U2 dedicates song to Bourdain
NEW YORK U2 frontman Bono honoured the late Anthony Bourdain toward the end of the band’s special performance Monday at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
Bono spoke of losing a “lot of inspiring, useful people” over the past few years “who gave up on their own life” alluding to the apparent suicides of musicians Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington, as well as fashion designer Kate Spade.
“And now this great storyteller, who I’m sure has stories he couldn’t tell us. So for Anthony Bourdain, and his friends and family, this is a song inspired by a great, great, great friend of ours. His name is Michael Hutchence,” Bono said before launching into an impassioned version of Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of.
The band wrote the Grammywinning song about suicide after INXS singer Hutchence was found dead in 1997 of an apparent suicide.
The 61-year old Bourdain was found dead of an apparent suicide last week in France.
As for the performance, the band took a break from its Experience and Innocence arena tour to play a special one-night show at the legendary theatre for Sirius XM subscribers.
The invitation-only show had a star-studded guest list, including tennis legend John McEnroe, rocker Jon Bon Jovi, E-Street band guitarist “Little Steven” Van Zandt and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
The band ripped through its 90 minute set, covering 18 songs, and maintaining enough energy to keep many of the 1,500 on their feet.