JUNE 28: McGonagle´s / Steve Wickham joins the band / U2 stop the rehearsal in Croke Park / The Unforgettable Fire exhibition opens in Dublin / Bono joins Jim Kerr / Lou Reed joins U2 / "Daydream Believer" / U2 takes its former stylist to court / 'U2 Uncovered' !

"Early Ireland" - june 28, 1979. U2 perform in Dublin, Ireland at McGonagle's.

"War" tour - june 28, 1983. U2 perform in Worcester, Massachusetts at the Centrum. Violinist Steve Wickham joins the band for "Sunday Bloody Sunday". During the encore of "Party Girl", Bono gets mobbed by a dozen female fans, one of which hancuffs herself to his ankle. Roadie Dennis Sheehan cuts her loose, and the rest of the group behave themselves on stage. Bono tells them, "Any other city in the world, we would have a riot right now..." The show generates revenues of $116,145US for the band--five times their average. The show is the largest show to date, in which the band has headlined. Support is "The Alarm"

"The Unforgettable Fire" tour - june 28 1985 U2 are rehearsing in Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland when the headmaster from a school over a half mile away complains that the sound is disturbing students that are attempting to write exams. U2 immediately stop the rehearsal. That evening, "The Unforgettable Fire" exhibit opens in Dublin. U2 have paid for the exhibit to be transported temporarily to Grapevine Arts Centre in Dublin, Ireland from the Chicago Peace Museum. Bono is interviewed by RTE as he walks through the rooms of the exhibit, "An enormous exercise for themselves, the fear they felt over the holocaust and the bombs being dropped in Nagasaki and Hiroshima--they just painted. And that's what got me, even more than the paintings: just the idea that people should use art, if you like paint on canvas, to get something out of themselves. I suppose it's a bit like what we do with our music, that's the way we get it out of us. And it stuck on me, and when I was writing the words for 'The Unforgettable Fire', it just came back."

"Bono joins Jim Kerr" - june 28, 1986. "Simple Minds" perform in Dublin, Ireland at Croke Park. Opening act, "In Tua Nua" perform "Two Hearts Beat as One". Bono makes a guest appearance with "Simple Minds" and is introduced by lead singer, Jim Kerr as "...my friend, until the bitter end..." They sing a medley of "Lovesong", "Sun City", and "Dance To The Music".

"The Joshua Tree" tour - june 27, 1987. U2 perform in Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland. Attendance for both shows is 114,000. The band are much more relaxed on the second night than on the first. In the rain of the second night, Bono sings parts of the Beatle's "Rain". Lou Reed joins the band for a version of "Walk on the Wild Side". Second night support is Christy Moore, "The Pretenders", Lou Reed and "Hothouse Flowers".

U2 takes its former stylist to court - june 28, 2005. Bono, Larry, and Paul McGuinness are in Dublin Circuit Civil Court today attempting to get back items that are in the possession of their former stylist, Lola Cashman. Cashman had previously tried to sell items that she says the band had given her as a gift, including pants, a hat, earrings, and other material from her days working with the band during the Joshua Tree tour.

'U2 Uncovered'- june 28, 2005 - ITV1 - Tonight's one-hour special from behind the scenes of the 'Vertigo Tour' with Cat Deeley. Cat was in Manchester the other day, film crew in tow, spending hour after hour talking to band and crew as well as filming part of the show. The results of this air tonight at 11.30pm in 'U2 Uncovered'....'To be part of the extended U2 family, even for just a day,' says Cat, 'Is a dream come true. I¹ve had the immeasurable pleasure of interviewing the 'loudest folk band in the world' (to quote Bono) several times before, and still I can never predict what is going to happen or where we'll end up....'Larry, Adam, Bono and The Edge are four of the most charismatic, incredibly funny, self deprecating men I've ever met, and they just happen to be in the
biggest rock band in the world. So how do I feel about doing this show ? Three words: can't bloody wait!' Neither can we. Tonight, 11.30pm, ITV1.