Lots of bad stuff going on in the world, so I& #39;m about to unleash an epic music thread about something good that happened two years ago today in Atlanta (and goes back to 1981). Please follow along, especially if you like @U2.
. @U2 played in Atlanta on May 28, 2018 (photo below). That same month @Atlantamagazine published my long-read about the band’s relationship to our city.

It all began 4 decades ago on Peachtree Street. #U2inATL

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On a muggy May evening in 1981, four young Dubliners (none older than 21) pulled up to the curb across from Atlanta& #39;s Fox Theatre and lugged their instruments into the Agora Ballroom (now a parking deck).

It probably looked like this:

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Before the show, Atlanta journalist Tony Paris interviewed Bono for Muzik magazine.

Over a burger and fries, the 20-year-old Irishman talked about the “big-screened textured feel” of U2’s sound and lyrics about defiance, God, and his mom& #39;s death.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">: Tony Paris / #U2inATL
In 1981, Atlanta was a complicated city with global aspirations.

Former UN Amb Andrew Young was mayor;

Ted Turner revolutionized news;

the CDC developed definitions for AIDS;

and jets blasted from Hartsfield.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📷" title="Camera" aria-label="Emoji: Camera">: Atlanta Time Machine / #U2inATL
U2 came back 7 months later.

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The band played “I Will Follow” twice in its Agora set.

This Dec 1, 1981 bootleg proves the spiritual sound of U2& #39;s debut album, Boy hasn& #39;t changed much since. #U2inATL https://youtube.com/watch?v=2o5IzjFm1gQ">https://youtube.com/watch...
Here& #39;s an ad from the AJC for "The U-2" from Nov 1981: #U2inATL
By 1983, U2 had performed four times in Georgia.

Fans remember pouring out of the Atlanta Civic Center, waving flags & singing songs from October and War. “40” had become an exit anthem for the band. #U2inATL

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A writer @RollingStone gave Bono a Martin Luther King Jr. biography, Let the Trumpet Sound.

U2& #39;s 4th album, The Unforgettable Fire included songs “MLK” & “Pride” for the slain Atlanta Civil rights leader/Nobel Peace Laureate who became a fixture in the band& #39;s ethos. #U2inATL
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