Bono joins annual Dublin city centre Christmas Eve busking sessionBy Bairbre Holmes, Press AssociationBono, Imelda May and Oscar winner Glen Hansard have taken part in a Christmas Eve charity busking session in Dublin city centre. Hansard opened the annual event on Wednesday night, telling the large crowd that more than 30 artists were waiting to perform. Danny O’Donoghue (Conor O Mearain/PA) Photo by Conor O MearainU2 frontman Bono was one of the last to take to the stage, performing a rendition of Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) with singer May. Shobsy takes part in the annual Christmas Eve busk (Evan Treacy/PA) Photo by Evan TreacyThe event started in 2010 as an impromptu sing-song on Grafton Street, one of the capital’s main shopping thoroughfares. Jason Hanaway, who lives between New York and Poland, said the event was “brilliant”, adding “only in Dublin”.

Source: Irish Independent December 25, 2025 08:38 UTC