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U2 and Green Day Unite to Benefit Music Rising on MNF Pre-game Show

By Carol ⋅ September 20, 2006 ⋅ Email This Post Email This Post ⋅ Print This Post Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

It’s kind of old news by now, but I still thought the topic deserved a mention. U2 and Green Day are probably my two favorite bands currently, so I can’t wait to see them live on stage together. What a great cause they are promoting also, Music Rising, which was founded by Edge to assist New Orleans area musicians after Katrina. The ESPN Monday Night Football game between the Saints and the Falcons will be the first NFL game played in the Louisiana Superdome since Katrina struck. The pre-game show will air from 7pm to 8:30 pm EDT, and it looks like the segment with U2 and Green Day will show at the very end (8:20 - 8:30pm). For more details see the complete press release.

U2 and Green Day Photo

The photo above, from the U2 non-subscription site, is of U2 and Green Day band members crossing the street in front of the Abbey Road Studios. According to the news on the U2.com site, U2 and GreenDay have been reheasing together recently at the Abbey Road Studios in London (where U2 has been recording some new songs!!!). At least one of the songs that they will perform next Monday for the benefit will be a rendition of The Skids song “The Saints are Coming”. I am not familiar with that song, but the lyrics (courtesy of the Into The Valley… site) to the original are below.

The Saints Are Coming
I cried to my daddy on the telephone
how long now
Until the clouds unroll and you come home
the line went
But the shadows still remain since your descent
your descent

The saints are coming, the saints are coming
No matter how I try, I realise there’s no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming

A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief
How long now
Until a weather change condemns belief
The stone says
This paternal guide once had his day
Once had his day

The saints are coming, the saints are coming
No matter how I try, I realise there’s no reply
The saints are coming, the saints are coming

Words: Richard Jobson
Music: Stuart Adamson

It promises to be a memorable event. Be there if you can.

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