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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Caroline Sullivan

Redemption song

As Bono told the Labour Party conference last year, he's at his best in front of 80,000 people at a time. Pompous old windbag that he can be, he wasn't wrong. Kicking off U2's slot with Beautiful Day, he improvised, "You see London stretched out in front of you" - and you were willing to forgive him almost anything.

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