Lemon Grrrrrl
New Yorker
You may have seen them elsewhere - I was just browsing around and found this place anecdotage.com and found these:
Rock Star
During one of the band's early gigs, U2 frontman Bono Vox spotted two young ladies dancing in front of the stage. Bono crouched down, thrust his microphone toward one of the girls, and asked, "What's your name?" Her response? "F--- off, dickhead! Get on with the bleeding music. Who do you think you are, David Bowie?"
(I got as far as "Bono crouched down, thrust his..." and that's it. )
Bono: Clarence Hotel
In June 2004, shortly after Ireland's passage of strict anti-smoking laws banning smoking in public places, U2 frontman Bono Vox was reprimanded after lighting up in Dublin's Clarence Hotel. When staff and friends asked him to stub it out, he apologized and agreed. The hotel's owner? Bono and his U2 bandmates.
["I was quickly reminded by the staff and a few friends. I apologised then and I apologise now," the singer said. "It was the wee small hours," Bono said. "I was in the company of people from out of town who didn't know about the ban and for a moment nor did I."]
Bonohead
Though notoriously absentminded U2 frontman Bono Vox usually lost nothing more important than keys, money, socks, and underwear, he occasionally lost more significant articles. Shortly before entering the studio to record October, for example, Bono lost the lyrics to all of the album's songs.
[Some time later Bono almost lost his life: "At the beginning of the 'October' tour, Bono marched out into the audience waving a white flag. One time, he stepped off a balcony into thin air. His roadie caught him by the belt. The roadie managed to pull the wriggling rock star back up onto the balcony. After that, Bono stopped the flag routine."]
Hold on a minute... WRIGGLING ROCK STAR??!?!?!!!!???
I gotta go shower now!
Rock Star
During one of the band's early gigs, U2 frontman Bono Vox spotted two young ladies dancing in front of the stage. Bono crouched down, thrust his microphone toward one of the girls, and asked, "What's your name?" Her response? "F--- off, dickhead! Get on with the bleeding music. Who do you think you are, David Bowie?"
(I got as far as "Bono crouched down, thrust his..." and that's it. )
Bono: Clarence Hotel
In June 2004, shortly after Ireland's passage of strict anti-smoking laws banning smoking in public places, U2 frontman Bono Vox was reprimanded after lighting up in Dublin's Clarence Hotel. When staff and friends asked him to stub it out, he apologized and agreed. The hotel's owner? Bono and his U2 bandmates.
["I was quickly reminded by the staff and a few friends. I apologised then and I apologise now," the singer said. "It was the wee small hours," Bono said. "I was in the company of people from out of town who didn't know about the ban and for a moment nor did I."]
Bonohead
Though notoriously absentminded U2 frontman Bono Vox usually lost nothing more important than keys, money, socks, and underwear, he occasionally lost more significant articles. Shortly before entering the studio to record October, for example, Bono lost the lyrics to all of the album's songs.
[Some time later Bono almost lost his life: "At the beginning of the 'October' tour, Bono marched out into the audience waving a white flag. One time, he stepped off a balcony into thin air. His roadie caught him by the belt. The roadie managed to pull the wriggling rock star back up onto the balcony. After that, Bono stopped the flag routine."]
Hold on a minute... WRIGGLING ROCK STAR??!?!?!!!!???
I gotta go shower now!