Dublin’s The Kitchen Nightclub opened on Valentine’s Night in 1994. A couple of years back, 909originals caught up with some of the DJs and promoters that made the U2-owned venue so special.
David Brophy’s incredible Frontline Choir perform a spine-tingling version of U2’s “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own”. Projected onto the walls of the wards of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin, this video is a taste of Choir of Ages, a programme produced by Tyrone Productions that will air on RTÉ One later this Autumn.
With or Without You by U2 from my cottage in the West of Ireland on the anniversary of its first release on the 1987 album The Joshua Tree pic.twitter.com/y9Cuz5qLur
On this day in 1987, #U2 released their fifth studio album “The Joshua Tree” featuring singles "With or Without You" "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "In God's Country" pic.twitter.com/RT0h0qilED
— Classic Alternative (@altclassicmusic) March 9, 2021
U2 concert screen collage containing images of Catalan independence supporters and Charlie Chaplin in ‘The Great Dictator’; Above the same collage in Madrid (@2.25)
Having announced that their current European tour would be based on standing up for “democratic European values”, the group’s concerts on the tours have opened with a powerful video collage of historical images on the theme of people power, accompanied by Charlie Chaplin’s famous pro-democracy speech from the film “The Great Dictator”.
However, the images of a huge Catalan crowd waving pro-independence estelada flags that appeared in the first concerts (above) on the tour had been chopped out before Thursday night’s show in Madrid…
Massive thank you @U2 for the warm welcome to #UNatU2 A special night recognising the centrality of @UN to a peaceful world. Ireland knows the importance of building and sustaining peace & it was wonderful to share this message with our #UN friends #IrelandUNSC#GlobalIrelandpic.twitter.com/fpFe9Cj5hP
— IrelandUnitedNations (@irishmissionun) July 2, 2018