AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - U2 marks 50 years with a homecoming gig at the Dublin school where it all started
U2 marked five decades together with a seven-song set at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, returning to the playground stage that launched one of rock’s biggest acts. Exactly 50 years after they formed, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr played for pupils and teachers at the end of the school day. […] The post U2 marks 50 years with a homecoming gig at the Dublin school where it all started appeared first on American Almanac .
U2 marked five decades together with a seven-song set at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, returning to the playground stage that launched one of rock’s biggest acts. Exactly 50 years after they formed, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr played for pupils and teachers at the end of the school day. BBC News reported the anniversary show and the band’s plans for new music. The set closed a loop that began with a handwritten notice, a frustrated father, and a kitchen on Rosemount Avenue. The same four men who once covered Peter Frampton and the Bay City Rollers at a school talent contest have now sold more than 175 million records worldwide. They used the day to look forward as well as back. A noticeboard ad and a…Open