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Bono, George Lucas and Cate Blanchett are amongst guests at the Vanity Fair Party in the Eden Roc hotel during the Cannes Film Festival, May 19, 2008. (click for full size)
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Top Story - August 06, 2008

Bono remembers U2's "Boy"

Rolling Stone,

This could be the greatest comment on RollingStone.com ever: U2's Bono was reading David Fricke's review of the new reissue of Boy, and was moved to respond. Unfortunately, he maxed out our word limit in the comments section, so we're just going to post his text in full here. We're not going to attempt to boil it down, except to say that he does mention that the band is presently attempting to finish their most "complete and radical album yet." Without further ado:

Bono

Entering the blogosphere, a review of BOY from the singer who was one at the time of recording... We the members of said post punk combo are very complimented by DAVID FRICKES 4.5 star review of our debut, an album we always believed in. I remember now a generous JON PARELES review from the VILLAGE VOICE in 1980, a line something along the lines of "this is peter pan, I hope they break up before they grow up." Anyway, as my band mates and I attempt to finish our most complete and radical album yet, here's my why and what i think is right and wrong about BOY having listened to it for the first time in over twenty years if you start from the pseudo british accent and the little reported fact that the singer sounds like a girl, things don't look too promising ...the annoying gene is present in self consciousness and self immolation... you do want to give the singer a slap for lots of reasons but let's start with the pretentiousness....the singer has obviously been listening to SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES, JOY DIVISION and a few others whose combined archness and artfulness was just too much for the freckled face teenager from northside of DUBLIN.... neither fully protestant or catholic, IRELAND had left the boy with a face like a baked bean and in search of a nonregional identity...a theme that continues to the present.

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City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In A Little While, Beautiful Day - Sgt. Pepper's - Blackbird, Angel of Harlem, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, The First Time, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore: The Fly, Mysterious Ways, With or Without You, Window In the Skies, The Saints Are Coming (with Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day), Rockin' In the Free World (with Pearl Jam), All I Want Is You

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12.04.06 Tokyo, Japan

City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, Out of Control, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In a Little While, Beautiful Day, Angel of Harlem, The First Time, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Bad, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore: The Fly, Mysterious Ways, With or Without You, The Saints Are Coming, Window In the Skies, Vertigo

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December 01, 2006

11.30.06 Tokyo, Japan

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November 30, 2006

11.29.06 Tokyo, Japan

City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo - She Loves You, Elevation, I Will Follow, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Beautiful Day - Sgt. Pepper's, Window In The Skies, Walk On (acoustic), Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Bad - 40, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet The Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore: The Fly, Mysterious Ways, With or Without You, The Saints are Coming, Angel of Harlem, One Tree Hill

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11.25.06 Auckland, New Zealand

City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo, Elevation, Until The End of the World, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - In A Little While, Beautiful Day - Blackbird, Angel of Harlem, Walk On (acoustic), Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Bad, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One. Encore: The Fly, Mysterious Ways, With or Without You, The Saints are Coming, Desire, One Tree Hill

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