Rai5 airs “Bono: Waiting for a Savior” on Thursday 26 September at 10:45 p.m. The documentary, directed by Ruth Skirrow, is divided between the musical experience with U2, one of the most important rock groups of the last forty years, and Bono Vox's activity for civil rights.
Considered by the English to be one of the most influential people in music, so much so that he was included in the list of the “100 Great Britons”, thanks to his commitment to civil rights, including the fight against apartheid, Bono also obtained a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
Paul Hewson, aka Bono, also recently published his first autobiography “Surrender – 40 Songs, One Story”. “When I started writing this book – he said – I hoped to illustrate in detail what I had previously only ever represented in songs. The people, the places, the possibilities given to me by life. Surrender It's a word that has a lot of meaning to me. Growing up in Ireland in the 70s with my hands up (musically speaking) didn't come naturally to me and I kept skirting around the word until I gathered my thoughts for the book. I still cling to that kind of imperative: in the band, in marriage, in faith, in my life as an activist. SurrenderIt's the story of a pilgrimage that gets nowhere… but with a lot of fun along the way.” The usual Bono, in short, who plays to disorientate and disorientate through the pages of his life, his band and his country, of which he has become the greatest musical icon.
In the meantime, the first official album that photographs U2 in the historic Zoo TV Tour, the EP “Zoo TV – Live In Dublin 1993”, has been released. The Extended Play contains five songs taken from one of the two live performances at the Rds Arena in Dublin in August 1993, the European leg of the “Zooropa” Tour. The publication is on CD and 12” vinyl, printed in a limited edition, plus digital (including Spatial Audio/Atmos).
It is therefore the first testimony – outside of the numerous bootlegs that have circulated over the years – of “Zoo TV”, the world tour that, between February 1992 and December 1993, supported the release of “Achtung Baby”, U2's masterpiece dated November 1991. The tour saw Bono Vox and his companions perform in front of 5.3 million spectators in 157 shows. In the same period, the Irish band also recorded and released – in July 1993 – the studio album “Zooropa”. The show, which took place in Dublin on August 28, was broadcast live worldwide during a radio program, allowing approximately 700 million fans around the world to share the emotion of the concert.
Antonio Santini for SANREMO.FM
