Below is a complete list of the individuals and organisations whom MacPhisto phoned (or tried to cellphone!) at each present. I've tried to elucidate some of the in-jokes, and there are Wikipedia links for more info on the relevant subjects. Where potential, you will also discover full transcripts of precisely what was mentioned. Your contributions are at all times welcome; please get in contact when you spot any factual errors, know anything of interest that I haven't mentioned, or can assist with transcribing the overseas phrases and mumbly bits that I could not make out. My audio assortment can be missing a few live shows and soundcheck / rehearsal clips, so when you occur to own any of those, I might love you ceaselessly if you would be variety enough to ship them my means. :) Before we begin, allow me to clear up a couple of myths that persist in articles describing MacPhisto. Firstly, he never phoned the White House during any of the reveals wherein he appeared, regardless of claiming that he made calls "sometimes to the President of the United States"; this was the truth is the Mirrorball Man's favourite prank on earlier legs of the tour in 1992. (If you want to be taught more about that character's antics, I'm afraid you will should ask another person! This could also be a useful place to begin.) MacPhisto was also not accountable for the well-known stunt of ordering 10,000 pizzas for the U2 audience, which once more was before his time. It was The Fly who did this close to the start of a US gig the previous year, with the pizzas arriving simply before the encore. If you're searching for transcripts of MacPhisto's 2018 speeches on the Experience + Innocence Tour, they can be found here! Zooropa Date (1993) Location Phone call 7th May Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Feyenoord Stadium) Taxi (rehearsal) 9th May Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Feyenoord Stadium) Taxi 10th May Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Feyenoord Stadium) KLM Airlines 11th May Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Feyenoord Stadium) Queen Beatrix 15th May Lisbon, Portugal (Estádio José Alvalade) Taxi nineteenth May Oviedo, Spain (Estadio Carlos Tartiere) Weather forecast 22nd May Madrid, Spain (Estadio Vicente Calderón) Ritz Hotel twenty sixth May Nantes, France (Stade de la Beaujoire) Taxi twenty ninth May Werchter, Belgium (Festival Grounds) Taxi 2nd June Frankfurt, Germany (Waldstadion) Taxi 4th June Munich, Germany (Olympiastadion) Helmut Kohl 6th June Stuttgart, Germany (Cannstatter Wasen) Helmut Kohl 9th June Bremen, Germany (Weserstadion) Taxi to see Helmut Kohl 12th June Cologne, Germany (Müngersdorferstadion) Helmut Kohl 15th June Berlin, Germany (Olympiastadion) Helmut Kohl twenty third June Strasbourg, France (Stade de la Meinau) Jean-Marie Le Pen / Helmut Kohl / Margaret Thatcher 26th June Paris, France (Hippodrome de Vincennes) François Mitterrand / Jean-Marie Le Pen / Charles Pasqua 28th June Lausanne, Switzerland (Stade de la Pontaise) Bénédict Hentsch 30th June Basel, Switzerland (St Jakob's Stadion) Taxi 2nd July Verona, Italy (Stadio Bentegodi) Clannad 3rd July Verona, Italy (Stadio Bentegodi) The Pope 6th July Rome, Italy (Stadio Flaminio) The Pope 7th July Rome, Italy (Stadio Flaminio) Bettino Craxi ninth July Naples, Italy (Stadio San Paolo) Nello Polese twelfth July Turin, Italy (Stadio Delle Alpi) Gianni Agnelli 14th July Marseille, France (Stade Vélodrome) Bernard Tapie 17th July Bologna, Italy (Stadio Comunale) Luciano Pavarotti 18th July Bologna, Italy (Stadio Comunale) Alessandra Mussolini 23rd July Budapest, Hungary (Nép Stadion) Gyula Thürmer 27th July Copenhagen, Denmark (Gentofte Stadion) Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 29th July Oslo, Norway (Valle Hovin Stadion) Jan Henry Olsen thirty first July Stockholm, Sweden (Stockholms Stadion) Ian Wachtmeister 3rd August Nijmegen, the Netherlands (Goffert Park) Hans Janmaat seventh August Glasgow, Scotland (Celtic Park) Ian Lang 8th August Glasgow, Scotland (Celtic Park) John Major eleventh August London, England (Wembley Stadium) Salman Rushdie 12th August London, England (Wembley Stadium) Diana, Princess of Wales 14th August Leeds, England (Roundhay Park) John Gummer 18th August Cardiff, Wales (Arms Park) Margaret Thatcher 20th August London, England (Wembley Stadium) George Carey 21st August London, England (Wembley Stadium) Graham Taylor twenty fourth August Cork, Ireland (Páirc Uí Chaoimh) Frank Murphy twenty seventh August Dublin, Ireland (Royal Dublin Society Showgrounds) Bono's home (Jordan Hewson on the answerphone) 28th August Dublin, Ireland (Royal Dublin Society Showgrounds) United Nations

Zoomerang / New Zooland / Zooshi Date (1993) Location Phone call twelfth November Melbourne, Australia (Cricket Ground) Derryn Hinch thirteenth November Melbourne, Australia (Cricket Ground) Dame Edna Everage 16th November Adelaide, Australia (Football Park) Graham Cornes 20th November Brisbane, Australia (ANZ Stadium) Allan Border 26th November Sydney, Australia (Football Stadium) Dame Edna Everage 27th November Sydney, Australia (Football Stadium) Taxi 1st December Christchurch, New Zealand (Lancaster Park) John Banks 4th December Auckland, New Zealand (Western Springs Stadium) Owner of house overlooking stadium 9th December Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Dome) Akebono Tarō 10th December Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Dome) Madonna

Friday 7th May 1993Rotterdam, the NetherlandsFeyenoord Stadium Bono invitations a small group of fans inside the stadium for a semi-costume rehearsal, by which he wears a rarely seen purple variant of the Fly costume. These fortunate fans are the primary to witness a prototype model of MacPhisto, not yet named and without his trademark horns. He makes them giggle when he observes that they're curiously silent tonight: "Could you be overcome by emotion, perhaps? Well, I don't blame you - I can see you're all in awe of my platform footwear. Indeed, so am I." From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: After Desire, the fans on the stands see Bono parody himself in a campy, considerably nasal voice: "The final time you noticed me, I used to be waving a white flag; now look what you've carried out..." He tells concerning the "good old days", sings the tune of a Martini commercial, and rehearses the cellphone call. From Willie Williams' tour diary: We actually did (nearly) a full run-by way of this night. Went fairly effectively. The star of the show was Bono's new encore character. It's going to exchange the mirrorball-man/preacher character from the American show. We spent the afternoon within the dressing room trying to suss out quite who this character is. He's referred to as "Mr Gold" on account of his tasteful gold swimsuit and platforms. The voice is sort of doddery English eccentric, kind of Laurence Olivier meets Quentin Crisp, and there's a whole host of different feelings in there. Joel Grey, Clockwork Orange, the gameshow host from hell. He's the devil, mainly. It's really very peculiar, funny and disturbing at the same time. I'm unsure if a recording exists of the rehearsed telephone call - let me know when you have a clip of it that you would be prepared to share! I look like lacking among the speech as effectively. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Sunday ninth May 1993Rotterdam, the NetherlandsFeyenoord Stadium A now completely-formed MacPhisto makes his debut appearance in a thunderstorm. Putting a superb new twist on the Mirrorball Man's acquainted cry of "I've a imaginative and prescient: tv!", he as a substitute reveals his fondness for the gloriously kitschy establishment that is the Eurovision Song Contest, even singing just a few lines of the Dutch profitable entry from 1975, Teach-In's 'Ding-A-Dong'. (I'm not sure why he thinks it is "the last Eurovision" this yr, though the 1994 contest was launched as "the show they could not kill". Can anybody can enlighten me?) He claims to have taught earlier winners similar to Lulu and Brotherhood of Man everything they knew. MacPhisto then tries to order a taxi to take him residence, and confuses the girl on the phone by insisting that "You recognize me, you understand me very properly. But I know you in all probability even better than you know yourself!" From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: Bono premières his new alter-ego in a gold lamé suit, his face painted white with red lipstick, his hair combed-back and sporting red devil horns. Rather than sing, he speaks the textual content of Desire in a powerful, historical English accent. "What a evening! What a show! What a life, what a option to go. I've a imaginative and prescient: Eurovision!", he shouts over the music's final notes. "Off with the horns, on with the show," he says in the same bizarre accent. From U2 At The end Of The World by Bill Flanagan: MacPhisto's public début is at the primary concert of the European tour, in Rotterdam. Backstage Bono looks by means of several fits Fintan brought for his selection and chooses a gold one, to match the footwear. He paints his face, places on the lipstick, and then goes into the band's dressing room to see Adam, Edge and Larry's reaction. They're startled. That is too much creepier than they anticipated. MacPhisto lurches out at the encore to sing 'Desire' after which introduces himself to the audience, crying, 'Look what you've got finished to me!' The group hoots and cheers at this satanic Bono. 'You've made me very well-known.' They snigger. 'And that i thank you for it. I do know you want your pop stars to be thrilling, so I've bought these.' He hoists up one leg and displays his platform footwear. Big footwear closeups on the ZooTV screens. The audience loves it. From Willie Williams' tour diary: In fact Bono's new character stole the show. He's been christened "MacPhisto" and there's been the addition of a little bit pair of crimson velvet horns, which appeared on the very last moment. White face and crimson lipstick. First encore, "Desire" was one of those great moments where you already know one thing that the audience (and the big amount of press people) do not. Out he comes, and you can feel 50,000 people go "What the fuck?" Absolutely the crowning glory was that it stayed dry all night until the encore break when the heavens opened, so MacPhisto made his first entrance in a raging downpour below a sky full of thunder and lightning. It looked like Faust meets Apocalypse Now. Great first evening. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Monday 10th May 1993Rotterdam, the NetherlandsFeyenoord Stadium Tonight, MacPhisto proclaims he will name his journey agent because he is very tired and wishes "a break from all this". He telephones the reservation office for KLM Airlines, and sings along to the ready music as he's put on hold. After the second "please hold the road" message, MacPhisto sarcastically asks the group: "We've acquired all night time, really, haven't we? We don't thoughts paying a £100,000 fine, now, will we?!" (a reference to the penalty for the show overrunning). He eventually will get by way of to a useful receptionist named Monique, who's unable to find a flight for him this evening however checks what's available the subsequent day. "What have you bought going? I do not really mind, as long as it is sunny," says MacPhisto, to which Monique replies that it is presupposed to be sunny tomorrow right here in Holland, earning an enormous cheer from the crowd! MacPhisto remarks that they stated the identical thing about yesterday, when the thunderstorm ruined his hair. By now Monique can barely disguise her laughter, and MacPhisto turns into suspicious that she may be "taking the mickey out of an outdated man". The term "mickey" is lost on Monique, but she assures him that she's very critical, and finds him a flight to Singapore which leaves the next afternoon. MacPhisto tells her she's a very good lady, and provides to sing her a song. She replies "Oh, that can be nice!" and stays on the line to hear Ultra Violet. From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: Monique listens, not knowing what the hell is happening. (After the present, U2's administration will telephone her to elucidate and to present her with two VIP tickets for tomorrow evening's show as a token of appreciation for her spontaneous participation.) [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video 1 ] [ Video 2 ] Tuesday eleventh May 1993Rotterdam, the NetherlandsFeyenoord Stadium MacPhisto reminisces about the start of rock 'n' roll in the '50s (all his concept, after all), proudly declaring that "Everybody's into it now!" He attempts to find out whether or not or not Queen Beatrix is a fan, phoning the government Information Service which handles media enquiries in regards to the Royal House, but unfortunately the operator is unimpressed and hangs up without responding to the question. Insulted, MacPhisto exclaims: "Well, now - the last time a royal hung up on me, I despatched the House of Windsor into flames!" This is a reference to the blaze that had devastated Windsor Castle six months earlier, "thought to have been began by a spotlight shining on a curtain"... now we now what really happened. ;) Beatrix would go on to change into the oldest reigning monarch in Dutch history. She abdicated in 2013 in favour of her son Prince Willem-Alexander. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video clip 1 ] [ Video clip 2 ] Saturday fifteenth May 1993Lisbon, PortugalEstádio José Alvalade After a hearty rendition of 'Moon River', MacPhisto praises the crowd's command of English, although he says he prefers Irish himself. He tries to order a taxi, however the woman on the telephone puts him on hold and he's unable to get any additional response. Having tried his greatest, MacPhisto sadly admits defeat: "I'm the final pop star, and they've hung up on me. Oh nicely." The old U2 Portugal fansite uploaded an article from Blitz journal, that includes an interview with the Teletáxis operator Ana Oliveira. She says she doesn't remember anyone speaking to her in English that night time, however she works alone and has to take care of the radio and phone concurrently, so it's regular for her to say "Teletáxis, good night" and ask the caller to attend without even hearing them. (However, I imagine the true reason for her lack of recollection is that he actually dialled the number for Rádio Táxis de Lisboa!) MacPhisto can also be mentioned in Portuguese critiques on the website from Blitz, Se7e, A Capital and Super Som. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday nineteenth May 1993Oviedo, SpainEstadio Carlos Tartiere Observing that it's raining once more - "So good of you all to make us feel at residence!" - MacPhisto calls a weather report service (then available on 094) to find out what the forecast is like for tomorrow. He says he hopes to discover a friendly voice at the other finish, but only will get by means of to an automatic recording which babbles on in Spanish. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday 22nd May 1993Madrid, SpainEstadio Vicente Calderón MacPhisto complains that the local Ritz Hotel "wouldn't let your favourite rock 'n' roll band stay there" because of a problem with the gown code. (The establishment has historically refused accommodation to anybody deemed "Not Ritz Type", including film stars, males with out ties and ladies sporting trousers.) He telephones the resort and listens to a number of minutes of hold music whilst making small speak with the gang - he asks how the nation's basic elections are going ("Vota MacPhisto, I'd say!"), and reminisces about "poor previous Franco", the dictator who ruled for 36 years and had many hundreds of political enemies killed or tortured. When he finally gets through to the manager, MacPhisto explains that he'd like to stay in the resort now that he has the appropriate swimsuit: "I need a tie and a jacket? But I've got a really special jacket, and I have some horns. Would that be an issue?" He's assured that it's no problem at all. "Well, thanks very a lot," the satan replies sardonically. "You'll have MacPhisto, but you won't have the group of U2. That's fantastic; thanks!" Returning to town in 2018, MacPhisto would once once more encourage the viewers to vote for him in an upcoming election (with a new and improved campaign slogan!) and lament the tip of the Franco period. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video 1 ] [ Video 2 ] Wednesday twenty sixth May 1993Nantes, FranceStade de la Beaujoire MacPhisto telephones for a taxi to take him residence, charming the audience with a few lines in French. Aware that he is at the stadium, the taxi operator asks him to specify an exit from which he may be picked up. MacPhisto insists that he is "all over the place", but the woman is having none of it, and repeatedly explains the need for a more exact location. She can be unimpressed by his claim that he knows her very well, scoffing "Oh, do you actually?!", however she does permit him to sing a music for her. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday twenty ninth May 1993Werchter, BelgiumFestival Grounds Introducing his fellow band members, MacPhisto describes Adam Clayton as "a man with a ginormous willy", before smugly adding "But it is not as large as my one!" He tries to intimidate another taxi operator with his claims of omnipresence and shut personal data, and takes offence when he isn't treated with the suitable diploma of respect: "Do you know who you're speaking to?!" [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday 2nd June 1993Frankfurt, GermanyWaldstadion Another try to order a taxi is thwarted when the number seems to be engaged. (I believe he tries to phone Taxi-Ruf on 230001 however dials one too many zeros.) [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Friday 4th June 1993Munich, GermanyOlympiastadion The Munich show takes place one week after a shocking xenophobic assault in the German metropolis of Solingen, wherein 4 neo-Nazi skinheads firebombed a Turkish family's house, killing two women and three young ladies and significantly injuring three other kids. It's the most recent and most deadly in a sequence of attacks on "foreigners" over the past two years, a part of a growing backlash in opposition to an influx of refugees and different immigrants. The murder sparks worldwide outrage, with giant demonstrations and widespread press protection accusing the government of inaction within the face of rising extremist violence. (Only days before the assault, the German parliament had yielded to strain from the far right by approving a constitutional amendment to limit the number of asylum seekers - a move which could be seen to appease and embolden those with harmful racist views.) Chancellor Helmut Kohl responds by condemning violence generally, with particular warnings geared toward "Turkish fanatics" who've been rioting in protest, however dismisses the Solingen attack as an remoted incident and downplays the creeping threat of neo-fascism in Germany. He makes no public appearances in the times that observe, releasing written statements but declining to debate the difficulty on television, and faces particular criticism for his refusal to go to Solingen (he disdains such gestures as mere "condolence tourism") or attend any of the funeral services (deeming it enough to send his Foreign and Interior Ministers as representatives). Some imagine Kohl is pandering to conservative voters by avoiding overt shows of sympathy in the direction of international victims of violence. MacPhisto claims that Kohl is turning into "a very good friend of mine", and approves of the best way he "stays asleep rather a lot". When he tries to give him a name, the Chancellor is just not in his office and a relatively confused gentleman advises phoning once more after the weekend. Speaking in his capacity as evil incarnate, MacPhisto leaves a chilling message for Kohl instead: "I'd prefer to thank him for letting me again into the country. I have never been right here for some time, however I'm again!" A quarter of a century later, MacPhisto would as soon as once more go to Germany within the wake of far-proper violence towards immigrants, with his Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg speeches specializing in the 2018 Chemnitz riots. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video 1 ] [ Video 2 ] Sunday 6th June 1993Stuttgart, GermanyCannstatter Wasen "It's so hot in Germany - just like at residence," sighs MacPhisto. He tries again to phone his idle good friend Helmut Kohl ("I'm unsure if it is just Sunday that he keeps as a day of rest"), but the Chancellor is still unavailable. He leaves another message regardless of the man on the cellphone protesting that he does not converse English. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday 9th June 1993Bremen, GermanyWeserstadion Tonight sees a variation on the Helmut Kohl theme - this time MacPhisto decides to go and go to him, as "He needs me, I put him to sleep at evening". The taxi operator is shocked by this request, mentioning that Kohl is about 600 kilometres away on the Federal Chancellery in Bonn. MacPhisto insists he doesn't thoughts travelling that far as it is important for Kohl to see him, prompting the man to enquire who he is. "My name is MacPhisto," he explains, "and that i want to thank the Chancellor for letting me again into the country." The operator tries to talk him out of the trip, warning that it's extremely expensive. "I can afford it," MacPhisto boasts. "I'm a very wealthy pop star!" [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Saturday 12th June 1993Cologne, GermanyMüngersdorferstadion MacPhisto again tries to telephone Helmut Kohl: "He's an old buddy of mine, turning into a good nearer pal, and I'd like to speak to him, if that's alright." The man on the telephone asks him incredulously if he is aware of what time it is. "Yes, I do know the time," MacPhisto snaps irritably; "I know quite a lot of issues!" Once extra he settles for leaving a message. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Tuesday fifteenth June 1993Berlin, GermanyOlympiastadion The viewers are given a thought to ponder through the bridge of Desire: "It's vital to be nice... however it is nicer to be essential." In the phrases of Bill Flanagan, MacPhisto is raving mad tonight. "I love this place. All of the pomp and ceremony and marching, I find it irresistible," he declares, gesturing to the grand stadium round him (built by the Nazis for the 1936 Summer Olympics). This time his makes an attempt to phone Helmut Kohl are thwarted by an engaged tone. "I believe I might have offended the Chancellor!" he laughs. Putting on a extra menacing voice, he begins to shout down the cellphone: "Are you able to hear me, Helmut Kohl? I don't want the phone traces! You know who I am. And that i wish to thank you for letting me again into the nation! I'm BAAACK!" Kohl served as Chancellor till 1998 and retired from politics in 2002. He died in 2017 at the age of 87. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday twenty third June 1993Strasbourg, FranceStade de la Meinau "You've acquired so many essential folks coming to the capital right here - of Zooropa," says MacPhisto, as quite a few European politicians have gathered for a summit. He phones the hotel where they're believed to be staying and asks for Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the French extremist National Front social gathering, however the man on the phone denies they've anybody of that identify. MacPhisto as a substitute tries to get hold of Helmut Kohl or former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, however they aren't accessible either. When he asks to depart a message in case Monsieur Le Pen ought to e book in later, he is advised that this would possibly not happen because the hotel is absolutely booked tonight. "Oh, but it is never too full for me," declares MacPhisto, and the receptionist correctly humours him! Please correct me if I'm fallacious, but MacPhisto seems to be referring to the European Council summit of 21st-22nd June, which in reality happened in Copenhagen reasonably than Strasbourg! (As these conferences have been attended by present heads of authorities and overseas ministers, I don't think Le Pen or Thatcher would have been there in any case. No wonder the lodge worker was confused.) [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Saturday 26th June 1993Paris, FranceHippodrome de Vincennes "Are you aware who Monsieur Le Pen is?" asks MacPhisto. "I'm changing into even nearer mates to him today." Support for the xenophobic National Front has increased over the past decade; the social gathering has 10 seats in the European Parliament, and would have won sixty four seats in the latest legislative elections if proportional illustration had been used. Le Pen (nicknamed the "Devil of the Republic") is understood for making provocative statements, calling for the expulsion of Muslims from France and dismissing the Nazi gas chambers as a "element" of history. Three years ago when a group of neo-Nazis desecrated a Jewish cemetery, toppling 34 tombstones and mutilating a lately buried physique, then-Interior Minister Pierre Joxe blamed the likes of Le Pen for inspiring such acts with a long time of antisemitic hate speech. MacPhisto wonders if Monsieur Mitterrand might need Le Pen's telephone quantity; the socialist President has been accused of encouraging the rise of the National Front with increased media coverage and a change of voting system, as a way to divide the right. He phones the Élysée Palace, requesting "Parlez anglais, s'il vous plaît" in his upper-class English drawl when a man solutions. He is advised it is not attainable to speak to Mr Mitterrand - he'll have to jot down as an alternative. MacPhisto explains that he's looking for the variety of Monsieur Le Pen, however the man says he isn't there, and neither is right-wing current Interior Minister Charles Pasqua (who not too long ago passed a sequence of hard-line anti-immigration laws that critics have attacked as racist and dangerous). The man on the cellphone would not appear to grasp what MacPhisto desires, and insists he can't take a message for Monsieur Le Pen. MacPhisto leaves one anyway: "I was just going to tell him thank you for letting me again within the country. I'm back, you understand. Can't you are feeling it? I'm coming back!" Jean-Marie Le Pen has been convicted multiple times for inciting racial hatred and denying crimes towards humanity. In 2002 he unexpectedly reached the second round of the presidential election, sparking huge street protests earlier than he was closely defeated within the run-off. He remained chief of the National Front until 2011 when he was succeeded by his daughter Marine, who expelled him from the occasion four years later; he then founded the Jeanne Committees. MacPhisto would identify Marine as his "favourite" when he returned to Paris on the EI Tour in 2018. François Mitterrand served as President till 1995 and died of prostate most cancers less than eight months later, aged 79. Charles Pasqua also left workplace in 1995, and later founded the Rally for France get together; he died of a coronary heart assault in 2015 on the age of 88. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Monday twenty eighth June 1993Lausanne, SwitzerlandStade de la Pontaise From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: MacPhisto telephones Benedict Hentsch, who is believed to have been Adolf Hitler's personal banker, however he does not get him on the phone. The next day, Hentsch hears about the decision and tries to telephone Bono in the resort to offer him his monetary advice. Bono in a Westwood One interview: Another night we referred to as a Swiss banker who was rumoured to have numerous dodgy gold in his vaults. A evaluation in Le Matin quotes much of MacPhisto's speech: Head adorned with purple horns, Bono confides in a demonic voice: "Look what you have done to me. I've grow to be very well-known. Thank you. I know you want your pop stars to be exciting. So I bought myself this..." And exhibits off his platform sneakers. "I've earned some huge cash. I've the variety of my Swiss banker, a man who by no means asks me questions." He grabs his handset, the phone rings, however the man doesn't reply. "Do you assume I should write him a postcard?"

Switzerland's well-known banking secrecy legal guidelines, introduced to protect Jews and others from Nazi persecution, have ironically caused problems for the heirs of Holocaust victims seeking to reclaim their money, and have regularly been abused by tax cheats and different criminals. During World War II, Nazi Germany looted vast quantities of gold from the banks of occupied international locations in addition to stealing the belongings of individuals, even extracting dental gold from the our bodies of victims and moulding it into bars. This unwell-gotten wealth was laundered by way of Swiss banks to finance the German warfare effort, or deposited in their vaults for safekeeping. Investigations such because the Bergier fee in the nineties would estimate that the Swiss National Bank held $440 million of Nazi gold, of which $316 million was looted (a truth the bank had been conscious of). Hitler maintained a secret account on the Union Bank of Switzerland. The banker François Genoud, who held the posthumous rights to Hitler and Goebbels' writings, has typically been named as the post-conflict manager of the Nazis' hidden fortune. Contrary to the statement in U2 Live, Bénédict Hentsch was born three years after Hitler's demise and subsequently could not have been his "private banker" (I'm uncertain where this claim originated). He belongs to the seventh era of a standard banking family, and in 2004 founded Banque Bénédict Hentsch, which modified its title after his retirement from active private banking in 2013. He also redeveloped the location of the previous Charmilles Stadium to create housing and a public park named after his grandfather and father, which he donated to town of Geneva in 2015. [ No transcript available ] Wednesday thirtieth June 1993Basel, SwitzerlandSt Jakob's Stadion "You have a lovely nation here in Switzerland," MacPhisto tells the audience, to appreciative cheers. "I and my pals were out on the lake yesterday on a ship, it was lovely. We may drink the water, however we could not swim in it." The group chuckle. (His "mates" are thought to have included Naomi Campbell and support acts Macnas, Stereo MCs and The Velvet Underground.) MacPhisto says he has to take some day trip to relaxation now, and goes to order a taxi, looking dismayed when the crowd start to boo. "Do not get me wrong, I love you! I love you! But I reside in Las Vegas, and that's a good distance from right here." For some unknown purpose he would not actually make the telephone call, going straight into Ultra Violet as a substitute. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video half 1 ] [ Video part 2 ] Friday 2nd July 1993Verona, ItalyStadio Bentegodi "What an exquisite evening. All the lights, all the special results," says MacPhisto. "But have you learnt, generally... I really feel quite lonely. And unhappy. Triste. And I believe... of house." He pauses for sympathy earlier than continuing in a fragile voice: "Would you mind awfully if I made a telephone call dwelling? I have some associates there they usually're having a social gathering tonight. It's a birthday social gathering - shall we ring them up and wish them happy birthday?" He tells the crowd he lives in Dublin "in a house called Telefís Éireann", and phones the RTÉ Television Centre where Irish folks group Clannad are special friends on the chat show Lifelines, celebrating their twentieth anniversary. ("Their name is Clannad, a sort of a family. And it is a household present...") The cellphone call is answered by singer Máire Brennan, who recorded a duet with Bono in 1985. "Hello Máire, my previous buddy," he greets her, to which she responds "Hello, Mr MacPhisto!" with an affectionate chuckle. He leads the 45,000-sturdy crowd in a chorus of 'Happy Birthday', with Máire laughing exhausting all through, and tells her "I love you, Máire!" as Ultra Violet begins. Clannad are ending their 50-12 months career with a farewell tour in 2023, while Máire (who now spells her title Moya) will continue to report as a solo artist. Band members Pádraig and Noel Duggan died in 2016 and 2022 respectively. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Saturday 3rd July 1993Verona, ItalyStadio Bentegodi The anniversary of Jim Morrison's death is marked with a snippet of Light My Fire in Desire, plus a shout-out to another members of the 27 Club ("Brian Jones, Janis..."). MacPhisto enthuses about what an incredible idea show enterprise was. "The President of the United States is off on a world tour... and I like the way the Mafia gown, they're so beautiful." The Pope has been on his personal world tour; MacPhisto tries to ring him at the Vatican, but there seems to be no connection. "Oh my. And all I was going to ask him was, would he want some ZooTV equipment when we have finished our world tour, for his next? Maybe I'll call again!" (He does indeed strive again at the next show.) [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Tuesday sixth July 1993Rome, ItalyStadio Flaminio MacPhisto greets the Italian crowd with "Ciao, miei cari bambini" in his very English accent. Leading them in a chant of "Olé, olé olé olé!", he observes that football is sort of a religion to the people of Rome, and wonders how the Holy Father feels about that. The audience cheer when he suggests calling the Pope to search out out which staff he helps - Lazio or AS Roma? He mistakenly telephones the Castel Sant'Angelo slightly than Castel Gandolfo ("He's there for the summer season, you recognize") and enquires as to the health of the Holy Father, however the girl thinks he is looking for a ticket. "Actually, I've a much more serious query," MacPhisto reveals: "I've a superb good friend of mine, who'd like to hunt a personal confession from the Holy Father." The useful lady tries to explain in faltering English that he needs to dial one other quantity, and laughs apologetically when she can't find the precise phrases. "You people of Roma, you're so very sort," MacPhisto tells her. "I'd identical to to leave a message: my buddy, Mr Andreotti, would like to seek the personal confession of the Holy Father. He's lots to say..." The previous Prime Minister, a religious Catholic who grew to become the shut confidant of six successive popes, has in current months been accused of Mafia collusion, with informers claiming he had acted as their political protector in Rome and even ordered the 1979 murder of a journalist who was about to publish information that would have destroyed his profession. Judges did conclude that Andreotti was concerned with the Mafia until 1980, but by then he could not be convicted due to Italy's 20-12 months statute of limitations. In his different trial, an appeals court sensationally found him guilty of ordering Pecorelli's homicide, sentencing him to 24 years in prison, but this was overturned by the supreme court in 2003. Andreotti remained a senator and an influential political figure till his dying in 2013 on the age of 94. Bono would meet Pope John Paul II at Castel Gandolfo in 1999 as a part of a Jubilee 2000 delegation calling for debt cancellation; the Pope famously tried on his trademark sunglasses, while MacPhisto found his means into a extensively-shared photograph of the occasion! (Does anyone know who created that image?) The "funky pontiff" died aged eighty four in 2005. U2gigs.com report that MacPhisto's speech was rehearsed at a soundcheck the day before this present. I think this is actually an outline of the Rotterdam rehearsal (perhaps mislabelled as a result of confusion over the date format), but when it does exist as a separate recording, I'd be extremely grateful if anybody can provide a clip of this - please get in touch! [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday seventh July 1993Rome, ItalyStadio Flaminio "Do you know who I'm?" MacPhisto asks the viewers, and introduces himself: "My identify is Signor MacPhisto. I additionally go by the identify Andreotti." (The politician's "Machiavellian diplomatic expertise" have earned him the nickname Belzebù, coined by his lengthy-time ally and rival Bettino Craxi.) "I come disguised as many things, and I'm significantly fond of present enterprise. I do know you want your pop stars to be exciting - that is why I purchased these. Do you suppose I look funky?" MacPhisto needs to name his "superb friend" Craxi, the former Prime Minister who has these days grow to be an emblem of political corruption. For nearly a 12 months and a half Italy has been gripped by the "Tangentopoli" scandal, in which a nationwide investigation has seen lots of of politicians accused of taking bribes in exchange for public works contracts. Craxi faces plenty of allegations and doesn't deny that his get together has accepted illicit financing, saying that each one parties have been doing it for many years as they can not help themselves with authorized revenue alone. Earlier this year judges in Milan requested the lifting of his parliamentary immunity from prosecution, however a speech by Craxi persuaded the Chamber of Deputies to vote against it. The following day a crowd of protesters gathered outdoors the expensive Hotel Raphaël the place he lives (despite his get together's supposed monetary issues), shouting "thief", waving low-worth banknotes whereas singing "Bettino, do you want these too?" to the tune of 'Guantanamera', and greeting him with a shower of coins. "I love to see cash blowing within the wind," MacPhisto feedback as Zoo ECUs float around the stage. While he makes an attempt to telephone the lodge, the entire crowd begins to chant "Bettino, Bettino, vaffanculo!" ("fuck you!"), a lot to his amusement. When his call is answered, MacPhisto explains that he'd like to speak to Signor Craxi. "And who's speaking?" asks the man. "My name is MacPhisto." "From the place?" MacPhisto does not take kindly to this interrogation, testily replying "My country of origin is just not of interest to you, young man," but the lodge worker sounds equally irritable and will not let him get a phrase in edgeways until he states the place he is calling from. He lastly takes MacPhisto's identify and puts him on hold, transferring the decision to Craxi's secretary. "I'm really ringing to offer Mr Craxi a warning," MacPhisto informs her. "There's a man searching for him - his title is Judge Di Pietro. Watch out!" Craxi did ultimately face Di Pietro in court docket, and in 1994 fled to Tunisia to keep away from jail; his get together was disbanded later that 12 months. He was tried in absentia and sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption and illicit celebration financing, however remained a fugitive. Four other trials have been nonetheless in progress when he died in 2000 at the age of 65, having suffered complications of extreme diabetes. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Friday 9th July 1993Naples, ItalyStadio San Paolo With the Zooropa album released earlier this week, MacPhisto sings "She wore lemon" a few occasions through the bridge of Desire. "Oh look, they've Bo-no's head on the money!" he exclaims after the track, pointing out the Zoo ECUs littering the stage. "My name is MacPhisto, and I feel I've turned out to be a very thrilling pop star. What do you consider my go well with, then? Try the sneakers. You're huge into sneakers right here." The gang whoop and whistle their approval. Changing the subject, MacPhisto asks "How is Mayor Polese nowadays? I imagine he's in prison, in jail." As Tangentopoli erupted in Naples earlier this yr, the previous mayor and shut follower of Bettino Craxi, Nello Polese, was one of several politicians arrested over bribes paid for the privatisation of municipal real property administration. It capped off a turbulent few months through which he'd also been linked with a district president caught dealing with the Camorra (Neapolitan Mafia); Polese was pressured to resign after town's police commissioner and the editor-in-chief of a serious newspaper were heard discussing the way to assist him in a wiretapped phone conversation, and footage later emerged of him socialising with mobsters at a festival, which a political opponent had screened in a cinema "for the Neapolitans to evaluate the affair". MacPhisto suggests giving him a name: "Would you prefer to say good day to Mayor Polese and tell him what you think of him?!" The crowd comply with this, so MacPhisto telephones the Poggioreale prison, amused as he dials the quantity ("266-666... and that is not a joke!"). Unfortunately they think it's a prank call and hold up instantly, which gets an enormous chortle from the crowd. (Because of the Neapolitan speaker who translated the man's curt response - "Fatt'a 'a galera, guagliò", which means one thing like "Hey man, be jailed!") It's not clear what's gone wrong at the top, but MacPhisto offers up with a sigh and begins the subsequent tune. Evidently Polese was not actually in prison at this time, having instead been granted home arrest and subsequently launched whereas underneath investigation. His son apparently attended the concert as a U2 fan and wrote to the local newspaper the following day, complaining that it was unfair to call a suspect who could also be innocent. (Polese himself was among the councillors who had belatedly given permission for U2 to use the stadium after stress from followers... he probably regretted it now!) Polese was arrested again the next yr in one other corruption case, this time spending two and a half months in Poggioreale prison before Silvio Berlusconi's "thief-saving" Biondi decree controversially abolished pre-trial detention for crimes against the general public administration (and prompted the resignation of the Mani Pulite magistrates). After 23 trials he was ultimately acquitted of all prices and obtained compensation for unjust detention. He returned to politics in 2000, holding various positions in the brand new PSI and coordinating the electoral campaign of Campania President Stefano Caldoro in 2010. He also resumed his function as a university professor of engineering, and was head of transport company EAV from 2011 to 2015. The Naples present moreover included the live debut of 'Daddy's Gonna Pay In your Crashed Car' in snippet form, although not sung by MacPhisto; its first verse and chorus have been inserted into the center of 'When Love Involves Town', sounding extra like a Mirrorball Man performance! This was repeated on the Turin, Copenhagen and Stockholm concerts. DGPFYCC and Lemon would not be performed in full till the Zoomerang Tour in November. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video 1 ] [ Video 2 ] Monday twelfth July 1993Turin, ItalyStadio Delle Alpi "That's a superb one," says MacPhisto after singing a little bit of 'Moon River'. "Do you like that? I do like that. Do you want... me?" The crowd scream enthusiastically, and MacPhisto concurs: "I really like me!" This evening he attracts the viewers's consideration to the East German Trabants hanging above the stage, saying "D'you see these vehicles? We had many more, but now we've got only three. Do you assume if I called Mr Agnelli, he would assist me?" Big cheers; the pinnacle of native automotive large Fiat, known as l'Avvocato ('the Lawyer') because of his regulation diploma, is also honorary president of Juventus FC who call this stadium residence. MacPhisto telephones the Fiat workplace and is greeted with a stony silence when he asks for Mr Agnelli, despite repeating "Hello? ...Hello..." in an increasingly pitiful voice. A gaggle of followers sing an obviously effectively-practised "Agnelli, Agnelli, Agnelli, vaffanculo!", while MacPhisto tries "I simply called to say I love you..." There continues to be no response from the receptionist, and MacPhisto appears hurt: "I just wanted to know if we may have some Fiat Bambinis for our stage!" Gianni Agnelli died of prostate cancer in 2003 on the age of 81. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Wednesday 14th July 1993Marseille, FranceStade Vélodrome From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: MacPhisto holds a replica of the Euro Cup that soccer workforce Olympique Marseille had won on the night time of the Nantes live performance, touching local pride as the gang embark on a tribal bellowing of the "Olé, olé, olé", chant. In addition to changing into the first and only French club to win the newly-rebranded Champions League, Marseille had lately clinched their fifth consecutive French championship title. However, their success was tainted by a match-fixing scandal, with Valenciennes gamers accepting a bribe to forfeit a domestic match so that OM may save their energy and keep away from any injuries before the Champions League ultimate days later. Many followers in Marseille had rejected the allegations as a plot to destroy the club's president, millionaire businessman-turned-politician Bernard Tapie. MacPhisto tries to phone him, but nobody answers. "Well, I feel Monsieur Tapie may be asleep. Shall we attempt to wake him up?!" he says because the band launch into Ultra Violet. OM have been subsequently banned from participation in worldwide soccer for the following season, stripped of their French league title and relegated, which forced them to file for bankruptcy. Bernard Tapie served practically six months in prison for corruption and attempted witness tampering; he was also separately convicted of tax fraud and misuse of corporate belongings. Described as "a flamboyant and controversial figure", he went on to forge careers as an actor, presenter and newspaper boss, but a authorized battle with state-owned bank Crédit Lyonnais dragged on for many years and he was as soon as again being prosecuted when he died from stomach cancer in 2021, aged 78. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday 17th July 1993Bologna, ItalyStadio Comunale "I'm a rock 'n' roll star," MacPhisto informs the gang. "Some individuals assume that rock 'n' roll began in the United States of America, however the truth is this isn't the case. Rock 'n' roll started within the streets of Italy!" They applaud this assertion. "Opera! Songs from the street, from the gutter, sung with ardour - they sing their little hearts out," MacPhisto continues. "Pavarotti, there is a rock 'n' roll star! Shall I give Pavarotti a telephone name?" The good tenor, who's spending the summer season at his holiday villa in Pesaro, brings a smile to MacPhisto's face when he answers the telephone in a cheery singsong voice. After being serenaded with 'I Just Called To Say I love You', Pavarotti asks how the present is going. "Well, the folks of Bologna are splendid this night, I must say!" says MacPhisto, and Pavarotti tells him they're an amazing audience - "because you deserve it". Returning the flattery, MacPhisto remarks "I believe you are losing a number of weight, you're slimming down for the '90s!" The maestro laughs: "Not a lot, but I'll strive." (Earlier this yr he was pressured to cancel all performances while endeavor a two-month weight-loss programme as ordered by his docs, and a newspaper not too long ago claimed he has hired individuals to help enforce his strict food regimen.) MacPhisto assures him that "I like you the way you might be," and Pavarotti's heartfelt response of "I love you and all of the people there!" prompts enormous applause from the viewers. MacPhisto asks if he has a music to sing them over the phone. "No, sadly not!" replies Pavarotti, but needs them many extra beautiful days and nights, and says it could be an amazing pleasure to join them on stage at some point. He additionally wants to thank Bono for writing the English lyrics of 'Miserere', his duet with Zucchero. Pavarotti would certainly perform with Bono & Edge at certainly one of his charity concerts in Modena two years later, as a part of the Passengers collaboration, and duetted again with Bono at the ultimate concert in 2003. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2007 on the age of 71. Villa Giulia Pavarotti has since been transformed into an inventive centre where opera singing courses, concerts and dance seminars are held; additionally it is obtainable to rent for holidays. His other residence in Modena is now a museum. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video clip 1 ] [ Video clip 2 ] Sunday 18th July 1993Bologna, ItalyStadio Comunale MacPhisto is in nostalgic temper tonight: "Isn't it fantastic to see all of the lights and the smoke? The fanfare, the crowds... it jogs my memory of the great outdated days." Showing off his platform footwear, he asks the group "Don't I look superb? Do you assume Il Duce would've liked a pair of these? Do you suppose Il Duce would like a gold lamé swimsuit like mine?" The group murmur uncertainly at the point out of the previous fascist dictator. "I do miss him - do you?!" cries MacPhisto. Ignoring the group's emphatic response of "NO!", he decides to telephone Mussolini's "very nice granddaughter" Alessandra, who has adopted in his footsteps as a neo-fascist politician. He's insulted to seek out the answerphone switched on, shouting "Hello? Do you know who you're speaking to?! Hello!!" because the recorded message plays. Ultimately the machine beeps. "Hello, I'd like to leave a message for Alessandra Mussolini. I used to be an in depth friend of her grandfather's, and i simply need to tell her she's doing a beautiful job filling the old man's footwear!" says MacPhisto. His voice takes on a very sinister tone as he continues: "I'll be leaving Italy tomorrow, however I will not be far away. And that i will be together with her forever in spirit..." His relationship with Il Duce could be delightfully revisited on the Italian leg of the EI Tour in 2018, after current anti-immigrant rhetoric from the Interior Minister struck a well-known chord. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Friday twenty third July 1993Budapest, HungaryNép Stadion "Are we having fun tonight?" asks MacPhisto. The gang reply in the affirmative. He factors out the Trabants: "Do you like our little Christmas tree the place we hang all our stunning lights? Our beautiful little vehicles? You've gotten lots of them in your metropolis." A few cheers. "They remind me of the good old days before folks needed change. I don't like change. I like things to stay exactly the best way they're." He says he has a good friend here in this metropolis who does not like change both - Gyula Thürmer, chief of the Hungarian Workers' Party. The group response is muted, and MacPhisto wonders if he is pronounced the name accurately. "I hate it when individuals want a greater life," he sighs as he dials the phone quantity. He will get via to a different answerphone, and sings 'I Just Called To Say I really like You' after the tone. "I simply called to say... you're doing an excellent job!" [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Tuesday twenty seventh July 1993Copenhagen, DenmarkGentofte Stadion "Oh, it's sooo good to be here," MacPhisto gushes. "They thought the rain would keep us away, but I say by no means, I like the rain - it makes me really feel at house!" Some appreciative whistles from the group. "And I really like rock and roll," he continues enthusiastically. "I really like the beat, it's so catchy, and... I like the feeling of togetherness. We're all here tonight, urgent up in opposition to one another, it's fabulous! It's just like the EEC, isn't it, really?!" The Danish crowd aren't too certain concerning the joys of togetherness in Europe; the notoriously eurosceptic nation had rejected the Maastricht Treaty in a 1992 referendum, and solely ratified it in May 1993 after being granted four exceptions to it. MacPhisto says he has a buddy right here in Copenhagen: Denmark's former Foreign Minister and robust EU supporter, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (or "Uffemann"). "I feel so close to him, I might almost kiss him - MWAH!" he chuckles. Dialling the politician's dwelling quantity ("When you are famous, people provide you with such things"), MacPhisto muses: "It's wonderful to have folks to let you know what you need, isn't it, really? It makes life so much simpler." (After negotiating the Edinburgh Agreement, Ellemann-Jensen was quoted as saying "We've bought every part we wished"; the federal government declared that "everyone at dwelling" could now confidently vote 'Yes', though in actual fact many Danes still opposed the treaty and there have been riots after the second referendum.) Uffemann is not in tonight, so his wife Alice Vestergaard answers the telephone. MacPhisto introduces himself as a private buddy of his, and asks if he may leave a message. Clearly considering it's a prank name, she curtly replies "You'll be able to name him tomorrow at his office. Goodbye," and hangs up. There is far pantomime booing from the gang, however MacPhisto stays composed and simply sings 'I Just Called To Say I really like You'. The tabloid newspaper Ekstra Bladet claimed to have offered him with the cellphone quantity earlier than the concert, and it was apparently printed in the papers in addition to learn out loud by MacPhisto. Consequently, angry U2 followers spent the remainder of the night calling the family to complain about Ms Vestergaard's rudeness, a lot to her husband's displeasure. Uffe Ellemann-Jensen died aged eighty in 2022 after a recurrence of prostate cancer. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Thursday twenty ninth July 1993Oslo, NorwayValle Hovin Stadion "What a wonderful country you've here," says MacPhisto together with his common charm. "Ahh, the fjords; the wildlife is so wonderful here! And what's all the fuss in regards to the whales?" The crowd begin to jeer and boo; Norway had lately made the controversial decision to resume business whale hunting, regardless of a world ban. "I imply, I do not perceive it - what have the whales ever finished for us, eh?" MacPhisto continues, and that gets a cheer. "They're unemployed, they do not pay taxes... and they take up a lot of room, do not you think?" MacPhisto says he learned all concerning the whales from his good friend Jan Henry Olsen, the Minister of Fisheries, and mischievously reads out his phone number as he dials ("You can call him tomorrow if you like!"). For the primary - and only - time on the tour, he will get by way of to a politician in person, much to the delight of the gang. "How do you do?" Olsen politely asks the devilish caller, and is unfazed when MacPhisto points out that he is right here with "a few mates". When asked if he shares their opinion that all the fuss concerning the whales is "simply complete madness", Olsen says that as lengthy as the whales aren't below threat, they may continue to catch them for food. The crowd loudly chant their approval. MacPhisto fairly agrees: "I have completely no time for individuals who like whales or dolphins, myself... and I'm positive that for those who catch them, you'll eat them all yourself, will not you Mr Olsen! You like to munch on a whale yourself, do you?" The minister doesn't draw back from the question, replying "I take a bit, yes". "Aha, you like the odd whale steak!" laughs MacPhisto. Taking everybody by surprise, the politician then reveals: "I will have a whale steak tomorrow. D'you want to come and have dinner with me?" The crowd erupts with laughter and cheers. "Mr Olsen," declares MacPhisto, "I believe you and i are going to get on simply effective!" The themes of the telephone name seemingly continue into MacPhisto's performances of each Ultra Violet and Love Is Blindness. Jan Henry Olsen died in 2018 on the age of simply 61, after a ten-12 months battle with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday 31st July 1993Stockholm, SwedenStockholms Stadion MacPhisto is in celebratory temper this night. "It's wonderful to be here, it is wonderful to be on high of the world... once more!" he says. "And the people who put us on the highest of the world are here tonight. Island Records! Somebody get them a drink. I like it when they arrive out to see us play, don't you?" The audience cheer in settlement. "I like present enterprise, it is in my blood," says MacPhisto. "Everybody's into it now, though. What about Ian Wachtmeister?" he asks, referring to the chief of Sweden's racist New Democracy party. "Ooh, he is my kind of man - I like individuals flashy, you know? From good inventory." Although Wachtmeister is just not available, MacPhisto finds an unexpected fan in the girl taking the cellphone call, who giggles knowingly as quickly as he offers his identify. They share a hearty chortle when she joins in with 'I Just Called To Say I like You', and the woman blurts out "You're fantastic!" "Oh, I - and so are you, darling!" simpers MacPhisto, caught off-guard by the praise. "I believe we could possibly be stunning collectively! I think we'll get on very nicely, do not you?" But encouraging her proves to be a mistake, as she continues to babble on incessantly within the background whereas Ultra Violet begins up, until MacPhisto has no selection but to try to drown her out: "I believe I'm going to miss you, Stockholm! I could get along properly here! GOODNIGHT! ...Goodnight... Goodnight..." Ian Wachtmeister died in 2017 aged eighty four after affected by an aggressive type of lymphoma. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] [ Video ] Tuesday 3rd August 1993Nijmegen, the NetherlandsGoffert Park "Well... I'm not so excellent at speeches, so I'll be brief," says MacPhisto in a rare second of modesty, but it is not lengthy before he's ruffled a few feathers in the gang. "Call me old school, but I miss the great old days. The Third Reich!" he reminisces fondly amid boos and whistles. "Don't you miss the nice outdated days, when the trains ran on time?" As ever, MacPhisto is wanting to catch up with a pal while he's in town - tonight it's Hans Janmaat, chief of the xenophobic Centre Democrats celebration whose policies include the abolition of multicultural society within the Netherlands. "You may try this at house, children," smirks MacPhisto as he as soon as once more reads out the phone quantity for all to hear. A man solutions; Janmaat is not accessible. MacPhisto insists: "I'm an excellent buddy of his, and I think he'd be moderately disappointed to not receive my name." "Yeah, but he is not right here," the man repeats bluntly. He agrees to take a message, but instantly hangs up when MacPhisto starts to sing. Janmaat died from a coronary heart situation in 2002 at the age of 67. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Saturday seventh August 1993Glasgow, ScotlandCeltic Park MacPhisto sings about Glasgow being "my sort of town", with a line from New York, New York changed to "I need to wake up in a metropolis that doesn't give me the creeps". He tells the crowd that he loves the theatre; "Do you know that Macbeth - the man, not the play - died four hundred years in the past this evening?" (Note: that is entirely untrue, however perhaps it is easy to lose a number of hundred years when you are an ancient being.) He says he knows another nice man - Glasgow-born Ian Lang, the Secretary of State for Scotland. The crowd begin to boo. "I believed he was such a fine man! And a fantastic actor - he has everyone considering he's Scottish. But he's not, you recognize, he's a Tory... like me!" Playfully paraphrasing Shakespeare as he dials the quantity ("Is that this a phone I see earlier than me, the handle toward my hand...?"), he calls the Scottish Office in an try to succeed in Ian Lang, talking to a polite Scottish man who tells him "Well I'm afraid, sir, it's not doable simply now. Can I ask who you are?" "I'm a private pal, and a fellow thespian," explains MacPhisto. (Lang was a member of the Cambridge Footlights whereas at university.) "He knows precisely who I'm, and I'm surprised he hasn't informed you I used to be going to call." The man patiently takes MacPhisto's name ("That's M-A-C... you may be acquainted with that one...") and agrees to move on his message that Lang is doing "a jolly good job up north". "And there's just one different line," adds MacPhisto. "Out... out... damned... SCOT!" He would go on to reference a line from Hamlet at one of the 2018 shows in Copenhagen. [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Sunday 8th August 1993Glasgow, ScotlandCeltic Park Once once more marvelling about how all people's into present enterprise now, MacPhisto feedback: "My pal John is into it... John Major." The gang boo upon hearing the British Prime Minister's name, however MacPhisto leaps to his defence: "Oh no, he's an exciting fellow - he ran away from the circus to develop into an accountant!" (John Major's father Tom was a trapeze artist.) He telephones 10 Downing Street; the Prime Minister is not out there, however a chirpy secretary asks if he'd like to leave a message. "My identify is Mr MacPhisto, and I'm calling from the highest of the country - he could have heard of it, it is called Scotland," the devil replies caustically. "And I'd just wish to say that I feel he is doing a fully marvellous job for the folks of Scotland." The gang boo loudly. MacPhisto continues undeterred: "It should be such a headache, being in control of them when you are to this point away. And I'd additionally prefer to say that I feel he knows exactly what they need - just like he does for the folks of Bosnia-Herzegovina," he concludes dryly. "Au revoir!" The acid remarks appear to fly over the top of the lady on the telephone, whose cheerful "Bye-bye" is unintentionally hilarious. :D [ Transcript ] [ Download MP3 ] [ Audio ] Wednesday 11th August 1993London, EnglandWembley Stadium "Those have been the times, my buddy, I believed they'd never end..." sings MacPhisto, again courting controversy together with his antiquated views: "It's not the same, is it? No... don't you miss the great old days? The Raj, the Empire! Don't you miss the great old days? No speaking back from Paddies or Pakis, no!" The group are uncomfortable, not sure the place that is main. "What's all of the fuss - Salman Rushdie, he can't be English, can he?" MacPhisto asks. The sensible Indian-born writer had been in hiding under the safety of the British authorities since 1989, when the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his demise due to alleged blasphemy towards the Prophet Muhammad in his novel The Satanic Verses. "He's been taking my title in vain," quips MacPhisto. "Yes, all that bullshit about freedom of speech... ha ha. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. I despatched him into exile... and i do have his number." He provides the creator a name. "Hello, could I converse to Salman Rushdie? The identify's MacPhisto." The response is suspiciously loud and clear: "That is Salman Rushdie speaking." MacPhisto is delighted; he asks Salman how miserable he's, however Salman insists he is fairly blissful. "Do you get out and about a lot these days?" MacPhisto enquires flippantly, to which Salman replies "Oh yes, once in a while. I must be careful, in fact - I've got even more bother with the critics than you do!" MacPhisto tells Salman that he would not want to make him too jealous, as they're having "a completely fabulous evening here at Wembley Stadium!" (and here the crowd voice their agreement). But Salman is not jealous... "Yes, I know that, because I'm here too!" he reveals. MacPhisto is taken aback. "I'm much nearer to you than you would ever think about," Salman continues. "In fact, I can see you now. You're carrying a ridiculous gold swimsuit, and you're standing in entrance of 50,000 of the loudest individuals I've ever heard in my life!" The crowd scream merrily, while MacPhisto refuses to imagine Salman is current, difficult him: "Are you not afraid? Come out if you're not afraid!" From U2 Live by Pimm Jal de la Parra: Arms outstretched, it's indeed Salman Rushdie who comes strolling on stage from the wings. While he goes over to hug Bono, Salman's face is enlarged on the screens, and the group produce an incredible cheer as they realise his look is an historic occasion. It is nearly unbelievable that for almost 5 years this man, embracing Bono in entrance