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Bono Does Show at Book Signing
This morning U2.com speculated that Bono might join author Michka Assayas at the signing of "Bono In Conversation" at the Barnes & Noble in Boston. This afternoon, an AP picture has posted online of Bono meeting nine-month-old Reagan Rafferty and her mom, Morgan, at the event.
Click here to see the picture of Bono and Reagan and here for a picture of Bono in the Boston store, and stay tuned to Interference.com for more coverage of this event.
If anyone from the Interference.com community attended this event and would like to share their story, please contact dsmith2904 via PM or e-mail (devlin@interference.com).
Coverage from U2.com:
Reading is the New Rock 'n' Roll
Nearly a thousand fans showed up to catch sight of Bono at a Boston bookstore this afternoon.
The singer was at the store to join author Michka Assayas to launch his new book "Conversations with Bono."
So many fans had started queuing outside Barnes and Nobles from early morning, following the announcement on U2.com that Bono might show up, that the store had to shut for business all morning.
"What a break," said one fan Karolina, who had been standing in line for three hours. "I'm Polish, I live in Ireland and we’ve come come over to Boston for the show. We couldn’t believe it when we heard he was going to be here."
When Bono arrived, fresh off the plane from New York and en route to the soundcheck for the first of three Boston shows tonight, he introduced the book to waiting reporters.
"It's Michka's book," he explained. "I just agreed to let him ask me all of these hard questions. We've known each other since we were kids really, like 22-year-olds, and even many years ago we used to talk long into the night."
"It's not a rock book really and it's not a biography," added Assayas, who had flown in from France. "It's about getting inside the mind of this man who is a really nice bunch of guys!"
Between them the pair autographed several hundred books in just over an hour - many fans had two copies, one for themselves, one for a friend. And no-one was more surprised to meet Bono than the assistant store manager.
"It's unbelieveable," said Russel Gannon. "I have tickets for the Boston show tonight and it will be my tenth time seeing U2.
I first saw them in Boston at the Orpheus in 1983 and I always wanted to meet them. I worked in music with HMV for ten years and never got a chance to meet them but now I’m working in a bookstore, Bono has come to my store!"
WCVB, The Boston Channel, has written and video coverage of the signing available here.
The Boston Globe had this to say about the signing and the book:
When MICHKA ASSAYAS met BONO for the first time 25 years ago, he was just a spotty-faced singer for an unsung Irish band. My, how times have changed. The U2 frontman is in line for sainthood these days, and Assayas couldn't be happier. Why? Because the French journalist and his multiplatinum-selling pal have teamed up on a new book, ''Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas." At a book-signing yesterday at the Barnes & Noble in the Pru, writer and subject both showed up. ''Having Bono endorse the book not only morally, but also physically will give it a big push," Assayas acknowledged. ''I'm very grateful for what he's doing." The singer, wearing what we've come to call the Bono beanie, signed copies of the book before heading to the FleetCenter, where U2 is holed up this week. ''I had no idea they'd become as big as they are, but I did feel they had something that others didn't," said Assayas. Like what, we wondered? ''I don't know. . . . You couldn't watch them and stay cool."
This morning U2.com speculated that Bono might join author Michka Assayas at the signing of "Bono In Conversation" at the Barnes & Noble in Boston. This afternoon, an AP picture has posted online of Bono meeting nine-month-old Reagan Rafferty and her mom, Morgan, at the event.
Click here to see the picture of Bono and Reagan and here for a picture of Bono in the Boston store, and stay tuned to Interference.com for more coverage of this event.
If anyone from the Interference.com community attended this event and would like to share their story, please contact dsmith2904 via PM or e-mail (devlin@interference.com).
Coverage from U2.com:
Reading is the New Rock 'n' Roll
Nearly a thousand fans showed up to catch sight of Bono at a Boston bookstore this afternoon.
The singer was at the store to join author Michka Assayas to launch his new book "Conversations with Bono."
So many fans had started queuing outside Barnes and Nobles from early morning, following the announcement on U2.com that Bono might show up, that the store had to shut for business all morning.
"What a break," said one fan Karolina, who had been standing in line for three hours. "I'm Polish, I live in Ireland and we’ve come come over to Boston for the show. We couldn’t believe it when we heard he was going to be here."
When Bono arrived, fresh off the plane from New York and en route to the soundcheck for the first of three Boston shows tonight, he introduced the book to waiting reporters.
"It's Michka's book," he explained. "I just agreed to let him ask me all of these hard questions. We've known each other since we were kids really, like 22-year-olds, and even many years ago we used to talk long into the night."
"It's not a rock book really and it's not a biography," added Assayas, who had flown in from France. "It's about getting inside the mind of this man who is a really nice bunch of guys!"
Between them the pair autographed several hundred books in just over an hour - many fans had two copies, one for themselves, one for a friend. And no-one was more surprised to meet Bono than the assistant store manager.
"It's unbelieveable," said Russel Gannon. "I have tickets for the Boston show tonight and it will be my tenth time seeing U2.
I first saw them in Boston at the Orpheus in 1983 and I always wanted to meet them. I worked in music with HMV for ten years and never got a chance to meet them but now I’m working in a bookstore, Bono has come to my store!"
WCVB, The Boston Channel, has written and video coverage of the signing available here.
The Boston Globe had this to say about the signing and the book:
When MICHKA ASSAYAS met BONO for the first time 25 years ago, he was just a spotty-faced singer for an unsung Irish band. My, how times have changed. The U2 frontman is in line for sainthood these days, and Assayas couldn't be happier. Why? Because the French journalist and his multiplatinum-selling pal have teamed up on a new book, ''Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas." At a book-signing yesterday at the Barnes & Noble in the Pru, writer and subject both showed up. ''Having Bono endorse the book not only morally, but also physically will give it a big push," Assayas acknowledged. ''I'm very grateful for what he's doing." The singer, wearing what we've come to call the Bono beanie, signed copies of the book before heading to the FleetCenter, where U2 is holed up this week. ''I had no idea they'd become as big as they are, but I did feel they had something that others didn't," said Assayas. Like what, we wondered? ''I don't know. . . . You couldn't watch them and stay cool."
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Ahh, adorable!!
The Baby Reagan, that is!!
The Other is RIP I believe!
