This Day In U2 History

January 22

All Releases Containing U2 on This Day

• Hope for Haiti Now Compilation Album by Various Artists (Originally released: 2010-01-22)
• 7 (Rare and Remixed) EP by U2 (Originally released: 2002-01-22)

U2 Shows on This Day

• 2010: Hospital Club, London, England [Bono and The Edge]

  Bono and The Edge join Rihanna and Jay-Z as part of the Hope for Haiti Now telethon. The song “Stranded” is a new one written by Bono and Jay-Z.

• 2016: World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland [Bono]

  Bono appears at the Salesforce lunch at the World Economic Forum Conference, and performs with Hawaiian, LT Smooth, on guitar.

News Stories on This Day

• 1999-01-22: U2 Writes Song with Salman Rushdie (AOL News)
• 1999-01-22: Salman Rushdie Writes Ballad With U2 (AFP)