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U2 cancelled its previously planned residency on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon after frontman Bono suffered a debilitating bicycle accident last year, however the band came back in a big way for several sketches on an episode last week. One featured the band, in disguise, playing its classic "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" in a subway station at Grand Central Station, one of the busiest transport hubs in New York City. Passerby didn't pay much heed until the band shed its costumes (which weren't very good to begin with) and played "Desire." U2 took part in a long musical tradition known as busking, or playing in a public space, generally for cash tips from those standing by (U2 didn't ask for money of course). They weren't the first major musical act to play in the subway...here are five other acts, from Avril Lavigne to Michael Buble who took to the underground. -
UPDATE: Min-Jin Kym's £1.2 Million Stradivarius, Stolen then Returned, Sold to Mystery Buyer for £1,385,000
The world-famous Stradivarius violin that was stolen from London’s Euston Station in 2010 and later recovered was sold on December 18, 2013 for £1.385 million including the buyer’s premium. The "ex-Kym" Stradivarius has been sold by Tarisio, the leading auction house... -
Stradivarius Violin to Be Auctioned After Three-Year Disappearance; May Fetch up to $3.25 Million
Anyone who's in the market for a Stradivarius violin, or looking for an absurdly pricey musical gift for the holiday season, will be in luck come December 18: Violinist Min-Jim Kym will be selling hers at auction. This instrument is particularly noteworthy because of the international attention it drew when it was stolen at a train station during 2010. -
Min-Jin Kym's £1.2 Million Stradivarius, Stolen from a London Pret, is Finally Returned
A happy ending for a Strad stolen in England, appropriately enough at a time when Oxford's Ashmolean Museum has mounted arguably the finest exhibition of Stradivarius instruments in living memory...
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