Those die hard Bono fans.. if they only knew, they could have been chillin’ with the fly guy in low crowds. Though they may have needed to wear Kevlar.
The Telegraph reports that Bono of U2 has appeared on stage during the opening night of the Mali Desert music festival in Timbuktu. Unfortunately violence has killed off this once glorious music fest and even Bono couldn’t resurrect it- there were only 300 paying tourists in attendance.
Organizers have put it down to al Qaeda's Saharan wing, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and their recent predilection for taking Western hostages for ransom. Even they didn’t want Bono.
The festival reportedly has three thousand non-paying locals and nomadic Saharan Tuaregs attending alongside the small contingent of international visitors. Reportedly they also came to the conclusion that Bono is a knob, and demanded their time invested returned. I can guarantee you the film was rolling on these nomads. They will show on continous loop at the next U2 tour for his humanitarianism.