SEPTEMBER 27: Marquee Club / 'Desire' / U2 plays atop The Clarence for Top of the Pops / Bono to launch Red in alliance with major brands / It's announced Bono and Across The Universe / Bono wrote "Thank You" / Edge and Bono were at a night club in NYC / Bono's plea for 'dad's angels'

"Boy" tour - september 27 1980 U2 perform in Coventry, England at the Marquee Club.

"LoveTown" tour - september 27, 1989. U2 perform in Sydney, Australia at the Entertainment Centre. One of the 3 dates are the first of 8 in Australia's largest city. "Desire" includes part of "The Byrd"'s "So You want To Be (A Rock & Roll Star)", which will show up on most versions of "Desire" performed on the "LoveTown" tour. Support is "Wedding Parties Anything" and B.B. King.

U2 plays atop The Clarence for Top of the Pops - september 27, 2000. U2 performs on top of The Clarence Hotel in Dublin before a crowd of several thousand onlookers, most of whom can only hear the music from the street below. The band performs "Beautiful Day" and "Elevation" for the BBC program Top of the Pops, which will air the songs 10 days later.
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Bono to launch Red in alliance with major brands - September 27, 2005 - LONDON - Rock star Bono is laying the groundwork for a scheme called Red that will recruit big-name brands to raise funds for famine-stricken people. Plans are at an early stage, but the singer, who was instrumental in July's Live8 shows, has already contacted brand-owners to discuss their involvement. He wants to bring in major brands in sectors ranging from fashion to entertainment. They would develop limited-edition lines, from which a proportion of sales would go into a fund. Bono's publicist said Red was a "work in progress". He added: "It's a project looking at ways to get more funding for the global fund from the private sector." No launch date has been set, but Bono is keen to have Red up and running by early next year. The news follows reports that Bono and Sir Bob Geldof have fallen out with Make Poverty History. Bono denied the claims, saying the partnership was successful as global leaders made a number of financial pledges at the G8 Gleneagles summit.

It's announced Bono and Across The Universe - September 27, 2005 - U2 rocker BONO and transvestite funnyman EDDIE IZZARD are set to star alongside EVAN RACHEL WOOD in new musical ACROSS THE UNIVERSE - a movie plotted around songs by THE BEATLES. The film will chart the adventures of a young British man who heads to America during the Vietnam war in search of his father. And Bono, who sang alongside SIR PAUL McCARTNEY at the Live 8 charity extravaganza, is keen to make his acting debut in the film. THE AVENGERS star Izzard, is similarly excited about the project which has been created by the writers of 1980s British TV hit AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET.

Bono wrote "Thank You" - September 27, 2005 - Daniel Lanois, legendary producer (U2, Bob Dylan, Dashboard Confessional) and singer-songwriter, is interviewed by David Spelman and gives an exclusive in-studio performance of selected songs and instrumentals. Lanois performs on acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitars and performs an acoustic version of the unreleased song ¿Thank You¿, co-written with his friend Bono.

Edge and Bono were at a night club in NYC - September 27, 2006.

Bono's plea for 'dad's angels' - September 27, 2006 - BONO has opened his heart about his father's death and told why he's backing a global hospice awareness day - supported by The Sun Online. The U2 star's father Bob passed away in 2001 after losing his long fight with cancer. And now Bono is throwing his weight behind World Hospice and Palliative Care Day - on October 7 - to highlight the work of the "angels" who cared for his dad in his final days. The campaigning Irish rocker said: “In life, you try your best to hold on tight to your dignity, in death sometimes others have to hold onto it for you. "The premise of hospice care is very close to the bone for me. The hospice was available to look after my father before he died of cancer. "These people are kind of angels. They escort you to the door of your death; they are the midwives for delivery into your next life. "The comfort and relief they provide is exponential, it spills over to family, friends, colleagues. It’s a blessing that everyone should be able to receive." These people are kind of angels. They escort you to the door of your death; they are the midwives for delivery into your next life. (Bono) ... Bono - who is well-known for his role in erasing the debts of poor countries - also spoke of the need for hospice care around the globe. He added: "In the poorest countries, where so many people are fighting for their lives, the conditions of death don’t get much of a look in. But how we care for the sick and dying is surely a litmus test of our humanity. Just as we fight for equality in life, we should fight for equality in death." thesun.co.uk