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Newsletter · By Maddy Fry · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    The Silence Between Songs - Part Three (opens the original)

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    ShareDear Bono,You would not have noticed the single drop of saltwater missing from the ocean of adoration that breaks against your shores, would not have heard my silence over the roar of the crowd. I didn’t notice either, at first. I was too busy proselytizing about Our Lord and Savior, Medical Science. But if one of your songs came on the radio, I changed the channel. When Songs of Experie

  2. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    The Silence Between Songs - Part Two (opens the original)

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    ShareDear Bono,I accompanied John on his initial visit to the National Institutes of Health at the end of that year. Strangely, U2 was very much a part of it, and not just in wistful conversation about seeing you perform again, someday. John’s preferred email address had “baby.baby.baby.light.my.way” as his username. It was…cumbersome, but he delighted in repeating it over and over

  3. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    The Silence Between Songs - Part One (opens the original)

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    ShareDear Bono,A thousand years ago—or maybe around 40—I wrote to you about how your music resonated with and inspired me. (Actually, there might have been two letters, and a nice handwritten postcard saying one had been forwarded to you. I was also possibly unofficially voted Most Likely to Manage an Irish Rock Band during my senior year of high school). I’m writing again n

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