‘God, that’s great!’ Bono reveals his most intimate self before a who’s who of Irish life

, Ali, who, he says, “saved my life by seeing through me to see to me”. She is the woman who told him not to lose sight of the boy in him.His deconstructed version of With or without You, a love song to her, is an early highlight of the night and a song that reminds the audience of the power of U2′s songwriting and the frontman’s voice.Stories of Surrender: Bono performs at 3Olympia Theatre, in Dublin, on Monday night.

Above the stage, sitting side by side in their own box at the theatre, are President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar. At one point the President waves across to U2′s bassist, Adam Clayton, sitting in a box opposite. Alongside Clayton are members of Bono’s family, including Ali and the singer’s youngest son, John. Sitting in a box high above them is theThe show is, to paraphrase one of U2′s songs, a sort of homecoming.

Stories of Surrender: Bono performs at 3Olympia Theatre, in Dublin, on Monday night. Photograph: Ross Andrew StewartIt is also a safe space for Bono, who reveals his most intimate self. Remembering how U2 discovered their early songwriting alchemy to write I Will Follow, the singer powerfully shows how they built the musical blocks and how he channelled the unacknowledged grief at the loss of his mother at a young age.

Stories of Surrender: President Michael D Higgins arrives at Bono's show on Monday night. Photograph: Tom Honan But it is the late, opera-loving Bob Hewson who takes centre stage, his son playing the perpetually unimpressed Irish father with gusto. Bono performs brief cameos too as each of his bandmates, the American heart surgeon who saved his life in 2016, Luciano Pavarotti and Princess Diana.

Wonderful! 🕊️🤍✨

He keeps some nice friends 😬

The dad dancing businessman who sings like a frog is back. Feck off Bono.

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