U2 Performs Live at the Apollo Theater for Exclusively for SiriusXM Listeners
This special invitation-only concert takes place on June 11, as announced by Howard Stern today.
U2 is taking a one-night detour from the eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour 2018 to perform for the first time ever at Harlem’s World-Famous Apollo Theater. This special invitation-only concert for SiriusXM listeners takes place Monday, June 11, 2018, as announced by Howard Stern on Tuesday during his live show.
The SiriusXM concert is a rare theater performance for U2, whose recent outings include the top-grossing tour of last year, The Joshua Tree Tour 2017. The band will be playing material from their current release, “Songs of Experience” (Interscope), alongside classics from the storied U2 catalogue that has seen Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen win 22 GRAMMY Awards to date, more than any other rock band.
The special concert is also the first time the band, which paid homage to Harlem’s Billie Holiday on their 1988 song “Angel of Harlem,” has played the legendary venue, and the first time since their acclaimed 2000 Irving Plaza show that U2 will play such an intimate New York show. It harkens back to the band’s roots touring the club circuit, a period revisited nightly during the first half of the eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE shows.
SiriusXM listeners can tune in to satellite channel 30 and the SiriusXM app to hear audio of the special concert.
“New York City and the U2 band have a unique history,” said Bono. “From the songs of Lou Reed, Billie Holiday, and the Ramones that taught us how to listen, to the New Yorkers at our earliest U.S. shows who taught us how to play, the souls of New York and U2 have always been intertwined. The Apollo Theater is the heart of New York’s musical soul, and to finally be playing our songs on the same stage where James Brown begged Please Please Please is not only a bucket list moment, it’s an incredible honor.”
The legendary Apollo Theater is known for launching the careers of countless iconic performers, and has been a catalyst for artistic excellence and innovation since it opened its doors in 1934. The Apollo’s new artistic vision builds on its legacy, and the current programming epitomizes the range and vibrancy at the core of the Theater’s mission, strengthening its integral role as a leading music and arts institution. For more information, visit www.apollotheater.org.
SiriusXM has presented special, private concerts at the Apollo Theater with Paul McCartney in 2010, Bruce Springsteen in 2012, Metallica in 2013, James Taylor in 2015, and Guns N’ Roses in 2017.
