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U2<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Bono<\/a>\u00a0joined\u00a0Imelda May<\/a>\u00a0for a version of\u00a0Darlene Love<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)\u2019 at a Dublin busking gig on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n The event on Grafton Street has been an annual tradition for 15 years and was held this year\u00a0to raise funds for the\u00a0Dublin Simon Community<\/a>, a charity that supports people at risk of homelessness in Ireland.<\/p>\n Among those\u00a0taking part\u00a0this\u00a0time around\u00a0were Oscar-winning singer-songwriter\u00a0and event\u00a0organiser\u00a0Glen Hansard\u00a0and\u00a0The Script<\/a>\u2019s Danny O\u2019Donoghue, while Bono and May performed the 1963 festive staple\u00a0as a duet.<\/p>\n Hundreds of people gathered outside the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin city centre for the event, which also saw performances from The Riptide Movement, Danny O\u2019Reilly from The Coronas and Shobsy, while the night culminated with a performance of The Pogues<\/a>\u00a0and Kirsty MacColl<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Fairytale Of New York\u2019, with May wishing\u00a0Shane MacGowan<\/a>\u00a0a \u201chappy birthday for tomorrow\u201d.<\/p>\n Watch Bono and May sing \u2018Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)\u2019 here:<\/p>\n\n Previous years have seen\u00a0Bono play \u2018The Joshua Tree\u2019 classic \u2018Running To Stand Still\u2019<\/a>, Shane MacGowan perform \u2018Dirty Old Town\u2019\u00a0and\u00a0Hozier play his hit \u2018Take Me\u00a0To\u00a0Church\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n Earlier this year,\u00a0U2 were the recipients of the Woody Guthrie Prize<\/a>, being celebrated as \u201ca champion for the voiceless with an understanding of how a platform can be used to shine a light on our world, showing us what needs to be fixed and how to fix it.\u201d Bono and\u00a0The Edge<\/a>\u00a0performed \u2018One\u2019,\u00a0\u2018Sunday Bloody Sunday\u2019 and Guthrie\u2019s \u2018Jesus Christ\u2019 at the event.<\/p>\n Bono also\u00a0shared his thoughts on what he believes is the best way to achieve freedom <\/a>earlier this year in an op-ed for\u00a0The Atlantic<\/i><\/a>, which he wrote ahead of\u00a0receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the US<\/a>.<\/p>\n The singer has also said that he is \u201cready for the future\u201d with U2, and the band have \u201c25 great songs for a new album<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n May, meanwhile, is\u00a0one of the guests on Jools Holland\u2019s \u2018Hootenanny\u2019 this year<\/a>, alongside Rolling Stones<\/a>\u00a0guitarist\u00a0Ronnie Wood<\/a>,\u00a0Olivia Dean<\/a>,\u00a0Lulu<\/a>,\u00a0Jessie J<\/a>,\u00a0Craig David<\/a>,\u00a0Heather Small<\/a>,\u00a0The Kooks<\/a>,\u00a0Joe Webb<\/a>, David\u00a0Hermlin\u00a0and Ruby Turner.<\/p>\n The post Watch Bono and Imelda May sing \u2018Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)\u2019 at annual Dublin busking gig<\/a> appeared first on NME<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" U2\u2019s\u00a0Bono\u00a0joined\u00a0Imelda May\u00a0for a version of\u00a0Darlene Love\u2019s \u2018Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)\u2019 at a Dublin busking gig on Christmas Eve. 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