This one comes from my friend Melissa, and it happened at (I think) a Pennsylvania date on POpmart.
It was, during "Pride" of all songs
. It was during the "oh oh, oh oh", the crowd was REALLY loud, and Bono was outstreched on the stage in full glory. Melissa was looking in the direction of his, um, crotch area, ("I couldn't help it, you could see where my mind was!" she wrote in an email), and all of a sudden there appeared, well, a little bump that was more bumpish than normal. Bono put his hands over that area and bagn backing off.
God's honest truth, my friend does not lie.
Another comes from some old friends of mine, Kathy and Sue, who used to run a print fanzine in Detroit during the JT-ZooTV era. They decided poor Adam wasn't getting enough attention, and formed an Adam Fan Club. They had tix to 5 or 6 shows in a row, and front-row seats at that. Methinks they had connections...anyway, the first night, they brought "We love you, Adam"-type signs, posters, etc and cheered Adam on like nuts all through the show. Adam noticed of course, and played to them the rest of the night "like he had eaten Popeye's spinach." It was hilarious, seeing how turned on Adam was, when he got a little attention....On the 4th show they were at, during the B Stage set, ("Angel of Harlem" etc) Adam went right to the side of the stage where Kathy and her group usually were, and there they were.....he pointed out Kathy and her little group to Larry, as if to say, "see? I have fans too!" Larry began STARING down at them.
But Kathy only thought, (as she wrote), "Hey Larry, has my face turned green or something?" (KATHY, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? If Larry stared at ME ..!?!?!) I told her aboutt this and she said she was a Bono gal....Poor Larry, maybe staring was his way to se sexy, since he didn't know how to be sexy..but then, Larry doesn't HAVE to know how to be sexy, the man just EXISTS, you know???? This story was very funny to me as Larry might have been jealous of Adam for having some fans of his own cheering him on during a show.
Kathy also told me aobut an incident that happened in a hotel she was staying in, on one of those shows. It seems she and tour manager Dennis Sheehan were staying in the same hote. She and her sister were getting into an elevator one night after the show and when the door to one floor opened (apparently they were several stories up), she recognized Dennis and his wife. They got into the elevator, took one lookj at Kathyand her sister, and then began smooching, as if nobody was there. Thigns turned pretty hot pretty quickly. Dennis slammed his wife against the wall and "tongues and other things were exchanged..we then found it prudent to look away as I heard the rustle of clothing. Hey guys, if you want to shag, find a room!"
God's hinest truth, this stuff is true. It comes from the Detroit, Mich-based fanzine A Celebration.....from the days before the Internet. (Sigh). Those were the days....
An interview comes to mind, from Montreal in late May 2001, 4 days after Ali gave birth to John and the night before the infamous...well, you KNOW what happned on stage that night!
Bono recalling how he and Edge had a fight after Angelina Jolie decided she wanted to work with Edge in the "Hold Me Thrill Me.." video.....Edge saying, "She could have chosen to have Bono, but instead she chose me!" and the audience cheering, and Bono STILL looking miffed. Later on in the interview, I remember, they were talking about the new baby and Bono abruptly shut his legs. Sorry if my mind is in the gutter but it was sweet knowing that a guy his age could be embarrassed like that.