VIDEO: 9 Minutes of Bono at the Desert Music Festival in Mali
We’ve already posted several videos on the main website from Bono’s recent appearance at the Desert Festival in Timbuktu, Mali, but this one below is by far the longest and best of all.
It’s from the festival organizers and features about nine minutes of non-stop Bono — the first seven minutes are from his performance, and then a couple minutes of him enjoying the music from the crowd.
Look for his typically subtle entrance at the 1:00 mark and don’t miss the 5:00 mark, when he starts pulling out some of his favorite stadium moves. 
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Hm. endless jam sessions are such a bummer. almost seems like he’s throwing up spectacle for the sake of distraction, knowing he’s making himself just silly enough to encourage bemused clips mocking this smirkingly unhip behavior posted for all to see by the likes of some page 6 contributor. and likely running interference or just avoidance via annoyance. It makes me a little amused, slightly confused, and it reminds me of the 30 Rock episode in which Tina Fey makes a spectacular ass of herself in front of an audience of her boss’ peers to provide gawky subterfuge after he makes a cringe-worthy gaffe - and hey, it works! Loyal, sweet and ultimately only marginally embarassing. Like my writing when its not to standard. Like maybe now. Cheers. and uh…uh…viva as estrellas…yeah! everybody dance now.
@ Kathleen E Farrell - you ever heard of the word pretentious? That’s aimed at you - not Bono.
You’re just spewing out hackneyed cliched-ridden lazy writing put together to impress yourself. Quite sad.
yeah, well, I’m a fan of the Killers, too. and my writing can be much worse. I am inspired by Vogon poetry. and automatic writing. I have heard of the word pretentious but I always have difficulty identifying irony. and I never earned higher than an associate’s degree. So, wow, you certainly nailed me, although I was sort of hanging there already. Oh, yeah: I am 36 years old, never married and I live with my mother. In Porterville, CA. Congratulations, you’re right. That doesn’t mean I’m done spewing out hackneyed cliche-ridden lazy writing to impress myself. “Quite sad” is like my job description:)
+ anagrams are like my hobby, (RED)F.
frighteningly bad performance there, the 5:30 desperate shout really takes the biscuit.
a western pop star with little to add there - best to keep out of it then, eh?