atu2.com: All great characters begin life with some suggestion of the magical; some sign that precedes their birth and gives rise to the beginnings of legend.
It comes as no surprise, therefore, to learn that Iris Hewson was told by a fortuneteller that she would bear a son, whose name would start with “P”, and who would achieve fame in whatever life he chose.
That, at least, is the story Bill Flanagan tells in U2: At the End of the World. Prophecy? Blind luck on the part of the fortuneteller? Simply a grand story by Bob Hewson? It doesn’t matter. As the man himself has said, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” [ more]
It comes as no surprise, therefore, to learn that Iris Hewson was told by a fortuneteller that she would bear a son, whose name would start with “P”, and who would achieve fame in whatever life he chose.
That, at least, is the story Bill Flanagan tells in U2: At the End of the World. Prophecy? Blind luck on the part of the fortuneteller? Simply a grand story by Bob Hewson? It doesn’t matter. As the man himself has said, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” [ more]