SEPTEMBER 30: At Polytechnic School / the first time in Israel (Edge sings 'Dancing Queen')!

Boy" tour - september 30, 1980. U2 perform in Brighton, England at the Polytechnic School.

"POPMart" tour - september 30, 1997. U2 play Tel Aviv, Israel. U2 plays its first-ever show in Israel, in Tel Aviv. Bono dedicates "One" to the late Prime Minister of Israel, Itzhak Rabin, who was murdered two years ago. He also stirs controversy by appealing for the release from imprisonment of nuclear secrets traitor Mordechai Vanunu -- an appeal which generates little response from the audience. Local radio reports that 34 fans require medical treatment due to the crush of the crowd as U2 enters the stadium. As many international acts have boycotted performing in Israel after recent bomb attacks in Jerusalem, U2's appearance is politically sensitive and the band publicly announces they will spend as little time in Israel as possible. Edge flew immediately after the show to Los Angeles to the birth of his first daughter with Morleigh Steinberg, Sian