A Form of Homecoming arrives identical day (March 17) as new album of reimagined U2 classics Songs of Give up
U2’s Bono and the Edge give David Letterman a tour of their native Dublin in addition to the band’s catalog in an upcoming Disney+ music particular.
Bono & The Edge: A Form of Homecoming, With Dave Letterman finds the previous late-night host accepting the U2 duo’s invitation to spend time with them in Dublin, marking Letterman’s first-ever journey to Eire. With documentary cameras in tow, Bono, the Edge, and Letterman toured the town and its music scene, culminating in an intimate live performance carried out by the U2 duo at a neighborhood landmark.
“Lately, I gained a radio contest,” Letterman joked in an announcement. “Winner will get to go to Dublin with Bono and The Edge (radio contest half not true, however I really feel like a winner). They confirmed me round, launched me to their musician mates, and carried out a few of their best songs in a small theater. It’s a terrific tour. Get in contact with them ― I’m instructed there are nonetheless availabilities. I’m the luckiest man on the planet. (There aren’t any availabilities).”
Bono & The Edge: A Form of Homecoming, With Dave Letterman, premiering March 17 on the streaming service, was directed by Morgan Neville, the documentarian behind 20 Ft From Stardom, Received’t You Be My Neighbor? and Roadrunner: A Movie About Anthony Bourdain.
“I fell in love with U2 and David Letterman at roughly the identical time, someplace round my sophomore yr of highschool,” Neville stated in an announcement. “That someway a long time later we might all come collectively in Eire to make this present was an unlikely dream someway come to life.”
The Letterman-hosted particular arrives the identical day that U2 will launch Songs of Give up, a reimagining of 40 songs from throughout the band’s catalog.