Alright so I know the band was mad at Bono etc. ... I had read this thing about Bono long time ago and got to it again today (from u2 faqs):
Quoting from "U2" by Mark Taylor:
"Bono felt he had blown it, shot U2 in the head in front of the whole world. Back in Ireland, he just drove around for days, unable to communicate with anyone. He kept thinking about the millions dying of starvation and wondered what he was doing performing in something as banal as a rock 'n' roll band.
"As he travelled around the Irish countryside, he met a sculptor, an older man who knew very little about music. Ironically, the man was working on a piece which he called "The Leap", an attempt to reproduce the spirit of Live Aid through an image that U2 had themselves provided for him. After that, Bono went back home and started to believe people when they said that the part of Live Aid that they remembered best was Bono leaping into the crowd and embracing the girl." [SD]
So is the story true, the sculptor and The Leap? It sounds too good/cool/ironic/heroic/etc. to be true! What do you think?
I don't think it's all true but there must be some kind of truth in it. 