(12-07-2004) U2 Break New York Law - Contact Music*

[HelloAngel]

U2 BREAK NEW YORK LAW



New York officials have refused to punish U2 for illegally driving a flat-bed truck through the city's streets - to thank them for bravely performing in Manhattan immediately after September 11 (01).

The Irish band travelled Manhattan's roads last month (NOV04) to promote their latest album HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB and managed to escape the wrath of the legal clause that bans such public displays - because MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG remains thrilled U2 played in a grieving city while many groups were axing their tours.

Frontman BONO says, "Everybody cancelled their tours after 9/11 and we didn't. We were the first band to play in New York after 9/11, and that went down well in the Big Apple.

"We should have been shut down by the authorities. But Mayor Bloomberg understood what we meant to the city and chose to turn a blind eye."


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[BluRmGrl]

Ahh.. see? Our boys are still rock-n-roll rebels!!

 

[isabelle_guns]

Way to go

 

[Jamila]

I thought reports said that U2 had a permit to do this.

Who knows?

It was a BRILLIANT return to the "Streets" filming in LA in the 1980's.

Gotta LOVE U2....

 

[starsgoblue]

I NY!


Yay for U2 to keep mucking up the mainstream!

 

[ewen]

yet another crap article by the world's crappest "music journalists".......i'm changing my signature to "i hate contactmusic"

 

[L03VIk]

If those new yorkes doesn´t want them to drive around in the streets, they can always come to Bergen.... We have plenty of room!

 

[one4u2]

I my city! We rock

 

[U2democrat]

MUAHAHAHAHAHHA U2's powerful enough to evade the law!!!

 

[one4u2]

MUAHAHAHAHAHHA U2's powerful enough to evade the law!!!

 

[Diane L]

They fought the law...and U2 WON!

 

[Sevikins]

Guess we know which mayor's a big U2 fan...

 

[U2girl91289]

I love New York

 

[pianorocker]

This article sounds like a bunch of hooey...I recall reading several credible sources that mentioned how U2 had actually obtained a permit this time, as opposed to the LA hotel concert.




edited to say:
And that's kind of a large event to turn a "blind eye" to. You'd have to be hard of hearing as well.

 

[ewen]

This article sounds like a bunch of hooey...I recall reading several credible sources that mentioned how U2 had actually obtained a permit this time, as opposed to the LA hotel concert.




edited to say:
And that's kind of a large event to turn a "blind eye" to. You'd have to be hard of hearing as well.

if it's a Contact Music article then it will be a "a bunch of hooey"

 

[Teta040]

Sevikins....

One does not attack U2. It would be bad for one's political health

Unless, of course, Bono had uttered a swear word in a TV newscast after the show...but even so...

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i don't know if they had a permit or not... but they certainly did have a police escort

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Maybe this is all bullshit but still --->


Can't wait for that video!

 

[Techie2000]

Why must we read this dreck from contactmusic.com, can't we drop it as a source or something?

 

[barrett]

This article is garbage. No way do U2 not have a permit, but do have MTV and the police leading them around. Bono's quotes look fake too.

 

[AtomicBono]

yet another crap article by the world's crappest "music journalists".......i'm changing my signature to "i hate contactmusic"

I'm going to become premium just to GET a signature that says "I hate contactmusic" Seriously, they're always full of crap...at least they didn't try to say Adam was leaving the band or something. I guess they figured Bono and Larry were enough.