Hardy U2 fans have been rewarded with exclusive band goodies for queuing at midnight for the supergroup’s new album.

HMV in Dublin’s Grafton Street was mobbed by a large crowd hoping to get the first copies of U218.

The album is the first single disc collection to span the band’s career from 1980 to 2004.

t features top hits from two decades including tracks from their back catalogue of albums from Boy to How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.

The first 10 females and the first 10 males in the queue on Thursday night received exclusive U2 merchandise like hoodies and baseball caps.

A HMV store spokesman said : "By opening at midnight we gave fans an opportunity to be the first to get their hands on this album and the opportunity to get their hands on some exclusive merchandise."

Fans visiting the store also had their photographs taken with the famous Macnas U2 heads.

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