U2 and Irish All Stars on the Late Late Show
U2 and the Irish all star ensemble who recorded the charity single ‘The Ballad of Ronnie Drew’ will perform the song live on RTE’s Late Late Show on Friday night (22/2). The single is released as a digital download today and as a CD single on 29 February.
All profits from the release of this single will go to the Irish Cancer Society at the request of Ronnie Drew. The Irish Cancer Society is dedicated to eliminating cancer and improving the lives of those living with cancer.
Performance in the skies
Friday night U2 performed two songs, “Vertigo” and “Window in the Skies,” on the rooftop of TV Asahi in Roppongi, a posh area of Tokyo. The performance was aired live on the Japanese television show “Music Station.”
Hundreds of U2 fans gathered outside the studio in hopes of hearing the performance, but were disappointed to hear little over the traffic noise on the streets and the helicopters that were filming the performance. Only Larry’s intro to “Vertigo” could be heard faintly.
Video
Vertigo
Window in the Skies
These videos will likely be removed on YouTube by TV Asahi, so watch them while you can.
It’s a beautiful day: The Seven Towers come down
Dublin’s notorious ‘Seven Towers’, made famous in U2′s song Running to Standstill, are being torn down this week.
More than 3,000 people watched as cranes started their work while U2′s Beautiful Day played in the background on Saturday at noon.
At a wake for the flats on Friday night, ex-Virgin Prunes Gavin Friday and Guggi — who grew up in the area, made a speech and then sang their song ‘Sweet Home Under White Clouds‘, announcing it a ‘traditional Ballymun ballad’.
The Ballymun flats are being dismantled to make room for houses as part of the largest urban regeration programme in Europe.
(Source: GF, The Observer)
CATHOLIC GUILT, ME ARSE Reader
Reader Emmet mailed us the following: Bono’s wife, Ali Hewson, was on the Late Late Show on Irish tv on Friday night. She was there to talk about the Chernobyl Children’s Project and was accompanied by Adi Roche.
It was mentioned that she was pregnant and Ali said “Yeah, Bono’s always talking about how he’s half Catholic and half Protestant. Now we know which half is Catholic.”
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