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To: Lost1 who wrote (1432)	12/3/2001 12:46:23 PM
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dailynews.yahoo.com Monday December 3 2:46 AM ET U2 end long tour on poignant note in Miami By Angus MacSwan MIAMI (Reuters) - Irish rockers U2 ended their hugely successful ``Elevation'' tour Sunday night in the same neighborhood as they started but with a show that poignantly reflected the events that have shaken the world since the band set out nine months ago. At the outset of the trek, the band had said they wanted the concerts to focus on the songs after the theatrical extravaganzas of their previous few tours. Following the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States and the launching of U.S.-led war against terrorism, many of those songs have taken on a new resonance. Several times during the concert at Miami's American Airlines Arena, lead singer Bono, often a fervent critic of U.S. government policy, declared the band's affection and sympathy for the United States. ``I'd like to say how much we love this country and we wish you safety and prosperity,'' he told the crowd at one point. U2 have always been a politically and socially involved band -- usually as a champion of the underdog. Songs such as the vintage ``Sunday Bloody Sunday'' about the troubles in Northern Ireland, with its chorus of ``how long must we sing this song,'' were delivered with new fire and relevance in light of the conflicts raging in the world today. During the song, Bono picked an Irish tricolor and a U.S. flag from fans in the crowd, tied them together, then buried his face in them. The gesture was greeted with whoops of appreciation. The show moved to an emotional climax with the encore ''One,'' a plea for peace and harmony, as a screen behind them scrolled the names of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, Bono by then wearing a New York Fire Department T-shirt. More than 2 million fans in North America and Europe have seen the 109 shows the band has played this year. The tour has reaffirmed U2's claim to be the greatest rock and roll band in the world - and, according the latest figures by Pollstar grossed $69 million by mid-year, the biggest earning of the year. Sunday night's tour closer, like the others, featured songs from throughout the band's two-decade career, from the 1980s classics that seemed to delight the crowd most to the strong performances of their Grammy award-winning 2000 album ``All That You Can't Leave Behind.'' Not a few people in the crowd were parents with their children. ``So we began in Miami and we finish in Miami,'' Bono said. ''Something special is going on with our band and our crowd -- it's like a church.'' Among the notable moments: -- Bono and guitarist the Edge, playing an acoustic guitar, singing ``Please,'' a song, Bono explained, originally written about ``religious nuts and political fanatics'' in their native Ireland and now directed at Osama bin Laden (news - web sites). -- During the anthem ``Bad'', Bono plucked a fan from the crowd and danced with him on stage -- the fellow had tattooed on his back all the U2 concerts he had attended. -- In a ringing version of ``Pride (in the Name of Love)'', screens showed a video of Martin Luther King, the song's subject, then King's words were broadcast and melded into the song. The encores, packing a heavy emotional punch, began with a scorching ``Bullet the Blue Sky'' - a song about air raids on civilians in Central America, then Marvin Gaye's ``What's Going On,'' about America's confusion in the Vietnam era. Then the elegy ``New York,'' from the new album, when silk screens emblazoned with skyscrapers were lowered from the rafters. ``Even Miami Loves New York,' ad-libbed Bono, the significance being lost on no one. ``One,'' with the Sept. 11 roll call, followed, then a few choruses of ``My Sweet Lord'' in tribute to late Beatle George Harrison. Then with a poignant ``Walk On,'' with its call to struggle through adversity, U2 closed this chapter of their career. REUTERS

To: Lost1 who wrote (1432)	12/3/2001 12:49:11 PM
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dailynews.yahoo.com Monday December 3 11:08 AM ET Ex-Beatle's Family Due for Last Rites in India By Kamal Kishore VARANASI, India (Reuters) - The family of Beatle guitarist George Harrison was due to arrive in India very early on Tuesday to immerse his ashes in the sacred Ganges River, an official of the Hare Krishna movement said. Arajit Das, an official of the Hare Krishna movement in the holy city of Varanasi in northern India, told Reuters the musician's widow, Olivia, and son, Dhani, would arrive on a chartered plane around 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday (6 p.m. EST Monday). They would first immerse Harrison's ashes in the Ganges at Varanasi, a bustling town also known as Benares and, as one of the holiest places in Hinduism, a popular site for cremations. His family would then take another urn to the town of Allahabad, scene of the huge Kumbh Mela Hindu festival in January and February, the official said. There they were to immerse his ashes in the Sangam, a holy confluence where the Ganges meets the Yamuna River and the mythical Saraswati River. Harrison, who died last week in Los Angeles after battling cancer, was a long-time devotee of the Hare Krishna movement, a Hindu sect, for which immersion of the ashes is symbolic of the soul's journey toward eternal consciousness. ``We have been asked to be ready to accompany them to the Ganges, where they will immerse the ashes, after which they also propose to go to Allahabad,'' Das said. Harrison, 58, was cremated in a cardboard coffin hours after his death, in keeping with his Eastern faith. Photographers and reporters crowded on Monday into Varanasi, a tourist hotbed once known for mystical splendor, hoping to catch a glimpse of what was supposed to be a private ceremony. Varanasi has at least 80 ``ghats'' -- steps leading to the river where the devout take dips aimed at cleansing sins, make sacred offerings or cremate bodies and immerse the ashes. Relatives normally sprinkle ashes on the river's surface before lowering the urn gently into the water. Harrison, who believed in reincarnation, was a faithful member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, popularly known as the Hare Krishna movement. He spent his last moments chanting ``Hare Krishna'' with his family next to him and pictures of the Hindu gods Rama and Krishna near his bed, British newspapers said. Through his friendships with Indian musician Ravi Shankar and guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Harrison developed an interest in Eastern culture and persuaded the Beatles to fly to India to explore mysticism. Shankar taught Harrison to play the sitar, a 21-string instrument used in Indian classical music.