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U2 Play to Packed Grafton Street Crowd From Bewley's
The show follows a surprise schoolyard performance and comes as the band marks 50 years together and prepares a new album with 12 songs.
- On Friday, U2 marked their 50th anniversary with surprise performances in Dublin, playing at their former school Mount Temple Comprehensive before moving to a balcony at Bewley's Cafe on Grafton Street.
- Exactly 50 years ago on September 25, 1976, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. posted a note seeking musicians on his school noticeboard, leading to the band's first rehearsal with Bono, The Edge, and Adam Clayton.
- Thousands gathered on Grafton Street as the band played hits including "Beautiful Day" and "Vertigo," while paying tribute to the late Glen Hansard with a performance of "Falling Slowly."
- The band's 16th album, "Carnaval de Luz," is set for November release and features "Torn," a duet between Bono and the late Dolly Parton, who died in August at age 80.
- Fans traveled to Dublin from around the world to celebrate the milestone, as the band remains among the world's best-selling acts with 170 million records sold.
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U2 frontman Bono has told how their surprise homecoming gigs 'felt like winning the world cup' for the band. The group celebrated their 50th anniversary by performing two surprise, career-full-circle concerts in Dublin on Friday afternoon. Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. returned to their former northside school, Mount Temple Comprehensive School, where the band first formed in 1976. They performed for thrilled students and st…
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