In 1976, four kids at Dublin's Mount Temple Comprehensive School got together to start a band. The 14-year-old Larry Mullen., Jr. posted that he was looking for musicians on the school's notice board, and he and some of his classmates had their first practice in his kitchen on Sep. 25. The young band called themselves Feedback and then the Hype before changing their name to U2. Within about a decade, they became one of the biggest acts on the planet. Yesterday, U2 marked their 50th anniversary as a band by announcing their new album Carnaval de Luz. Today, they played a secret gig at the school where it all started.
As The Irish Times reports, U2 returned to Mount Temple earlier today, giving their first performance at the school since 1978. The band took the stage to Alice Cooper's "School's Out" and opened their seven-song set with their 1980 breakout hit "I Will Follow." They also busted out their 1979 debut single "Out Of Control" for the first time since 2018, gave their new single "Silencio" its live debut, and played the hits "Vertigo," "Beautiful Day," and "With Or Without You." Students from the school played strings on "One." At the end, Bono told the crowd, "Thanks for showing up. I suppose you'd nowhere else to go." Watch some videos below.
