Rare snaps take U2 manager down memory lane

U2’s fifth member — manager Paul McGuinness — last night launched an exhibition of the band from when they were fresh faced teenagers — on the same day that Bono turned 52.

The mainly unseen photos were taken by Dubliner Patrick Brocklebank between 1978 and 1981, and use strange items such as pots, guns, and paintings as props for the shots.

McGuinness recalled the Dublin rock scene of that era in the packed Little Museum of Dublin on St Stephen’s Green.