James blasts yob fans over poppy stance
Legends u2 plan more gigs after tour break and shun retirement
James Mcclean IRISH soccer star James Mcclean has hit back at fans who booed him for refusing to wear a poppy.
The Stoke City man has explained his reasoning but was still harrassed by fans against Middlesborough on Saturday.
The 29-year-old posted on Instagram: “Your abuse, your throwing things, your booing, do your worst. To the home fans that are actually educated and support me, thank you.
“To the section of uneducated cavemen in left hand corner of the Boothen End stand that want to sing their antiirish song each game and call me a fenian this and that.
“I am a proud fenian no c*** will ever change that, so sing away.” The Edge and Bono on stage
ON THE BAND’S PLAN TO KEEP GOING
U2 won’t be calling it a day after they finish their current tour as the rock veterans are eyeing up new projects.
The rumour mill has been in overdrive this will be their last tour but it’s understood the band are already in talks for more gigs.
A source told the Irish Mirror: “U2 will be taking a break, that’s for certain, but there’s no way this is the end for them. They love being in a band together, they’ve been doing it since 1979.
“You only have to look at the cutting-edge technology used on this tour, this is a band that are constantly looking into the future. They are pioneers of rock.
“As long as the demand is still there – and judging by ticket sales, it is – they will keep going.”
Speaking to the Sunday Independent, U2 revealed they feared the band could be over when Bono lost his voice in September.
It happened at the beginning of a show in Berlin, and after the performance, the 58-year-old’s vocal specialist told the band there was a 70% chance the frontman had suffered a “serious vocal haemorrhage”.
ATTITUDE
Opening up about the scare, Bono compared himself to biblical figure Samson saying: “The strong man… with no strength.” He added: “It moved so quickly from singing well to not being able to sing at all – that was the shock.”
Meanwhile, in an interview with the Sunday Times Magazine, the Edge also admitted the group also worry about Bono’s voice. He said: “These days, we try to save his voice. He has a good range.
“His top note would be a B these days, but he has hit C, which is what a top tenor would hit, and is very, very high.
“An opera singer would hit that maybe once a night.
“He has a very ambivalent attitude to his physical self. He doesn’t naturally take responsibility for his physical wellbeing.
“Which is fine in your 20s, but you get to a certain point… it is a difficult shift for him. “If you spend too much time thinking you are old and past it, you probably can’t do it anymore.”
They love being together, they have been a band since 1979 SOURCE