Kammala wannan jumla: U2 ya yi waƙar, tare da "City of Blinding Lights", zuwa sama da mutane 400,000 a ranar 18 ga Janairu 2009 a waƙar a Lincoln Memorial don bikin bikin da ke zuwa
rantsar da Barack Obama. A ƙarshen wasan kwaikwayon Bono ya nemi masu sauraro su raira waƙa ga mafarkin King, yana cewa "ba kawai mafarkin Amurka ba ne; Har ila yau, mafarkin Irish, mafarkin Turai, mafarkin Afirka, "kafin ya ambaci rikici tsakanin Isra'ila da Falasdinu kuma ya ce" mafarkin Isra'ila ne, da kuma mafarkin Falasdinu. " Wasan kwaikwayon "Pride" ya ƙare tare da Bono ya nakalto wani ɓangare na jawabin Sarki "Ina da Mafarki", yana cewa "Bari 'yanci ya yi sauti! Bari 'yanci ya yi sauti! Bari 'yanci ya yi sauti! Kowane ƙauye, kowane ƙauye, kowace jiha, kowane birni. Bari 'yanci ya yi sauti!" kafin ya ci gaba zuwa "Garin Hasken Haske". Bassist Adam Clayton daga baya ya ce "Muna ta da kawunanmu muna cewa, 'Ta yaya za a gayyaci wani rukunin Irish don yin wasa a bikin rantsar da Shugaban kasa?' Hanyarmu ta shiga ta hanyar waƙa kamar 'Pride'. Ya ba wa mutanen Obama damar bayyana alaƙar ba tare da bayyanawa ba. Yana daya daga cikin wadanda lokacin da ka san duniya tana kallon, amma mai kyau adadin tashin hankali samun ka mojo aiki. "