Vids: U2 Magnificent, Breathe, Letterman

Digging out from under all that snow as well...

By Fred Mills

God bless YouTube and the Santa's elves that keep it hummin' 24-7. At our advanced age we're tucked away in our bunks long before 11:30 EST - that's when David Letterman comes on, and since most of the musical guests don't perform until the end of the show, staying up until almost 12:30 is a recipe for feeling like a real dog the next morning. (You say you're not an early riser? Wait'll you have kids, punk.)

So Monday night U2 began their week-long residency with Dave, and on the first show they performed "Breathe" from No Line on the Horizon. See below for the performance clip, along with an additional one in which the Letterman cameras caught the Irish rockers shoveling snow (and taking a smoke break). Literally.

Then last night they did "Magnificent," which is one of the stronger tracks on the admittedly flawed album - classic U2 territory. The clip of that is below as well.

Meanwhile, you  can check out our somewhat-cautionary, 6-out-of-10-stars review of the new album HERE. Raise your hand if you forked out the big bucks for the super-duper deluxe edition....