Monday night’s New Orleans Saints game against the Atlanta Falcons was the second most-watched cable television broadcast ever, averaging nearly 15 million viewers.

That ratings success was due in no small part to an emotionally charged pre-game performance by U2 and Green Day, who took the stage at the Superdome to debut their charity single, "The Saints Are Coming" (see "Green Day, U2 Take Historic Collabo One Step Further By Re-Enacting Beatles’ Abbey Road LP Cover").
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – U2 frontman Bono has signed on as the first guest on musician/producer David A. Stewart’s upcoming music-themed interview show for HBO.

Described as "musicians on musicians," the show will feature the Eurythmics member interviewing fellow artists about their craft. One of the show’s producers, Jimmy Iovine, runs U2’s Interscope Records label.

The pay cable network has ordered six half-hour episodes of the show to air early next year.

U2 and punk rock trio Green Day performed several songs at the official reopening of the Superdome in New Orleans Monday, including a cover of the Skids’ "The Saints Are Coming," which was recorded to benefit musicians from the area ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

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U2’s new coffee table book – "U2 by U2" – has hit stores and last Friday the lads showed up for a bookstore signing. Some fans who got shut out from meeting the band in person, are upset that some who did make it in were simply there for the autograph’s financial value. Autographed copies of the books showed up on eBay very shortly after the event.
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Irish rock band U2 headed the entertainment line-up at last night’s reopening of the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.

Performances by The Goo Goo Dolls and Green Day added to the hype.

It wasn’t the first performance for U2 at a football game in the Superdome.

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Finally, New Orleans is ready for some football.

Performances by the Goo Goo Dolls, U2 and Green Day will help the city officially reopen the Louisiana Superdome before the Sept. 25 ESPN Monday Night football game between the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons.

The event — the first from the Superdome since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the building a year ago — will be featured live on ESPN’s "Monday Night Countdown," beginning at 7 p.m. ET.

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