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Re: Why Bono can't perform and the Grammys

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Michael Ball
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Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:30:44 -0500
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um, I could be wrong about this, but didn't Bono do the Frank Sinatra
speech the year after the "Fuck up the mainstream" speach? If so, then I
would find it hard to believe he's been banned from the Grammy awards.

Anybody have a credible source for this supposed banning?

>I think I heard that Bono was banned from the Grammy because of what he
>said when he accepted an award for Zooropa. His words "Fuck up the
>mainstream" seem to have really offended the commity. I might be
>wrong...

Michael Ball
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