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"Let Freedom Ring..."

"On this spot where we're standing, 46 years ago, Dr King had a dream. On Tuesday, that dream comes to pass." U2 performed 'Pride' and 'City of Blinding LIghts' to an audience of 400,000 in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on January 18th, 2009.

Samuel L Jackson recalled Martin Luther King and how "a band from Ireland was moved by Dr King's message and his sacrifice and wrote a song to remember and honour him..."

"Let freedom ring," announced Bono as U2 arrived on stage and struck up the opening bars of Pride (In The Name of Love). This is not just an American dream,' he said. "Also an Irish dream, an European dream, an African dream an Israeli dream ... and also a Palestinian dream."

'Let freedom ring, let freedom ring....' he continued, as Edge played the opening chords to City of Blinding Lights. "What a thrill for four Irish boys from the north side of Dublin to honour you sir, the next president of the United States, Barack Obama...'