Dave Fanning (born 1955) is an Irish rock guru and radio and television personality. He currently hosts The Last Broadcast on RTÉ Two and two radio shows; Drivetime with Dave on RTÉ Radio 1 and The Dave Fanning Show on RTÉ Radio 2. Due to his much celebrated friendship with U2, Fanning has for three decades been granted the first airing of any of the band\s new singles before anyone else in the world.[1] He has presented over twenty different series for RTÉ television including Rock Sundown, 2TV, Jobsuss, Visual Eyes, The Arts Show, documentaries on Cambodia and Ethiopia, Number One, a pop quiz which ran for six years, and The Movie Show, a movie review show which ran for ten years. He also hosted RTÉ\s live television coverage of Live 8 in Hyde Park, London (July 2005) and Live Earth in Wembley Stadium, London (July 2007). Fanning is the receiver of a number of awards and