“We can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes,” said Bono in Visnja Cogan’s 2008 book U2: An Irish Phenomenon. “The audience is on its feet, ...
I’m 18, I’m with my curly-haired, tattooed boyfriend, we’re entering the music shop in Williamsburg by the water, I’m slipping two CDs into my jacket. After strolling suspiciously through the aisles ...