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Ok, Im having a problem with my stupid scanner so I cant give u guys the scans from the article. It's Friday night (well, 2 in the morning) and I had to stay out of the bars for one night and take care of my girlfriend who is ill. And a promise is a promise, so I'll just type it out because its a good read, and I'm bored as hell and type very fast. Here goes:
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"U2'S UNFORGETTABLE FIRE"
u2 have stayed great - and stayed together, for more than a quarter-century. Observing the group from the 80's era of their first limo ride up to the Bono-crusading present (and this month, their 11th album), the author learns how.
-By Lisa Robinson
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July 27, 2004, Boston:
Symphony Hall is all dressed up in red, white, and blue balloons for the party honoring Senator Kennedy's 42 years of public service. The room is filled with 2,600 political contributors, friends of the Kennedys, members of the Kennedy family, and celebrities. Ben Affleck is here. So are Audra Mcdonald and Glenn Close. But as is often the case at such events, Bono, the rock star, the lead singer of u2, is (after the senator) the main attraction. Dressed in black, Bono walks onstage to join conductor John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra. He looks a bit unsure about himself being up there without his band - Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen, Jr. He sings u2's "Pride" with the Boston Pops and then, accompanied by Yo-Yo Ma and the orchestra, "The Hands that Built America." He gets a standing ovation. And then Bono walks offstage and mutters to me, "It's a long way from CBGB's."
u2, who thought they were a punk band when they started their quest for stardom at Dublin's Mount Temple public high school more than 25 years ago, never did perform at CBGB's. When they first came to America, in December 1980, intent on breaking America (and happy to come back time after time until they did), they performed in New York City at the Mudd Club. That same month, they did a show at the Ritz during a snowstorm with about 100 people in attendance - including their booking agent, Frank Barsalona, who told them they were going to be very big. Of course, Barsalona said that to all of his bands. But there was always something different about u2.
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"U2'S UNFORGETTABLE FIRE"
u2 have stayed great - and stayed together, for more than a quarter-century. Observing the group from the 80's era of their first limo ride up to the Bono-crusading present (and this month, their 11th album), the author learns how.
-By Lisa Robinson
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July 27, 2004, Boston:
Symphony Hall is all dressed up in red, white, and blue balloons for the party honoring Senator Kennedy's 42 years of public service. The room is filled with 2,600 political contributors, friends of the Kennedys, members of the Kennedy family, and celebrities. Ben Affleck is here. So are Audra Mcdonald and Glenn Close. But as is often the case at such events, Bono, the rock star, the lead singer of u2, is (after the senator) the main attraction. Dressed in black, Bono walks onstage to join conductor John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra. He looks a bit unsure about himself being up there without his band - Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen, Jr. He sings u2's "Pride" with the Boston Pops and then, accompanied by Yo-Yo Ma and the orchestra, "The Hands that Built America." He gets a standing ovation. And then Bono walks offstage and mutters to me, "It's a long way from CBGB's."
u2, who thought they were a punk band when they started their quest for stardom at Dublin's Mount Temple public high school more than 25 years ago, never did perform at CBGB's. When they first came to America, in December 1980, intent on breaking America (and happy to come back time after time until they did), they performed in New York City at the Mudd Club. That same month, they did a show at the Ritz during a snowstorm with about 100 people in attendance - including their booking agent, Frank Barsalona, who told them they were going to be very big. Of course, Barsalona said that to all of his bands. But there was always something different about u2.