{"id":1155753,"date":"2018-09-02T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=1155753"},"modified":"2018-09-03T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T07:10:14","slug":"there-is-a-god-bono-suffers-complete-loss-of-voice-as-eu-flag-waving-tour-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/de\/2018\/09\/there-is-a-god-bono-suffers-complete-loss-of-voice-as-eu-flag-waving-tour-kicks-off\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018There Is a God\u2019 \u2013 Bono Suffers \u2018Complete Loss of Voice\u2019 as EU Flag-Waving Tour Kicks Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of the tour, the 58-year-old multi-millionaire had written: \u201cI\u2019m told a rock band is at its best when it\u2019s a little\u2026<\/b>
\nAhead of the tour, the 58-year-old multi-millionaire had written: \u201cI\u2019m told a rock band is at its best when it\u2019s a little transgressive: when it pushes the bounds of so-called good taste, when it shocks, when it surprises. Well, U2 is kicking off its tour in Berlin this week, and we\u2019ve just had one of our more provocative ideas: during the show we\u2019re going to wave a big, bright, blue EU flag.\u201d
Bono\u2019s claim that \u201cwaving an EU flag\u201d has become \u201ca radical act\u201d prompted much derision from Brexit supporters, with commentators including as YouTube polemicist and recent UKIP recruit Paul Joseph Watson suggesting it was ridiculous to characterise support for a supranational bureaucracy led by unelected political appointees and backed by global banking corporations as in any way \u201ctransgressive\u201d.
News that the singer was struck mute on stage in Berlin right at the start of his tour has therefore caused much amusement, with Labour Leave activist and trade union leader Paul Embery quipping: \u201cThere is a God.\u201d
\u201cWe don\u2019t know what has happened and we\u2019re taking medical advice,\u201d read a statement signed by band members Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, and David \u2018The Edge\u2019 Evans.
\u201cBono was in great form and great voice prior to the show and we were all looking forward to the second night in Berlin, but after a few songs, he suffered a complete loss of voice,\u201d the statement added.
Speculating on what might have caused his malady, Bono was quoted as saying: \u201cI think it\u2019s the smoke. I can promise you I have not been talking, but this is like a giant cigar \u2014 I\u2019ve lost my voice and I don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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