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<"We made this very melancholy, blood-and-tears record, but we called it Achtung Baby and dressed up like pop stars to get people away from that because there was just so much melancholy in it. With U2, the packaging is often disinformation." -- Bono, 2000 |
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Freedom to Do a One-off
@U2,
March 18, 2000
So he said and so they did. Tonight's Freedom of the City award ceremony in Smithfield Civic Plaza, Dublin was capped off with a brilliant four song set performed by all four members of U2. Yes, even though the tickets said "This is not a concert" there most certainly was one.
A lucky 11,000 punters heard "All I Want Is You," "Desire," "The Sweetest Thing" and "One." Under a full moon and light Dublin mist, complete with torches reminiscent of Red Rocks, we watched as Bono, Edge, Adam, Larry and Paul McGuinness all received Waterford replicas of a joshua tree as a commemoration of this honor. There were the mandatory thank yous to friends and family and Bono honored the Dublin crowd as a "tribe of refugees," then celebrated the many benefits of freedom -- freedom to be uncool, freedom to take off the blinders, freedom to drink, and of course freedom to do a one-off. For which we are all very grateful! (Ed. note: Karen and Pamela are the co-founders of Adventures in Rock.) © 2000 @U2. All rights reserved.
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