(04-29-2003) U2 & The Corrs To Perform At Special Olympics World Games - LAUNCH

[HelloAngel]

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U2 & The Corrs To Perform At Special Olympics World Games


(4/29/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- U2, The Corrs, Samantha Mumba, and famed Tenor Ronan Tynan are among the Irish artists that will perform at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Special Olympics World Summer Games in Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland on June 21.

The three hour Opening Ceremony will be watched by the 75,000 in attendance, and it will be broadcast live on Ireland's RTE television.

The ceremony will be attended by the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, Special Olympics founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and former South African President Nelson Mandela, among others.

Seven thousand athletes from 160 countries will be attending the World Games.

This is the first year the Special Olympics World Summer Games are being held outside the United States.

 

[Dorian Gray]

this is great! maybe they'll play some new stuff...

 

[verte76]

Damn! I need to be in Dublin right around then.

 

[carey02]

Just another excuse for Bono to see Andrea.

 

[Smokey]

Well, they will run into each other now and then, both living in Ireland. But Andrea shouldn't get her hopes up, as Ali will always be Bono's Sweetest Thing.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

sweet!! another month or so more!