Bono shut down the Brooklyn Bridge for 10,000 lucky souls. No tickets, just magic.
U2's surprise concert held in Brooklyn, New York under the Brooklyn Bridge at Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park on 22 November 2004. The concert was performed after a full day of filming the music video for "All Because of You" in New York City. The concert itself was filmed for an MTV special called “mtvJAMMED: U2"
Sound
Raw acoustics bouncing off steel—no arena polish here.
Direction
MTV capturing genuine surprise on fans' faces.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The band spent all day filming the 'All Because of You' video before this unannounced evening show—Bono reportedly sang with a hoarse voice from exhaustion.
This 2004 stunt predated the surprise-album-drop era by a decade, proving U2 understood viral moments before 'viral' was a marketing strategy.
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