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U2 performs tribute to ‘great storyteller’ Anthony Bourdain

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U2 dedicated ‘Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of’ to the late Anthony Bourdain at the band’s concert at the Apollo Theater.
U2 paid tribute to the late Anthony Bourdain at the band’s intimate concert at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, on Monday, June 11.
“We lost a lot of very inspiring, useful people and gained a few useless people,” frontman Bono told the audience, according to videos shared on social media . “It’s hard, though, to lose a friend, to lose a mate, and this band has been through that. Music lost some great people who gave up on their own life, and that makes it kinda harder.”
In addition to Bourdain, the singer alluded to the 2017 suicides of fellow musicians Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, as well as fashion designer Kate Spade, who took her own life on June 5.
“And now this great storyteller, who I’m sure had stories he had to tell us,” Bono, 58, continued. “For Anthony Bourdain and his friends and family, this is a song inspired by a great, great friend of ours. His name is Michael Hutchence.”
The Grammy-winning band then launched into their 2001 single “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of,” which Bono cowrote with his bandmate The Edge in honor of Hutchence. The INXS lead singer died by suicide in 1997.
Bourdain was found unresponsive in his hotel room in France on Friday, June 8. He was 61. French authorities later confirmed to the Associated Press that the Parts Unknown host died from suicide by hanging. Results from a toxicology test are pending.
If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or considering suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
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Chef Anthony Bourdain through the years
UNITED STATES – APRIL 12: Chef Anthony Bourdain has a drink at Tintol restaurant in Times Square. Bourdain, 49, is the star of ‘Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations,’ the Travel Channel series that’s half travelogue and half food show. Traveling constantly for the show, on which he regularly grosses viewers out by eating such delicacies as fermented shark meat in Iceland – ‘the smell alone would stop a rhinoceros in its tracks,’ he says – means he’s only in his Manhattan apartment a few days out of the month. (Photo by James Keivom/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
(AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND OUT) Chef Anthony Bourdain, 27 October 2003. AFR Picture by MICHELE MOSSOP (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images)
MIAMI BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 26: Chef Anthony Bourdain does a cooking demonstration at the South Beach Food And Wine Festival on February 26,2005 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – APRIL 21: Chef Tom Colicchio and TV personality Anthony Bourdain attend the Food Bank For New York City’s Sixth Annual Can-Do Awards at Abigail Kirsch’s Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on April 21,2009 in New York City (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/WireImage for BWR)
MIAMI BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 28: Eric Ripert and Anthony Bourdain attend the 2010 South Beach Wine and Food Festival Grand Tasting Village on February 28,2010 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images)
MIAMI BEACH, FL – JUNE 30: Anthony Bourdain discusses his book ‘Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook’ presented by Books and Books at Lincoln Theatre on June 30,2010 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)
TOP CHEF — ‘An Offer They Can’t Refuse’ Episode 808 — Pictured: (l-r) Jduges Tom Colicchio, Anthony Bourdain (Photo by David Giesbrecht/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Anthony Bourdain attends the Whole Foods Market Grand Tasting Village during the 2011 South Beach Wine and Food Festival on February 27,2011 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by John Parra/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 19: TV personality Anthony Bourdain attends the Great Googa Mooga 2012 at Prospect Park on May 19,2012 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)
LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON — Episode 650 — Pictured: (l-r) Anthony Bourdain, Jimmy Fallon — (Photo by: Ira James/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
THE TASTE – ABC’s ‘The Taste’ features no-holds barred chef Anthony Bourdain. (Photo by Sasha Shemirani/ABC via Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA – JANUARY 10: Anthony Bourdain attends the Disney ABC Television Group 2013 TCA Winter Press Tour at The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa on January 10,2013 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
MIAMI BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 23: Anthony Bourdain attends the South Beach Wine and Food Festival 2013 Grand Tasting Village on February 23,2013 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by John Parra/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 02: Anthony Bourdain signs his book at Hey New York: Meet Anthony Bourdain + Eric Ripert book signing event for his book ‘Appetites: A Cookbook’ at Williams-Sonoma Columbus Circle on December 2,2016 in New York City. (Photo by Owen Hoffmann/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – NOVEMBER 10: TV personality Anthony Bourdain attends ‘Parts Unknown Last Bite’ Live CNN Talk Show hosted by Anthony Bourdain at Atomic Liquors on November 10,2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 24280_001_0026. JPG (Photo by Isaac Brekken/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 10: (L-R) Senior vice president for talent and content development Amy Entelis, Anthony Bourdain and Senior vice president of development and acquisitions Vinnie Malhotra attend the CNN Upfront 2014 at Skylight Modern on April 10,2014 in New York City. 24679_002_0417. JPG (Photo by Bryan Bedder/WireImage for Turner Networks)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON — Episode 0657 — Pictured: (l-r) Author/Chef Anthony Bourdain and host Jimmy Fallon during an interview on April 19,2017 — (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 04: Chef, Author and TV Personality Anthony Bourdain attends The 2015 Bronx Academy Of Letters Chefs’ Tasting Benefit at The Edison Ballroom on March 4,2015 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Hider/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 02: (L-R) Chef Mario Batali, Artist Shantell Martin, and Chef Anthony Bourdain attend The (RED) Supper hosted by Mario Batali with Anthony Bourdain on June 2,2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 12: Anthony Bourdain attends the 2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 12,2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 08: Author/chef Anthony Bourdain attends the 2015 Center For Fiction Benefit & Awards at The Metropolitan Club on December 8,2015 in New York City.

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