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U2 Plays Special Concert at Mount Temple School

To celebrate the anniversary of their founding, U2 performed a special concert in the yard of Dublin's Mount Temple Comprehensive School, debuting their new single and remembering Reverend Jack Heaslip.

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Fifty years ago, Larry Mullen Jr. To celebrate the anniversary of their founding, U2 performed a special concert in the yard of the school. The band walked out to the stage shortly after 14:00 accompanied by the Alice Cooper song School's Out.

U2 opened the concert with I Will Follow before moving into Vertigo and Beautiful Day. They also performed their 1979 track Out Of Control. In addition to these selections, the group played their new single Silencio live for the first time at the school. Silencio is featured on the group's upcoming release, Carnaval De Luz.

During the performance of One, U2 was joined on stage by young harp, violin, and viola musicians who received training in the Music Generation program. During the event, Bono commemorated Reverend Jack Heaslip, a figure who had worked at the school and later served as the band's touring chaplain and spiritual advisor.

U2 is currently preparing to release Carnaval de Luz on November 13. The upcoming release is the band's first album of new songs following a nine-year interval.

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