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He punctuated these 30-year-old tunes with remarks that re-framed their focus to contemporary issues. get me wrong: there are many brilliant, accomplished and popular musical acts performing at the Bonna- roo festival this year. But then U2. You may know them as the biggest musical group in the world, depending on how you feel about The Rolling Stones. And when that Irish quartet took the stage at Bonnaroo on Friday night, they essentially touched down from another stratosphere.

The first sound the band made? The unmistakable drumbeat and guitar chimes of Bloody asong that thousands in that audience have adored for decades. But put all of that pretense aside for a moment. At Bonnaroo, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers had the rare chance to feel like a brand-new band. In their 41-year history, U2 had never headlined a music festival in the U.S. until Friday night at Bonnaroo.

Since the late headlined their own concerts at stadiums and arenas: preaching to the converted on a massive scale. But at Bonnaroo just their second festival ever, in fact they performed for an audience filled with 20-some- things. a sight rarely seen in the 21st century. That made Bonnaroo a particularly unusual stop on the current U.S. tour, during which revisiting their 1987 landmark album, Joshua And strangely, the song arc worked out for this tour is an inspired fit for newcomers to the band.

Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry MullenJr. took the stage with literally no fanfare no stage light directions, no introduction, no video screens. (I actually had to interrupt a conversation some fans next to me were having, telling them, guys! And that was the norm for the first three songs: Bloody and (In The Name of all songs from the early years, when they, too, were in their teens and twenties. During a song about Martin Luther KingJr. he told the audience, people may think (his) dream is dead, but not at Bon- naroo tonight.

But maybe the dream is just telling us to wake Tree was dedicated to the eldest daughter of Soundgar- Chris Cornell, who died last month at age 52. Bono also had the U.K.’s city of Manchester which recently endured a terrorist attack at a concert his mind, as well as London. Through an encore of tunes from to he dedicated the evening to rolling hills of And before they took their final bow, Bono cracked a joke probably been saving for months. an extraordinary thing Bonnaroo he said. you for naming it after U2 band reborn, turns in epic Bonnaroo performance SHELLEY MAYS THE TENNESSEAN Bono performs on the What Stage during the headline performance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn, on Friday night.

DAVE PAULSON USA TODAY NETWORK TENNESSEE At least two dozen people have been transported to area hospitals, as temperatures climbed Saturday at the 16th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festivalin Manchester, Coffee County authorities said. Of those transported, 21 were taken by ambulance and three were taken by medical helicopter two to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and one to Erlanger Medical Center in Chat- tanoogaga, Coffee County Emergency Management Agency Director Micheal Bonner said. The first patient transported out of the four-day outdoor music festival was a male who was flown out Friday to Vanderbilt after suffering a head injury from a fall. Early Saturday, another male who suffered an abdominal injury from a fall was transported to Erlanger. Then, late Saturday afternoon, a woman was flown to Vanderbilt to be treated for intoxication.

Other people transported were treated for injuries including abdominal pains, significant cuts and chest pains. One male suffered a dog bite after he ran from a police dog and refused law commands to stop running, Bonner said. Heat exhaustion, sunburn, dehydration and blisters are among the most common medical issues. The high Saturday was 83 degrees. According to the National Weather Service in Nashville, the high today is expected to hit 88 degrees.

Due to the anticipated increase in temperature and humidity today, Bonner said the number of medical transports could grow. getting hotter every day; (the festival attendees) are getting more dehydrated every day, and getting more tired because not getting sleep because wanting to catch all the he said. Bonner encouraged Bonnaroovians to drink plenty of fluids, wear sunscreen and wear good footwear. Reach Natalie Neysa Alund at nalund and follow on Twitter Bonnaroo 2017: Two dozen taken to hospitals NATALIE NEYSA ALUND USA TODAY NETWORK TENNESSEE.