Limerick appeal for U2 to lend helping hand with gig

A call went out yesterday to Bono and the band to return to the Limerick venue where they first performed in public as U2, and help give the troubled City of Culture programme a new impetus.

U2 took part in a band competition in the Stella Ballroom in Shannon Street on Mar 18, 1978. It was their first appearance under the name U2.

And like the City of Culture, they had a rocky Limerick debut.