The Whistle Test
An episode of the legendary ѿý music magazine programme featuring live performance from U2 and Sinead O’Connor on the cusp of major career album releases.
An episode of the legendary ѿý music magazine programme featuring live performance from U2 and Sinead O’Connor on the cusp of major career album releases. Presented by Andy Kershaw and Mark Ellen this show was recorded with a small audience at the ѿý’s Balmoral Studios in Belfast, March 1987.
Sinead O’Connor performed “Just Like You Said it Would Be” while U2 played “Exit” and “In God’s Country” shortly before the release of their seminal album, ‘The Joshua Tree’.
This episode also features an interview with Bob Geldoff plus music videos from The Blue Aeroplanes and The Beatles.
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