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...Despite the star power of the show, U2's impassioned performance at Wembley Stadium was generally accepted by press and audience members alike as the highlight of the show. Bono was able to overcome the daunting size of the venue to create a true rapport with the audience, even jumping through two photography pits to stand in the crowd. Some critics believe it was this performance that truly made U2 a world phenomenon...
...Their devotion to public service has only increased over the years. Currently, Bono is working on Jubilee 2000 and its Debt Relief Campaign, aimed at convincing the world's eight richest nations to cancel the debt owed by Africa's poorest countries...
...Jamie Drummond, an organizer of Jubilee 2000, says Bono signed on to the project after learning that the $200 million that "LiveAid" had made is the amount of money that the countries of Africa pays in debt every five days...
...Bono had announced at the final show of their 1989 Lovetown tour, "We have to go away and dream it all up again...
...band's performances were a theatrical satire of the fast-paced, high- priced, modern world. Screens on the stage would flash from footage of the Gulf War to Van Halen music videos and back to CNN satellite feeds. Bono would talk to the audiences through characters that he had adopted for the show--"the fly," "Mirrorball Man," and "Mister MacPhisto," which were caricatures of lust and greed...