Bono Not God, He Admits

With U2 and Crew at a Zoo TV Stadium Dress Rehearsal, 1992

You had to work your way up the U2 stepladder to get an audience with Bono. My friend, their publicist Paul Wasserman, started me with drummer Larry Mullen and bassist Adam Clayton. The next time around, guitarist The Edge participated. Thanks to the persistent success of the November, 1991 release of Achtung Baby, U2 were preparing to take its Zoo TV tour to outdoor stadiums at the end of August 1992, including Yankee Stadium. Wasso, as he was known, invited me to what is now known as Hersheypark Stadium in early August for a dress rehearsal for the expansion of the Zoo TV tour rebranded slightly as “Outside Broadcast.” After watching hours of rehearsal with a gargantuan and complicated video and audio system, the band and crew went backstage to eat a buffet dinner, where Bono joined me for a 45 minute chat. There were no other press guests that day of which I’m aware.

HERSHEY, PA— The lights 80 feet above the stage go on at Hershey Park Stadium, multicolored patterns flash on the hug…