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Written by KZYR
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Sunday, 01 March 2009 |
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The Beatles last gig together was on top of a London rooftop. Yesterday, U2 pulled the same stunt but few think its a swan song. In fact may only be the beginning.
U2 has been pulling all sorts of publicity stunts including a plan this week to be on Daivd Letterman show all week.
U2 capped off a day of promotions for next week's release of "No
Line On The Horizon" with a four-song set on the roof of the BBC's
London office tower Feb 27th.
The band performed "Get On Your Boots," "Magnificent," "Vertigo,"
and "Beautiful Day."
The performance caped off a U2 BBC blitz, with appearances on
national top 40 station Radio 1's Jo Whiley show, including a live
set broadcast from the 300-capacity BBC Radio Theatre in London
this afternoon. It was followed by appearances on Simon Mayo's show
on talk radio network Radio 5 Live and Chris Evans' show on AC
network Radio 2.
The band is also due to perform on "Tonight With Jonathan Ross" on
BBC One tonight ahead of the March 2 release of their long-awaited
new album "No Line On The Horizon" (Island/Universal).
Competition winners were able to see U2 in the intimate setting for
Whiley's 'Live Lounge' session. Three songs were broadcast
including the live debut of "Breathe" from the new album, as well
as single "Get On Your Boots" and former hit "Beautiful Day." The
new song "Magnificent" was also performed for later
broadcast.
Asked about live plans, Bono commented: "We've got something very
special planned, it's something we've been working on for many
years, a whole way of trying to do shows outdoors and making them
very intimate. And also we are trying to work on some cheaper
ticket prices because this is the recession."
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