Documentary to uncork U2’s elevation

U2 might be regarded as a Dublin band, but a new film will trace the importance of Cork to the group’s early development.

U2 Agus An Arc, an Irish-language documentary, will be broadcast on RTÉ One next month, and will trace U2’s development in the context of the thriving music scene on Leeside in the late 1970s and early 80s.

That scene was centred around the Arcadia Ballroom — a venue U2 played about nine times.