Kammala wannan magana: U2 ya yi waƙar, tare da "Pride (A Sunan Ƙauna), " zuwa sama da mutane 400,000 a ranar 18 ga Janairu 2009 a waƙar a Lincoln Memorial don bikin bikin da ke zuwa
nadin Obama. Da yake gabatar da "City of Blinding Lights", wanda aka nemi kungiyar ta buga, Bono ya yi magana kai tsaye ga Obama, yana cewa, "Abin farin ciki ne ga yara maza hudu na Irish daga arewacin Dublin don girmama ku, sir, shugaban Amurka na gaba, Barack Obama, don zabar wannan waƙar don zama wani ɓangare na waƙar kamfen ɗinku, da ƙari. " Bono ya canza ayar farko don yin nuni ga abubuwan da ke kewaye da shi, yana rera "Amurka, bari hanyarku ta tashi / A karkashin idanun Lincoln" maimakon "Neon hearts, dayglo eyes / A city lit by fireflies", ya ba da ihu ga mataimakin shugaban kasa Joe Biden a ƙarshen ayar, kuma ya canza wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar mawaƙa don shelar "Amurka tana shirin barin ƙasa".