While Bono was enjoying himself on Tuesday at Sir Paul McCartney’s wedding to Heather Mills U2’s drummer Larry Mullen was busy enjoying himself elsewhere.

The shyest member of U2 was busy giving an American museum two letters of rejection the band received when they were starting out in the music industry.

The letters were sent to Bono and Larry back in 1979 when they posted both Arista and RSO records demo tapes from their band the Hype, which was the band’s name before they changed it to U2.

One of the letters even arrived to Bono on his 19th birthday saying the demo was not suitable for them at that time. Mullen donated the letters to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.

He also has a collection of every single piece of U2 memorabilia since the band formed in 1979 in Mount Temple School in Dublin.

He even has the first ever U2 T-shirt he designed in art class.

? ShowBiz Ireland, 2002.

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