Scans from the book U2: The Early Days by Irish music journalist Bill Graham. As explained in the caption of second photo: “Liberty Hall – U2: the early benefit phase. This one was against Ireland’s notorious anti-contraception laws. The band were interrupted mid-set while the women from the Contraception Action Campaign made their speeches. The gesture provokes thought about U2′s early alleged puritan religious views.”
More scans from that book are HERE.
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I love this book, and am delighted to have found a copy of it for myself — but Graham’s uber-Irish comment about puritanism has always struck me as so funny. Their participation here provokes such thought only if you are really non-conversant with any modes of Christianity other than Roman Catholicism.