U2 Vancouver Zoo Tv 1992

[Willystyle]

I heard from a dude that Bono was drunk one night in Vancouver and they cancelled the show and re scheduled it.

Anyone have any idea if this is true?

He says he drove 1200 miles to come and see two songs before they were sent away with a refund.

It has to be a different band !!!

 

[BVS]

False.

 

[runbyu1]

Not True

 

[Willystyle]

how do I prove this?

He is saying it happened still..

 

[corianderstem]

Make HIM prove it.

Shit, if they can replace Adam in a show because he was on a bender ... well, I guess Bono would be a bit harder to replace. But still.

 

[Mrs. Garrison]

Bullshit, Bono has preformed drunk many times.

 

[financeguy]

A friend of mine (who both hates the IRA and hates U2) claims that he saw U2 in concert in the US in the late '80s and Bono did his usual flag speech, the anti-political violence rant (You see green? You see gold? You see white? All i see is red! , etc), but at the end of it inserted a twist and proclaimed: 'That's bullshit. Up the IRA!".

It's about as likely as the Vancouver anecdote.

 

[bono_man]

U2 Concert - Vancouver BC - Apr 23, 1992 - U2tours.com

 

[bono_man2002]

maybe your friend was drunk.

 

[Willystyle]

i agree with everyone. You would think it was documented at some point if it were true.

I need to find out what concert he went to where he was refunded his money because the singer was hauled off stage for being too gassed..

 

[MissMoo]

Finance Guy, Bono did tell the IRA off at the New York concert in the late 80's. But it was related an attack at a funeral. I remember it clearly because there was a girl that was pro IRA and gasped when he said it.

 

[U2Girl1978]

U2 Concert - Vancouver BC - Apr 23, 1992 - U2tours.com

Wow the encore back then was short.

 

[bono_man2002]

Desire was dumped from the setlist that night.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I heard from a dude

Stop the press. He heard from a dude.

 

[corianderstem]

Isn't this the show where Bono hurled a microphone at Larry because he screwed up the beginning of Pride? Maybe he was drunk!

Good times.

 

[Tyagu_Anaykus]

wow 8 songs from "the new album at that time", and then ending with LIB

 

[ladywithspinninghead]

This was my first U2 show, I can guarantee you it occurred.

In fact, I still have the t-shirt with the date (April 23rd, 1992) and city listed

 

[OrARoundabout]

Isn't this the show where Bono hurled a microphone at Larry because he screwed up the beginning of Pride? Maybe he was drunk!

Good times.

Larry should have caught it and threw it right back.

 

[Willystyle]

Did they not play the whole show on the 23rd?

This guy says they played two songs and the show was cancelled...

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

this guy is obviously full of shit

 

[corianderstem]

I'm fairly certain that has never happened with a U2 concert. I think there have been a few that have been outright cancelled (screen being damanged on Popmart, Bono's voice crapping out on Lovetown).

Sorry to say, your friend's full of beans.

 

[BVS]

Kids, the moral of today's story is: don't lie about something that is very well documented, you will look the fool.

 

[financeguy]

Finance Guy, Bono did tell the IRA off at the New York concert in the late 80's. But it was related an attack at a funeral. I remember it clearly because there was a girl that was pro IRA and gasped when he said it.

Well, my understanding is Bono made countless speeches criticising the IRA during the 1980s, particularly in the US (as he wanted to, in his own words, 'dry up' IRA funding from misguided Irish Americans.) But my friend's story is kind of the opposite, i.e, that Bono allegedly made a comment while on stage that could be interpreted as pro-IRA.

But now I am intrigued, because the incident I think you are referring to was a shooting at an IRA funeral, where several mourners were shot by a loyalist terrorist. Also the timeline is consistent as my friend was at a concert in NY in the late 80s. Most likely Bono said something like all killings should be condemned, and my friend decided to hear that Bono was saying 'up the IRA'.

 

[CTU2fan]

This was my first U2 show, I can guarantee you it occurred.

In fact, I still have the t-shirt with the date (April 23rd, 1992) and city listed

Seriously? That's a great gig, with the "God Part 2" snippet in WoWY

 

[MissMoo]

Finance Guy,

You can look it up, it was one of the two NY shows during Joshua Tree in 87. I have a bootleg somewhere I can try and listen to it again. If my memory holds (and it may not) he said "F the IRA" which is why the girl I was with gasped. She was one of those pro IRA Americans.

 

[U2FanPeter]

Desire was dumped from the setlist that night.

I think Bono had a cold the final week of the first leg of the 1992 tour. Some encores got a bit abbreviated.

In November they played 2 Vancouver shows at the stadium, including Clinton's election day. There was a media party between the 2 shows were 4 members of u2 were the bartenders/waiters!!! One of the shows had the Pride mic throwing incident - something about Edge echo unit and larry's click track not working together.