U2 were joined by special guest Patti Smith as they played their rescheduled gig at the AccordHotel Arena in Paris last night (December 6th).
The original date was cancelled in the wake of last month’s terrorist attacks in the city, and U2 frontman Bono has been quoted as telling the 20,000 strong audience that in the wake of those tragic events it was a, ‘privilege to be their servants’ during the show.
“Grief is like a wound that never fully closes,” he said. “I am still feeling it and I was 14 when my mother left me but she left me as an artist and this wound became an opening into another world and I found these three. Rock n’ roll saved me, these men saved me, you saved me.”
“We can’t save you but our role tonight is to serve you. We have the privilege to be your servants this evening.”
Smith performed a short clip of her own ‘Gloria‘ before joining the band in ‘People Have The Power‘.
