{"id":480236,"date":"2018-12-26T08:36:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T15:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=772635"},"modified":"2018-12-26T08:36:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T15:36:26","slug":"see-u2s-bono-and-the-edge-busk-in-dublin-on-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/see-u2s-bono-and-the-edge-busk-in-dublin-on-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"See U2\u2019s Bono and the Edge Busk in Dublin on Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-26-at-6.37.10-AM.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/u2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_u2\" data-tag=\"u2\">U2<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bono\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bono\" data-tag=\"bono\">Bono<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-edge\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-edge\" data-tag=\"the-edge\">the Edge<\/a> busked on a Dublin street on Christmas Eve as part of an annual all-star fundraising event to aid the Ireland city\u2019s homeless population.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">The U2 rockers were among a collective of Irish musicians \u2013\u2013 including organizer Glen Hansard of the Swell Season, Damien Rice and Imelda May \u2013\u2013 to perform on a makeshift stage on the city\u2019s Grafton Street, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2018\/dec\/24\/u2-stars-busk-for-the-homeless-in-first-performance-since-2015\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>the Guardian<\/em> reports<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to <em>Songs of Experience<\/em>\u2018s \u201cLove Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way,\u201d the U2 duo also performed a pair of Christmas carols, \u201cO Holy Night\u201d and \u201cO Night Divine,\u201d before teaming up with the other musicians on hand for a rendition of the Darlene Love classic \u201cChristmas (Baby Please Come Home).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UHSRTgVzmLI?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><br \/><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zD6bZmMbYzE?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Grafton Street performance marked the first time in three years that Bono, a frequent guest at the busking sessions, has taken part in the event: In 2015, the singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/watch-bono-hozier-glen-hansard-busk-on-dublin-street-32093\/\">delivered<\/a> U2\u2019s \u201cEvery Breaking Wave\u201d and \u201cWhen Love Comes to Town,\u201d and Bono <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bono-damien-rice-swell-season-busk-for-charity-in-dublin-254876\/\">contributed ensemble support to the 2009 event<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Proceeds from the busk benefit the Simon Community, a homeless charity in Dublin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/u2-bono-the-edge-busk-dublin-christmas-eve-772635\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U2\u2019s Bono and the Edge busked on a Dublin street on Christmas Eve as part of an annual all-star fundraising event to aid the Ireland city\u2019s homeless population.\u00a0The U2 rockers were among a collective of Irish musicians \u2013\u2013 including organizer Glen Hansard of the Swell Season, Damien Rice and Imelda May \u2013\u2013 to perform on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-480236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 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