U2 To Perform “Ordinary Love” From MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM At The 86th Oscars

U2. 75th Anniversary Academy Awards/©A.M.P.A.S.

World-renowned rock band U2 will perform their Oscar-nominated song, “Ordinary Love” for a global audience at the Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. U2’s exclusive Oscar show performance will be the first time the band will perform the song live.

“Ordinary Love” was written by the group for MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM and is nominated for Original Song. The film is based on South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiography of the same name, which chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country’s once segregated society. Idris Elba stars as Nelson Mandela, Naomie Harris stars as Winnie Mandela, with Justin Chadwick directing.

The three other nominated songs are “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2,” “Let It Go” from “Frozen” and “The Moon Song” from “Her.”

U2 has sold more than 150 million records worldwide since its formation in 1976. The group has won 22 Grammy® Awards—more than any other band—and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, its first year of eligibility. The band’s 110-show, 26-month U2360° tour, which ended in July 2011, played to over 7 million fans in 30 countries on 5 continents and was the highest-grossing concert tour of all time. The band is currently in the studio working on a new album.

The Oscars, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, will air on Sunday, March 2, live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.

(L to R) IDRIS ELBA, TONY KGOROGE. RIAAD MOOSA, and THAPELO MOKOENA star in MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM.  Photo: Keith Bernstein © 2013 The Weinstein Company. All Rights Reserved.