SEPTEMBER 3: Larry wants to start a band / Larry is introduced as Marky Mark / Edge on his 1st solo performance / U2 on Saturday Night Live (repeat)!

Larry wants to start a band - September 3, 1976 - The Viking spacecraft beams back the first colour pictures from Mars. Back at Mount Temple, 14-year-old Larry Mullen takes tentative steps towards the stratosphere, by pinning a note on the school notice board. Larry wants to start a band. Seven pupils apply, including Adam Clayton, Dave Evans and Paul Hewson. Bono arrives at the audition intending to play guitar; when it becomes evident that he can’t, he begins to sing. “He couldn't do that either,” recalls Mullen. “But he was such a charismatic character that he was in the band anyway, as soon as he arrived. I was in charge for the first five minutes, but as soon as Bono got there, I was out of a job.” source: The Dubliner magazine


"ZOOTV" tour - september 3, 1992 U2 perform in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Veterans' Stadium. On the second night, Larry is introduced as Marky Mark(Mark Wahlberg) and is booed by the crowd. Support is B.P. Fallon, "Primus", and "Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy".

Edge with 'Numb" on MTV - september 3, 1993. The Edge makes his first ever solo appearance at the MTV wards, in Los Angeles, where he performs "Numb" in front of a mini version of the ZooTV set.

U2 on Saturday Night Live (repeat)- September 3, 2005 - NBC-TV - 11:30 PM ET/PT - U2 makes it's second appearance on the long-running NBC show