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Bono and Fan

 

U2 Plus 2

U2 play live on RTÉ's "TV GAGA" and two fans get a chance to play with the band.

Programme Title:
TV GAGA
1st Broadcast: 30 January 1986
Clip Duration: 01'10"

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Bono and Fans

 

Bono Meets Fans In Boston

RTÉ's current affairs programme "Today Tonight" goes to Boston to see U2's impact on America. Pat Kenny meets fans waiting for Bono outside the band's hotel. Bono signs autographs and chats with those who have waited for him. One girl presents Bono with a sketch of the band.

Note: This clip is edited from rushes for the "Today Tonight" programme.

Programme Title:
Today Tonight
1st Broadcast: 07 May 1987
Reporter: Pat Kenny
Clip Duration: 04'38"

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Bono and Dave Fanning

Bono and Dave Fanning
1986
© RTÉ Stills Library

U2 Naked

Of the many interviews Dave Fanning has conducted with U2, a 1987 broadcast where the band stripped and then persuaded the DJ to remove his clothes has to be one of the more bizarre.

Programme Title:
Dave Fanning Show
1st Broadcast: 25 June 1987
Presenter: Dave Fanning
Clip Duration: 01'36"

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Bono

 

U2 at HMV Grafton Street

Fans who come to buy the "Rattle and Hum" album at a midnight launch in Dublin get a surprise when Bono, the Edge and Adam turn up at the store.

Programme Title:
RTÉ News: U2 Fans Buy Album at Midnight
1st Broadcast: 10 October 1988
Reporter: Cathy Halloran
Clip Duration: 02'42"

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Bono

 

"Rattle And Hum" Premiere

At the Dublin premiere of "Rattle and Hum", the band plays to fans waiting outside the cinema in O'Connell Street.

Programme Title:
RTÉ News: "Rattle and Hum" Premiere
1st Broadcast: 28 October 1988
Reporter: Eileen Magner
Clip Duration: 01'58"

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Larry Mullen

 

"Stage Fright, Bono?"

At the end of two years that brought worldwide recognition to U2, the band talk to Gay Byrne about dealing with fame at home in Dublin.

Programme Title:
Late Late Show
1st Broadcast: 16 December 1988
Presenter: Gay Byrne
Clip Duration: 04'28"

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U2 Fans

U2 Fans
1990
© RTÉ Stills Library

"U2 Is On My Mind From The Moment I Get Up In The Morning"

Three girls who spend their time hanging around Windmill Lane studios describe meeting Bono in this clip from a Julian Vignoles radio documentary.

Programme Title:
Waiting for U2
1st Broadcast: 21 June 1989
Clip Duration: 05'20"

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Bono

 

U2 Ring In The New Year

U2 play the Point Depot in Dublin on New Year's Eve 1989. This was the last of four gigs in Dublin. The show was broadcast live on radio in Ireland by RTÉ and throughout Europe on BBC. RTÉ Television went live to the Point Depot as part of its New Year's Eve programme.

Programme Title:
End of a Decade
1st Broadcast: 31 December 1989
Presenter: Pat Kenny
Clip Duration: 03'26"

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xxxx

 

ZOO TV

U2 talk to Pat Kenny about Zoo TV, American presidents, how to fix the Irish economy and showbands.

Programme Title:
Kenny Live
1st Broadcast: 28 November 1992
Presenter: Pat Kenny
Clip Duration: 06'13"

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Zooropa Logo

 

Zooropa Dublin Concert On Radio Worldwide

With an estimated 700 million to listen to the radio broadcast of U2's Zooropa concert from the RDS in Dublin, fans from around the world queue at the venue. RTÉ radio producer Ian Wilson talks about the broadcast.

Programme Title:
RTÉ News: Zooropa Worldwide Radio Audience
1st Broadcast: 28 August 1993
Reporter: Cathy Milner
Clip Duration: 01'20"

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