be released on 2 March 2009. Dublin's O2 opened on December 16, with the annual ChildLine Concert the first event to be held there. A few days prior to this, U2 members Bono and The Edge struck the first musical note by playing guitars and singing "Van Diemen's Land" and "Desire" to an O2 empty but for Harry Crosbie, Gerry Ryan and a handful of other people. Kings of Leon with support from M83 performed the venue's first rock concert on December 19 and Coldplay's PR company encountered a hostile reaction from State for its strict rules which saw the magazine provide one of only two press photographers to shoot one of their 21–22 December Viva la Vida Tour shows. They were ushered into an area "no more than 10 foot by three foot, about 100 metres from the centre of the stage", allowed to photograph the second, third and fourth songs only and forced to sign contracts by the company to hand over all copyright of their pictures to make use of as they wished. On December 29, U2 drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. was reported to have criticised his band colleague Bono in an interview with Q. Mullen said he "cringes" when he sees Bono with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and outgoing United States President George W. Bush, stating that Blair was "a war criminal" even more so than Bush because he was "intelligent". Unknown Led Zeppelin for Belfast? With support from Velvet Revolver? Bands disbanded The Chalets (Friday February 15) Aine Mangaoang leaves Hooray for Humans (Friday February 15) Le Bien (Friday February 29) Mainline undergo name change – now known as The Brothers Movement (Tuesday March 4) Stagger Lee, undergoes name change – now known as The Dagger Lees (Thursday July 17) Graham Hopkins leaves Boss Volenti (Friday September 5) Brian Crosby leaves Bell X1 (Thursday October 2) Albums & EPs Over 180 Irish albums were released in 2008. Below is a list of notable albums & EPs released by Irish artists in Ireland in 2008. Summer + After a Long Silence – Travega (Summer 2008) ??? – Nicole Maguire (October 2008) Slacky Tidy – David Kitt (2008) A Hundred Million Suns – Snow Patrol (October 24, 2008) (Before Christmas) According to Tony Fenton, Today FM, April 29, 2008. (October) According to Jonny Quinn in a Belfast Telegraph interview, July 31, 2008. Music Lessons Artwork