U2 returned to their former high school and played a surprise gig from Dublin’s Grafton Street yesterday (September 25) for special concerts to mark their 50th anniversary as a band. Check out photos, footage and more from what went down below. READ MORE: U2 – ‘Songs Of Surrender’ review: the classics, but not as you know them Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. – who played his first live concert since undergoing neck and back surgery in 2023 – performed in front of 1,000 pupils and staff above Mount Temple Comprehensive’s school playground, half a century after their sticksman first posted the handwritten note: “Drummer seeks musicians to form band”. Source: https://www.nme.com/news/music/u2-dublin-high-school-mount-temple-grafton-street-50-year-surprise-gigs-footage-photos-3970863?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u2-dublin-high-school-mount-temple-grafton-street-50-year-surprise-gigs-footage-photos