U2 join rock legends in hall of fame

THREE decades after forming in a Dublin secondary school and still on top of the music world, U2 were ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joined by the O’Jays, Percy Sledge, The Pretenders and Buddy Guy.

U2 join rock legends in hall of fame

U2 rewarded a crowd at the Waldorf Astoria in New York by performing four songs, joined by Bruce Springsteen on I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.

Springsteen recalled going with The Who’s Pete Townshend to check out the competition when U2 were performing in a London club, seeing a lead singer who “single-handedly pioneered the Irish

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