U2’s Bono and The Edge chat to Channel 4 ahead of their Las Vegas residency
U2 frontman Bono says he can see a United Ireland in his lifetime - admitting he never thought ‘freedom’ would be on trial.
"We might not be at the falling in love stage, but we’re dating. I think in the south, we have done an amazing job at transforming our society - it feels freer, it feels fair - it’s not fair enough, we’ve got an issue with housing, there are problems in Ireland - but I think we look more and more attractive to our northern partner."
"We always thought sexual politics were improving, gender politics, race relations, everything like that. So we’re definitely at some kind of existential crisis there too - not just in the climate - but in the politics." Bono said: "America is the best idea - it just hasn’t happened yet. It’s the best song the world has never heard. It doesn’t exist yet. But the people who are going to write America into existence are way more inclusive than the ones who signed the Declaration of Independence. This thing called America, we’re attracted to it on sort of mythological levels. As Irish people, we’re fascinated by it [...] I remember reading Jack Kerouac whilst we were ‘on the road’.
Probed on whether America will be ‘lower’ with another Trump presidency, Bono quipped: "We don’t use the T word. He has enough headlines that man."The Edge said: "I’m actually more interested in the other type of AI - actual intelligence. But I am exploring the world of AI [...] I’d rather get involved than have it happen to us [...] I found ChatGPT great if you want to write unintentionally funny lyrics because they’re so bad.
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