March 27, 1987 –
U2 played a rooftop concert in Los Angeles to film their video for Where The Streets Have No Name, on this date.
U2 played the song four times, and also played People Get Ready, In God’s Country, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Pride (In The Name Of Love). It won the Grammy for Best Performance Music Video in 1989. The concept was similar to the Beatles famous Apple Records rooftop concert on January 30, 1969, which they used in their movie Let It Be. When asked about the similarity between U2’s rooftop video and The Beatles rooftop concert, Bono said, “We’ve ripped off The Beatles many times before.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 