Post by @peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange

2026-09-26 01:14 UTC

“What’s going on?” asks Charlie O’Neill, a 69-year-old street photographer living in Santry, north #Dublin. He’s not sure if he’ll stick around, saying the crowd could become “loopy” once Bono emerges. O’Neill has seen the band play on several occasions, including when he was a student and U2 were “kids”. He also recalls seeing U2 perform at the very first concert to take place at #SlaneCastle, when they supported #ThinLizzy. “I’m very proud that they’re Irish and the way they’ve blazed the trail,” he says.” #LiveMusic / #music

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@peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange 2026-09-26 01:25

“I’m at #MountTempleComprehensive on the #MalahideRoad on #Dublin’s northside watching one of their school bands going through their set on a podium in the yard. It’s two in the day on a Friday. This quartet are called, depending when you ask, Feedback or The Hype or U2. Fifty years on from drummer Larry Mullen sticking a note up on a noticeboard seeking bandmates (Bono gives him kudos later in the gig) they’re still going. They played their last gig in this exact location in 1978. It has been an open secret in the school all week. A friend of a friend’s child went out to the toilet during the week and bumped into Bono in the halls. Another appalled parent tells me: “I had to explain the importance of this to my kid. She said ‘What’s the fuss about?’ What’s the fuss about???” It’s the equivalent, to be fair, of the teenage U2 being subjected to a performance by #CountJohnMcCormack or #ArchbishopMcQuaid or any other stalwarts from 50 years prior.” — Patrick Freyne #LiveMusic / #music

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