Comments on: (Not another) Bono story!

By: Lance

Lance — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:05:18 +0000

I feel you. Two stories. Popmart, Detroit, 1997. I was hanging out with some friends of a friend afterward and they weren’t that cool and I was kinda shy and drove home. After all, I knew they were in their backdoor limo phase. Turns out everyone but me decided to wait around, and not only did they meet Bono, but he invited them to be extras in the If God Will Send His Angels video shoot in Detroit the next night. I heard about this a couple days later. Pain.

My wife and I went to Dublin for our honeymoon and staked out Hanover Quay in 2003. No action. We went back to the hotel and turned on the TV and saw Larry at a football match. So it was clear the band was on break. Flash forward 10 hours later and we’re in the Clarence Bar and… Larry is there. So that was cool. But he’s also the one guy you never want to approach even though I would only do it on his way out.

It’s all kind of sad because I really want to meet Bono, but the dozens of dreams I’ve had about the encounter have all resulted in me looking like an ass so maybe it’s a better thing.

By: Miaveni

Miaveni — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:03:29 +0000

You will meet them some day…keep the faith. When you do it will be the most amazing thing to happen to you. They are the biggest band ever. they have traveled every where, know many many people….. and they stop, they take their time, their personal time….they look you right in the eyes, and ask you…”So, what would you like for your birthday? ” Are you going to the show?” “How long have you been waiting?”

I meet Adam, Larry and Bono…Bono and I share the same Birthday…They did all the talking…I COULD NOT SPEEK!!!! I was so over come by the whole thing I could not even tell them my name.. thank God a sensiable person was with me and got their autograph, told them my name, and I think Bono got a kick out of me because he ended up kissing me and giving me the biggest hug….Still brings tears to my eyes!!!

So good luck on your adventures and don’t give up

Michele with one L

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:25:04 +0000

I sometimes have felt the same way. I am 36, been a fan for 22 years and have never met any of them. I am not the type to freak out and get over-excited, but I would like to shake their hands one time. I did wait for them to arrive outside of the DC show on the vertigo tour at the entrance of MCI and that happened to be a concert that they arrived really late and I had to leave because I was in the GA line. Never had any other opportunity.

By: Silvrlvr

Silvrlvr — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:24:02 +0000

A friend of mine who is a big Democrat was invited to the concert in honor of Ted Kennedy at the 2004 convention in Boston. They were invited back stage to meet the artists. “I met the one with the sunglasses, how do you say his name?” she asked me, as I am nearly shrieking. “Oh, I thought it was like Sonny Bono.” Meant absolutely nothing to her.

By: Erika

Erika — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:45:40 +0000

True story:

My friend’s grandma (at the time a travel agent who jetted around the globe doing whatever it is travel agents do when they jet around the globe) is sitting at the Charles de Gaulle airport in France. Waiting for her plane, she sits next to “a nice-looking man” who introduced himself as Bono (“What an odd name,” she later remarks). She has never heard of U2 and has no idea who Bono is. At some point, he mentions he’s a musician, and she makes some comment about how it can be hard to make it in the music world. They talk for a while until Bono leaves to board his plane. Upon saying goodbye, my friend’s grandma wishes him “good luck with that music thing.”

Facepalm.

By: Bajagirl

Bajagirl — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:21:41 +0000

Its because you dont need it right now.

It happens, but its just not the right time. trust me on this, after 25 + yrs, It happened to me and it was completely and utterly random (was on vacation and decided to walk down one street instead of another and met them all) and it was great.

It seems that for those of us that are uber diehards, sometimes because we respect the band so much and do not go to their hotel/house/etc it becomes a little harder, but it will happen. You have to believe that.

And when it does, it will be because it was the right time for you to meet them.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:00:30 +0000

I have been a U2 diehard since the eighties but my best Bono moment came in November of 2003. Bono’s artwork for Peter and the Wolf was being auctioned of at Christie’s Auction house in NYC. My friend Jim and I went to the gallery at lunch camera in hand to see the art. On our way out of the gallery who do we spot coming in but Bono, Ali, Gavin Friday and Guggi. My friend turned to me and asked how I knew they would be there. Just lucky I guess! There were not alot of people around. The security guard at Christie’s even gave me a pen for an autograph. Bono and Gavin autographed a Peter and the Wold T-Shirt for me and Bono took a photo with me. These things are the crown jewels of my U2 collection. I was walking on a cloud for days.

I also had a similar moment with the elusive Larry Mullen but that is another topic.

Kathy

By: Erica Dawn

Erica Dawn — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:41:15 +0000

…where were the cellphones? Next time ask them to um.. CALL you. lol

Im just wondering what u2 thinks about the loss of
one of the greatest entertainers/dancers/singers eVER?
Michael Jackson died today around 214pm…………
I havent heard anything from the u2 end.. but everyone else on
earth is talking…….. Id really like to know.

selina

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:51:35 +0000

Wont get into details now.. mayb one day i will post the full details, but an acquantance of mine worked in a pub in Dublin, where Bono/Edge regularly came in, and one night after the place ‘officially’ closed up, Bono invited all his entourage and the staff to go back to his place to continue the party.
So yes.. he was in Bono’s house, drinking his booze, etc.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:06:12 +0000

My sister recently was having lunch in NYC and who happens to walk in? None other than Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates. She called me up and after getting verification from my other sister that she was indeed in New York for a vacation, proceeded to plead for her to at least take a secret snapshot from her cell phone. She refused.

Oh well, I’m convinced I’ll meet at least one of them in my lifetime…it’s just a matter of when