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U2 Open Kitchen
On a cold Valentine's night, U2 open a new nightclub, The Kitchen,
in their Clarence Hotel.
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Programme Title:
RTÉ News: U2 Open Dublin Nightclub
1st Broadcast: 15 February 1994
Reporter: Colm Connolly
Clip Duration: 01'53"
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Tour Launched In Discount Store
U2 launch their PopMart tour in a New York discount store. |
Programme Title:
RTÉ News: U2 Launch PopMart
1st Broadcast: 12 February 1997
Reporter: Mark Little
Clip Duration: 01'45"
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U2 Play Sarajevo
When Bono and his wife Ali spent New Year's Eve 1995 in Sarajevo,
Bono promised to bring the band on his next visit.
In this clip, "Nationwide" reports on U2's visit to Sarajevo and asks the fans
what it means to them. |
Programme Title:
Nationwide
1st Broadcast: 08 October 1997
Reporter: Diarmuid Peavoy
Clip Duration: 08'42"
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Belfast Concert For Yes Vote
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. Bono
introduces David Trimble and John Hume on stage as "two men who have taken a leap of
faith out of the past and into the future."
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Programme Title:
RTÉ News: Concert for Yes Vote
1st Broadcast: 19 May 1998
Reporter: Annette O'Donnell
Clip Duration: 02'44"
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Freedom Of Dublin For U2
U2 are given the freedom of Dubin city. Burmese
pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is similarly honoured.
Larry Mullen gets a laugh when he fluffs his lines and
suggests that U2 have done more for Dublin. |
Programme Title:
RTÉ News: Freedom of City for U2
1st Broadcast: 18 March 2000
Reporter: Colm Connolly
Clip Duration: 02'09"
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Beautiful Day On Roof Of Clarence
U2 record a filmed insert for the BBC's "Top of the Pops" on
the roof of Dublin's Clarence Hotel.
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Programme Title:
RTÉ News: Live Roof of Clarence Hotel
1st Broadcast: 27 September 2000
Reporter: Colm Connolly
Clip Duration: 01'27"
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U2 Play Small London Venue
As a warm-up to their Elevation Tour, U2 play to 1,500
lucky fans at the Astoria in London.
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Programme Title:
RTÉ News: U2 Play Astoria, London
1st Broadcast: 08 February 2001
Reporter: Brian O'Connell
Clip Duration: 01'05"
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U2 Play Slane
U2 play Slane Castle twenty years after playing support there to Thin Lizzy and only
days after the death of Bono's father.
RTÉ News reports from Slane. |
Programme Title:
RTÉ News: U2 at Slane Castle
1st Broadcast: 25 August 2001
Reporter: Colm Connolly
Clip Duration: 01'33"
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Larry Mullen
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Photographer: Mark Boland
© RTÉ Stills Library |
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When Larry Met Larry
Larry Mullen talks to RTÉ DJ Larry Gogan about the track he likes playing best live,
how he began as a drummer, the dynamics of the band after 30 years and keeping his
youthful looks. |
Programme Title:
The Larry Gogan Show
1st Broadcast: 08 March 2009
Clip Duration: 5'39" | Listen...
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Honour For Aung San Suu Kyi
At the last of three Dublin gigs, Bono announces that imprisoned Burmese
opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be the new Amnesty
International Ambassador of Conscience. |
Programme Title:
RTÉ News: U2 Play Last of 3 Gigs
1st Broadcast: 27 July 2009
Reporter: Sharon Tobin
Clip Duration: 02'24"
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