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  1. Um no. I think he looks much more relaxed on the latest pictures than he does on the pics that were taken in NY and Cannes before his surgery. On those you could see that he was CLEARLY in pain. He looked, understandably, exhausted in the first post-surgery picture (the one with Paul in the car), but is looking better and better with every picture. He seems to be recovering really well. He looks much more relaxed on the latest pictures, which is a good sign. He can move, walk, bend over, that's an even better sign. And of course he's not jumping around happily and laughing right now - he's had a very traumatic injury and having to postpone a whole tour leg isn't exactly a reason to be overly happy.
  2. Hope he isn't in Eze now, as the weather there is not the best, looking at the news
  3. From U2log's twitter

    Live Nation will be making a statement concerning U2's Sevilla concert - a strike is planned in Spain for that day. via @U2miracle
  4. People, please chill out. All members have their own share to this site, some more than others. Doesn't matter. And some criticism is good. Respect people for what they are.
  5. Originally posted by Cypress:[..]

    Um no. I think he looks much more relaxed on the latest pictures than he does on the pics that were taken in NY and Cannes before his surgery.

    ....

    And of course he's not jumping around happily and laughing right now - he's had a very traumatic injury and having to postpone a whole tour leg isn't exactly a reason to be overly happy.


    Hmm you're saying opposite things here

    And something else. Really no sarcasm intented, just interested, but are you saying now you actually SAW before the operation, when no one knew anything, he was in pain ?!
    Cause i think nobody had a clue
  6. Originally posted by BelgianBono:[..]

    Hmm you're saying opposite things here

    And something else. Really no sarcasm intented, just interested, but are you saying now you actually SAW before the operation, when no one knew anything, he was in pain ?!
    Cause i think nobody had a clue



    Yeh I hadn't a clue, it was an emergency so doesnt that mean it was sudden?
  7. Originally posted by BelgianBono:[..]

    Hmm you're saying opposite things here

    And something else. Really no sarcasm intented, just interested, but are you saying now you actually SAW before the operation, when no one knew anything, he was in pain ?!
    Cause i think nobody had a clue



    Just saying he doesn't look like he's in horrible pain right now, and he certainly does not look "confused" but rather relaxed. Some people were commenting that he wasn't smiling and not looking "too happy", but I don't think Bono would be overly happy considering they just had to cancel a whole tour leg because of an injury that certainly wasn't fun. I guess it's very frustrating for him right now, but he seems to recover well, that's the most important thing.

    What I was talking about was the timeline of events before the sugery: Bono was seen in NY on his birthday and in Cannes two days later and he didn't look too great in those pictures, instead he REALLY looked like he's in pain, especially in the Cannes ones. Some people on other forums were worried and commenting on how bad Bono looked on his birthday when we all know the man likes to party. And it's a fact that he was going back and forth from Cannes to Munich between his birthday and the surgery, apparently seeing his doctor. People saw him in Munich and saw him at the airport, he could hardly walk and was in great pain. Fans on different boards were discussing that, we were starting to get really worreid about him.

    So, yes it was an emergency surgery, but still there were some pretty clear signs that Bono was in a very serious condition some days before he was actually admitted to hospital.

  8. Originally posted by Cypress:[..]

    Just saying he doesn't look like he's in horrible pain right now, and he certainly does not look "confused" but rather relaxed. Some people were commenting that he wasn't smiling and not looking "too happy", but I don't think Bono would be overly happy considering they just had to cancel a whole tour leg because of an injury that certainly wasn't fun. I guess it's very frustrating for him right now, but he seems to recover well, that's the most important thing.

    What I was talking about was the timeline of events before the sugery: Bono was seen in NY on his birthday and in Cannes two days later and he didn't look too great in those pictures, instead he REALLY looked like he's in pain, especially in the Cannes ones. Some people on other forums were worried and commenting on how bad Bono looked on his birthday when we all know the man likes to party. And it's a fact that he was going back and forth from Cannes to Munich between his birthday and the surgery, apparently seeing his doctor. People saw him in Munich and saw him at the airport, he could hardly walk and was in great pain. Fans on different boards were discussing that, we were starting to get really worreid about him.

    So, yes it was an emergency surgery, but still there were some pretty clear signs that Bono was in a very serious condition some days before he was actually admitted to hospital.




    Ok then, thanks for the explanation
  9. No prob. Let's just hope Bono will be fine and that he's not overdoing it. It would be very tragic if he re-injured himself.
  10. Let us keep this to sightings, not an discussion about his injury. We have a topic for that, thanks.

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  11. I just read Bono's column in the New York Times, about the investigation report concerning Bloody Sunday. (he sure can write, our Bono...)

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/opinion/20bono.html?hp


    It has a nice little anecdote at the end of it:

    ".......A footnote (some light relief), November 1983:

    U2 is in a studio in Dublin, playing its new song, “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” to the record company. The melody is a good one but the lyric is, in hindsight, an inarticulate speech of the heart. It’s a small song that tries but fails to contrast big ideas ... atonement with forgiveness ... “Bloody Sunday” with Easter Sunday. The song will be sung wherever there are rock fans with mullets and rage, from Sarajevo to Tehran. Over time, the lyric will change and grow. But here, with the Cockneyed record company boss at the song’s birth, the maternity ward goes quiet when the man announces that the baby is “a hit”... with one caveat: “Drop the ‘bloody.’ ‘Bloody’ won’t bloody work on the radio.” ............

    brings a smile to my face....
  12. Great extract ...

    The truth is that SBS is still powerful and well known, when I ask my friends (most of them hate U2) which song they like the most, they ALL tell me SBS. Its meaning is still there, and although we (hard-die-fans-who-have-listened-SBS-in-about-300-bootlegs) don't like it that much and want it dropped, it was a landmark in U2's career (both musically and politically) and therefore I understand that it's still being played. And, going slightly offtopic, good thing that the english government finally apologized for the bloody Sunday events
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