50 years together: U2’s connection culture builds on vision, value, voice
SmartBrief | 11.11.2026 20:49
In September 1976, four teenagers in Dublin, Ireland, crowded into the Mullen family’s kitchen for their first rehearsal as a band. Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. still play together, in the same roles they held that first day. Fifty years, same four members. Most bands are fortunate to survive a single decade. On Sept. 25, U2 marked its golden anniversary by returning to its roots and playing for students at Mount Temple Comprehensive School, where the four met, and later surprised thousands of fans by performing from a balcony above Dublin’s Grafton Street. A new album, “Carnaval De Luz,” arrives on Friday.
