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Week Around the Ists
Forgive us while we turn into a celebrity gossip blog for a moment. Adam Clayton, bassist for U2, arrived in Shanghai last week ... without a visa. So, his agent called Ireland's Vice Consul here in Shanghai (in the middle of the night) and she pulled some strings and got Clayton and his girlfriend into the country -- just like she would have done for any Irish citizen, we assume. Another perk to being a rock star. Clayton, who, we were told, flew to Shanghai from Fiji, is staying in one of our city's luxury hotels in Pudong. We're not going to say which one -- stalking isn't cool.
Clayton has found himself with some unexpected free time because U2 canceled the final 10 dates of its current world tour. Affected shows were in New Zealand, Australia, Japan and Honolulu. The band says the move was due to "the illness of an immediate family member of one of the band."
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Hey,where is he?I am U2's big fan~~come one!
Let's just pray that:
1) the tiresome and self righteous Bono doesn't want to come to Shanghai
2) if he does he forgets his visa
3) the Irish CG is asleep with their phone switched of if he tries to blag his way in
Or worse (if possible_ - "The Edge". Yeah. He's out there, he is so far out the box it hurts, he is on a different plain with super-cool name The Edge.
From the funniest site online
"This song was supposedly written about the daughter of guitarist "The Edge." Yeah, that's his nickname: The Edge. I used to think names like "The Edge" or "Spike" were cool, but then I turned 12.
The only way I could ever respect him is if he shouted some stupid catch phrase before every concert like "WATCH OUT! THE EDGE WILL CUT YOU!" That might almost be stupid enough to be cool again with the dumbass hipster crowd, until the next stupid trend shows up at Hot Topic for you to oversaturate and ruin."