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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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Melbourne is set to host a free rock concert as part of the worldwide Make Poverty History campaign.

Organised by 19-year-old Dan Adams, the concert will feature performances from Eskimo Joe, Evermore, Sarah Blasko, Hilltop Hoods, Paul Kelly and John Butler Trio. Bono, who will be in town for two U2 concerts, will be asked to speak at the event, which takes place Friday November 17 at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

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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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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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The Saints — of football and rock and roll — are marching in.

It’s been more than a year since the New Orleans Saints played a game in the Louisiana Superdome, their home for nearly 30 NFL seasons. After Hurricane Katrina, the team was forced to play all its games on the road, while the stadium served as an impromptu — and controversial — camp for displaced residents. And so on Monday, when the Saints reopen the dome with a game against the Atlanta Falcons, they’ll receive a proper (and much deserved) homecoming tribute via two of the biggest rock bands on the planet.
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Hundreds of U2 fans braved the elements in Dublin to get a glimpse of the band members who are due to sign copies of their new book at Eason’s on O’Connell Street.

But only 250 competition winners are being allowed entry to the shop where the band members are to sign copies of "U2 by U2".

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It is the iconic shot for the album Abbey Road which has been copied by thousands of Beatles fans. But this time, the fans re-enacting the famous walk outside the Abbey Road studios can say they know a bit about music themselves.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 6 (UPI) — The NFL Network will mark the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks by re-airing the Super Bowl XXXVI half-time show featuring Irish rockers U2.

U2 performing "Beautiful Day," "MLK" and "The Streets Have No Name" with the names of the victims scrolling on a floor-to-ceiling banner will be televised during "NFL Total Access," the network said in a news release Wednesday.

"This is one of the most memorable and meaningful half-time performances in the history of Super Bowl," the network’s Charles Coplin said. "As we look back on the five years since 9/11 we felt our fans would enjoy this uplifting show."

The Feb. 3, 2002 championship game at New Orleans’ Louisiana Superdome saw the New England Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams 20-17. It was originally broadcast on Fox TV.

The frontman of the Irish band U2 Bono accompanied by his wife Ali in Sarajevo on Sunday, Aug. 20 2006 where they will be attending the Sarajevo film festival. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)

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