Days before the referendum on the Belfast Agreement, U2 and Ash play a concert in Belfast. In front of 2,000 young people from schools across Northern Ireland, the bands call for a yes vote.

On stage Bono introduces David Trimble and John Hume as "two men who have taken a leap of faith out of the past and into the future."

A RTÉ News report on a concert held by U2 and Ash prior to the vote on the Belfast Agrement broadcast 19 May 1998.

Referendums were held in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland on 23 May 1998 where the votes were in favour of the Blefast Agreement.

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