u2 to record grammy performance on barge in hudson river itll look like its live but its prerecorded u2 sunday grammys gig will be live from friday night 1262018 u2 wont really be performing live from a remote location during the 60th annual grammy awards but it will seem that way thanks to some tv magic sources close to production tell tmz the band is set to record their grammys performance friday night on a barge in the hudson river when the show airs sunday night live from madison square garden cameras will cut away from msg to u2s prerecorded performance itll look like its live but now you wont be fooled to be clear the boys from dublin arent lip syncing just playing live to tape its not uncommon for huge live tv events to prerecord segments especially when a stunt shots involved remember lady gagas nose dive into the super bowl 2017 heres how the final product looked for that