Beautiful Day for Robbie

10 Jul 2001
British pop star Robbie Williams took his sell out tour to Lansdowne Road in Ireland at the weekend - and paid tribute to U2.

Williams, performing to a reported 40,000 sell-out crowd, covered U2's Beautiful Day with an introductory nod to 'the best rock 'n' roll band in the world'.

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