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Davis
Square was turned upside down for the secret-until-the-last-minute U2
event last Wednesday. A cleverly orchestrated plan was put in motion
and it went off without one arrest – a testament to the coordinated
effort of the Somerville Police Department, the band and the Somerville
Theatre.
While it was tremendous publicity for Somerville, it
might have been better if it hadn't been so secret – there still would
have probably been the same preparation, probably the same amount of
people hoping to catch a glimpse of the band, probably no serious
incidents, probably a lot of the same things would have gone the way
they did. Probably.
One thing that would have most definitely
been better – local media and radio and VJ Sway might have been able to
remember the event was in Somerville and not Boston. That would have
been nice.
The day came and went so fast, if you spent any
amount of time outside the city in the last week, you probably got a
couple of "why would U2 play in Somerville?" questions from people when
the subject came up – and quite frankly, that is the only regrettable
byproduct of the whole thing.
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