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Somebody up there must really like U2. Of all their contemporaries, from the Psychedelic Furs to the Smiths, from Big Country to Simple Minds, U2 has emerged as rock ’n’ roll’s great torchbearers, the band to transport us back to a time when music really mattered, when being a rock star meant a little more than hawking yer wares on a Honda commerical.
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Roy Trakin
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Los Angelos Sports Arena April 17-22, 1987
Somebody up there must really like U2. Of all their contemporaries, from the Psychedelic Furs to the Smiths, from Big Country to Simple Minds, U2 has emerged as rock ’n’ roll’s great torchbearers, the band to transport us back to a time when music really mattered, when being a rock star meant a little more than hawking yer wares on a Honda commerical. Yes, this stateside jaunt marks U2’s ascension to the mantle of Next-Big-Thingdom. In fact, all the elements are in place for a triumphant sort of homecoming (if you will)—a #1 album, a Top 10 single (both firsts for the band) and a sold-out five-night stand in L.A. which opened (when else?) on Good Friday.