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U2: A Dreamboat Named Desire

Richard Cook, NME, 27 February 1982

"THEY WENT right through it. Took out every sock. Squeezed every tube of toothpaste. Then this guy says to me 'You – come with me. NOW!' I thought I was finished. But after 20 minutes they let me go." Bono Vox smiles forgivingly and sips his tea.

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