Thirty Years of U2

U2 Rocks the World Thirty years since emerging from Dublin, the Irish rockers return with No Line on the Horizon, their first release in almost five years
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Inauguration Weekend
U2 was one of many acts invited to Washington to celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Of their presence on that historic weekend, Bono said to NBC's Brian Williams, "To just be asked (here) is such a thrill. It's a big deal for America. (Our) being here internationalizes it for some, I hope. Because you own the country, but you don't own the idea."

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