Bono guitar strikes wrong note in Bolivia
U2 singer Bono has unwittingly triggered an international row while on tour and preaching a message of solidarity in South America.
Sophie Arie
Thursday, March 09, 2006
U2 singer Bono has unwittingly triggered an international row while on tour and preaching a message of solidarity in South America.
The rock star was presented with a traditional Andean guitar, a charango, as a symbol of Chile's musical culture after a concert in Santiago last week.
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An expert on the subject, he runs a museum full of the instruments made of everything from armadillo to tortoise shells to dried ox testicles, in La Paz.
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http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=7&art_id=13699&sid=6964852&con_type=1&d_str=20060309Wow! Imagine a rock star playing dried ox testicles?! Can you believe that Bolivia and Chile are actually fighting over this? This sounds like something Monty Python would do....Yum! Crunchy frog!:eyes:
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