U2 remember Paris victims on Dublin homecoming

“Liberté, egalité, fraternité,” intoned Bono near the end of U2’s first indoor gig in Dublin for more than 25 years.
U2 remember Paris victims on Dublin homecoming

In other times, such sentiments would be dismissed by some as ’typical’ of a man who has often taken long strides beyond the usual job description of a singer in a band. But tonight in the 3Arena was different.

Coming just 10 days after the massacres in Paris, any hint of bombast or pronouncement is replaced by significance and relevance. “Our people,” was how the singer had described the victims in the Bataclan. How true it felt.

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