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  • there's too many mistakes on "one" by bono especially if it's his song

  • tanto frio?

  • is this happening this year ???

  • Bono does pay tax in Ireland... it's just the multinational company U2 that doesn't. A company that Bono gets quite a bit of money from, money that is taxed in Ireland.

  • All you people hating on Bono are just cold hearted people who are doing WAY LESS than he is to help people so SHUT UP!!! he is a good guy with a good heart so stop hating on him! I love him and U2!!

  • bono no mic you have to pick it up sing louder like the old days when you needed the cash great upload and fairplay to all the acts for taking part for a amazing event n1

  • what the hall..

  • who's that guy between bono and glen??? :S

  • @natty71991 No idea, but it must've been the night of his life, as it would've been mine.

  • love

  • in half of the videos i see glen play he breaks his string LOL

  • @TheCupBearer Not his guitar he was fixing Damo's!

  • ;aldjfahsdfioewjf s

    damien... glen..bono...WHAT is this amazingness

  • new irish invention popitball

  • I was in McDonalds and met a friend who told me he had just came from this and I didn't believe him but then I saw the crowds!!!!

    Ran up and Bono was gone but I got a few pics of Damien and Glen and had a said hello,epic Xmas eve!!!!

  • BONO - THE GREATEST!!!!!!I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE HIM!!!!

  • wow! just wow i love U2, i love the swell season and damien rice too! this is the best concert in the world!!

  • i wish i was there

  • the ONE people who didnt like this, werent there :)

  • These are 3 true Irish kings. The impact factor of their music is collectively enormous.

  • Good Lads

  • You know it's good when Glen is getting more mentions that Bono..

  • theyr missing mick flanerry

  • Que gran unión!!! Glen Hansard, Damien Rice, Bono... OH MHY GOD!!!

  • only to have been there.

  • Glen hansard. Damn!

  • sei sempre Grande Bono, in qualsiasi situazione!

  • wish I was there too... :-)

  • shane&micheal inbewteen Bono&glenHanserd

  • Damien and Glen are so good together

  • *lol* the boy at the left almost finds the chords as good as glen! an epic gig! 3 of my most respected singers performing in the streets. WOW !

  • Where's the Damien love? He deserves the highest rated comments too.

  • ha! Bono is so shit! His timing is all over the place!

  • Whos that lucky boy next to bono?

    im so sad cannot be that guy :)

  • Bonos Voice isn´t great there.

    i hope it will be better at the concert in august!!!

    but i hear his old voice in times of the Joshua tree or Rattle and ham, if he screams..

    sorry for my english :D

    Wenn er bei Knocking on heavens door so schreit, dann höre ich die guten alten zeiten von rattle and hum raus.-

    aber jetzt ist seine stimme so... zerbrechlich geworden, echt schade :(

  • It seems like every person who busk's from Birr knows all the words to knockin on heavens door :L. Yups the mundy bouy

  • Man this is awesome! i have a Buskers channel on youtube & i wish i had filmed this, Bono what a Legend! i'll be coming to ireland in june i love the place it's so full of talented musicians!! Hope i get to film you one day Bono! What a guy!

  • Ok, this is how I saw it - walking down Grafton towards St Stephen's Green after shopping all day with my daughters, we saw this large crowd around... something or someone. people climbing lamposts to get better views - i passed my camera to one to get me some, but there are many better bits already posted here. Glen walked right by me afterwards, and I just stared and smiled, too happy to even say anything.

    His song, "Falling Slowly' was done as an exquisite duet on American Idol last week.

  • Bono.........................a fucking legend,a gentleman and a proud Irishman.He has earned respect.

  • @bustertypsy

    So proud he didn't want to pay the same tax that i pay... hmmm... A legend my arse

  • @HenryNormal hes smart with his money, like you wouldnt take a chance to pay less taxes?

  • @cnock95

    Don't you think there is a slight difference between HenryNormal and Bono? Bono is shouting his mouth about poverty and tax, yet he is a tax dodger and VERY rich. HenryNormal, would you be as rich as OUR good honest citizen Boner?

  • @cnock95

    Who is paying the poor sods on the dole???

    Whey hey it's the taxpayer... OOPS!

    No panic people cnock95 will sort it out.

    Maybe he will talk to his m8 boner, nah! boner don't like paying tax....

    looks like we are f1cked, but ali hewson will save ppl around the world...

    Northside my bollix... bOner is kunt..

  • @cnock95

    Dude! Bono is now verses the average citizen. Bono don't pay Irish taxes end of....

  • @cnock95

    How do you feel now? when that dozy fine gael "fr Ted" sounding muppet say's "We have to pay what we owe" Noonan is as big a muppet as the FF twats... What grinds me is his slow drawl... NOONAN! wake up! have a cup of tea before you talk ya baldy farmer.... "Jesus wept"

  • @bustertypsy

    Good old Boner, Don't pay tax, cry about the countries that don't pay it and, store his money where????

    boner, open your mind... damn, boner open your, your, damn, look at the sky....TWAT! BTW, ya can't bullet it either... Kay Nob Jockey

  • bono's singing is shit here

  • Let´s buy a new guitar to Glen! He has the same since "Once"... hahahaha

  • perfect... i think bono didnt know who was damien... what a shame...

  • the boy behind Glen Hansard in the blue sweater is my irish exchange partner. After that event he has been on a high...

    and just great

  • Only in Europe... freaking awesome

  • Only in Ireland romans205

  • GRANDI !!!

  • wow in the "knocking on heavens door" bono sounds like in '80.

  • he seems shy..

  • in dublin if you busk do you get a fine (like you have to pay money) or do you only get to sit in jail for a couple of days?

    odd question but i really wanna know

  • No fine or anything. I did it for a week when I was there last February expecting to be fined but none of that happened.

    Great city btw

  • yeah yeah. but glen hansard actually got in jail 3 times because of the busking but I don't know for how long and if he had to pay a fine.

    i really wanna go to dublin sometime and play there for a month. in the summer.

  • Hmmm well I didn't know that he was ever sent to jail for busking. That's interesting.

    I highly suggest you go there and give it a shot. I went there all by myself last year for a week before I went to London and it was fantastic. I made all my money that I needed for the pubs by playing music on the street.

  • Yeah, it's stupid right. He's this great musician but still they don't wanna have him play on the streets.

    So you went playing in pubs and stuff afterwards? That's cool. How did you do that, did you have demo's with ya? And did people pay to see you play? That's so nice. I hope you did well!

  • I mostly just busked on the streets by day and with the money I made on Grafton Street I used that in the pubs at night for drinks. I did play a few open mics though at a few bars. That was a load of fun as well just cause you have a mic in front of you and people will actually listen for a change to what you are saying/singing.

  • Hi, i think his run ins with cops were in the Czech Rep not Ireland, in Ireland we have a healthy busking community. Gardai may arrest agressive beggars but not buskers, if you are collecting (soliciting) for cash for a charity you need a permit. You can be moved on from outside a premises if your crowd have blocked the entrance to a shop/road or if you are too loud. We value music, busking is how alot of people have become known in Ireland. Also i think musicians can get tax exemptions here. :)

  • Oh ok! I didn't know that. I understand almost everything you're saying. I only don't understand the tex exemption part. I guess it just means you have to pay a certain amount of money over the money you made playing on the streets?

  • no artists in ireland dont pay any tax on earnings under 250000 a year sweet eh!

  • How I wish I was there!!! thanks for posting it

  • does anyone else think bono sounds terrible here...he doesnt give a shit,so why is he there,he clesrly doesnt want to be...

    just leave the buskin to glen, damien & mundy, bono cant sing at all, he has no emotion...

    he actually sounds terrible

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  • Look at that Birr man with that cowboy hat behind bono. I suppose he is just abit more of an inspiration for me cause we come from the same town ! He is out there playing witha hero of his! What a man. As he said to me once "Dont give up. Sumtimes ur gonna feel like ur makin no progress but one day you will get there" What a ledge

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  • Sorry if this was asked earlier - anyone know why Bono's using a cane? Hadn't heard anything about him being hurt -

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  • @lgmaddox Looks like an umbrella not a cane.

  • Ha look at Mundy's face, he's like holy f**k I'm singing with Bono! Looks even more starstruck than the busker kid!

  • greatthats very amazing :D:D:D!

  • I was on Grafton Street on 2 January, and saw the young kid who is playing behind Glenn in this video! I verified this with him, but neglected to get a picture, his name, or anything. If he sees this, I hope he'll get in touch thru YouTube.

  • @ChicagoBeth1945 hi im the guy behind glen, names shane

  • I love Glen Hansard !!!

  • :) This is great! what a moment.

  • Bono is BRUTAL !!!!!!!!- All the rest r absolutely fantastic.

    Bono sounds like the guy with the weird voice from Police Academy movies only he sings better. Goes to show how good Larry Edge & Co r to make him sound in tune every Gig

  • Are you deaf or something? Or was the brutal comment meant with regards forgetting his own words? :)

  • No its meant that Bono is a shite singer when he hasnt 2 Billion worth of gadgets making him sound in tune.

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  • Wud u clean out ur ears and listen to it again he's terrible. ur obviously just a clown who buys into the bono bullshit that comes out of his mouth evrytime he opens it. He's the Worlds biggest dickhead and the biggest prick in in Rock History, waffling bout world poverty & he doesnt even pay fucking tax in his own country,

  • Well said, Bono is total dickhead,

    Glen Hansard and the are rest absolutely brilliant

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  • Yea ur right u havent bought into all bono's bullshit at all when u come out with statements & comments like that ur just another U2 fanatical Retard who buys into Bono's bullshit. & ur obviously not Irish either. Bono does nothing except talk shite to make himself look good in his own mind, he is a despicable horrible self indulgent obnoxious dickhead- Probably much like urself if u believe all his horseshit

  • LooLAA Ur the man -

    Bono's nothin but a tax dodging bullshit talking dickwad. All the non Irish people who actually believe his shite is kinda remarkable really. Hundreds of homeless in Ireland, plenty of poverty in ireland also Bono does nothin cos it wont get him the headlines like talkin pants bout Africa etc

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  • Ur a complete fucking moron and ur jst addin fuel to everybody who's a realist's argument. Ur Bono is great story is just more Bono bullshit to make himself stand out amongst all the other stars to feed his ever starving ego. Why does he wear high heels cos of his ego the fucken midget.

    When asked in a recent TV interview in the UK why he got such bad press Bono himself said "Cos I'm very annoying" Even Bono thinks he's a dickhead,

    I'm a coward? Captain Spastic,Bono is 1 foot shorter than me

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  • I've told Bono on 2 occasions that he's a dickhead,once outside Croker at Spec Olympics openin&once outside Goggins Pub in Monkstown where he drinks.Ur a fuckin retard&cant see what a hypocrite he is-

    Ur a retarded U2 fanatic,I have all their music too,dont mean Bono isnt a total dickhead &if he dropped dead2morw morninU2 would be fine,thousands of people in the world can sing better than him.What has Irish got2do wit it why dont u grow up take down all ur U2 posters in ur bedroom&get a life

  • @IrishLooLaa sounds likes your the one who needs a life.....posting hater comments on videos you supposedly don't like? that's sad

  • If u had the ability to actually correctly you would know that this was not posting hater comments, the other artists who were busking for hours are fantastic, they dont preach, they're not hypocrites

    dickhead Bono who earns Millions evry yr then tells other people to donate money when he doesnt even pay fucking tax on his earnings

  • @IrishLooLaa Do I detect a jealous bitter person who has no self esteem,he tries to make himself feel better by belittleing a legend.Get a fucking life,loser.

  • Ur not Irish by the way so dont claim to be - Ur American, dont give a fuck that ur great great great great great great great great ganrndmother's dog was from Dublin,

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  • U R NOT IRISH U FUCKING MORON if u were u would realise there's no such place as Grafton and the very fact u asked me when am I going down to Grafton just proves to anyone who is actually Irish that u r not. LOL

    U R A FUCKING MORON, we'll all go down to grafton together, have great fun, maybe even go to grafton city centre???

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  • There is such a place as Grafton St not wot u said dickhead. Why do u keep calling me a coward, tryin to hid behind it cos ur a dumb american fuck

    People r there clapping Glen Hansard Mundy Damian Rice etc real normal fantastic IRISH musicianers who pack out shows everywhere they go as their talent is fantastic. then again u probably never heard of them til u were jackin off to Bono & his bullshit

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  • No u werent and stop tryin to pretend ur Irish. Firstly nobody Irish refers to it as Grafton like u did & ur tryin2cover it up.Secondly nobody Irish would ever in their entire life say "do the Math" proving again that u r in fact a dumb american fuck. I cant spell??? this coming from a dumb fuck american from a country with more stupid dumb people per square mile than anywhere in the world. What a sad lonley loser u must be trying to pretend to be Irish - U shud move outta ur Mothers basement

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  • U r such an American dickhead its hilarious , in Ireland where u claim to be from u dumb fuck american its shortened to Maths, only Americans call it Math cos none of u dumb fucks can spell Mathematics so they had to shorten it for u educationally challenged morons

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  • Is that the best U cud come up with u fucking spastic.

    U is used by everybody for texting, posting etc but then U wouldnt know that cos U are a dumb american fuck who just keeps proving it again and again with every post U make. Because its difficult for someone as intellectually challenged as you obviously are I'll explain it - YOU ARE A DUMB AMERICAN FUCK WHO THINKS HE'S IRISH, YOU ARE A RETARD

    That ok for U now Captain Spastic,

  • If you havn't figured it out yet. You are not texting on a phone!!! take your room temperature I.Q. and go listen to some Jonas Brothers!!!

  • Really but then again a Dumb fuck american Irish wannabe cock sucker like you would hardly know the difference, cant even admit that ur american,what does that say about U, serious issues bitch, get a shrink or somethin.

    The only thing u have to come back at me is my grammar fucking hilariously stooooopid LOL - now U can come back at me that I cant spell stupid

    YOU ARE A FUCKING RETARD RETARD so good I named you twice Bitch,

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  • U are a dumb fuck american who thinks he's Irish simple as that no skill needed there, I'm going to do some math down grafton, meet me there u stooopid dumb fat fuck american, there's a McDonalds in Grafton so u can stuff ur fat fuck face too

    man ur so dumb u r providing sunday entertainment to the crew here like u wouldnt believe, so good we named twice RETARD RETARD

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  • We're done now off u go Retard into your mother's basement with all your U2 Posters

    RETARD RETARD not the first time or last time you'll be hearing that in your sad existence as fat dumb fuck american who thinks he's Irish,

    Ta an Athas orm an corn seo a glacadh agus is tusa amadan gan dabt

    LOL DIckwad

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  • it took u that long to look up an Irish phrase online well done retard and then to use one that no irish speaker ever would LOL HILARIOUS

    U truly are a RETARD RETARD

    Pog mo Thoin classic,

    Ceapaim go bhfuil tusa duine míchumasacha.

    Will u just fuck off seriously RETARD ur makin a show of yourself

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  • NEWSFLASH RETARD

    Thats not irish, leat part is an irish word and well done for that, Foc & Il are not Irish words, but keep trying retard retard

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  • @IrishLooLaa that whole "retard retard" thing is getting old.....like, you couldn't come up with something better than that? wow.

  • Whats this got to do with you u fucking moron, it was old 24 hours ago maybe, I've no doubt ur another intellectually challenged spastic who believes all Bono's bullshit,

    This entire busking for charity was nothing whatsoever to do with dickhead Bono it was done by real Irish artists for a real irish charity, not one that gets u headlines in newspapers therefore nothing to do wit bono, his ego forced him2try and sing which he failed terribly at,

    Mind ur business ur a fucking moron

  • @IrishLooLaa for your information, so are you......

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  • FYI plenty of proper irish people are U2 fans majority of those people think hes dickhead

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  • Hey Buttmunch r whatevr u wanna be called

    Why r u posting on my youtube page callin my child down syndrome???

    Ur a loser just cos that LooLaa guy showed you up for what you are ur going attacking and abusing anyone who agreed with him

    Get yourself a life

  • Top man again LooLaa,

    Think u missed one of the great's there for bugmusk's heritage LOL

  • I love this , I thank God and the universe for this moment , for youtube, and digital recorders, all of them.

    I downloaded the video, and extract the audio, now I hear it almost every moment from my mp3 player.

  • I love Bono, I love Bono...

  • A sweet moment at the end of the last shopping day before xmas - when we came upon this scene (around 6pm), one of my daughters said, "Someone must be performing in the nude - look at the crowd around them!"

  • Bono looks like he's freezing, by the way. He's as stiff as a board. :P

  • I really wish I was there.

  • im the kid inbetween bono and glen. twas a good day.

  • Congrats shanekl74, you did a great job. I love this video, have seen it dozens of times. I´ve been to Dublin last July to see the U2 concerts there, all three. It was and old dream of mine. My first time in Ireland, and I´m planning on going back soon. Loved the city. Beautiful countryside as well. And the irish are very nice people.

    Thank you scanarama por posting this video. I´m wondering if you have Stand By Me also?

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  • Bono is super but he should have shaken the kid's hand, just like he did with all the others.

  • haahaha....the buskers look like the homeless ones!!! just messin...all for a good cause....MUSIC :0P

  • What a fabulous treat for everyone on Grafton Street (although I bet it made last minute shopping difficult), and what a great gesture by some really fabulous artists. I wish I was there.

  • Also, at then Glenn Hansard (Once), shouted for people to let go of Bono, to let him go. I guess after he finished singing and left, people where all over him, then Glenn interceded for him.

  • Bono fuck god!

  • Let the good Times roll!

  • Love the way Bono has been laughin' at himself more in past year - was doin' so at all gigs I saw last yr !

  • That's it! I'm moving to Dublin!

  • thats what i m thinking now...

  • I like the way he says "once" instead of one... about Glen's movie.

  • damn! i wish i was there.

  • One word:

    BestChristmasEveEVER!

  • Cant believe we were right around the corner in the Clarendon. If only I went with my dad to get the car would've gone past & would've been in heaven. :/

    Best footage on YouTube by far. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

  • Glen's a good guy. He even changes his guitar with Damien's and fixes his broken string :)

    And I love his reaction when Bono comes up with "Once, once, once, ..."

    Oh, and I love how Damien seems to be the only one who knows the lyrics and how he entertains the masses when the other musicians don't know what to play :)

  • Glen Hansard is a Superb geniune talented nice guy, no bullshit about him which is great to see for someone with so much talent

  • Wonderful, i love it!

    But... if Bono was my dad, I wanted him to sit with me and my family under the christmas tree, and not standing singing on the street...

  • by the way, why anyone mentions Vyv??? i love her as well but she's never on the titles (its the first description with her i read)

  • Well, that's prob Ali around 7:41

  • It's her! =)

  • LOVE them, but one... who invited bono? hahahaha

  • So cool,so intimate...love you Bono.love you Dublin...oh and love you Damien and Glen and the other guys as well : )

  • Fantastic footage - happy new year 2010 !

  • Now.. that was really beautiful.

  • This is ONE beautiful video!!!

  • wow vyv long on cello was amazing

  • Nice one. Thanks.

  • thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you.

    we'd love to see 'stand by me' if you have that as well!

  • Well done lads a lot of charities doing great work nice to see us looking after our own especially in these last few nights people sleeping on streets.Thanks for posting this

  • unbelievable!!!! thanks so much:-))

  • Can always count on you to post awesome footage Scanarama! Awesome even more in light of the fact that Glen conceived and proposed this idea of busking for an hour each Christmas Eve and then donating all earnings to charity a mere 48 hours earlier. The turnout was fantastic!

    A testament to Glens ability to connect with and bring out the best in us all!

    Can only imagine what it'll be like next year!

  • awesome :)

  • Excellent stuff! Thanks so much for posting this Scanarama. I was standing to the right of the camera woman and have been looking out for footage taken by her. Can I download this anywhere? I'd love to save this to show the grandkids some day... What a lovely Christmas Eve surprise!

  • Not so tough without a teleprompter, are you, Bono? :D

  • Please as you watch this think of all the young people who are for one reason or the other sleeping on the streets this Christmas and New Year.

    Help by donating to The Simon Community.

  • Fantastic!  Thank you so much!

  • haha, looks like damien was the only "one" who was on top of the lyrics that night