"BTW a snippet of trivia I know through contacts with someone in the band: U2 are the first band ever to have the recording of an album interrupted by a phone call from a pope. During the recording of the current album, the recording had to be stopped when Bono's mobile phone rang. It was Pope John Paul II wanting to talk to Bono about third world issues!!! Too bad there isn't an independent, non-personal source to use to put this in (though I think a BBC programme on the band may have mentioned it also.) \(caint) 

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