BONO Pays Tribute To Longtime Tour Manager Dennis Sheehan - “He Always Thought Maybe U2 Could Be The Next LED ZEPPELIN”
May 28, 2015, 8 years ago
Last night (May 27th) in Los Angeles during the band’s Innocence + Experience Tour, U2 paid tribute to longtime tour manager, Dennis Sheehan, who served as U2's tour manager for more than three decades and also worked with Led Zeppelin, assisting on their 1975 and 1977 tours, as well as Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Siouxsie and the Banshees and members of the Sex Pistols.
"What a privilege to share the stage with these brothers of mine and to share this evening with you who have given us everything. U2 is kind of family,” Bono told the Los Angeles Forum. “It's a brotherhood, although there's a lot of sisters too. But our extended family is very, very important to us. We look after each other and it takes a lot to put on a show like tonight. Last night we lost a member of our family. Dennis Sheehan was his name. He was U2's tour manager for 33 years. He loved, as we all do, the city of Los Angeles and he called the Sunset Marquis his ‘home away from home’. He came to this city as a young man in the ‘70s, working for Led Zeppelin. He always thought maybe U2 could be the next Led Zeppelin, which of course is impossible. We did try once at his last big birthday. We turned up at his birthday dressed as Led Zeppelin. Adam was quite something because he had kind of professorial Jon Paul Jones look. The biggest problem was I couldn't quite fill Robert Plant’s pants.”Dennis Sheehan died Tuesday night in West Hollywood of a heart attack. He was 68.
"We've lost a family member, we're still taking it in," Bono said in a statement. "He wasn't just a legend in the music business, he was a legend in our band. He is irreplaceable."
