The Irish rock band from Dublin, U2 has announced its online concert series ‘The Virtual Road’. The concert will be broadcasted on the band’s YouTube channel.
Announcing the concert, the official handle of U2 wrote on Twitter, “From Wednesday: #TheVirtualRoad with @YouTubemusic- 4 live stream events revisiting classic U2 shows, opening up with exclusive support performances from @DermotKennedy @fontainesdublin @CarlaMorrisonmx & @feuchatterton.”
From Wednesday: #TheVirtualRoad with @YouTubemusic – 4 live stream events revisiting classic U2 shows, opening up with exclusive support performances from @DermotKennedy, @fontainesdublin, @CarlaMorrisonmx & @feuchatterton
Head to https://t.co/T19XNMgKVz for the details. pic.twitter.com/lvvg0j9OEo
— U2 (@U2) March 15, 2021
The series will showcase four of U2’s most legendary performances from over their four-decade career, kicking off on March 17 with the band’s 2001 concert at Slane Castle in County Meath. It will be the first time that three of the concerts (Slane, Red Rocks, and Mexico) have been made available digitally, and they will remain available to watch online for 48 hours after their broadcast.
Each show will also include a live-streamed opening act. Dermot Kennedy will open the first show, with Fontaines D.C., Carla Morrison, and Feu! Chatterton joining the band on the other dates of the virtual tour.
Back in October, U2 also celebrated a landmark moment in its history with a lavish 20th-anniversary edition of 2000’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind, one of the group’s most globally successful albums to date.
