new single 'Silencio,' released yesterday, September 24.
- The surprise concert follows the announcement of the band's 16th studio album, Carnaval de Luz, arriving November 13, which features a duet between Bono and the late country music star Dolly Parton titled 'Torn.'
- Having sold 175 million records, the global stars continue their dominance on the world music stage, bringing their career full circle by returning to Mount Temple where their story began.
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The U2 team celebrated 50 years of training through a surprise concert held on Friday, September 25, at the Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, where members of the band began to sing together in adolescence. In front of students and teachers, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. performed hits such as "With Or Without You", "One" and "Beautiful Day".
U2 Celebrate 50 Years Together With Surprise Concert at School Where It All Began
U2 celebrated 50 years as a band by performing a surprise concert at their former school, Mount Temple Comprehensive School, where they began playing together as teenagers. The band, which includes Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr., returned to the site and entertained current students with famous songs like “With Or Without […]
The band members' first meeting took place in Larry's home kitchen.
On September 25, Irish rock band U2 played a special secret concert for the students of Mount Temple High School in Dublin, marking the band's half-century anniversary in the school where it was born.
U2 celebrated their 50th anniversary with a concert at the school where they began their pathU2 performed at Dublin's Mount Temple School, where the musicians met and debuted 50 years ago. The band performed hits and new single.
U2 held a surprise 30-minute concert in the courtyard of Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, the very place where the band formed 50 years ago. The band performed a seven-song set to hundreds of students, ending the performance with an encore of the song "With or Without You". The concert was also attended by passersby who had heard about the concert, as well as workers at a nearby construction site, who had a view of the schoolyard. Th…
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