Waiting outside an Irish bar in Somerville for @U2 to play a surprise show!!! #YOLO #pleaseletmein @ChrisCormier17 pic.twitter.com/V6uxRCQ9Uv
— Alexa Economou (@lexeconomou) July 14, 2015
In a scene that sounds like the exact opposite of the Songs Of Innocence release, a bunch of U2 fans who actually wanted to hear their music showed up for a secret show that wasn’t actually happening.
Rumors spread via Secret Boston that U2 would perform an unannounced gig on July 13 at The Burren, an Irish pub in Somerville near where the band played a show in 2009. Hundreds of fans showed up (over the protestations of the The Burren’s owner, who said there was no secret show) and lines to get into the bar spread around the block.
https://twitter.com/abitunGraceful/status/620771717825347585
Line at The Burren JUST IN CASE there is a secret #U2 concert in #Boston tonight and it happens to be here. pic.twitter.com/1zIlKt7j6B
— Maxsimile (@Maxsimile) July 14, 2015
Feels like half of #Boston is at The Burren in Somerville for what is allegedly the location of the @U2 secret show pic.twitter.com/vieOpMvD4n
— Matt Bosso (@MattBosso) July 14, 2015
The mob grew and grew until U2 themselves put an end to the rumor around 10:30. The rockers put the kibosh on the secret show and tried to find a silver lining in their fans’ disappointment.
Hope you're enjoying the Guinness @burrenmusic in Somerville, but don't fall for tall stories about a certain band from Dublin showing up…
— U2 (@U2) July 14, 2015
Boston U2 fans will just have to stoke the fires of their inferiority complex by hate-watching that NYC subway set again.
(via Boston Magazine)
