U2, Green Day and the Saints

As I watched in disbelief the New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl the first song I heard played when the game ended was "The Saints are Coming" by U2 and Green Day. Both of these bands have always been very politically active in their worldwide fame. In September 2006, Green Day teamed up with U2 and producer Rick Rubin to record a cover of the song "The Saints Are Coming," originally recorded by The Skids, with an accompanying video. The song was to benefit Music Rising, an organization to help raise money for musicians' instruments lost during Hurricane Katrina, and to bring awareness on the eve of the one year anniversary of the disaster. Green Day have always worked closely with the National Resources Defense Council, one of the only major national environmental organizations to become and stay involved with community activists on the ground in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, to help raise awareness on the United States' dependency on oil. Throughout all of U2's existence they have always been very active in addressing issues concerning poverty, disease, and social injustice.