AUGUST 19: The Baggot Inn stops / refuses rumor of U2´s last tour / Jimmi Rodgers / 'London Calling'-red shirt #7 / Lynott statue to be unveiled / Music Rising has earned the Billboard magazine Humanitarian Award !

'Live music stops at The Baggot Inn' - august 19, 1995. Dublin's Baggot Inn hosts its final live concert performance after 26 years of shows by some of Ireland's top artists, including the young U2 (The Hype), Christy Moore, Luka Bloom, Something Happens, An Emotional Fish and many more, plus international artists like David Bowie and Tracy Chapman. The Inn is under the ownership of Irish Soccer team manager Jack Charlton and others, who plan to turn the Baggot Inn into a sports and music bar by St. Patrick's Day, 1996.

'Island refutes rumors of U2's last tour' - august 19, 1997. Island Records issues a press release refuting a recent report in the Sunday Times newspaper that PopMart will be U2's last world tour.

"The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers - august 19, 1997. A Tribute" is released. Bono performs the track, "Dreaming With Tears in my Eyes".

"Elevation" tour - august 19, 2001 / London, England - Earl's Court - PJ Harvey. A snippet of 'London Calling' is added at the end of 'Elevation'. Edge wears red shirt #7, this night.

Lynott statue to be unveiled - August 19, 2005 - A campaign by fans of iconic Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott to have a statue erected in his memory comes to fruition tonight when it is unveiled in Dublin's city centre. Roisin Dubh - the trust set up to commemorate Lynott's life and work - commissioned the statue, which has been paid for by Lynott's supporters. It was unveiled this evening on the corner of Grafton Street and Harry Street by Lynott's mother Philomena and the Lord Mayor, Councillor Catherine Byrne. Born in Birmingham in the UK and brought up in Dublin, Lynott started playing in groups in the Crumlin area before forming Thin Lizzy in 1969. The band had hits with The Boys Are Back in Town, Whiskey in the Jar and Rosalie, and is considered to be the first successful Irish rock group to make it on the international scene, paving the way for the likes of U2....His devoted mother said his music would leave an everlasting effect on the people of Ireland. 'He took a very old ballad The Whiskey in the Jar and gave it a good bit of rocking,' she laughed. 'I think after that he changed the course of history really, and he opened up great opportunities for all the up-and-coming young bands, and now one of those bands is known as the best band in the world. You know the boys from U2. He loved them, and they were all young boys. Whenever he went on tour he would take young Irish bands with him.'

Music Rising has earned the Billboard magazine Humanitarian Award - August 19, 2006 - Music Rising has earned the Billboard magazine Humanitiarian Award and to be honored at the Third Annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awardson November 8 and 9 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. Founded by U2’s the Edge, Gibson Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, and music producer Bob Ezrin, Music Rising is a program designed to replace the instruments lost and destroyed during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.