Monday 9 May 2022

Hottest Ticket in Rock

U2 have just announced they will soon be embarking on their Tax Exiles for Freedom World Tour. Bono bestowed the following words, along with permission to faithfully reproduce them, to certain members of the press whose presence was deemed merited on grounds of both journalistic and spiritual integrity: “Tax exiles are some of the most vulnerable, victimised and misrepresented peoples on this beautiful Mother Earth. These adrift and scattered souls, these beautiful children of our beautiful Mother Earth, are punished for their success and are forced to flee from persecution to these tax havens, these so-called safe places, which are safe in name only. These exiles’ culture and past have been ripped from them, and now they lie, naked and exposed on the slab of modernity, their extreme wealth offering them but the flimsiest protection from the prying eyes of a cruel world. We, the rock group U2, want to let these displaced peoples know they too now have a voice. And some of them are our neighbours.”

2 comments:

Dara said...

Good point.
Nothing surprises me anymore regarding Boner & the HEdge-Fund (remember when they were pally with Blair & Bush after the slaughter of Iraq- obviously these Iraqis weren't "worthy" victims).
Trying desperately to stay relevant.

Alex from the Duran points out that every woke Tom, Dick and Harry is going on an "unannounced" visit to Kiev nowadays:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPD4TgDqrt8

Some war! Not too many western politicians went to Iraq/Afghanistan/Libia/Yemen to see how the locals were doing...

Andrew said...

Yeah Dara, I’d noticed Ukraine seems to have become a bit of a go to holiday destination of late for the beloved leaders - which of course includes U2