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| Mayor Curtatone presents Bono with an official proclamation on behalf of the City of Somerville. |
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| U2 performed four songs off their new album “No Line on the Horizon,” as well as a contemporary favorite, “Vertigo.” |
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City Embraces Irish Band for Special Promotional Concert at Historic Somerville Theatre
(note for the City)
SOMERVILLE
– Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone presented U2's lead singer, Bono, with an
official proclamation Wednesday on the occasion of U2's visit to
Somerville for a special mini-concert, one of only three nationwide, in
support of their new album, "No Line on the Horizon."
"The band
told us how much they enjoyed coming to Somerville, and we certainly
enjoyed their visit," said Curtatone. "I was extremely proud of our
city's people and of the Davis Square business community for helping to
make this a memorable and joyful event. A lot of people contributed to
making this a successful event, which wasn't easy with such short
notice. On the city side, our Police, DPW, Traffic and Parking, Fire
and Inspectional personnel put in a lot of extra work on this, but the
concert promoter covered the city's costs, which made it much easier to
put our best foot forward. Somerville is a great venue for events like
this, and Davis Square is continuing to enhancing its reputation as an
arts destination. Next up, we'll be hosting the seventh annual
Independent Film Festival of Boston, which begins on April 22nd.
The
City's official proclamation read: Whereas, The Band known as U2 has
embraced the Boston region as one of its seminal sources of inspiration
and support and, whereas, U2 has selected the Somerville Theatre in
Davis Square as a venue to celebrate the release of its new album, "No
Line on the Horizon" and whereas the People and City of Somerville
endorse and embrace the music of U2, and its message of compassion,
diversity, and global understanding and whereas, Somerville Rocks! ,
and so also does U2: Now, therefore, be it known that the City of
Somerville does hereby proclaim Wednesday, March 11th, 2008 as U2 'No
Line on the Horizon' Celebration Day and calls upon all it citizens to
participate in its observance." |
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