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| ENORMOUS 360° TOUR: A MEMOIR |
To summarize the fabulous 2011 of the hugest tour of the hugest and best rock band is not easy, but I will give it a try:
JANUARY:
With celebrations still going on, we came to know two amazing pieces of news: Larry starred a film and Adam became a father (old news, in fact, as the baby boy was born in 2010)...
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Larry Mullen Jr: Man on the Train |
After many years, U2´s show went to Africa and it was time to celebrate. As it was said in U2.com "Tonight (in Cape Town) felt like a truly global event" as the show went out live on radio stations across the African Continet and via u2.com on every other continent.
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| ''For Madiba, Nelson Mandela,' added Bono. 'In our thoughts and prayers this evening...' |
"February 13th, nineteen-ninety
words ring out under a southern sky
Free at last, to live your life
The lion of Africa and his pride..."
Bono sang with the music of "Pride (In the Name of Love)" in honour of Nelson Mandela.
MARCH:
When madness comes to town...Next stop: South America.
Stop N# 1. Chile: "You´d wait until the end of the world..." Bono
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| 'Jara sang, his song a weapon in the hands of love...You know his blood still cries from the ground.' |
Stop N#2: Argentina. " We have chemistry with Argentina and as we are curious we try to understand why. We fell in love with the country’s beauty. There’s a lot of thought in the planning of Buenos Aires, even in the change of colour of the trees in the different seasons. Maybe there are more serious things to worry about, but maybe not...”
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| Having lunch with U2: a kind of official and informal meeting with the local press |
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"When the unmistakable opening bars of Even Better Than The Real Thing were first heard ,there was a huge response from this capacity crowd for a song that hasn't been in the live set for almost a decade, and the Argentinian volume levels didn't drop all night." Stuck in a Moment (Dedicated to the late Michael Hutchence) was back and Ultraviolet also made it into the set list in another full house.  "Into the night and through the rain Into the half light and through the flame..." sang Bono after thunder and lightning set a dramatic scene for the final date in La Plata, Argentina. |
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