gvox
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Ha, wrong thread! 
Bono On The Daily Show - 11.30.11
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BVS
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gvox said:For the record I was waiting for someone to jump on your "Bono's recovery was shorter than most" comment and somehow spin that into the theory that since he only needed 6 months off according to Dr BVS, WEBMD, the delay of 11.5 months must have been, you know, due to other reasons...
Oh, I gotcha. Well it would only take a few lines of common sense to clear that up... Of course we know how far common sense takes you with some folks in here.
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Ha, wrong thread!
They all kind of blend into one now!
LadySpinHead
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What an awesome train wreck- thanks for the entertainment! 
bonocomet
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I'm sorry I've been unable to read your whole post because I somehow always get stuck at this point
LOL!
BC i just splattered my cup of tea everywhere!!
and the comic timing was brilliant, because i read your comment at the bottom of the last page, pause, click next page, then "Never." lmfao
Sorry.
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Galeongirl
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But guys, the one and only complete answer to this is obvious.
Bono was on drugs.
For the pain in his back.
So that's where all these ideas about postponing the tour and Glasto sprouted.
Totally. And nobody is going to convince me otherwise.
Bono was on drugs.
For the pain in his back.
So that's where all these ideas about postponing the tour and Glasto sprouted.
Totally. And nobody is going to convince me otherwise.
BoMac
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Bono recovered quickly because of the bull's blood injected into his spine. It's patently obvious that this is the reason why.
Galeongirl
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That's Larry. 
Get your band members right.
Get your band members right.
doctorwho
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Based on your overall posts, welcome Sir Paul to the U2 forums!
That and his penis enlargement surgery. Bono was tired of Adam getting all the attention.
last unicorn
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Yes, they removed parts of his ego for that. The miracles of modern medicine.
BluRmGrl
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.....Something Bat-shit Crazy This Way Comes 
canedge
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Listen I am not saying that the tour was canceled because of a back or not a back or because a re-release of an old album. I am just saying that 'factors' could have happened for 'convenience' sake. Salvaged jobs could have been created. When I think about U2 I think about the famous James Joyce quote "Trust Not Appearances."
And if anything BVS, a speedy back recovery would lend more to my 'not so hurt' back theory. I'm just sayin'.
And U2 always seem to do better when their back is against the wall. On the rebound against a real or imagined challenge or slight.
Tiger Edge
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baaaaackstreeeet's back, all right! 
last unicorn
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Yes because requiring immediate emergency surgery, having to postpone a tour leg and losing control of your legs (ie paralysis) certainly means "not so hurt". I'm sure Bono had fun the whole time. So much that he needed 3 1/2 hours of intensive physical therapy every single day during the whole tour and that he still had a limp for many months.
Wow, stop it please, will you?
BVS
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Not really, not when you apply common sense to the subject. Being back on your feet and being tour ready are two different things.canedge said:
canedge
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Are opposing theories that offensive to you? You are really a fan of certainty aren't you.
All I am doing is probing possibilities.
All I am doing is probing possibilities.
canedge
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Now I know how Copernicus must have felt.
canedge
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Well Philsfan, If there was a hypothetical situation were a band was caught in a situation where the gates revenues didn't add up as planned and an organization needed an 'out' from a venture (like taking a tour down under) the medical excuse would be golden. It doesn't attract ire. Let me be clear about my sensitivities surrounding the subject matter of what happened. I am speaking about a hypothetical situation.
BVS
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Oh really? That's all you're doing?
Does this sound like "probing possibilities" to you? It sounds pretty certain.
Where's the questioning or uncertainty there?
And this one takes the cake, this statement is probably one of the craziest in the whole thread, and believe me you have a lot to contend with. But anyone over the age of 8 knows how much a back injury or surgery can impact something, especially something as active as a rock tour.
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canedge
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Well done BVS, four question marks in one post. That has to be a record.
Cactus Annie
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Do you remember when Acrobat mentioned this? It's their theory, not mine. When I read it I thought to me self "Well done Acrobat. I agree with you there. I thought there was something suspicious about May 2010." That's why Benji said that he suspected he needed rods. However, I'm glad that's not true, else Bono wouldn't have been back dancing on stage so quickly.
1/ Bono injured his back in 2001
2/Whole years when Bono wasn't on tour where he could've sought treatment for his back were: 2003, 2007, 2008. Large chunks of years where he could've sought treatment: 2002 and 2004. He must have tried everything to sort his poor back out but nothing worked. Then surely he (or his family, friends, band members) would think to themselves; 'It's been 8 years and nothing has worked' and would have suggested that the only option left is surgery. I know would have and I do when it comes to my mum. She's the most important person in the world to me and I have nagged her to go to the dr when she's suffering with some ailment.
3/Interference members have said how they noticed that Bono appeared stiff during the concerts in 2009 and how towards the end on that leg he appeared to be in pain because he was clinging onto his shoulder or hips at certain points at Tempa. Therefore, all the physio clearly hadn't worked. Don't you think he would book himself into a health clinic after Christmas?
4/ 5 months unexplained break that no one has an answer for in 2010. They had to take a break during the Vertigo tour but if you look back at all their previous tours, there were no long breaks. The final leg of the Vertigo tour had to be postponed last minute but when the dates for the 360 tour was announced the band left the first half of 2010 free. Why?
5/ If you read between the lines you can tell something was going on. A few months ago Q magazine interviewed Adam about Glasto and made a joke after Adam said something about camping about Glasto. The interviewer said something like: "That won't do Bono's back any good" to which Adam replied: "No. -", and completely changed the subject! Why was he being so evasive?
1/ Bono injured his back in 2001
2/Whole years when Bono wasn't on tour where he could've sought treatment for his back were: 2003, 2007, 2008. Large chunks of years where he could've sought treatment: 2002 and 2004. He must have tried everything to sort his poor back out but nothing worked. Then surely he (or his family, friends, band members) would think to themselves; 'It's been 8 years and nothing has worked' and would have suggested that the only option left is surgery. I know would have and I do when it comes to my mum. She's the most important person in the world to me and I have nagged her to go to the dr when she's suffering with some ailment.
3/Interference members have said how they noticed that Bono appeared stiff during the concerts in 2009 and how towards the end on that leg he appeared to be in pain because he was clinging onto his shoulder or hips at certain points at Tempa. Therefore, all the physio clearly hadn't worked. Don't you think he would book himself into a health clinic after Christmas?
4/ 5 months unexplained break that no one has an answer for in 2010. They had to take a break during the Vertigo tour but if you look back at all their previous tours, there were no long breaks. The final leg of the Vertigo tour had to be postponed last minute but when the dates for the 360 tour was announced the band left the first half of 2010 free. Why?
5/ If you read between the lines you can tell something was going on. A few months ago Q magazine interviewed Adam about Glasto and made a joke after Adam said something about camping about Glasto. The interviewer said something like: "That won't do Bono's back any good" to which Adam replied: "No. -", and completely changed the subject! Why was he being so evasive?
BVS
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canedge said:
Would you rather me have made declarative statements about how you're full of it?
Whoops another question mark.
Cactus Annie
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And no I do not think that what I'm saying is disrespectful towards Bono. It's just business. I think that what you lot are suggesting makes Bono look stupid. It means that he's the type of person to ignore the fact that his previous treatments for his back never worked and yet not do anything until, surprise surprise, he's aggravated his injury because he'd been using painkillers to mask his injury.
There are wives who wave goodbye to their husbands, as they go to war, and they don't know whether they'd see them again.
There are wives who wave goodbye to their husbands, as they go to war, and they don't know whether they'd see them again.
BVS
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Cactus Annie said:
You don't seem to understand back injuries, AT ALL.
corianderstem
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Pfft. Wimps.
canedge
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Cactus Annie we are both on the Crazy team but i have no idea what that statement means.
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