I'm curious, has anyone see the "Stuck in a Moment" video where the young (American) fieldgoal kicker misses the field goal of his life, and it stays with him the rest of his life, and shows him when he's old. It's rather obivious that U2 understands American " football". Anyway I also read this article recently:
Source : Irish Independent
IRISH supergroup, U2 and British soccer giants, Manchester United andLiverpool, are among those invited to play central roles in Cork's programme as EUCapital of Culture in 2005.
The Cork 2005 Office is now hoping to reach agreement between U2's management, theBritish soccer giants and Cork County Board for events to be staged in the city's Pairc UiChaoimh GAA grounds.
Cork officials hope that U2 will agree to a showpiece concert to reprise their Joshua Treetour in the late 1980s.
That is being followed by a high-profile soccer tournament with Man Utd and Liverpool asthe key attractions.
The revelation came as Cork appealed for submissions on its programme as theEuropean Capital of Culture for 2005.
Cork 2005 has already dismissed criticism that its budget of ?13.5m is only a fraction of what other EU Capital of Culture cities such as Edinburgh enjoyed for its eventsprogramme.
The Cork 2005 Office - led by director, John Kennedy, now wants submissions of ideasand proposals to support its aim to make Cork's status "an opportunity to celebrate the renewal of our city environment, to rekindle our spirit of community, to explore our cultureand our identity and to demonstrate to all our vision of a confident 21st century city",declared Kennedy.
"This is as much about ideas as about money," he added.
Mr. Kennedy stressed that ideas or submissions can come from artists, art groups, community associations, the private or public sector."We want to hear ideas orsuggestions from anyone interested in making a meaningful contribution to our culturalcelebration in Cork in 2005," he added.
So yeah, I would think one of the many diverse interest U2 has would be in any of these sports.
They are also PERFORMING, next month, at the Special Olympics. Which is, for the first time, being held out side the US.
Wish I could be there.