<p>Below is a comprehensive record of the people and organisations whom MacPhisto phoned (or attempted to phone!) at every present. I've tried to clarify among the in-jokes, and there are Wikipedia links for extra info on the related topics. Where potential, you will also find full transcripts of exactly what was mentioned. Your contributions are always welcome; please get in contact in case you spot any factual errors, know something of curiosity that I have never talked about, or might help with transcribing the overseas phrases and mumbly bits that I couldn't make out. My audio assortment is also lacking a few concert events and soundcheck / rehearsal clips, so if you occur to own any of these, I might love you without end if you would be form enough to send them my method. :) Before we start, allow me to clear up a couple of myths that persist in articles describing MacPhisto. Firstly, he by no means phoned the White House during any of the exhibits through which he appeared, despite claiming that he made calls "sometimes to the President of the United States"; this was in reality the Mirrorball Man's favorite prank on earlier legs of the tour in 1992. (If you want to learn more about that character's antics, I'm afraid you will have to ask another person! This may be a useful start line.) MacPhisto was additionally not liable for the properly-identified stunt of ordering 10,000 pizzas for the U2 audience, which again was earlier than his time. It was The Fly who did this close to the start of a US gig the previous yr, with the pizzas arriving simply before the encore. If you're searching for transcripts of MacPhisto's 2018 speeches on the Experience + Innocence Tour, they can be found here! Zooropa Date (1993) Location Phone name seventh May Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Feyenoord Stadium) Taxi (rehearsal) ninth May Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Feyenoord Stadium) Taxi 10th May Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Feyenoord Stadium) KLM Airlines eleventh May Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Feyenoord Stadium) Queen Beatrix fifteenth May Lisbon, Portugal (Estádio José Alvalade) Taxi 19th May Oviedo, Spain (Estadio Carlos Tartiere) Weather forecast 22nd May Madrid, Spain (Estadio Vicente Calderón) Ritz Hotel twenty sixth May Nantes, France (Stade de la Beaujoire) Taxi 29th May Werchter, Belgium (Festival Grounds) Taxi 2nd June Frankfurt, Germany (Waldstadion) Taxi 4th June Munich, Germany (Olympiastadion) Helmut Kohl 6th June Stuttgart, Germany (Cannstatter Wasen) Helmut Kohl 9th June Bremen, Germany (Weserstadion) Taxi to see Helmut Kohl twelfth June Cologne, Germany (Müngersdorferstadion) Helmut Kohl 15th June Berlin, Germany (Olympiastadion) Helmut Kohl 23rd June Strasbourg, France (Stade de la Meinau) Jean-Marie Le Pen / Helmut Kohl / Margaret Thatcher 26th June Paris, France (Hippodrome de Vincennes) François Mitterrand / Jean-Marie Le Pen / Charles Pasqua 28th June Lausanne, Switzerland (Stade de la Pontaise) Bénédict Hentsch thirtieth June Basel, Switzerland (St Jakob's Stadion) Taxi 2nd July Verona, Italy (Stadio Bentegodi) Clannad 3rd July Verona, Italy (Stadio Bentegodi) The Pope 6th July Rome, Italy (Stadio Flaminio) The Pope seventh July Rome, Italy (Stadio Flaminio) Bettino Craxi ninth July Naples, Italy (Stadio San Paolo) Nello Polese 12th July Turin, Italy (Stadio Delle Alpi) Gianni Agnelli 14th July Marseille, France (Stade Vélodrome) Bernard Tapie seventeenth July Bologna, Italy (Stadio Comunale) Luciano Pavarotti 18th July Bologna, Italy (Stadio Comunale) Alessandra Mussolini twenty third July Budapest, Hungary (Nép Stadion) Gyula Thürmer 27th July Copenhagen, Denmark (Gentofte Stadion) Uffe Ellemann-Jensen twenty ninth July Oslo, Norway (Valle Hovin Stadion) Jan Henry Olsen thirty first July Stockholm, Sweden (Stockholms Stadion) Ian Wachtmeister 3rd August Nijmegen, the Netherlands (Goffert Park) Hans Janmaat seventh August Glasgow, Scotland (Celtic Park) Ian Lang 8th August Glasgow, Scotland (Celtic Park) John Major eleventh August London, England (Wembley Stadium) Salman Rushdie 12th August London, England (Wembley Stadium) Diana, Princess of Wales 14th August Leeds, England (Roundhay Park) John Gummer 18th August Cardiff, Wales (Arms Park) Margaret Thatcher twentieth August London, England (Wembley Stadium) George Carey 21st August London, England (Wembley Stadium) Graham Taylor 24th August Cork, Ireland (Páirc Uí Chaoimh) Frank Murphy twenty seventh August Dublin, Ireland (Royal Dublin Society Showgrounds) Bono's house (Jordan Hewson on the answerphone) twenty eighth August Dublin, Ireland (Royal Dublin Society Showgrounds) United Nations</p><p>Zoomerang / New Zooland / Zooshi Date (1993) Location Phone call 12th November Melbourne, Australia (Cricket Ground) Derryn Hinch thirteenth November Melbourne, Australia (Cricket Ground) Dame Edna Everage 16th November Adelaide, Australia (Football Park) Graham Cornes twentieth November Brisbane, Australia (ANZ Stadium) Allan Border 26th November Sydney, Australia (Football Stadium) Dame Edna Everage 27th November Sydney, Australia (Football Stadium) Taxi 1st December Christchurch, New Zealand (Lancaster Park) John Banks 4th December Auckland, New Zealand (Western Springs Stadium) Owner of house overlooking stadium ninth December Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Dome) Akebono Tarō tenth December Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Dome) Madonna</p><p>Friday seventh May 1993Rotterdam, the NetherlandsFeyenoord Stadium Bono invitations a small group of fans inside the stadium for a semi-gown rehearsal, through which he wears a hardly ever seen purple variant of the Fly costume. These fortunate followers are the first to witness a prototype version of MacPhisto, not but named and without his trademark horns. He makes them giggle when he observes that they are curiously silent tonight: "Could you be overcome by emotion, perhaps? Well, I do not blame you - I can see you are all in awe of my platform footwear. Indeed, so am I." From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: After Desire, the followers on the stands see Bono parody himself in a campy, somewhat nasal voice: "The last time you saw me, I was waving a white flag; now look what you've finished..." He tells about the "good previous days", sings the tune of a Martini industrial, and rehearses the phone call. From Willie Williams' tour diary: We truly did (practically) a full run-through this night. Went pretty well. The star of the present was Bono's new encore character. It can substitute the mirrorball-man/preacher character from the American show. We spent the afternoon within the dressing room making an attempt to suss out fairly who this character is. He's called "Mr Gold" on account of his tasteful gold suit and platforms. The voice is sort of doddery English eccentric, form of Laurence Olivier meets Quentin Crisp, and there's a whole host of different emotions in there. Joel Grey, Clockwork Orange, the gameshow host from hell. He's the satan, basically. It's really very peculiar, funny and disturbing at the identical time. I'm unsure if a recording exists of the rehearsed cellphone call - let me know if you have a clip of it that you'd be prepared to share! I look like lacking some of the speech as properly. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Sunday ninth May 1993Rotterdam, the NetherlandsFeyenoord Stadium A now perfectly-formed MacPhisto makes his debut appearance in a thunderstorm. Putting a superb new twist on the Mirrorball Man's familiar cry of "I've a imaginative and prescient: television!", he as a substitute reveals his fondness for the gloriously kitschy establishment that's the Eurovision Song Contest, even singing a few lines of the Dutch winning entry from 1975, Teach-In's 'Ding-A-Dong'. (I am undecided why he thinks it is "the last Eurovision" this yr, though the 1994 contest was launched as "the present they could not kill". Can anybody can enlighten me?) He claims to have taught earlier winners corresponding to Lulu and Brotherhood of Man everything they knew. MacPhisto then tries to order a taxi to take him home, and confuses the woman on the telephone by insisting that "You recognize me, you recognize me very well. But I do know you probably even higher than you understand yourself!" From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: Bono premières his new alter-ego in a gold lamé go well with, his face painted white with red lipstick, his hair combed-back and sporting crimson satan horns. Rather than sing, he speaks the text of Desire in a robust, historic English accent. "What a evening! What a show! What a life, what a approach to go. I've a imaginative and prescient: Eurovision!", he shouts over the song's remaining notes. "Off with the horns, on with the show," he says in the identical bizarre accent. From U2 At The tip Of The World by Bill Flanagan: MacPhisto's public début is at the primary concert of the European tour, in Rotterdam. Backstage Bono appears by a number of fits Fintan brought for his selection and chooses a gold one, to match the shoes. He paints his face, puts on the lipstick, after which goes into the band's dressing room to see Adam, Edge and Larry's reaction. They are startled. This is lots creepier than they anticipated. MacPhisto lurches out on the encore to sing 'Desire' after which introduces himself to the viewers, crying, 'Look what you've got carried out to me!' The crowd hoots and cheers at this satanic Bono. 'You've made me very well-known.' They snort. 'And that i thanks for it. I do know you want your pop stars to be exciting, so I've purchased these.' He hoists up one leg and displays his platform shoes. Big footwear closeups on the ZooTV screens. The viewers loves it. From Willie Williams' tour diary: After all Bono's new character stole the present. He's been christened "MacPhisto" and there's been the addition of a bit pair of purple velvet horns, which appeared on the final second. White face and red lipstick. First encore, "Desire" was a kind of nice moments where you realize something that the audience (and the large quantity of press individuals) don't. Out he comes, and you may really feel 50,000 folks go "What the fuck?" The absolute crowning glory was that it stayed dry all evening till the encore break when the heavens opened, so MacPhisto made his first entrance in a raging downpour beneath a sky full of thunder and lightning. It looked like Faust meets Apocalypse Now. Great first night time. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Monday tenth May 1993Rotterdam, the NetherlandsFeyenoord Stadium Tonight, MacPhisto announces he's going to name his journey agent as a result of he's very tired and desires "a break from all this". He telephones the reservation office for KLM Airlines, and sings alongside to the ready music as he's put on hold. After the second "please hold the road" message, MacPhisto sarcastically asks the crowd: "We've bought all night, actually, haven't we? We don't thoughts paying a £100,000 high-quality, now, do we?!" (a reference to the penalty for the show overrunning). He finally will get by way of to a helpful receptionist named Monique, who's unable to discover a flight for him this evening but checks what's out there the following day. "What have you got going? I don't really thoughts, as long as it's sunny," says MacPhisto, to which Monique replies that it is purported to be sunny tomorrow right here in Holland, earning a big cheer from the crowd! MacPhisto remarks that they said the same factor about yesterday, when the thunderstorm ruined his hair. By now Monique can barely disguise her laughter, and MacPhisto becomes suspicious that she could also be "taking the mickey out of an outdated man". The time period "mickey" is misplaced on Monique, but she assures him that she's very severe, and finds him a flight to Singapore which leaves the following afternoon. MacPhisto tells her she's a really nice lady, and gives to sing her a music. She replies "Oh, that would be nice!" and stays on the line to listen to Ultra Violet. From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: Monique listens, not knowing what the hell is occurring. (After the show, U2's administration will phone her to clarify and to present her with two VIP tickets for tomorrow evening's present as a token of appreciation for her spontaneous participation.) [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video 1 ] [ Video 2 ] Tuesday 11th May 1993Rotterdam, the NetherlandsFeyenoord Stadium MacPhisto reminisces about the birth of rock 'n' roll within the '50s (all his idea, in fact), proudly declaring that "Everybody's into it now!" He makes an attempt to seek out out whether or not Queen Beatrix is a fan, phoning the federal government Information Service which handles media enquiries concerning the Royal House, but unfortunately the operator is unimpressed and hangs up with out responding to the query. Insulted, MacPhisto exclaims: "Well, now - the final time a royal hung up on me, I sent the House of Windsor into flames!" This can be a reference to the blaze that had devastated Windsor Castle six months earlier, "thought to have been started by a highlight shining on a curtain"... now we now what really happened. ;) Beatrix would go on to turn out to be the oldest reigning monarch in Dutch history. She abdicated in 2013 in favour of her son Prince Willem-Alexander. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video clip 1 ] [ Video clip 2 ] Saturday fifteenth May 1993Lisbon, PortugalEstádio José Alvalade After a hearty rendition of 'Moon River', MacPhisto praises the crowd's command of English, though he says he prefers Irish himself. He tries to order a taxi, however the girl on the cellphone places him on hold and he is unable to get any further response. Having tried his greatest, MacPhisto sadly admits defeat: "I'm the final pop star, and so they've hung up on me. Oh nicely." The previous U2 Portugal fansite uploaded an article from Blitz journal, featuring an interview with the Teletáxis operator Ana Oliveira. She says she doesn't remember anybody speaking to her in English that night, however she works alone and has to take care of the radio and telephone concurrently, so it is regular for her to say "Teletáxis, good night" and ask the caller to wait without even hearing them. (However, I believe the real cause for her lack of recollection is that he really dialled the quantity for Rádio Táxis de Lisboa!) MacPhisto can also be mentioned in Portuguese opinions on the website from Blitz, Se7e, A Capital and Super Som. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday 19th May 1993Oviedo, SpainEstadio Carlos Tartiere Observing that it's raining once more - "So good of you all to make us really feel at dwelling!" - MacPhisto calls a weather report service (then accessible on 094) to search out out what the forecast is like for tomorrow. He says he hopes to find a friendly voice at the other end, but solely will get through to an automated recording which babbles on in Spanish. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday 22nd May 1993Madrid, SpainEstadio Vicente Calderón MacPhisto complains that the local Ritz Hotel "wouldn't let your favorite rock 'n' roll band keep there" because of an issue with the costume code. (The institution has traditionally refused accommodation to anybody deemed "Not Ritz Type", together with movie stars, males with out ties and women carrying trousers.) He telephones the hotel and listens to a number of minutes of hold music while making small talk with the gang - he asks how the nation's common elections are going ("Vota MacPhisto, I'd say!"), and reminisces about "poor outdated Franco", the dictator who dominated for 36 years and had many thousands of political enemies killed or tortured. When he finally gets by to the manager, MacPhisto explains that he'd like to stay in the resort now that he has the proper swimsuit: "I want a tie and a jacket? But I've obtained a really particular jacket, and I've some horns. Would that be an issue?" He's assured that it is no problem at all. "Well, thank you very a lot," the satan replies sardonically. "You'll have MacPhisto, however you won't have the group of U2. That's wonderful; thank you!" Returning to the town in 2018, MacPhisto would as soon as once more encourage the audience to vote for him in an upcoming election (with a brand new and improved marketing campaign slogan!) and lament the tip of the Franco era. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video 1 ] [ Video 2 ] Wednesday twenty sixth May 1993Nantes, FranceStade de la Beaujoire MacPhisto phones for a taxi to take him house, charming the audience with a number of strains in French. Aware that he is on the stadium, the taxi operator asks him to specify an exit from which he can be picked up. MacPhisto insists that he's "all over the place", however the lady is having none of it, and repeatedly explains the necessity for a extra exact location. She can be unimpressed by his claim that he is aware of her very nicely, scoffing "Oh, do you really?!", however she does enable him to sing a song for her. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday 29th May 1993Werchter, BelgiumFestival Grounds Introducing his fellow band members, MacPhisto describes Adam Clayton as "a man with a ginormous willy", earlier than smugly adding "But it isn't as big as my one!" He tries to intimidate one other taxi operator with his claims of omnipresence and shut private data, and takes offence when he is not handled with the appropriate diploma of respect: "Are you aware who you're talking to?!" [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday 2nd June 1993Frankfurt, GermanyWaldstadion Another attempt to order a taxi is thwarted when the number seems to be engaged. (I feel he tries to phone Taxi-Ruf on 230001 however dials one too many zeros.) [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Friday 4th June 1993Munich, GermanyOlympiastadion The Munich show takes place one week after a shocking xenophobic attack within the German metropolis of Solingen, by which four neo-Nazi skinheads firebombed a Turkish household's home, killing two women and three young girls and seriously injuring three other children. It's the most recent and most deadly in a collection of assaults on "foreigners" over the previous two years, a part of a rising backlash in opposition to an inflow of refugees and other immigrants. The murder sparks worldwide outrage, with giant demonstrations and widespread press coverage accusing the federal government of inaction in the face of rising extremist violence. (Only days earlier than the assault, the German parliament had yielded to stress from the far proper by approving a constitutional amendment to restrict the number of asylum seekers - a transfer which could possibly be seen to appease and embolden these with harmful racist views.) Chancellor Helmut Kohl responds by condemning violence typically, with specific warnings aimed at "Turkish fanatics" who have been rioting in protest, however dismisses the Solingen attack as an remoted incident and downplays the creeping menace of neo-fascism in Germany. He makes no public appearances in the days that observe, releasing written statements but declining to discuss the problem on television, and faces particular criticism for his refusal to go to Solingen (he disdains such gestures as mere "condolence tourism") or attend any of the funeral services (deeming it adequate to ship his Foreign and Interior Ministers as representatives). Some believe Kohl is pandering to conservative voters by avoiding overt displays of sympathy in direction of international victims of violence. MacPhisto claims that Kohl is becoming "a very good friend of mine", and approves of the way in which he "stays asleep rather a lot". When he tries to offer him a name, the Chancellor will not be in his workplace and a relatively confused gentleman advises phoning once more after the weekend. Speaking in his capability as evil incarnate, MacPhisto leaves a chilling message for Kohl instead: "I'd prefer to thank him for letting me back into the nation. I have never been here for a while, however I'm back!" A quarter of a century later, MacPhisto would once once more visit Germany within the wake of far-proper violence against immigrants, together with his Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg speeches focusing on the 2018 Chemnitz riots. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video 1 ] [ Video 2 ] Sunday 6th June 1993Stuttgart, GermanyCannstatter Wasen "It's so hot in Germany - identical to at dwelling," sighs MacPhisto. He tries again to phone his idle friend Helmut Kohl ("I'm not sure if it is simply Sunday that he retains as a day of rest"), but the Chancellor is still unavailable. He leaves one other message despite the man on the cellphone protesting that he does not speak English. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday ninth June 1993Bremen, GermanyWeserstadion Tonight sees a variation on the Helmut Kohl theme - this time MacPhisto decides to go and go to him, as "He needs me, I put him to sleep at night". The taxi operator is stunned by this request, pointing out that Kohl is about 600 kilometres away on the Federal Chancellery in Bonn. MacPhisto insists he does not thoughts travelling that far as it's necessary for Kohl to see him, prompting the man to enquire who he is. "My name is MacPhisto," he explains, "and i wish to thank the Chancellor for letting me back into the nation." The operator tries to talk him out of the trip, warning that it's very expensive. "I can afford it," MacPhisto boasts. "I'm a very rich pop star!" [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Saturday twelfth June 1993Cologne, GermanyMüngersdorferstadion MacPhisto again tries to phone Helmut Kohl: "He's an old buddy of mine, turning into a good nearer pal, and I'd like to speak to him, if that is alright." The man on the phone asks him incredulously if he is aware of what time it's. "Yes, I know the time," MacPhisto snaps irritably; "I do know a whole lot of things!" Once more he settles for leaving a message. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Tuesday 15th June 1993Berlin, GermanyOlympiastadion The audience are given a thought to ponder during the bridge of Desire: "It's vital to be good... however it's nicer to be important." In the words of Bill Flanagan, MacPhisto is raving mad tonight. "I love this place. All the pomp and ceremony and marching, I like it," he declares, gesturing to the grand stadium round him (constructed by the Nazis for the 1936 Summer Olympics). This time his makes an attempt to phone Helmut Kohl are thwarted by an engaged tone. "I think I may need offended the Chancellor!" he laughs. Putting on a extra menacing voice, he begins to shout down the telephone: "Can you hear me, Helmut Kohl? I don't need the phone traces! You know who I am. And that i wish to thank you for letting me again into the country! I'm BAAACK!" Kohl served as Chancellor till 1998 and retired from politics in 2002. He died in 2017 at the age of 87. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday 23rd June 1993Strasbourg, FranceStade de la Meinau "You've received so many essential folks coming to the capital here - of Zooropa," says MacPhisto, as quite a lot of European politicians have gathered for a summit. He telephones the hotel where they are believed to be staying and asks for Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the French extremist National Front get together, but the man on the phone denies they have anyone of that title. MacPhisto as a substitute tries to get hold of Helmut Kohl or former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, but they are not accessible both. When he asks to go away a message in case Monsieur Le Pen should book in later, he is advised that this would possibly not happen because the lodge is absolutely booked tonight. "Oh, however it is never too full for me," declares MacPhisto, and the receptionist correctly humours him! Please right me if I'm improper, however MacPhisto seems to be referring to the European Council summit of twenty first-22nd June, which in actual fact came about in Copenhagen moderately than Strasbourg! (As these meetings had been attended by present heads of government and foreign ministers, I don't suppose Le Pen or Thatcher would have been there in any case. No marvel the hotel employee was confused.) [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Saturday 26th June 1993Paris, FranceHippodrome de Vincennes "Do you know who Monsieur Le Pen is?" asks MacPhisto. "I'm becoming even closer pals to him nowadays." Support for the xenophobic National Front has elevated over the past decade; the party has 10 seats in the European Parliament, and would have won 64 seats in the recent legislative elections if proportional representation had been used. Le Pen (nicknamed the "Devil of the Republic") is understood for making provocative statements, calling for the expulsion of Muslims from France and dismissing the Nazi fuel chambers as a "element" of historical past. Three years in the past when a bunch of neo-Nazis desecrated a Jewish cemetery, toppling 34 tombstones and mutilating a recently buried physique, then-Interior Minister Pierre Joxe blamed the likes of Le Pen for inspiring such acts with many years of antisemitic hate speech. MacPhisto wonders if Monsieur Mitterrand may need Le Pen's telephone quantity; the socialist President has been accused of encouraging the rise of the National Front with increased media coverage and a change of voting system, with a purpose to divide the precise. He telephones the Élysée Palace, requesting "Parlez anglais, s'il vous plaît" in his upper-class English drawl when a man solutions. He's told it isn't attainable to talk to Mr Mitterrand - he'll have to write instead. MacPhisto explains that he's looking for the number of Monsieur Le Pen, however the man says he's not there, and neither is right-wing current Interior Minister Charles Pasqua (who recently handed a series of laborious-line anti-immigration legal guidelines that critics have attacked as racist and dangerous). The man on the telephone doesn't appear to grasp what MacPhisto needs, and insists he can't take a message for Monsieur Le Pen. MacPhisto leaves one anyway: "I used to be simply going to tell him thanks for letting me back in the nation. I'm back, you realize. Can't you feel it? I'm coming back!" Jean-Marie Le Pen has been convicted multiple occasions for inciting racial hatred and denying crimes towards humanity. In 2002 he unexpectedly reached the second round of the presidential election, sparking big street protests earlier than he was heavily defeated in the run-off. He remained chief of the National Front till 2011 when he was succeeded by his daughter Marine, who expelled him from the get together four years later; he then founded the Jeanne Committees. MacPhisto would title Marine as his "favorite" when he returned to Paris on the EI Tour in 2018. François Mitterrand served as President until 1995 and died of prostate most cancers lower than eight months later, aged 79. Charles Pasqua also left workplace in 1995, and later based the Rally for France party; he died of a heart attack in 2015 on the age of 88. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Monday twenty eighth June 1993Lausanne, SwitzerlandStade de la Pontaise From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: MacPhisto phones Benedict Hentsch, who is believed to have been Adolf Hitler's private banker, however he would not get him on the phone. The next day, Hentsch hears about the decision and tries to phone Bono within the resort to supply him his monetary recommendation. Bono in a Westwood One interview: Another night time we known as a Swiss banker who was rumoured to have numerous dodgy gold in his vaults. A evaluation in Le Matin quotes a lot of MacPhisto's speech: Head adorned with pink horns, Bono confides in a demonic voice: "Look what you've got carried out to me. I've become very famous. Thank you. I do know you like your pop stars to be exciting. So I purchased myself this..." And shows off his platform shoes. "I've earned a lot of money. I've the number of my Swiss banker, a man who by no means asks me questions." He grabs his handset, the telephone rings, but the man doesn't reply. "Do you assume I should write him a postcard?"</p><p>Switzerland's famous banking secrecy laws, introduced to guard Jews and others from Nazi persecution, have ironically precipitated problems for the heirs of Holocaust victims searching for to reclaim their cash, and have ceaselessly been abused by tax cheats and other criminals. During World War II, Nazi Germany looted vast amounts of gold from the banks of occupied countries in addition to stealing the belongings of people, even extracting dental gold from the our bodies of victims and moulding it into bars. This sick-gotten wealth was laundered by Swiss banks to finance the German struggle effort, or deposited in their vaults for safekeeping. Investigations such because the Bergier commission within the 1990s would estimate that the Swiss National Bank held $440 million of Nazi gold, of which $316 million was looted (a fact the financial institution had been aware of). Hitler maintained a secret account at the Union Bank of Switzerland. The banker François Genoud, who held the posthumous rights to Hitler and Goebbels' writings, has often been named because the post-battle supervisor of the Nazis' hidden fortune. Contrary to the assertion in U2 Live, Bénédict Hentsch was born three years after Hitler's demise and due to this fact could not have been his "personal banker" (I am unsure the place this claim originated). He belongs to the seventh era of a conventional banking family, and in 2004 founded Banque Bénédict Hentsch, which modified its title after his retirement from energetic non-public banking in 2013. He also redeveloped the site of the previous Charmilles Stadium to create housing and a public park named after his grandfather and father, which he donated to the city of Geneva in 2015. [ No transcript obtainable ] Wednesday 30th June 1993Basel, SwitzerlandSt Jakob's Stadion "You might have a lovely country right here in Switzerland," MacPhisto tells the viewers, to appreciative cheers. "I and my associates had been out on the lake yesterday on a boat, it was lovely. We may drink the water, but we could not swim in it." The gang chuckle. (His "associates" are thought to have included Naomi Campbell and help acts Macnas, Stereo MCs and The Velvet Underground.) MacPhisto says he has to take some outing to rest now, and goes to order a taxi, wanting dismayed when the gang begin to boo. "Do not get me improper, I love you! I love you! But I dwell in Las Vegas, and that is a great distance from right here." For some unknown purpose he doesn't really make the telephone name, going straight into Ultra Violet instead. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video half 1 ] [ Video half 2 ] Friday 2nd July 1993Verona, ItalyStadio Bentegodi "What a wonderful evening. All of the lights, all the particular effects," says MacPhisto. "But do you know, generally... I really feel quite lonely. And unhappy. Triste. And I think... of dwelling." He pauses for sympathy earlier than continuing in a fragile voice: "Would you mind awfully if I made a telephone call home? I have some buddies there they usually're having a get together tonight. It's a birthday party - shall we ring them up and wish them completely happy birthday?" He tells the group he lives in Dublin "in a home known as Telefís Éireann", and telephones the RTÉ Television Centre where Irish folks group Clannad are special company on the chat present Lifelines, celebrating their twentieth anniversary. ("Their name is Clannad, a form of a household. And this can be a family present...") The cellphone name is answered by singer Máire Brennan, who recorded a duet with Bono in 1985. "Hello Máire, my outdated buddy," he greets her, to which she responds "Hello, Mr MacPhisto!" with an affectionate chuckle. He leads the 45,000-strong crowd in a chorus of 'Happy Birthday', with Máire laughing onerous throughout, and tells her "I really like you, Máire!" as Ultra Violet begins. Clannad are ending their 50-year profession with a farewell tour in 2023, while Máire (who now spells her identify Moya) will proceed to file as a solo artist. Band members Pádraig and Noel Duggan died in 2016 and 2022 respectively. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Saturday 3rd July 1993Verona, ItalyStadio Bentegodi The anniversary of Jim Morrison's demise is marked with a snippet of Light My Fire in Desire, plus a shout-out to another members of the 27 Club ("Brian Jones, Janis..."). MacPhisto enthuses about what a fantastic thought show business was. "The President of the United States is off on a world tour... and I love the way the Mafia costume, they're so stunning." The Pope has been on his own world tour; MacPhisto tries to ring him at the Vatican, but there appears to be no connection. "Oh my. And all I used to be going to ask him was, would he want some ZooTV equipment when we have finished our world tour, for his subsequent? Maybe I'll call once more!" (He does certainly strive once more at the subsequent present.) [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Tuesday 6th July 1993Rome, ItalyStadio Flaminio MacPhisto greets the Italian crowd with "Ciao, miei cari bambini" in his very English accent. Leading them in a chant of "Olé, olé olé olé!", he observes that soccer is sort of a religion to the folks of Rome, and wonders how the Holy Father feels about that. The viewers cheer when he suggests calling the Pope to search out out which crew he supports - Lazio or AS Roma? He mistakenly phones the Castel Sant'Angelo slightly than Castel Gandolfo ("He's there for the summer time, you recognize") and enquires as to the well being of the Holy Father, however the woman thinks he's looking for a ticket. "Actually, I have a much more critical question," MacPhisto reveals: "I have a very good friend of mine, who'd like to hunt a personal confession from the Holy Father." The useful lady tries to clarify in faltering English that he needs to dial one other number, and laughs apologetically when she cannot find the precise words. "You folks of Roma, you are so very kind," MacPhisto tells her. "I'd just like to leave a message: my pal, Mr Andreotti, would like to seek the private confession of the Holy Father. He's quite a bit to say..." The previous Prime Minister, a devout Catholic who grew to become the shut confidant of six successive popes, has in current months been accused of Mafia collusion, with informers claiming he had acted as their political protector in Rome and even ordered the 1979 murder of a journalist who was about to publish data that would have destroyed his career. Judges did conclude that Andreotti was involved with the Mafia until 1980, however by then he couldn't be convicted as a result of Italy's 20-year statute of limitations. In his other trial, an appeals court docket sensationally found him guilty of ordering Pecorelli's murder, sentencing him to 24 years in prison, but this was overturned by the supreme court in 2003. Andreotti remained a senator and an influential political determine until his death in 2013 at the age of 94. Bono would meet Pope John Paul II at Castel Gandolfo in 1999 as part of a Jubilee 2000 delegation calling for debt cancellation; the Pope famously tried on his trademark sunglasses, while MacPhisto found his approach right into a widely-shared photograph of the occasion! (Does anybody know who created that picture?) The "funky pontiff" died aged eighty four in 2005. U2gigs.com report that MacPhisto's speech was rehearsed at a soundcheck the day before this present. I think this is definitely a description of the Rotterdam rehearsal (perhaps mislabelled as a result of confusion over the date format), but when it does exist as a separate recording, I'd be extremely grateful if anyone can provide a clip of this - please get in touch! [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday 7th July 1993Rome, ItalyStadio Flaminio "Have you learnt who I am?" MacPhisto asks the viewers, and introduces himself: "My identify is Signor MacPhisto. I additionally go by the title Andreotti." (The politician's "Machiavellian diplomatic expertise" have earned him the nickname Belzebù, coined by his long-time ally and rival Bettino Craxi.) "I come disguised as many things, and I'm notably fond of show business. I know you want your pop stars to be exciting - that's why I bought these. Do you assume I look funky?" MacPhisto desires to call his "excellent buddy" Craxi, the former Prime Minister who has recently turn out to be an emblem of political corruption. For almost a 12 months and a half Italy has been gripped by the "Tangentopoli" scandal, wherein a nationwide investigation has seen lots of of politicians accused of taking bribes in alternate for public works contracts. Craxi faces numerous allegations and does not deny that his occasion has accepted illicit financing, saying that each one parties have been doing it for decades as they can not help themselves with authorized earnings alone. Earlier this year judges in Milan requested the lifting of his parliamentary immunity from prosecution, but a speech by Craxi persuaded the Chamber of Deputies to vote in opposition to it. The subsequent day a crowd of protesters gathered exterior the expensive Hotel Raphaël where he lives (despite his social gathering's supposed monetary problems), shouting "thief", waving low-value banknotes whereas singing "Bettino, would you like these too?" to the tune of 'Guantanamera', and greeting him with a shower of coins. "I love to see money blowing within the wind," MacPhisto feedback as Zoo ECUs float around the stage. While he makes an attempt to cellphone the resort, the whole crowd starts to chant "Bettino, Bettino, vaffanculo!" ("fuck you!"), much to his amusement. When his name is answered, MacPhisto explains that he'd like to speak to Signor Craxi. "And who is speaking?" asks the man. "My title is MacPhisto." "From the place?" MacPhisto would not take kindly to this interrogation, testily replying "My country of origin is just not of curiosity to you, young man," however the resort worker sounds equally irritable and won't let him get a word in edgeways till he states where he's calling from. He lastly takes MacPhisto's title and places him on hold, transferring the call to Craxi's secretary. "I'm really ringing to offer Mr Craxi a warning," MacPhisto informs her. "There's a man searching for him - his title is Judge Di Pietro. Be careful!" Craxi did finally face Di Pietro in courtroom, and in 1994 fled to Tunisia to keep away from jail; his celebration was disbanded later that yr. He was tried in absentia and sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption and illicit occasion financing, but remained a fugitive. Four other trials have been nonetheless in progress when he died in 2000 at the age of 65, having suffered complications of severe diabetes. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Friday 9th July 1993Naples, ItalyStadio San Paolo With the Zooropa album launched earlier this week, MacPhisto sings "She wore lemon" a few times during the bridge of Desire. "Oh look, they have Bo-no's head on the cash!" he exclaims after the track, stating the Zoo ECUs littering the stage. "My title is MacPhisto, and I believe I've turned out to be a really exciting pop star. What do you consider my suit, then? Take a look at the sneakers. You're massive into sneakers right here." The gang whoop and whistle their approval. Changing the subject, MacPhisto asks "How is Mayor Polese as of late? I believe he is in prison, in jail." As Tangentopoli erupted in Naples earlier this yr, the former mayor and close follower of Bettino Craxi, Nello Polese, was considered one of several politicians arrested over bribes paid for the privatisation of municipal actual estate management. It capped off a turbulent few months by which he'd also been linked with a district president caught coping with the Camorra (Neapolitan Mafia); Polese was compelled to resign after the town's police commissioner and the editor-in-chief of a significant newspaper were heard discussing how to assist him in a wiretapped telephone conversation, and footage later emerged of him socialising with mobsters at a festival, which a political opponent had screened in a cinema "for the Neapolitans to evaluate the affair". MacPhisto suggests giving him a name: "Would you like to say howdy to Mayor Polese and inform him what you think of him?!" The gang conform to this, so MacPhisto phones the Poggioreale prison, amused as he dials the number ("266-666... and that's not a joke!"). Unfortunately they suppose it is a prank call and hold up immediately, which gets a huge chortle from the group. (Thanks to the Neapolitan speaker who translated the man's curt response - "Fatt'a 'a galera, guagliò", that means one thing like "Hey man, be jailed!") It isn't clear what's gone flawed at the top, but MacPhisto offers up with a sigh and begins the next tune. Evidently Polese was not actually in prison at this time, having as an alternative been granted home arrest and subsequently launched whereas beneath investigation. His son apparently attended the concert as a U2 fan and wrote to the local newspaper the following day, complaining that it was unfair to name a suspect who could also be innocent. (Polese himself was among the many councillors who had belatedly given permission for U2 to make use of the stadium after stress from followers... he probably regretted it now!) Polese was arrested again the next yr in one other corruption case, this time spending two and a half months in Poggioreale prison earlier than Silvio Berlusconi's "thief-saving" Biondi decree controversially abolished pre-trial detention for crimes against the general public administration (and prompted the resignation of the Mani Pulite magistrates). After 23 trials he was finally acquitted of all fees and obtained compensation for unjust detention. He returned to politics in 2000, holding varied positions in the brand new PSI and coordinating the electoral marketing campaign of Campania President Stefano Caldoro in 2010. He additionally resumed his role as a university professor of engineering, and was head of transport company EAV from 2011 to 2015. The Naples show additionally included the stay debut of 'Daddy's Gonna Pay In your Crashed Car' in snippet type, though not sung by MacPhisto; its first verse and chorus have been inserted into the middle of 'When Love Involves Town', sounding extra like a Mirrorball Man efficiency! This was repeated on the Turin, Copenhagen and Stockholm concerts. DGPFYCC and Lemon would not be performed in full until the Zoomerang Tour in November. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video 1 ] [ Video 2 ] Monday twelfth July 1993Turin, ItalyStadio Delle Alpi "That's a very good one," says MacPhisto after singing a bit of 'Moon River'. "Do you like that? I do like that. Do you like... me?" The crowd scream enthusiastically, and MacPhisto concurs: "I love me!" This night he attracts the viewers's attention to the East German Trabants hanging above the stage, saying "D'you see these vehicles? We had many extra, but now now we have only three. Do you suppose if I referred to as Mr Agnelli, he would assist me?" Big cheers; the top of local automobile giant Fiat, generally known as l'Avvocato ('the Lawyer') due to his law diploma, can also be honorary president of Juventus FC who name this stadium residence. MacPhisto telephones the Fiat workplace and is greeted with a stony silence when he asks for Mr Agnelli, regardless of repeating "Hello? ...Hello..." in an increasingly pitiful voice. A gaggle of fans sing an clearly well-practised "Agnelli, Agnelli, Agnelli, vaffanculo!", while MacPhisto tries "I just called to say I like you..." There is still no response from the receptionist, and MacPhisto appears damage: "I simply wanted to know if we could have some Fiat Bambinis for our stage!" Gianni Agnelli died of prostate most cancers in 2003 on the age of 81. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday 14th July 1993Marseille, FranceStade Vélodrome From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: MacPhisto holds a replica of the Euro Cup that soccer staff Olympique Marseille had gained on the evening of the Nantes concert, touching native delight as the crowd embark on a tribal bellowing of the "Olé, olé, olé", chant. Along with changing into the first and solely French membership to win the newly-rebranded Champions League, Marseille had not too long ago clinched their fifth consecutive French championship title. However, their success was tainted by a match-fixing scandal, with Valenciennes gamers accepting a bribe to forfeit a domestic match in order that OM may save their power and keep away from any injuries before the Champions League closing days later. Many followers in Marseille had rejected the allegations as a plot to destroy the club's president, millionaire businessman-turned-politician Bernard Tapie. MacPhisto tries to cellphone him, however nobody solutions. "Well, I think Monsieur Tapie may be asleep. Shall we try to wake him up?!" he says as the band launch into Ultra Violet. OM have been subsequently banned from participation in international football for the next season, stripped of their French league title and relegated, which forced them to file for bankruptcy. Bernard Tapie served practically six months in prison for corruption and attempted witness tampering; he was also individually convicted of tax fraud and misuse of corporate belongings. Described as "a flamboyant and controversial determine", he went on to forge careers as an actor, presenter and newspaper boss, however a authorized battle with state-owned bank Crédit Lyonnais dragged on for decades and he was once again being prosecuted when he died from stomach cancer in 2021, aged 78. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday seventeenth July 1993Bologna, ItalyStadio Comunale "I'm a rock 'n' roll star," MacPhisto informs the group. "Some people suppose that rock 'n' roll started within the United States of America, however the truth is this is not the case. Rock 'n' roll started within the streets of Italy!" They applaud this statement. "Opera! Songs from the road, from the gutter, sung with ardour - they sing their little hearts out," MacPhisto continues. "Pavarotti, there's a rock 'n' roll star! Shall I give Pavarotti a telephone name?" The great tenor, who is spending the summer season at his vacation villa in Pesaro, brings a smile to MacPhisto's face when he solutions the phone in a cheery singsong voice. After being serenaded with 'I Just Called To Say I like You', Pavarotti asks how the present is going. "Well, the people of Bologna are splendid this evening, I need to say!" says MacPhisto, and Pavarotti tells him they're a terrific audience - "because you deserve it". Returning the flattery, MacPhisto remarks "I believe you're dropping numerous weight, you are slimming down for the '90s!" The maestro laughs: "Not so much, but I'll strive." (Earlier this 12 months he was pressured to cancel all performances whereas enterprise a two-month weight-loss programme as ordered by his medical doctors, and a newspaper lately claimed he has employed individuals to assist implement his strict weight loss plan.) MacPhisto assures him that "I really like you the way in which you might be," and Pavarotti's heartfelt response of "I love you and all of the individuals there!" prompts large applause from the viewers. MacPhisto asks if he has a music to sing them over the phone. "No, unfortunately not!" replies Pavarotti, however wishes them many extra beautiful days and nights, and says it could be an awesome pleasure to join them on stage someday. He additionally needs to thank Bono for writing the English lyrics of 'Miserere', his duet with Zucchero. Pavarotti would indeed carry out with Bono & Edge at one in every of his charity live shows in Modena two years later, as part of the Passengers collaboration, and duetted again with Bono at the ultimate live performance in 2003. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2007 at the age of 71. Villa Giulia Pavarotti has since been remodeled into an inventive centre the place opera singing courses, concert events and dance seminars are held; it's also available to rent for holidays. His different residence in Modena is now a museum. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video clip 1 ] [ Video clip 2 ] Sunday 18th July 1993Bologna, ItalyStadio Comunale MacPhisto is in nostalgic temper tonight: "Isn't it great to see all of the lights and the smoke? The fanfare, the crowds... it reminds me of the good old days." Showing off his platform footwear, he asks the group "Don't I look superb? Do you suppose Il Duce would've preferred a pair of these? Do you think Il Duce would like a gold lamé suit like mine?" The group murmur uncertainly on the mention of the previous fascist dictator. "I do miss him - do you?!" cries MacPhisto. Ignoring the gang's emphatic response of "NO!", he decides to cellphone Mussolini's "very good granddaughter" Alessandra, who has adopted in his footsteps as a neo-fascist politician. He's insulted to search out the answerphone switched on, shouting "Hello? Have you learnt who you are talking to?! Hello!!" as the recorded message plays. Finally the machine beeps. "Hello, I'd like to go away a message for Alessandra Mussolini. I used to be a detailed buddy of her grandfather's, and i simply need to tell her she's doing a wonderful job filling the outdated man's shoes!" says MacPhisto. His voice takes on a particularly sinister tone as he continues: "I'll be leaving Italy tomorrow, however I won't be far away. And i will probably be together with her forever in spirit..." His relationship with Il Duce can be delightfully revisited on the Italian leg of the EI Tour in 2018, after current anti-immigrant rhetoric from the Interior Minister struck a well-recognized chord. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Friday twenty third July 1993Budapest, HungaryNép Stadion "Are we having enjoyable tonight?" asks MacPhisto. The crowd reply in the affirmative. He factors out the Trabants: "Do you want our little Christmas tree the place we hang all our beautiful lights? Our beautiful little automobiles? You could have a lot of them in your city." Just a few cheers. "They remind me of the good old days before individuals wished change. I do not like change. I like issues to remain precisely the best way they are." He says he has a friend right here on this metropolis who does not like change both - Gyula Thürmer, leader of the Hungarian Workers' Party. The group response is muted, and MacPhisto wonders if he's pronounced the identify accurately. "I hate it when people want a better life," he sighs as he dials the telephone quantity. He gets through to a different answerphone, and sings 'I Just Called To Say I love You' after the tone. "I simply referred to as to say... you're doing an excellent job!" [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Tuesday 27th July 1993Copenhagen, DenmarkGentofte Stadion "Oh, it's sooo good to be here," MacPhisto gushes. "They thought the rain would keep us away, but I say never, I like the rain - it makes me feel at residence!" Some appreciative whistles from the crowd. "And I really like rock and roll," he continues enthusiastically. "I like the beat, it's so catchy, and... I really like the feeling of togetherness. We're all right here tonight, urgent up towards each other, it is fabulous! It's just like the EEC, is not it, actually?!" The Danish crowd aren't too positive concerning the joys of togetherness in Europe; the notoriously eurosceptic nation had rejected the Maastricht Treaty in a 1992 referendum, and only ratified it in May 1993 after being granted four exceptions to it. MacPhisto says he has a friend right here in Copenhagen: Denmark's former Foreign Minister and strong EU supporter, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (or "Uffemann"). "I feel so near him, I could virtually kiss him - MWAH!" he chuckles. Dialling the politician's home number ("When you're famous, people provide you with such things"), MacPhisto muses: "It's fantastic to have folks to tell you what you need, isn't it, actually? It makes life so much easier." (After negotiating the Edinburgh Agreement, Ellemann-Jensen was quoted as saying "We have got all the things we needed"; the federal government declared that "all people at house" could now confidently vote 'Yes', though the truth is many Danes still opposed the treaty and there were riots after the second referendum.) Uffemann will not be in tonight, so his wife Alice Vestergaard answers the cellphone. MacPhisto introduces himself as a personal pal of his, and asks if he may depart a message. Clearly thinking it's a prank name, she curtly replies "You may name him tomorrow at his office. Goodbye," and hangs up. There is much pantomime booing from the gang, but MacPhisto stays composed and simply sings 'I Just Called To Say I love You'. The tabloid newspaper Ekstra Bladet claimed to have supplied him with the telephone quantity earlier than the live performance, and it was apparently printed in the papers in addition to learn out loud by MacPhisto. Because of this, offended U2 followers spent the remainder of the night time calling the family to complain about Ms Vestergaard's rudeness, much to her husband's displeasure. Uffe Ellemann-Jensen died aged 80 in 2022 after a recurrence of prostate cancer. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Thursday 29th July 1993Oslo, NorwayValle Hovin Stadion "What an exquisite nation you've got here," says MacPhisto together with his standard charm. "Ahh, the fjords; the wildlife is so fantastic here! And what's all the fuss in regards to the whales?" The group start to jeer and boo; Norway had lately made the controversial decision to resume commercial whale hunting, despite a global ban. "I mean, I do not understand it - what have the whales ever executed for us, eh?" MacPhisto continues, and that gets a cheer. "They're unemployed, they don't pay taxes... and they take up a whole lot of room, do not you suppose?" MacPhisto says he learned all in regards to the whales from his friend Jan Henry Olsen, the Minister of Fisheries, and mischievously reads out his telephone quantity as he dials ("You may call him tomorrow if you like!"). For the first - and solely - time on the tour, he will get via to a politician in particular person, a lot to the delight of the gang. "How do you do?" Olsen politely asks the devilish caller, and is unfazed when MacPhisto factors out that he's right here with "a couple of associates". When asked if he shares their opinion that all the fuss concerning the whales is "simply full madness", Olsen says that as lengthy because the whales aren't below risk, they are going to continue to catch them for food. The group loudly chant their approval. MacPhisto quite agrees: "I have absolutely no time for individuals who like whales or dolphins, myself... and I'm sure that in case you catch them, you'll eat all of them yourself, won't you Mr Olsen! You wish to munch on a whale yourself, do you?" The minister does not shrink back from the query, replying "I take a bit, yes". "Aha, you like the odd whale steak!" laughs MacPhisto. Taking everybody by surprise, the politician then reveals: "I'll have a whale steak tomorrow. D'you need to come and have dinner with me?" The gang erupts with laughter and cheers. "Mr Olsen," declares MacPhisto, "I think you and i are going to get on just high-quality!" The themes of the phone call seemingly continue into MacPhisto's performances of each Ultra Violet and Love Is Blindness. Jan Henry Olsen died in 2018 on the age of just 61, after a ten-yr battle with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday 31st July 1993Stockholm, SwedenStockholms Stadion MacPhisto is in celebratory temper this evening. "It's wonderful to be here, it is wonderful to be on top of the world... once more!" he says. "And the people who put us on the highest of the world are here tonight. Island Records! Somebody get them a drink. I like it when they arrive out to see us play, don't you?" The audience cheer in settlement. "I like present enterprise, it is in my blood," says MacPhisto. "Everybody's into it now, although. What about Ian Wachtmeister?" he asks, referring to the chief of Sweden's racist New Democracy party. "Ooh, he is my kind of man - I like individuals flashy, you know? From good inventory." Although Wachtmeister will not be available, MacPhisto finds an unexpected fan in the woman taking the cellphone name, who giggles knowingly as soon as he gives his identify. They share a hearty snigger when she joins in with 'I Just Called To Say I really like You', and the girl blurts out "You're unbelievable!" "Oh, I - and so are you, darling!" simpers MacPhisto, caught off-guard by the praise. "I think we may very well be beautiful collectively! I feel we'll get on very properly, don't you?" But encouraging her proves to be a mistake, as she continues to babble on incessantly within the background while Ultra Violet begins up, until MacPhisto has no choice but to try to drown her out: "I believe I'm going to miss you, Stockholm! I might get alongside well right here! GOODNIGHT! ...Goodnight... Goodnight..." Ian Wachtmeister died in 2017 aged eighty four after suffering from an aggressive type of lymphoma. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Tuesday third August 1993Nijmegen, the NetherlandsGoffert Park "Well... I'm not so superb at speeches, so I will be brief," says MacPhisto in a uncommon second of modesty, but it isn't lengthy earlier than he's ruffled a couple of feathers in the group. "Call me old school, however I miss the nice outdated days. The Third Reich!" he reminisces fondly amid boos and whistles. "Don't you miss the great outdated days, when the trains ran on time?" As ever, MacPhisto is desirous to catch up with a pal whereas he's in city - tonight it is Hans Janmaat, leader of the xenophobic Centre Democrats occasion whose insurance policies embrace the abolition of multicultural society within the Netherlands. "You can do this at house, kids," smirks MacPhisto as he once again reads out the phone number for all to listen to. A man answers; Janmaat just isn't available. MacPhisto insists: "I'm a very good good friend of his, and I think he'd be somewhat upset not to receive my name." "Yeah, but he isn't right here," the man repeats bluntly. He agrees to take a message, but immediately hangs up when MacPhisto begins to sing. Janmaat died from a heart situation in 2002 on the age of 67. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday 7th August 1993Glasgow, ScotlandCeltic Park MacPhisto sings about Glasgow being "my type of city", with a line from New York, New York changed to "I want to get up in a metropolis that doesn't give me the creeps". He tells the group that he loves the theatre; "Do you know that Macbeth - the man, not the play - died four hundred years ago this night?" (Note: that is completely unfaithful, however maybe it is easy to lose a couple of hundred years when you're an historical being.) He says he knows another nice man - Glasgow-born Ian Lang, the Secretary of State for Scotland. The crowd start to boo. "I thought he was such a high-quality man! And an incredible actor - he has everybody thinking he's Scottish. But he isn't, you know, he's a Tory... like me!" Playfully paraphrasing Shakespeare as he dials the number ("Is that this a telephone I see earlier than me, the handle toward my hand...?"), he calls the Scottish Office in an try to achieve Ian Lang, speaking to a polite Scottish man who tells him "Well I'm afraid, sir, it isn't doable simply now. Can I ask who you might be?" "I'm a private good friend, and a fellow thespian," explains MacPhisto. (Lang was a member of the Cambridge Footlights whereas at college.) "He is aware of exactly who I'm, and I'm shocked he hasn't instructed you I used to be going to call." The man patiently takes MacPhisto's title ("That's M-A-C... you could also be familiar with that one...") and agrees to move on his message that Lang is doing "a jolly good job up north". "And there's only one different line," provides MacPhisto. "Out... out... damned... SCOT!" He would go on to reference a line from Hamlet at one of the 2018 exhibits in Copenhagen. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Sunday 8th August 1993Glasgow, ScotlandCeltic Park Once again marvelling about how everyone's into show business now, MacPhisto feedback: "My pal John is into it... John Major." The group boo upon listening to the British Prime Minister's identify, however MacPhisto leaps to his defence: "Oh no, he's an thrilling fellow - he ran away from the circus to develop into an accountant!" (John Major's father Tom was a trapeze artist.) He telephones 10 Downing Street; the Prime Minister will not be available, however a chirpy secretary asks if he'd like to leave a message. "My identify is Mr MacPhisto, and I'm calling from the top of the nation - he could have heard of it, it is referred to as Scotland," the satan replies caustically. "And I'd just like to say that I think he's doing an absolutely marvellous job for the individuals of Scotland." The crowd boo loudly. MacPhisto continues undeterred: "It must be such a headache, being in control of them when you are so far away. And I'd additionally like to say that I think he is aware of exactly what they need - identical to he does for the folks of Bosnia-Herzegovina," he concludes dryly. "Au revoir!" The acid remarks seem to fly over the pinnacle of the lady on the telephone, whose cheerful "Bye-bye" is unintentionally hilarious. :D [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Wednesday eleventh August 1993London, EnglandWembley Stadium "Those were the times, my good friend, I thought they'd never end..." sings MacPhisto, again courting controversy together with his antiquated views: "It isn't the same, is it? No... don't you miss the nice outdated days? The Raj, the Empire! Don't you miss the good previous days? No speaking back from Paddies or Pakis, no!" The crowd are uncomfortable, undecided where this is main. "What's all the fuss - Salman Rushdie, he can't be English, can he?" MacPhisto asks. The sensible Indian-born author had been in hiding beneath the protection of the British authorities since 1989, when the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his death due to alleged blasphemy towards the Prophet Muhammad in his novel The Satanic Verses. "He's been taking my identify in vain," quips MacPhisto. "Yes, all that bullshit about freedom of speech... ha ha. Oh expensive, oh expensive, oh expensive. I despatched him into exile... and that i do have his quantity." He offers the writer a name. "Hello, could I converse to Salman Rushdie? The name's MacPhisto." The response is suspiciously loud and clear: "This is Salman Rushdie talking." MacPhisto is delighted; he asks Salman how miserable he is, however Salman insists he is quite completely satisfied. "Do you get out and about much lately?" MacPhisto enquires flippantly, to which Salman replies "Oh sure, on occasion. I should watch out, after all - I've bought much more bother with the critics than you do!" MacPhisto tells Salman that he does not wish to make him too jealous, as they're having "a completely fabulous evening right here at Wembley Stadium!" (and here the gang voice their agreement). But Salman is not jealous... "Yes, I know that, because I'm right here too!" he reveals. MacPhisto is taken aback. "I'm much nearer to you than you possibly can ever imagine," Salman continues. "In reality, I can see you now. You're carrying a ridiculous gold go well with, and you're standing in front of 50,000 of the loudest people I've ever heard in my life!" The crowd scream merrily, whereas MacPhisto refuses to consider Salman is present, difficult him: "Are you not afraid? Come out if you're not afraid!" From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: Arms outstretched, it's indeed Salman Rushdie who comes strolling on stage from the wings. While he goes over to hug Bono, Salman's face is enlarged on the screens, and the gang produce an incredible cheer as they realise his look is an historic occasion. It is nearly unbelievable that for almost 5 years this man, embracing Bono in front of 72,000 folks, has been unable to easily walk down the road for fear of being killed by Muslim extremists. MacPhisto offers Salman his red satan horns, remarking "I believe you would possibly want these, Salman!" The creator is defiant: "I'm NOT afraid... and I'm not afraid of YOU! Real devils do not put on horns." For once, MacPhisto the glamorous movie star is starstruck. Placing an arm round Salman's shoulders, he smiles and shrugs to the audience. "Salman Rushdie - ladies and gentlemen, I bow to the superior man!" From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: The following day newspapers everywhere in the world print pictures of their embrace, and in many countries it makes the Tv news. In an interview with The Irish Times, Salman will later say: "I owe U2 a debt of gratitude for the gesture of solidarity and friendship they made by inviting me to join them on stage at Wembley Stadium. Not many novelists ever experience what it's prefer to face an viewers of over 70,000 individuals - and, luckily for everyone, I didn't even need to sing." Bono later known as Salman's situation "a really appalling moment within the history of censorship", explaining that they asked him to seem on the concert because freedom of speech, which is not "a given" in loads of cultures, can be essential in the music world. Bono in an NME interview: His dilemma is actually closer to rock 'n' roll than you think. I feel he has behaved with enormous grace below pressure and with humour and wit. It must have scared the shit out of him to be onstage at Wembley Stadium with the Devil. But I prefer it when it is mixed up. From Willie Williams' tour diary: Salman Rushdie was at the show tonight. Onstage, with MacPhisto. A man in hiding standing in front of 72,000 individuals. Luckily there were no armed Muslim fundamentalists in the viewers. Bono in U2 By U2: We tried to leaven the situation with some humour. I was dressed as the Devil on the time and i whispered in Salman's ear, 'It's inevitable that one at all times falls out with one's biographer.' Salman's 1999 novel The bottom Beneath Her Feet included a nod to U2, as well because the lyrics to a music of the same title which the band subsequently recorded. Salman moved to New York in 2000 and was progressively able to live extra freely. He was knighted for services to literature in 2007, and in 2012 published a memoir of his years of hiding, Joseph Anton. In 2022, U2 had been quick to offer their support when he was brutally stabbed at a speaking engagement; he was fortunate to outlive however suffered life-changing injuries to his eye and arm. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video clip 1 ] [ Video clip 2 ] [ Video clip three ] Thursday twelfth August 1993London, EnglandWembley Stadium "Rock 'n' roll... all my idea," MacPhisto proudly declares, and speaks again of its reputation: "They're all into the rock - rocking in the free world! Even Lady Diana's into it now. Don't you think she's funky? I feel everybody offers her too onerous a time, I feel she's gorgeous, and sexy." MacPhisto telephones the royal press workplace and asks if they might put him by way of to the Prince Of Wales' apartments. There are a number of seconds of silence. "Hello? Do not be shy, now..." he coaxes. The cellphone starts to ring; "She's not a shy woman!" MacPhisto praises the group for their endurance and manners when the phone continues ringing for a while. Eventually it seems to be picked up, but no person speaks at the other end. "Hello... is that Lady Diana?" MacPhisto asks hopefully. "Hello? You needn't be shy, I'm simply right here with a few friends." He tries serenading her with 'I Just Called To Say I like You', however nonetheless gets no response. Bono in a 60 Minutes interview, requested if MacPhisto obtained through to any of the VIPs he phoned: Well, I've this feeling that after i known as Lady Diana... as a result of I bought put proper via to her apartments, and the phone was picked up, however nobody spoke, they just listened. So I'm hoping she was there. Four years later, Diana was tragically killed in a automobile crash on the age of 36 whereas fleeing the paparazzi in Paris. U2 paid tribute to her at their subsequent three PopMart concerts in Dublin, Edinburgh and Paris, with improvised lyrics in 'Last Night On Earth' ("Beautiful girl, large black automotive / Fairytale life, simply went too far") and her image on display throughout 'MLK'. This present featured the third and closing appearance of 'Zooropa' on its original tour; the track wouldn't be played again until 2011. Both this performance and the earlier evening's are pleasingly sung in a MacPhisto-esque voice. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday 14th August 1993Leeds, EnglandRoundhay Park Tonight MacPhisto's mind is on the Sellafield nuclear plant, lower than 100 miles away on the coast of the Irish Sea, and already the topic of a Greenpeace protest during which U2 had participated. "I should come up here more often, you're so type," remarks MacPhisto. "I feel the folks of the North are so generous. I imply, you've got been given the nuclear waste of the world - and you're taking it! My goodness, you're taking the nuclear waste of the world. What a generous factor to do." He decides to cellphone his good friend John Gummer, Secretary of State for the Environment, telling the gang "I believe he'd like to thanks personally". Mr Gummer's spouse Penelope Gardner answers the phone at their Suffolk house and asks who's calling. "My name is MacPhisto; I feel he knows me fairly nicely, truly." "Max what, sorry?" is her clean response. She is surprisingly tolerant, though, telling him "I'm afraid he isn't in in the meanwhile, I'm very sorry. Would you like to speak to him later?" "But he is a private buddy of mine!" splutters MacPhisto. "And I've a couple of pals and I know he'd like to thank them personally." "Well I'm sure he would," she agrees, but repeats that her husband is out. MacPhisto asks if she's positive he's not asleep. "I'm absolutely positive he isn't asleep," she replies patiently, despite the fact that she must be questioning what on earth is going on. She's happy to take a message for Mr Gummer; MacPhisto, after all, simply called to say "I like you". Gummer was Environment Secretary until 1997 when the Conservatives were voted out. He remained an MP until 2010 and was then awarded a peerage as Baron Deben of Winston. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday 18th August 1993Cardiff, WalesArms Park Drawing attention to The sting's Welsh blood, MacPhisto asks how many individuals within the audience share his surname Evans (and judging by the cheers and shouts, there are a fair few). He reveals his love of purchasing in Cardiff, and says he has a good friend who likes it too. "She truly grew up in a grocer's in England, and later when she grew to become the Prime Minister... she got superb at shopping." Realising that he's referring to Britain's solely female PM up to now, the deeply unpopular Margaret Thatcher, the gang begin to boo loudly (which clearly upsets MacPhisto: "This is a pal of mine you're talking about!"). He says she had the fantastic thought of operating the whole kingdom like a shop and putting on a sale ("And she offered the railways, and she sold the coal industry, and she bought the water...") The amused crowd clap and boo in equal measure, cheering extra loudly when MacPhisto suggests giving her a telephone name. "I do miss the old lady, do not you?" he asks, and the insults being hurled from the viewers counsel that he is the only one who does. He phones the House of Commons and asks for Lady Thatcher; the secretary may be very nice and courteous, however explains that the House is in summer season recess till October, so it's a necessity to put in writing in to the Lords and Baronesses. The group boo, however MacPhisto simply laughs: "I understand - no, you assume I'm an odd particular person! I truly know her personally." The secretary sounds unconvinced. "I wished to let her know where I used to be," MacPhisto continues. "I'm in a place called Cardiff - I used to be wondering, had she heard of it?" She repeats that he'll have to put in writing a letter to Lady Thatcher, as she's unable to move on a message at this time. Naturally this would not put MacPhisto off singing his appreciation down the phone. Margaret Thatcher died following a stroke in 2013 on the age of 87. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Friday twentieth August 1993London, EnglandWembley Stadium "Rock 'n' roll, do not you adore it? African rhythm, European melody - what an idea, eh? Catchy, eh?" says MacPhisto. He says he thinks rock 'n' roll is the brand new religion, a topic wherein he has an awesome curiosity: "A few of my best friends are religious leaders. The Ayatollah; the Pope; even the Archbishop of Canterbury. They're doing my job for me, aren't they? Putting the children off God." MacPhisto says he is a little frightened about George Carey, although, because "he wants to let ladies into the church" (the Church of England had not too long ago determined to allow the ordination of feminine priests). "Then once more, you will all just develop into Catholics, will not you?" he muses. "I'd like that. Nobody goes to church any more." He decides to present the Archbishop a name, while daydreaming concerning the "lovely cucumber sandwiches" they make at Lambeth Palace. A lady with a strong rural accent answers the cellphone, and tells him that Carey is in America. MacPhisto is baffled: "No, there have to be some misunderstanding. My title is Mr MacPhisto, and I'd like to speak to the Archbishop of Canterbury." But there is no such thing as a mistake; "As I said, sir, he is abroad, he is in America in the meanwhile." Slightly disillusioned now, MacPhisto asks if the trip is for business or pleasure. "Business, sir," is the stony reply. He asks if he might go away a message. "You are able to do," the girl shrugs, so he sings his ordinary "I simply called to say how much I care..." Bono in a Beliefnet interview, requested in regards to the statement that religious leaders are the devil's mates: It's true. I usually surprise if religion is the enemy of God. It's virtually like religion is what occurs when the Spirit has left the building. God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a tempo that can by no means be constricted by any one religious paradigm. George Carey served as Archbishop till his retirement in 2002, when he accepted a life peerage as Baron Carey of Clifton. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday twenty first August 1993London, EnglandWembley Stadium "What a theatre, Wembley Stadium!" MacPhisto enthuses. "All the history of this place. Live Aid. The FA Cup. The 1966 World Cup when England received!" There is a big roar of approval from the gang - MacPhisto certainly knew the right button to push. "They haven't been winning much currently, now have they?" he observes. "What's happened, this noble country? We lost the Test... nearly out of the World Cup... The Smiths have cut up up..." The group sigh in settlement. "There's only one man who can save us," he concludes. "Shall I give Graham Taylor a phone call?" The England supervisor had been heavily criticised after the group's poor efficiency and the controversial substitution of Gary Lineker throughout Euro '92, and the gang cheer on the suggestion of phoning him. MacPhisto gets the answerphone, and leads the 72,000-strong Wembley crowd in a rousing rendition of the popular football anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. Graham Taylor died of a coronary heart assault in 2017, aged 72. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Tuesday 24th August 1993Cork, IrelandPáirc Uí Chaoimh From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: The Cork show is preceded by another controversy, when Cork County secretary Frank Murphy of the extremely conservative Gaelic Athletic Association, who own the stadium, bans the sale of U2's 'Achtung Baby' condoms from their merchandise stands. U2 manager Paul McGuinness reacts by handing out handfuls of condoms without cost to an eagerly accepting crowd. His motion is criticised by the Lord Mayor of Cork, who's upset "because there were also 13-12 months-olds in the viewers". Of course, Bono makes use of his MacPhisto character to take a sneer at Frank Murphy's choice. "What an occasion - the occasion of events!" proclaims MacPhisto. "Aren't they the greatest showband on Earth? And this the greatest ballroom on Earth?" Cheers from the gang. He reveals the extensive visitor listing: Dave Fanning, Gerry Ryan, BP Fallon ("Happy birthday Mr Boogaloo!"), and even the Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, described as "the best ballroom manager of them all". (He earned tens of millions working a sequence of ballrooms in the 1960s when showbands were standard in Ireland.) The group cheer for the DJs however appear much less enthusiastic about the prime minister. "Rock 'n' roll, eh?" chuckles MacPhisto. "They call it... the Devil's music. It is my music. Can't you feel it burning inside you... oh baby?" He pauses before launching into a actually epic rant. "Civilisation is crumbling - who can take you back from the brink? The GAA, that is who! We're their guests tonight, so there will be no sales of condom in right here, will there? No rubber Johnnies, no? We don't need the younger people carried away on a sea of seed and want, now will we? They'll be at it like rabbits - slaves to the Devil's monument, delivered to the gates of Hell in a latex jacket!" The audience can't stop laughing. MacPhisto hasn't completed yet: "Contraception? Safe intercourse? AIDS? It isn't their downside, is it. No homos, junkies or Haitians here tonight, no. Just castrated, abstemious, glad households right here tonight. Fine and dandy, not a willy in sight. And we have bought the GAA to thank for that, haven't we." The crowd scream with delight when MacPhisto suggests calling them, but the cellphone rings endlessly with out being answered. "Where is Frank Murphy?" he asks, and somebody shouts "He's right here!" (as Murphy is actually within the stadium watching the show). "He's here?" repeats MacPhisto. "What do you imply, he isn't at house? Oh, I shall sing him a track then, shall I?" Reviving his ardour for the Eurovision Song Contest, he sings a number of lines from Ireland's first winning entry in 1970 (Dana's 'All Sorts of Everything'), and the gang end it off for him. Frank Murphy served as secretary of the Cork County Board till his retirement in 2018. Gerry Ryan died aged fifty three in 2010, from a cardiac arrhythmia doubtless triggered by cocaine use. Albert Reynolds resigned as Taoiseach in late 1994, and died from Alzheimer's disease in 2014 on the age of 81. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Friday 27th August 1993Dublin, IrelandRoyal Dublin Society Showgrounds MacPhisto is especially pleased to be here in Dublin: "Home with the people who love us greater than anyone else in the entire world!" The crowd's ecstatic applause appears to confirm the truth of his statement. But this speech is of a more personal nature than ordinary: "Home with the people who see by way of all of the trappings and the hype. Home with the individuals who know the real me. Home with the individuals who don't see me as a glamorous pop star. Home with the individuals who call me 'Dad'." The crowd are audibly surprised and puzzled. "I'm going to sleep in my own mattress tonight," he continues. "Shall I give them a phone name? Perhaps I ought to warn them; I do know they're excited to see me, after so lengthy." The call is to Bono's personal house number. "I'm so drained, hassling individuals, it is such a bore," he admits because the phone rings. "This is going to be so thrilling!" There's a message waiting for him on the answering machine - it's Bono's four-12 months-old daughter, Jordan. "Hellooo! Nobody's here! We're occurring holidaaayyy!" she squeals in an adorable Irish accent. "Daddy, if that is you, we're not coming residence until you're taking your horns off! Bye-byyyyye!" Your entire crowd just about die from the cuteness. In a radio interview just earlier than the 2 Dublin reveals, The edge hinted that they have been toying with the concept of MacPhisto phoning disgraced bishop Eamon Casey, however they might resolve whom to call on the day ("I don't have a clue yet"). Jordan Hewson is now an activist and entrepreneur; in 2015 she became the web editor of world Citizen, and in 2016 she founded tech company Speakable, aimed toward promoting social action. Her sister Eve Hewson (who may be heard becoming a member of in with the answerphone message as a two-year-old) is now a film and tv actress. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Saturday 28th August 1993Dublin, IrelandRoyal Dublin Society Showgrounds It's the last night time of the European tour, and MacPhisto is in reflective mood. "Zooropa, it is throughout," he sighs. "So many have turned out to see us, I don't know what to say - thanks, thanks, thanks, thank you." A genuine smile lights up his face as the viewers loudly specific their very own gratitude. "But you already know, there's someone who used to come back and see us all the time, and who hasn't been spherical for a while. We used to be so shut. People think I've forgotten about him, however... I haven't." For a second there's a spark of ardour in his voice: "I used to find him so inspiring back then. He invented me. I was His most magnificent creation - the brightest star in His sky!" He pauses, hanging his head sadly. "Now take a look at me: a tired outdated pop star in platform footwear." The crowd cheer their support as his glittering footwear is displayed on the big screens. "I attempt to talk to him all the time, but he won't take my calls," he whimpers. "And i get blamed for everything - all of the wars, all of the famine, all the difficulty in the world, I get blamed for it. Even the Evening Herald slags me off." (Here he raises a pointed eyebrow and the crowd appear vastly amused, appreciating some local in-joke.) "Who can I get to help me make peace with Him? Who will mediate for me and...?" MacPhisto wonders out loud, gesturing toward the heavens. He all of a sudden has an thought: "Shall I name the United Nations? Maybe they could help me." It turns out to be a joke. Upon dialling the quantity (really one other name to Bono's home), he will get through to an answerphone with a surprising message: "You've reached the offices of the United Nations. I'm sorry, we're closed for lunch." The look on MacPhisto's face is priceless. The message continues cheerfully: "But if you are a small Third World nation going through genocide, please go away the title of your country after the beep, and we'll get again to you as soon as doable. Thanks!" The viewers sigh in sympathy as MacPhisto is defeated as soon as once more. He sings an a cappella rendition of The Beatles' 'Help!' down the telephone ("Help me get my feet again off the ground"), with the viewers completing the final "Pleeease, please help me, assist me, assist meee!" The UN has been criticised for its "over-bureaucratic and dithering method" when dealing with conflicts; in particular, the lack of political will to prevent the ethnic massacres in Bosnia and Rwanda have been described (and acknowledged) as "evident failures". Head of peacekeeping operations, Kofi Annan, reportedly ignored and refused to move on faxed warnings concerning the impending Rwandan genocide; he later admitted "there was extra that I might and should have executed to sound the alarm and rally support". It appears the United Nations were, indeed, in no hurry to reply their messages. Steve Stockman praises MacPhisto's "marvellous monologue" in his guide Walk On: The Spiritual Journey Of U2: This is a fantastic piece of showmanship, with all sorts of nuances as Bono slips into his character because the satan and then pop star. From a biblical sketch of who the satan is, he turns into himself being ripped apart by the Dublin press, then virtually spelling out what the Christian fraternity thinks, that he has left God behind somewhere, then bringing all of it to a fervent preacher's closing questions: Who will carry us peace with God? Who will mediate for us? That he then brings in his other nightly prop of technology and telephones the United Nations could be seen as a frivolous ending or probably the most poignant of all endings. Who does mankind trust? C.S. Lewis would have been proud.</p><p>[ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Friday 12th November 1993Melbourne, AustraliaCricket Ground The fifth and last leg of the ZooTV Tour kicks off Down Under, with a couple of setlist adjustments to accommodate extra songs from the brand new album; 'Desire' has been dropped in favour of 'Daddy's Gonna Pay To your Crashed Car' opening the encore. "I know you want your pop stars to be exciting, so I purchased these," MacPhisto tells the gang, displaying off his boots. "You need a great gimmick, do not you, these days... with all the competitors. Michael Jackson and Madonna. I feel she's gorgeous. Would you like to see me without my clothes on?" he adds, referring to her current e-book and raunchy current world tour. The group scream excitedly at this suggestion. "Have you learnt that earlier than I turned a celebrity, no one discovered me very engaging in any respect," the devil reveals. "Now all people loves me! All the glitz and the glamour makes you very sexy." He observes that the Australians like celebrities, and asks: "What are you doing with poor old Derryn Hinch, then?" The controversial journalist, dubbed 'The Human Headline' and notorious for being kicked out of jobs, had just been sacked from his own current affairs present Hinch by Network Ten. "Shame, disgrace, shame!" cries MacPhisto, quoting Hinch's supposed catchphrase from a parody by Steve Vizard (a lot to the shock and amusement of the group). He offers him a name; Derryn solutions the phone, and guffaws knowingly when MacPhisto introduces himself. "I do not perceive it, I hear you've got misplaced your job, outdated chap," says MacPhisto, telling him they suppose he is terrific. Derryn says he is very type, including: "People have been mentioning your identify in my workplace all week, or a minimum of your group's title." MacPhisto is delighted to listen to it; he likes getting "a bit of respect from the media". It's just an excuse for a bad pun, although - "My staffers come to me and so they keep saying 'I have been sacked'. I'd say 'You too?'" The audience groan. MacPhisto explains that U2 have their own television station they usually'd love for Derryn to work for ZooTV if he is not doing anything. He laughs and says he'd appreciate the extra work, then asks how MacPhisto bought his quantity. "I know many issues," MacPhisto replies enigmatically. Derryn says they owe him a favour "for intruding on my Friday night time at house", and asks if they're going to dedicate Mysterious Ways to the Ten Network at tomorrow evening's show. "I get the joke, ha ha," MacPhisto humours him. Derryn laughs as MacPhisto sings him 'I Just Called To Say I like You', accompanied by the crowd. Following a short preview in Naples, 'Lemon' has now made its approach onto the setlist on the expense of 'Ultra Violet'. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday thirteenth November 1993Melbourne, AustraliaCricket Ground "That is what it's all about, you understand - sneakers and hats," says MacPhisto, raving about show business again. "I feel the finest wearer of a hat must be the Queen Mum. What do you think happened on Channel Seven after they reported the outdated expensive not with us any extra?!" (The Australian media had mistakenly announced the Queen Mother's death after a combine-up involving a news rehearsal.) MacPhisto says she's a private buddy of his and he tries to communicate. When he phones and asks for the Queen Mother, a girl with a strangely familiar accent tells him: "I'm sorry, darling, you will need to have the fallacious quantity!" The crowd laugh and cheer, immediately recognising her because the legendary Aussie entertainer Dame Edna Everage - ultimately someone who can rival MacPhisto in the glamour stakes. "Dame Edna! Oh, I've found Australian royalty!" exclaims MacPhisto. He introduces himself and says he was hoping for information on the Queen Mother's health, as he's "terribly fearful in regards to the previous woman". "Are you the popular singer?" asks Dame Edna. "Um, sure..." he replies, somewhat perplexed. She laughs heartily: "I can't believe this, Mr MacPhisto, as a result of it's a spooky coincidence - I'm having 'lemon' meringue pie at this moment!" Everyone cracks up, and MacPhisto admits to being taken aback. "It's lovely to hear you - I'm a big fan!" Dame Edna tells him. It's clearly mutual; MacPhisto wonders if she may be in line for promotion should something happen to the Queen Mum. Dame Edna confirms that the Queen thinks of her as a second mom, and she'd be greater than prepared to step in - "The only trouble is, if you're too near the Royal Family, you can get photographed from some very awkward angles!" She calls him a naughty boy for getting hold of her "secret quantity", but he butters her up by telling her he'd prefer to sing her a music. It's an impassioned rendition of 'God Save The Queen' with the alternative lyrics "God save our Dame!" As Lemon begins, Dame Edna rapidly manages to plug her own run of shows in town next month, promising she'll telephone him from the stage too. MacPhisto replies: "I'll be waiting!" (This was the Australian tour of Barry Humphries' one-man show 'Take a look at Me When I'm Talking To You!', which additionally featured the characters Sir Les Patterson, Daryl Dalkeith and Sandy Stone in the first half.) [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Tuesday 16th November 1993Adelaide, AustraliaFootball Park "That's what you younger individuals call rock 'n' roll, eh?" MacPhisto asks the viewers. It appears he's feeling slightly insecure this night: "D'you suppose I'm glamorous? You realize, beneath all of the powder and the lip gloss, I'm a drained outdated pop star. And I'm discovering it very difficult in the mean time to satisfy people... especially younger ladies, they're all frightened of me." He smiles sadly, and the viewers scream their help. "But is it me that you love, or is it my horns?" Luckily there's somebody in town who is perhaps ready to offer him a few tips - Aussie Rules soccer coach Graham Cornes (who has since gone on to change into a Tv and radio personality). "Don't you suppose Graham Cornes is a sexy man? He's great with the young ladies, shall I give him a telephone call?" suggests MacPhisto. Graham had lately raised just a few eyebrows by marrying a girl half his age and getting her pregnant. He answers the telephone himself, and MacPhisto holds the receiver up in direction of the cheering crowd. Graham laughs nervously: "What is this...?" "Hello, my title is Mr MacPhisto," says the mischievous caller. "Mr MacPhisto," repeats Graham with a trace of recognition. "And what can I do for you?" MacPhisto explains that he is having problem discovering a younger lady appropriate for him, and he's heard that Graham has been "terribly lucky in that division". Graham says it is true, he has a lovely spouse. "Oh," replies MacPhisto with a smirk. "And i hear you have some information for us - your lovely wife is anticipating a baby, is she maybe?" "Yes, she'll be having a little child in June," says Graham, which will get an enormous "Ahhh!". MacPhisto goes on to say that he is heard Graham is a fan of Cliff Richard, which Graham strongly denies. "Oh, I think he's a really exciting pop star!" declares MacPhisto with a devilish leer. Graham interrupts to ask what they're doing to the football oval - MacPhisto replies that they are turning it into some mud! :D He tells Graham that Adelaide FC are an exciting staff and "they wouldn't be the identical without you", then sings him a particular version of Cliff Richard's Eurovision hit 'Congratulations': "We want the world to know the way comfortable you can be!" Graham bashfully thanks him, saying he's very touched. "Au revoir! Like to your lovelies!" calls MacPhisto as Lemon starts up. :) In a newspaper article shared by Sandro Olivo on his blog U2 Down Under, Graham admitted to being "a bit bewildered" when MacPhisto unexpectedly referred to as him at residence for advice! Graham and his spouse Nicole are nonetheless fortunately married, by the way. Their first daughter Amy is now in her twenties! [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Saturday 20th November 1993Brisbane, AustraliaANZ Stadium 'Daddy's Gonna Pay To your Crashed Car' now begins while MacPhisto continues to be in a specifically-designed dressing room backstage, applying the final touches to his make-up. Cameras follow him as he sings to himself within the mirror, places on his gold jacket and walks out onto the stage. From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: "Do you know I used to child-sit the Queen of England? We're related," says MacPhisto. He claims that the British are liable for cricket, Australia's most popular sport, and phones Allan Border, the lengthy-serving captain of the Australian XI. Having asked who's calling, Border responds, "MacPhisto? Appears like a hamburger!" The next partial description of the cellphone name was shared on the WIRE mailing record by U2 fan Sanjay Bhatia a couple of weeks after the present: MacPhisto suggests that he name a buddy of his who's fairly good at cricket.. and proceeds to name Allan Border, lengthy-time captain of Australian cricket team, beloved by all. Again, Border at least *slightly* surprised, however then again, he answered on the third ring. MacP: Some mates and i were just chatting and the subject of cricket got here up.. it was the English who invented cricket, wasn't it? Border: Yeah, the poms invented the game, however it is come a bit of a cropper since then. ... Border: Who's this speaking? MacP: That is Mr MacPhisto Border: MacPhisto.. appears like a Hamburger ... Border: Are you in a bar somewhere.. MacP: Yes, a big one.. Border: Sounds pretty raucous MacP: Yes, it's a loud mom.. (Launch Lemon Intro..) (Thanks and goodbye)</p><p>A pair of East German automobiles gyrated above the stage, and Bono's demonic alter ego MacPhisto phoned Allan Border to debate the origins of cricket. "Are you in a bar?" Border asked. "Yes, a very large bar!" MacPhisto chuckled.</p><p>It seems that no bootleg of this present exists, although I've heard the odd rumour of people that declare to personal a replica. Please contact me if you've got come across a clip wherever! [ No transcript obtainable ] Friday twenty sixth November 1993Sydney, AustraliaFootball Stadium "Quite a spectacle, ZooTV, isn't it?" remarks MacPhisto. "Costs a fucking fortune." The Aussie crowd boo when he tells them he is very disillusioned by the way in which they're treating the monarchy. "Why are you making an attempt to sever hyperlinks with the Crown? After all we have executed for you!" MacPhisto rages. "Fish 'n' chips... punk rock... even your national sport, the game of cricket. Where would you be with out us?!" He tries to get hold of both Lady Diana or the Queen Mother, however the girl on the cellphone greets him with "Hello possum! How are you, darling?" It's Dame Edna once more. She asks how he obtained her number, joking that "Only Lenny Kravitz has acquired my number!", and takes the chance to advertise her fortnight of exhibits in Sydney starting tomorrow, hoping MacPhisto will probably be available to attend. In another of her spooky coincidences, she was at the zoo immediately: "I thought of your stunning album, Zooropa!" She asks if there's anybody on the show tonight; MacPhisto casually replies "Well, there's a few here...", to deafening screams from the viewers. Dame Edna protests at being referred to as "Your Highness", but that does not stop MacPhisto from once again singing 'God Save Our Dame'. Dame Edna would cross paths with Bono and The sting once again in 2009 once they had been company on the identical episode of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (further clips here and right here). Her alter-ego Barry Humphries died on the age of 89 in 2023 following complications from hip surgery after a fall. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Saturday 27th November 1993Sydney, AustraliaFootball Stadium The Zoomerang leg of the tour involves an end tonight, with only 4 more exhibits remaining after that, and it's being broadcast live world wide in addition to being filmed for the official tour video. It was initially thought that MacPhisto could cellphone the new US President Bill Clinton, complaining "But I acquired him elected!" when he inevitably didn't get through, however this idea was rejected as being "too American" for a worldwide audience. It was therefore decided that he should handle the viewers with a speech to sum up ZooTV. From U2 At The end Of The World by Bill Flanagan: We begin tossing out concepts for a speech that would mix the spirits of John F. Kennedy, Christ ascending from the Apostles, and the Wizard of Oz getting ready to board his balloon. [...] 'Friends, followers, followers. My time amongst you is sort of at an end. No, no, do not be frightened. I need to return where I came from. The great glory that has been ZooTV must ascend from among you and take its place among all the thousands and thousands of different satellites shining within the sky. But do not concern. I will still be up there watching you all. Watching all the pieces you do. Chances are you'll not have the ability to see me. But I will be able to see you! 'I leave behind video cameras for all of you! Tape one another! Tape yourselves! Children, tape your dad and mom. Parents, tape your wills.' Bono holds up a video digicam. 'Take this all of you and watch it!' Bono stops reading there and turns to McGuinness. 'What do you think?' McGuinness is laughing. 'If you are going to be blasphemous, go for it!' [...] Bono retains practising the farewell speech. 'To all of the women of the world, I provde the dream of marrying a rock star! As shut as your VCR, as intimate as the headphones on your Walkman. To all of the men of the world, I give you the dream of marrying a supermodel! Just slip within the tape and watch. She's all the time good, she by no means modifications and when you are bored along with her you possibly can simply turn her off.' 'Nope,' Bono announces. All that is out. I protest and he says, 'Don't wish to offend the in-laws.' The events of final evening are nonetheless a bit too touchy to risk any intentions being misconstrued. (Adam Clayton had missed the previous evening's show, having hit the bottle after a breakdown in his relationship with fiancée Naomi Campbell.) On the night, the encore is as incredible as the rest of the present. MacPhisto preens within the mirror throughout 'Daddy's Gonna Pay On your Crashed Car', brushing apart the wardrobe assistants Helen and Nassim who help him into his gold jacket. His arrival onto the stage is particularly entertaining, with a loud shriek of "DADDY'S GONNA PAYYY...!" and a spot of loopy dancing. "So many listening tonight - I have a listing," says a weary-sounding MacPhisto after his ordinary introductions. In a speech the place virtually each line cleverly links back to the "Tv" theme, he addresses various world nations in flip, first taking the credit score for giving Bill Clinton to the individuals of America ("Too tall to be a despot, however watch him intently"). He praises the people of Asia for his or her "tiny transistors" which made ZooTV attainable, and observes that the countries of Europe had been "squabbling like youngsters" however at the moment are hooked up to one cable, "as shut collectively as stations on a dial". (The EU was created earlier that month.) The biggest cheer comes after his message to the former Soviet Union: "I've given you capitalism, so now you can all dream of being as rich and glamorous as me!" There can also be a wonderfully black humour when he addresses the folks of conflict-torn Sarajevo: "Count your blessings! There are those all around the world who've food, heat and safety, however they're not on Tv like you are." He goes on to thank a few individuals; Frank Sinatra is obtainable the MTV demographic. Salman Rushdie was speculated to be requested "Is the value on your head too much to pay for so much airtime?", however instead MacPhisto comes out with the line "I give you decibels" at the last moment. "Goodbye Squidgy, I hope they provide you with Wales," he tells Princess Diana. The subsequent line is scripted as being "Goodbye Michael, I hope you get your new penis" (a reference to tabloid speculation about Michael Jackson having surgical procedure to alter the appearance of his manhood after allegations of baby molestation), but MacPhisto leaves the line unfinished after a sudden vision of Jackson taking his own life. "Goodbye all you neo-Nazis," he concludes: "I hope they provide you with Auschwitz." His telephone name is for a taxi to take him residence, but the operator can't make sense of MacPhisto's drained slurring, appears suspicious of the crowd noise, and hangs up on him when he asks her identify. He appears forlorn. After just a few seconds he begins to sing 'Show Me The Technique to Go Home' down the phone: "I'm drained and that i need to go to mattress. I had a bit drink about an hour in the past, and it's gone right to my head..." [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video 1 ] [ Video 2 - uncut version ] Wednesday 1st December 1993Christchurch, New ZealandLancaster Park MacPhisto talks once more about how he doesn't like things to alter: "I like the old established order, what about you? Yes, the outdated things are the very best. All this transformation is so complicated." He raises the subject of the final election. "You've been having plenty of adjustments round right here, have not you? Poor previous Mike Moore!" he says, referring to the previous Prime Minister who had misplaced the election and, including insult to injury, had simply been changed as leader of the Labour Party. "Why do individuals at all times need change? All these new authorities people. Now you want MMP, not FPP! What difference does it make?!" He's referring to a latest referendum wherein the majority of voters chose to exchange the outdated First Past the Post electoral system with Mixed-Member Proportional representation. MacPhisto says he has a buddy right here who believes the old ways are the best - cabinet minister John Banks, known for his extremely conservative views and ceaselessly accused of racism and homophobia. (Banks would later turn into Mayor of Auckland, and spent quite a few years as a controversial radio talkshow host.) MacPhisto describes him as an expert as regards to regulation and order, in reference to his position as Minister of Police and the very fact his dad and mom had been each convicted criminals. "Mm, John... I love you," he murmurs as he picks up the telephone, making a call to New Zealand's Parliament building ("Now, let me see - where is this bloody Beehive?!"). When he asks to talk to his friend, he's informed that Mr Banks is not within the constructing - he'll be at home in mattress. "Mr Banks is at house in mattress?" MacPhisto repeats incredulously. "Yes - it's 11:30 at night time, sir!" the man factors out. This would not sound right to MacPhisto: "But I assumed Mr John Banks was at all times obtainable to the individuals of Christchurch." "Should you ring him at his dwelling, he's, he'll be there!" says the man, and the gang cheer in delight when MacPhisto replies: "Alright, I'll just try this!" He even reads the number out loud with a wicked snigger. Unfortunately he does not have any luck there both - one other man answers the cellphone and says Banks is not dwelling. MacPhisto can't understand it: "I just rang the House of Parliament and they said he was at house in mattress!" "Why not? That may make sense," the man agrees unhelpfully. He swiftly hangs up when MacPhisto delivers his "I simply known as to say I love you" message. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Saturday 4th December 1993Auckland, New ZealandWestern Springs Stadium MacPhisto as soon as again speaks of needing a great gimmick to remain forward of the competitors, remarking to the crowd "Just a little bit of self-destruction sells a lot of data, doesn't it?" (a quote which is sadly prophetic in its reference to Michael Jackson). He opines that political advertising and marketing pioneer Margaret Thatcher would have made an excellent rock 'n' roll star! From Willie Williams' tour diary: The gig here - Western Springs - is surrounded with homes. People had built little grandstands of their gardens and had been charging admission for pals to come watch the gig. We sent Libby Wilson (promoter staff) up to one house with a mobile phone, and MacPhisto telephoned them from the stage to congratulate them on their entrepreneurial spirit. "God and the Devil have all one of the best cellphone numbers," MacPhisto declares as he telephones the house on the hillside. He asks the owner "How a lot are you charging for admission up there, young man?" "Forty-five thousand dollars," is the calm reply. MacPhisto bursts out laughing: "A thief does even higher than us!" He will get the man to provide them a wave. "Now, from means up there I need to look about two inches tall, do I?" asks MacPhisto. The guy agrees with this, and MacPhisto jokes "Well, I've news for you - I'm two inches tall!" He tells the man they've sent up some official T-shirts ("so we can make just a few bucks from you, you recognize what I'm saying?!" he spits pointedly), at which level the thief decides to terminate the decision. MacPhisto sings him a chirpy rendition of the Neighbours theme, saying he thinks it is apt! From 'My First Gig' article by Daily Echo sub-editor Lyndon Hogg: Pounding through a set pulled largely from Achtung Baby and Zooropa, it all screeched to a halt whereas Bono scampered off to vary his frock, and we all stared at some very giant fish on the big screens. He re-emerged as MacPhisto - form of a shiny satanic fella with a telephone fetish - and rang some bloke who'd built a mini stand of seats in his again yard which missed the out of doors venue. He promptly hung up. Phonecalls from Beelzebub are two-a-penny in NZ. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Thursday 9th December 1993Tokyo, JapanTokyo Dome MacPhisto explains to the Japanese viewers how everybody's into present business now: Lady Diana, the President of the United States... "Even your sumo wrestlers are into it! Have you learnt Akebono?" Earlier this yr Hawaiian-born Akebono became the primary non-Japanese wrestler ever to realize the highest rank of yokozuna (grand champion). Describing him as "a glamorous chap", MacPhisto offers him a call and a man solutions. "Am I speaking to the good Akebono?" enquires MacPhisto. "Yes, sir!" comes the enthusiastic response. MacPhisto has a proposal for him: "I have some Irish in me, and that i imagine you may have some Irish in you. I'd like to challenge you to an arm wrestle in the Tokyo Dome - me versus you!" Akebono, whose late father Randy Rowan was of Irish descent, agrees they can set a date for it. (The bootleg of this show was given the title 'Bono vs Akebono'.) As Lemon begins up, MacPhisto calls out: "Goodnight Akebono... love from Mr MacPhisto! MacPhisto! MACPHISTO!!" Akebono retired from sumo in 2001 and subsequently had careers in kickboxing, combined martial arts and skilled wrestling. He has suffered from unwell well being since 2017. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Friday tenth December 1993Tokyo, JapanTokyo Dome After almost two lengthy years and 5 separate legs, the ZooTV Tour lastly reaches its conclusion right here tonight. MacPhisto once again has a speech for the occasion: "Don't you assume rock 'n' roll has come a long way? And it's taken its toll, let me tell you. On this very tour we've had four marriages, fourteen divorces, fifteen babies born, twelve people got arrested, we have sacked five individuals, and one crew member left the entourage to grow to be a Franciscan monk! Thank you!" The audience cheer. Pausing to introduce the rest of his band, MacPhisto teasingly describes Larry Mullen Jr as "Boy George's wet dream". (The flamboyant singer had once been quoted as saying "Bono, if you continue to haven't found what you are searching for, look behind the drum package!") While speaking concerning the fantastic individuals they'd met throughout the tour, MacPhisto had talked about that tonight's cellphone name can be "to my closest friend", and he now continues mysteriously: "I'd wish to call any individual I've gotten very near since I came to Tokyo." It seems to be rival singer Madonna, whom he'd already confessed to discovering "gorgeous" on the first evening in Melbourne. She's here on the present, watching from the sound desk with a portable phone, despite her promoter having tried to get the U2 dates moved so as to not interrupt Madonna's run of gigs in Japan. (U2's promoter responded by threatening to "destroy you", so her 5 nights on the venue had been as an alternative booked for the week after! Twenty years later, each artists can be sharing a promoter and manager.) "Hello? I'd like to talk to Madonna. This is Mr MacPhisto here!" he calls into the cellphone, however for some motive he has really dialled 117, the Japanese talking clock service. (This appears to be an odd joke carried over from the Mirrorball Man, who typically wished to "communicate along with his baby" however only got the present time and temperature.) Given the number of times that poor MacPhisto has did not get hold of his well-known "buddies", it appears one way or the other fitting that the tour should finish with him repeatedly shouting "Hello? Hello? Hello...?" There's simply time for one final "Off with the horns, on with the present!" as Lemon begins. From Willie Williams' tour diary: It was an actual party each onstage and out front, and actually fairly transferring to think this is the last time we would see this show, with all its great moments. The textual content-overload of "The Fly", the limitless buffaloes in "One", the apocalypse of "Bullet" into "Running To stand Still" and that magical segue into the opening of "Streets", plus after all Mr MacPhisto's last stand, although somehow I'm unsure we've seen the final of him. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] And Willie was proper! Click here to search out out what MacPhisto did subsequent, or here to learn transcripts from his 2018 comeback tour...</p><p>If you have any concerns relating to in which and how to use <a href="https://ticklingup.com/">https://ticklingup.com/</a>, you can call us at the site.</p>