JUNE 16: Bloomsday / Bono talks to BBC / Edge shares the Mojo with Siouxsie / Edge in Dublin For Rory !

Bloomsday - june 16, 1924 - "Today 16 of June 1924 twenty years after. Will anybody remember this date?" ...1924 - Friends send Joyce, who is in the hospital, a bouquet of white and blue hydrangeas. He writes in his notebook: "Today 16 of June 1924 twenty years after. Will anybody remember this date?"...
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Bono talks to the BBC - june 16, 2005. With U2 enjoying an extended stay in England for the Vertigo Tour, Bono makes an appearance tonight on BBC2's Newsnight program. The topic is Africa, and host Jeremy Paxman enjoys a spirited debate with Bono on issues including trade, debt cancellation, and more.

Edge shares the Mojo with Siouxsie - june 16, 2005. Edge presents a Mojo Icon Award to Siouxsie Sioux at tonight's Mojo Awards in London. Some photos on Interference

Edge in Dublin For Rory - june 16, 2006 - U2 guitarist The Edge unveiled a sculpture to legendary guitarist Rory Gallagher in Dublin's Temple Bar. Making a rare offstage appearance The Edge said that Rory had "laid the road" which U2 had followed. "I just want to say Rory was an incredible influence on me as a guitar player," the U2 guitarist told a crowd of more than 1,000 people. The Edge said: "I got to know him a bit and I did call him my friend." The Edge said that Rory's legacy would be immortalised in his music. Rory Gallagher blazed the trail for other rock'n'roll bands who followed. "He laid the road on which we followed," he said. Lord Mayor Catherine Byrne recited lines from one of Gallagher's best-known songs 'Shadow Play' and said she was proud that the sculpture, a bronze replica of Rory's paint-stripped Fender Stratocaster would be a beacon for fans in the cultural quarter of Temple Bar. The Lord Mayor said the sculpture which was unveiled by The Edge was another historic milestone for the city of Dublin. Councillor Byrne described Rory Gallagher as a fantastic musician, an artist who was self-taught and who last played in Temple Bar in front of 50,000 fans. Donal Gallagher, Rory's brother and manager, said that the guitarist had loved Dublin adding that he had played some of his best performances there. He praised Mark Walsh of Keynote Music, the driving force behind the bronze guitar sculpture. Gallagher is regarded by many as the greatest-ever blues guitarist and during his lifetime sold 14 million albums. The bronze guitar unveiled by The Edge on the gable of the National Photographic Archive was sculpted by Bronze Art. Rory Gallagher, who was born in Ballyshannon Co Donegal but grew up in Cork City died in 1995 at the age of 47 from complications following a liver transplant. Thousands of people attended an open-air concert in Gallagher's memory at the Meeting House Square in Temple Bar following the unveiling of the sculpture. Gallagher´s passing completed it´s 11th anniversary on june 14th and many tributes all around he world...currently, a major documentary is being shot, with plans to premier the film at the end of the year. The film contains contributions from Johnny Marr, Edge, Pat Cash, Cameron Crowe to name but a few.
Edge's speech * Edge and Donald Gallagher * Edge with the fans