"I don´t wanna be a pain in the ass..." Bono starts the song One in the Italian gig with those words dedicated to controversial Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
U2’s visit to Italy coincided with the G8 meeting of world leaders, and Bono seized the moment to scold controversial Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi for not living up to previous promises concerning Africa. Bono praised Italy but not its leader: “Italians have many gifts to the world, modern physics, the Renaissance, the piano, the gift of singing from Pavarotti to Puccini. You have so many gifts. In the next few days your leader will have to decide where he stands on the gift of life that lives beyond these shores.”
Berlusconi promised relief for poor people that he didn´t keep and Bono asked the audience to make themselves hear, and fostered them to join One.
source:www.interference.com//www.one.org
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