U2 and Green Day to perform in New Orleans

U2 and Green Day will perform together at a pre-show for a NFL game at the Superdome in New Orleans on September 25. This will be the first event at the Superdome since Hurricane Katrina. U2 and Green Day are expected to perform three or four songs, including The Skids’ “The Saints Are Coming,” which they recently recorded together.

The performance will air live on ESPN, as well as be streamed on the Westwood One World Network and Rhapsody.com. A download of “The Saints Are Coming” will be sold at Rhapsody.com to benefit Music Rising, an organization founded by Edge that aims to help musicians replace the instruments lost in Hurricane Katrina.

6 thoughts on “U2 and Green Day to perform in New Orleans”

  1. As a lifelong New Orleans resident, a New Orleans Saints season ticket holder, and a U2 fan, I feel especially qualified to say that this will be a Beautiful Day.

  2. As a lifelong New Orleans resident, a New Orleans Saints season ticket holder, and a U2 fan, I feel especially qualified to say that this will be a Beautiful Day.

  3. I’m not going to be home that night! 🙁 PLEASE have the video on YouTube! I don’t want to miss out on seeing this.

  4. I’m not going to be home that night! 🙁 PLEASE have the video on YouTube! I don’t want to miss out on seeing this.

  5. Bonaparte, you deserve it. I am a former New Orleanian and went back for Jazz Fest to visit my family and to see what was left of the city. There was so much more destruction than I imagined, and some of my family members lost everything. When I heard that Edge had started Music Rising, I cried because I’m so proud of him for doing this for my city when so many people have forgotten already.

    I hope that you and yours fared well and that those levees get fixed real soon.

    -Melanie

  6. Bonaparte, you deserve it. I am a former New Orleanian and went back for Jazz Fest to visit my family and to see what was left of the city. There was so much more destruction than I imagined, and some of my family members lost everything. When I heard that Edge had started Music Rising, I cried because I’m so proud of him for doing this for my city when so many people have forgotten already.

    I hope that you and yours fared well and that those levees get fixed real soon.

    -Melanie

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