Dublin's U2 May Be the Only Band Whose Sound Says Let's Get Physical—and Spiritual Too : People.co
Dublin's U2 May Be the Only Band Whose Sound Says Let's Get Physical—and Spiritual Too : People.co
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Survival," U2's charismatic vocalist Paul "Bono" Hewson would say later, "was the theme of the evening." That was clear from the moment the Irish
audience, Bono turned away and instead of calmly handing his guitar to a technician, hurled it in a high arc halfway across the stage so the technician
one's neck could trigger a jostling chain reaction. After a futile plea to the crowd to step backward ("These are all very good people"), Bono put one of
guitarist Dave "The Edge" Evans scrambled to change instruments, Bono called for an extra rendition of the band's stirring elegy for the Rev. Martin Luther
Bono, who defused these assaults by gently returning their desperate gestures. Yet finally even he could not turn the other cheek. Among "a few
troublemakers" down front, he spotted one youth viciously elbowing and shoving people. Bono saw him punch someone in the face. Waved up to the stage by the singer
, the boy grinned, expecting to be embraced. But Bono was outraged. "I saw what you did," he shouted, motioning in the guards. "You get out of here. I
don't ever want to see you at one of our concerts again." The night took its toll. The next day Bono was hoarse and disappointed. "When the energy of the
band's "tapestry effect." While drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton supply the rhythmic bedrock, Bono soars passionately through melodies
, named for an exhibition of paintings by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The son of a Protestant mother and a Catholic father, Bono
audience, Bono turned away and instead of calmly handing his guitar to a technician, hurled it in a high arc halfway across the stage so the technician
one's neck could trigger a jostling chain reaction. After a futile plea to the crowd to step backward ("These are all very good people"), Bono put one of
guitarist Dave "The Edge" Evans scrambled to change instruments, Bono called for an extra rendition of the band's stirring elegy for the Rev. Martin Luther
Bono, who defused these assaults by gently returning their desperate gestures. Yet finally even he could not turn the other cheek. Among "a few
troublemakers" down front, he spotted one youth viciously elbowing and shoving people. Bono saw him punch someone in the face. Waved up to the stage by the singer
, the boy grinned, expecting to be embraced. But Bono was outraged. "I saw what you did," he shouted, motioning in the guards. "You get out of here. I
don't ever want to see you at one of our concerts again." The night took its toll. The next day Bono was hoarse and disappointed. "When the energy of the
band's "tapestry effect." While drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton supply the rhythmic bedrock, Bono soars passionately through melodies
, named for an exhibition of paintings by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The son of a Protestant mother and a Catholic father, Bono
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