We recently got some unconfirmed but reliable information that U2, and not just Bono, would be playing a concert in D.C. during the inaugural festivities, and today another tipster emailed in to point out this announcement on U2’s official web site:
U2 join a stellar line up of artists at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington this Sunday for ‘We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration’. Don’t miss it. It’s open to the public and aired on HBO.
Yesterday’s Presidential Inaugural Committee announcement said that only Bono would appear at the Sunday afternoon concert (it’s scheduled to start at 2 p.m. and is open to the public), but it now looks like the full band will participate. If we hear that U2 plans to play anywhere else during the inauguration, we’ll be sure to update.