U2 and Green Day will perform together at the Sept. 25 re-opening of Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, just before the first regular season pro football game played in the Big Easy since Hurricane Katrina. The iconic rock and punk outfits will debut their cover of "The Saints are Coming," by Scottish post-punk band the Skids, a single whose proceeds will benefit Music Rising, the campaign co-formed by U2's the Edge to help bring music back to the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast region. "Music Rising is dedicated to helping regain a foothold on their future but will also ensure that one of the Gulf Coast's greatest assets, its music, will rise again," the Edge said in a statement.

The collaboration will also launch Music Rising Phase II, in which music instruments will be provided to churches and schools. "The Edge and Music Rising are providing support to schools, churches and musicians who lost everything in the storm, including their ability to make a living. We are honored to be asked and proud to be part of that," Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong said in a statement.

ESPN will broadcast the performance live during the network's Monday Night Countdown pre-game show, which begins at 7 P.M. EST. After the event, Rhapsody will make a download of the performance available, with all net proceeds going to Music Rising. The game is the first for the Saints in the Superdome since August 2005, and the first regular season game played in New Orleans since Dec. 26, 2004.

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