Street flash mob: Bono played for all comers for free!

No wonder they say that under the New Year the most unexpected desires come true! Apparently the Irish really wanted to see the performances of their favorite rock musician, frontman of the band "U2". Bono, "heard" their wishes and fulfilled, in a rather unexpected way.

On the eve of Christmas Bono in the company of a pair of his friends-musicians went to the street Grafton Street, put a box for money and ... played his famous hits. Very soon the spontaneous performance of the artists gathered a huge crowd of onlookers. People generously handed coins and bank notes to the feet of the legendary musician and his comrades.

Collected during such an unexpected flash mob, the money will go to the needs of homeless people from Dublin.

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At one time, various musicians were already delighting the audience with such unusual concerts. The most famous American violinist Joshua Bell played on the authentic Stradivarius violin in the metro of the capital of the USA. True, his speech was greeted by the audience coolly. For 45 minutes the artist earned a little more than $ 30.

Boris Grebenshchikov and his colleagues from the "Aquarium" also like to entertain the audience with mini-concerts in underground passages and metro. Such performances have already become a pleasant tradition: on the eve of the official concert as part of the tour, the artists "go out into people" and play as simple street musicians. Recently, musicians played in this format in Kiev, Minsk, Yekaterinburg.