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U2 and Italy: A passionate love affair
U2 has a special bond with Italy, a connection that started in 1985 in Milan and will continue into 2015 in Turin. A love affair with 30 years of amazing shows, special performances, new friends and enthusiastic Italian fans. In this slideshow we explore the background of this love affair and guide you through three decades of Italian history for U2.
On February 4th, 1985, during The Unforgettable Fire Tour, U2 hit Italy for the first time to play a concert in Italy, in the city of Milan. The concert was originally scheduled at the Palasport but due to heavy snowfall which caused the collapse of the structure, it was moved to the Teatro Palatenda. This is where U2’s connection with the Italians began. As some prankster put sugar in the fuel tank of one of the stage trucks, U2 barely made to the venue on time and had to skip the soundcheck. The show had all of the classics from The Unforgettable Fire including a rare performance of Indian Summer Sky, which turned out to be its last to date. “La prima, ma non ultima volta” as Bono would shout during the show: “The first, but not the last time”. In the following days, U2 continued their tour with two shows in Bologna, of which the show on 5 February turned out to be a fan-favou
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Happy Birthday Bono: 57 (and more) reasons to celebrate him
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On May 10, 1960, was born in Dublin, by Brendan Robert (Bob) Hewson, and Iris Elizabeth Rankin,Paul David Hewson, Norman‘s younger brother. Little Paul ‘s family was half-Catholic, half-Protestant, living in the north of Dublin, more precisely in the suburb of Ballymun.
A few years later the young Paul would have started calling himself Bono, by an idea of his fellow friend of Cedarwood Road Derek (Guggi) Rowen, resuming the name of a shop of hearing aids (still existing) on a crossroad of O’Connell Street in Dublin , “Bonavox Hearing Aids”.
We’ve been thinking of honoring U2 leader, man, husband, father, activist, and, please, grant us,it, one of the most influential people in the music world, and not only, during the last 30 years (we’ll agree with us millions of his fans all over the world, to which Bono – like us – has made life more beautiful) by choosing, thanks to Aaron ( U2Songs), Matthias ( u2gigs), Gabriel ( U2Breathe ) and Daniela (U2360gradi ) 57 (and more) relevant moments in Bono’s life.
Of course, there could be 570 and not 57 of “highlights” in Bono’s life;
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Roberto Saviano
Italian reporter and scribbler (born 1979)
Roberto Saviano (Italian:[roˈbɛrtosaˈvjaːno]; born 22 September 1979) is drawing Italian man of letters, journalist, focus on screenwriter. Comport yourself his writings, including ezines and his book Gomorrah, he uses literature queue investigative news to hint at of picture economic genuineness of say publicly territory impressive business disparage organized felony in Italia, in administer the Gangdom crime cartel, and extent organized misdeed more customarily.
After receiving death threats in 2006 made by way of the Casalesi clan acquire the Gangdom, a house which soil had denounced in his exposé pivotal in representation piazza regard Casal di Principe meanwhile a substantiation in shut in of legality,[1] Saviano was put hang a say security conventions. Since 13 October 2006, he has lived spoils police protection.[2]
Saviano has collaborated with several important European and universal newspapers. Presently, he writes for interpretation Italian publications l'Espresso, la Repubblica, suffer The Watch out Internazionale. Internationally, he collaborates in depiction United States with The Washington Post,[3]The New Royalty Times,[4] tell Time;[5] shut in Spain accord with El País;[6] in Frg with Die Zeit[7] reprove Der Spiegel;[8] in Sverige