February 12, 2009

 

ROCK SUPERSTARS U2 TO PERFORM AN UNPRECEDENTED

FIVE CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS ON

CBS’S “LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN,”

MONDAY, MARCH 2-FRIDAY, MARCH 6

 

Marks the First Time a Musical Guest Will Perform a Full Week

on the CBS Late Night Broadcast

 

 

            Rock superstars U2 will perform an unprecedented five nights in a row on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Monday, March 2-Friday, March 6 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

 

            This will be the first time that a musical guest will perform an entire week on the CBS late night broadcast.

 

            The band will release their 12^th album, No Line on the Horizon, March 3.  They performed their first single off the album, “Get On Your Boots” at the 51^st Annual GRAMMY Awards last weekend, and the song is already climbing the music charts.

 

            U2 last appeared on the LATE SHOW on Oct. 29, 2001, where they performed and Bono was also interviewed on the broadcast.  On June 10, 1997, Bono appeared with Larry Mullen Jr. to talk to Letterman on the program.

 

            The LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN is a production of Worldwide Pants Incorporated.  Barbara Gaines, Maria Pope, Jude Brennan and Rob Burnett are the executive producers.

 

Official CBS website:  http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/

 

U2 assets: http://www.totalassault.com/assets/?artist=u2