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First time I saw U2 was at the old Marquee Club in Wardour Street. They can't have been long off the boat, maybe 'Boy' hadn't even been released, but they were massive NME darlings already. Went with me bruv, who taped the whole show on a mini cassette recorder, as was our practice at the time...

Well, I gave it a pretty go, watched up to and including the second sit down bit of interview, the bit about borrowing each other's clothes on tour or somesuch. Then just couldn't take it any more. My bad.

Thought Cat Deeley's pitiful fawning over the band - and trying to get Larry to speak - AND the obligatory plug for the sub-standard new material - rendered the show unwatchable. In fact switched to Rick Stein's Mexican claptrap one Freeview channel up earlydoors. Shame. Superb band with a...