The Mirror
December 9, 2008
Bono & Edge first to play live at O2...in front of four people
By Victoria Murphy
It was a beautiful day for U2 as the sound of their guitars became
the first live music to be heard in the O2 arena.
But as Bono and the Edge struck their chords, 15,000 vacant seats
stared back at them.
The only audience were RTE DJ Gerry Ryan, founder of the original
Point Depot Harry Crosby and two camera men.
Ryan told listeners yesterday: "Just sitting in two plastic seats
were Bono and the Edge. Why was it them? It was like completing the
circle.
"When Mr. Crosby opened the Point, U2 were a struggling band in the
first flush of youth. They came to the Point which was still being
built.
"Bono walked in with a guitar under his arm all those years ago and
bashed out a chord.
"Just one chord, just to get a sense of what the sound in the room
was like and the acoustics, which were pretty primitive probably back
in those days.
"And yesterday we stood in a completely redesigned, revitalised and
regenerised O2.
"There standing and singing 'Van Diemen's Land' and 'Desire' -- Bono
and the Edge."
The O2 opens next Tuesday with a benefit gig for Childline featuring
Boyzone, Shayne Ward, The Script, and Alphabeat.
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