U2 returned to Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin on September 25th to mark 50 years since the band’s formation.
The group performed for 1,000 students and staff at the same schoolyard where they first played together.
It was at Mount Temple in September 1976 that Larry Mullen Jr. posted a handwritten note reading, “Drummer Seeks Musicians to Form Band.” The setlist included their first-ever single, “Out of Control,” along with classics “I Will Follow,” “Beautiful Day,” and “With Or Without You.”
The band also debuted “Silencio,” the lead single from their upcoming album, Carnaval De Luz. During “One,” 32 string musicians from Ireland’s Music Generation program joined the stage. Carnaval De Luz, their first original album since 2017, arrives November 13th and features Dolly Parton’s final vocal performance.