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- Performed at the 51st Grammy Awards
- Location: Staples Center in Los Angeles, California
- Telecast: February 8, 2009 8PM EST on CBS
- Have not been nominated
- No Line on the Horizon will be released March 3, 2009
- Received their first Grammy Award for the The Joshua Tree album in 1988
- Have won a total of 22 Grammy Awards
- Tied with Stevie Wonder for most awards by a contemporary artist
- Performed "Get On Your Boots"
- Bono introduced Whitney Houston who presented an award to Jennifer Hudson
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U2 performed at the 2009 Grammy Awards ceremony February 8 in Los Angeles, California. The band performed "Get On Your Boots," the first single from their upcoming album No Line on the Horizon.
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Other Performers
Other acts to perform include Coldplay, Radiohead, Paul McCartney with Dave Grohl on drums, Justin Timberlake, Kid Rock, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I. and Kanye West. -
U2 Facts
- Origin: Dublin, Ireland
- Formed: 1976
- Label: Universal
- Studio albums: 12
- 2005: Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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U2 Grammy Performance Video
U2 Grammy Performance Questions
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