Irish rock band U2 brought traffic to a standstill at the heart of New York on Monday, blasting out songs from the group’s latest album as they cruised down Broadway on a flatbed truck.
Office workers on their lunch breaks whipped out their camera phones to catch the surprise appearance by the band, whose album “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” was released in Britain on Monday and is due out in the United States on Tuesday.
“I can’t believe it. I have to call my mom right now,” said one tourist in a crowd of hundreds as Bono sang Christmas favorite “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” in Times Square.
The stunt was filmed for the video of the forthcoming single “All Because of You,” and the band was due to make another free appearance in Brooklyn later in the day.