Who the f**k does Bono think he is?

31-05-2016 10:36AM #1

Apparently Bono's 'security' got this person & her friends to change her seat in the VIP area at Sunday nights Springsteen concert because she posed a 'security risk'. Was his ego being denied a view of the stage I wonder?

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/i-was-blocking-the-little-guys-view-top-golfer-moved-out-of-springsteen-vip-area-by-bonos-security-34760235.html

Jim Bob Scratcher · 31-05-2016 10:38AM

A big pile of shoite!

Story Bud? · 31-05-2016 10:38AM

I fcuking hate the indo.

stimpson · 31-05-2016 10:38AM

What's the difference between Bono and God?

God doesn't think he's Bono.

The King of Moo · 31-05-2016 10:39AM

She, like all of us, was, simply by living her day-to-day life, contributing indirectly to the inequality of global capitalism, and thus to starvation and war in some of the poorest areas of the world, so he had a point to be fair.

Canis Lupus · 31-05-2016 10:40AM

I am outraged!

DominoDub · 31-05-2016 10:42AM

"Napoleon complex" is a term describing a theoretical condition occurring in people of short stature. It is characterized by overly-aggressive or domineering social behavior, and carries the implication that such behaviour is compensatory for the subject's stature. The term is also used more generally to describe people who are driven by a perceived handicap to overcompensate in other aspects of their lives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_complex

Winterlong · 31-05-2016 10:43AM

The story does not add up. She claims that she was moved by Bono's security 15 minutes after His Bononess arrived. I have seen Bono out and about a good few times and he does not have his own security. Was it the stadium security perhaps?
And then says that after the gig a member of Springsteen's road crew told her that it was Bono that had her moved. How would he know. 2nd/3rd hand information?
Indo muck story.

Jim Bob Scratcher · 31-05-2016 10:44AM

DominoDub wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_complex

Never knew the fecker was a midget :pac:

Donnielighto · 31-05-2016 10:45AM

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Never knew the fecker was a midget :pac:

Napoleon wasn't

31-05-2016 10:46AM

Winterlong wrote: »

The story does not add up. She claims that she was moved by Bono's security 15 minutes after His Bononess arrived. I have seen Bono out and about a good few times and he does not have his own security. Was it the stadium security perhaps?
And then says that after the gig a member of Springsteen's road crew told her that it was Bono that had her moved. How would he know. 2nd/3rd hand information?
Indo muck story.

Like it......

Jim Bob Scratcher · 31-05-2016 10:47AM

Donnielighto wrote: »

Napoleon wasn't

Bono

smash · 31-05-2016 10:48AM

Story Bud? wrote: »

I fcuking hate the indo.

More or less than Bono?

Here's a better link

seamus · 31-05-2016 10:50AM

I doubt Bono had any part in it tbh. Someone in his security team went in and made the call and Bono would have arrived in afterwards unaware of what had happened.

Tbh, everyone should be encouraged to question "security" like this more. The fact that she moved says volumes, since if she had just said "no", there's fnck all they could have done about it. But she assumed they were something official, so she moved.

Never underestimate the power of a person who pretends to have power.

SEPT 23 1989 · 31-05-2016 10:58AM

could "security risk" mean wildly drunk?

screamer · 31-05-2016 11:01AM

I'd have politely told them where to go if I were asked, oh, and I'd have asked for a refund for having to listen to him crowing on stage with the boss on Sunday night. Can't stand Bono.

murpho999 · 31-05-2016 11:01AM

stimpson wrote: »

What's the difference between Bono and God?

God doesn't think he's Bono.

I thought it was Bono actually exists.

smash · 31-05-2016 11:02AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

could "security risk" mean wildly drunk?

Does it matter? They had VIP tickets. I'd be surprised if Bono even had a ticket himself.

murpho999 · 31-05-2016 11:10AM

I never get the hate in Ireland for Bono.

He doesn’t have extreme political views, promotes peace and does a lot of charity work.

Arguably Ireland’s most famous living person who is well received abroad and despite what U2 as a company do, he personally pays taxes in Ireland.

The article is awful, just lifting one sided tweets.

Bono regularly wanders around Kiliiney, Dalkey, Dun Laoghaire on his own without ever having security. I know of several people who have seen and met him out and about so why would he have security in Croke Park?

Story Bud? · 31-05-2016 11:13AM

smash wrote: »

More or less than Bono?

Here's a better link

I have no feeling toward bono. I'm completely indifferent to him. Independent newspapers and their ilk however, are pond scum.

Winterlong · 31-05-2016 11:13AM

Most usual way to get kicked out of a VIP area is by not acting like a VIP.
Asking people for autographs, trying to take photos, standing up in front of those seated behind you, disturbing the other VIPs....

We are not getting the full story here.

maxwell smart · 31-05-2016 11:39AM

murpho999 wrote: »

I never get the hate in Ireland for Bono.

He doesn’t have extreme political views, promotes peace and does a lot of charity work.

Arguably Ireland’s most famous living person who is received abroad and despite what U2 as a company do, he personally pays taxes in Ireland.

The article is awful, just lifting one sided tweets.

Bono regularly wanders around Kiliiney, Dalkey, Dun Laoghaire on his own without ever having security. I know of several people who have seen and met him out and about so why would have security in Croke Park?

Absolutely agree with you. But you're forgetting that because he is a successful, famous Irish person, there are plenty of unsuccessful (in comparison) Irish people who begrudge him that success.

As for this incident, I reckon she was at fault here. You only get chucked out of a VIP area for acting the idiot.

gramar · 31-05-2016 11:49AM

Must be great to be Bono...has his view of the stage obstructed and says fcuk craning his neck..I'll just go up there altogether and sing a song with him.

Paz-CCFC · 31-05-2016 12:00PM

I heard they made it up to her by Bono posing with her for a photo taken by Springsteen, then they paid for a meal in a nearby restaurant for her.

gramar · 31-05-2016 12:02PM

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

I heard they made it up to her by Bono posing with her for a photo taken by Springsteen, then they paid for a meal in a nearby restaurant for her.

Only for Bill Murray to eat some chips off her plate and tell her that nobody will believe her.

tmh106 · 31-05-2016 12:32PM

Story Bud? wrote: »

I have no feeling toward bono. I'm completely indifferent to him. Independent newspapers and their ilk however, are pond scum.

I am no fan of Pond Scum, certainly wouldn't be hanging out with them; but come on - comparing them to the Independent, a bit harsh on Pond Scum is it not.

seamus · 31-05-2016 12:57PM

maxwell smart wrote: »

Absolutely agree with you. But you're forgetting that because he is a successful, famous Irish person, there are plenty of unsuccessful (in comparison) Irish people who begrudge him that success.

He's rich and successful. But let's not also forget that he went to a Proddie school and talks with a posh affectation.
And he's outspoken too.

Basically he fits a whole pile of stereotypes that 1980s Ireland hated - successful, posh, protestant, not humble.

suicide_circus · 31-05-2016 01:01PM

Bitty

razorblunt · 31-05-2016 01:03PM

She's a woman golfer, she should have probably been sat closer to the hole, I mean stage anyway.

MadYaker · 31-05-2016 01:05PM

Another nonsense article from the indo. Bono doesn't have his own security ffs.

daRobot · 31-05-2016 01:11PM

murpho999 wrote: »

Bono regularly wanders around Kiliiney, Dalkey, Dun Laoghaire on his own without ever having security. I know of several people who have seen and met him out and about so why would he have security in Croke Park?

Yep, you'd see him having the odd pint in Dalkey. And often no one is with him (not security anyway), nor is anyone bothering him.

Who the f**k does Bono think he is?

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