Mark Horton/Getty ImagesU2's Bono and The Edge hit the streets of their hometown of Dublin, Ireland, Monday to perform along with some of their fellow Irish musicians to raise money for charities to help the city's homeless population.
According to Entertainment.ie, this marks the first time Bono has taken part in the one-time annual Christmas Eve tradition of busking on Dublin's Grafton Street since 2015.
The website posted Twitter messages from a variety of people who attended the event, which showed Bono and The Edge performing "Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way," from U2's latest studio album, Songs of Experience, and the Christmas carol "O Holy Night."
Other musicians who performed at the busking session were Glen Hansard, Damien Rice and Mundy. In addition, the Twitter feed of the usually reliable U2 fan forum AtU2.com reported that Bono and The Edge were joined by all of the other performers for a version of Darlene Love's soulful holiday classic "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." You can check out fan-shot video of some of the performances on YouTube posted by a user named ronandonnelly1.
Among the charities that receive money raised by the performances are Dublin Simon Community and Inner City Helping Homeless.
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