Video Courteous of: Rhapsody Music Service(2006)
Performed By U2 & Green Day Live Sept 27, 2006
Green Day and U2 perform Wake Me Up When September Ends, The Saints Are Coming, and Beautiful Day at the New Orleans Super Dome for the Super Bowl XXXVI (36)
The song's lyrics about storms and drowning came back to light after the events of Hurricane Katrina. In September 2006, it was announced that Green Day and U2 were to record a cover version of the song for charitable purposes.
To coincide with the U2 and Green Day recording of the song, both bands performed it live during the Monday Night Football Pregame show of the New Orleans Saints versus Atlanta Falcons game on September 25, 2006. This was the first game in the Louisiana / New Orleans Super Dome since it was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.
The live performance of the song was later sold online to benefit Music Rising, a charity created by U2's The Edge in order to bring instruments and music programs back to New Orleans.
