U2

The Irish Rock band U2 will be honoured with a street named after their band. A temporary name was placed for a Manhattan street in their honor. This is to mark U2’s 12th studio album as well as the band’s appearance every night this week on CBS’s “The Late Show with David Letterman.” All these have been kept in mind while a part of 53rd street in Midtown Manhattan was renamed U2 Way.

Naming or renaming streets and roads are a very common affair in general. There has been several streets named after celebrities in the past. Whatever be the case this sure is a thing to celebrate for the Irish rock band U2. “The Beatles had Penny Lane, Elvis lived on the end of Lonely Street,” U2 singer Bono told reporters and fans on the corner of Broadway and 53rd Street. We’re here somewhere between 10th Avenue and funky, funky Broadway, somewhere south of Duke Ellington Way and north of Joey Ramone Place we find ourselves … where the streets have no name,” he said.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the naming of the street on Tuesday. However the renaming of the block of 53rd Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue will be there for just a week. Michael Bloomberg added : “It’s a beautiful day, to quote a famous Irish rock band, Everyone in this city, including me, considers these four Dubliners honorary New Yorkers.”

U2’s new release “No Line On The Horizon” is thought to bring in the most for the U2. It is a star rated album and also estimated to be 2009’s one of the biggest pop ventures.

U2’s present album is rated to be the band’s 10th British No. 1 album which puts U2 just one short of Elvis Presley’s record. The Beatles stand at a record 15. U2 however stands at equal platform alongside Madonna. U2 sold 9 million copies worldwide for their last album.

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