Radio plays U2's new song Atomic City for the first time ever.

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This afternoon on RTÉ 2fm, a brand-new U2 song had its very first radio airplay.

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DJ Dave Fanning kept his long-standing tradition of releasing the Irish band's music on

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the radio because he did not want to "break a habit of a lifetime."

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Why break a lifetime habit when we can start over? he exclaimed.

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At 4.15 in the morning, he called Tracy Clifford on RTÉ 2fm from Las Vegas to debut the song on Irish radio.

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Since Las Vegas used to be known as Atomic City,

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it is essentially a tribute to the location itself.

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The music, in his opinion, was "perfect for three and a half minutes of U2."

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