Bono & Farm Aid II
October 25th, 2007
Who knew?
Scott Cleaver, a U2 fan in New Zealand, sent me an article about Greg Carroll that appeared in a Maori magazine. The article is recounting Carroll’s story, which I thought I knew pretty well, until it says this:
Bono was in Texas to appear in concert with American country star Willie Nelson when the sad news reached him. “I had been in my hotel one hour after a 13-hour flight,” he said. “I caught the next plane back to Dublin.”
Carroll died on July 3, 1986, so Willie Nelson would have to be doing a concert on July 4 or thereabouts for this to make sense. Sure enough, Farm Aid II happened on July 4, 1986.
Am I the only one who never knew Bono was planning to appear at that? I had no clue….
4 comments on “Bono & Farm Aid II”
01
looks like it
if that Maori magazine is right that is. nice finding.
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As Nelson readied to finally take the stage, rumours began to fly that Bono was in the house and would make a surprise appearance, but due to a night partying with Pearl Jam and Hollywood celebs in Toronto, he didn’t show.
(Sep. 18, 2005: sligtly diferent but still a Bono’s reference)
http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2005/09/2112.cfm
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I think this one is busted.
In a 2 hour radio special on http://www.phantom.fm/ Paul McGuinness just told the story on Greg Caroll and he clearly said that the boys were drinking in a Dublin bar, when Bono asked Greg to drive his bike home (and subsequently crashed it). No way Bono could have been in / flew to Texas then.
I see no reason to doubt Paul’s words on this.
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