This whole article will be in the trib Sunday...
U2's lead singer, Bono (right), was steamed at Tribune rock critic Greg Kot. So he called Kot from his cell phone to complain. He agreed to sit down with Kot for a one-on-one interview -- more than an hour's conversation with the leader of one of the world's most popular rock bands.
Read Kot's story in the Arts and Entertainment section of Sunday's Chicago Tribune. Meanwhile, here are a few highlights from their conversations:
TAKING OFFENSE
Bono: There's a dark cloud over us and we need to talk.
ON KOT'S CRITICISMS
Bono: As a writer who cares deeply about music, you're right to give rock bands a kicking when they deserve it. And we have deserved it at times. But you also need to explain to us how rock can progress.
IS U2 SELLING OUT?
Bono: I accept that that is alarming. I really do. Our being on TV, I don't have a problem with that--we should be on TV. But OK, associating our music with a product. You've got to deal with the devil.
I hope I posted in the correct place.
U2's lead singer, Bono (right), was steamed at Tribune rock critic Greg Kot. So he called Kot from his cell phone to complain. He agreed to sit down with Kot for a one-on-one interview -- more than an hour's conversation with the leader of one of the world's most popular rock bands.
Read Kot's story in the Arts and Entertainment section of Sunday's Chicago Tribune. Meanwhile, here are a few highlights from their conversations:
TAKING OFFENSE
Bono: There's a dark cloud over us and we need to talk.
ON KOT'S CRITICISMS
Bono: As a writer who cares deeply about music, you're right to give rock bands a kicking when they deserve it. And we have deserved it at times. But you also need to explain to us how rock can progress.
IS U2 SELLING OUT?
Bono: I accept that that is alarming. I really do. Our being on TV, I don't have a problem with that--we should be on TV. But OK, associating our music with a product. You've got to deal with the devil.
I hope I posted in the correct place.