March 8, 2002
From The Irish Star:
U2 cannot enter the toilets!
U2 may have won a record haul at the Meteor awards, but many VIPs were left pee'd
off by U2's security at the awards. U2 were accompanied by 5 bodyguards on the night.
U2 have rarely used bodyguards in Ireland unless they are playing a gig, but never
seen before was the joke that U2 made of themseleves in Dublin at the Irish Meteor
Music Awards.
Several gents (VIPs) such as 2FM disc jockeys and members of other bands were stopped
from entering the toilets in The Point during the ceremony as Bono was in the toilets. On
each occasion every member of the band went to take a leak, no one else was allowed
into the toilets until either Bono or one of the band had finished.
One source claimed that the bodyguards just asked them to hold on until Bono was
finished using the facilities.
"I could not believe it," said one insider. "I thought it was actually a joke but when the lads
went to the loo, no one was let enter the restroom. Bono should get rid of his big head.
Maybe the lads have something to hide."
I hope this isn't true