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...band issued a statement on the day of the concert saying, "U2 are [sic] involved in Live Aid because it's more than money, it's music...but it is also a demonstration to the politicians and policymakers that men, women and children will not walk by other men, women and children as they lie, bellies swollen, starving to death for the sake of a cup of grain and some water...
...Since the 1980s, U2's devotion to fighting important political causes has never flagged. But during the 1990s, the band shed their image of heart-on-their-sleeve activists...
...After the failure of their documentary and double live album, Rattle and Hum, fans were becoming skeptical of the band's sincerity because of their commercial success. U2 knew that they needed a change...
...U2 that resurfaced in 1991 was dramatically different from what audiences were used to. Their sound was infused with synthesizers and techno-based drum beats, while their tours were large-scale spectacles that expanded to the $250,000-per-day multimedia extravaganza of the 1997 PopMart tour, complete with a lemon-shaped spaceship that carried the band on stage. U2 was trying to create the next generation of music and performance by utilizing the technology...
...band] actually became an image, whereas before they had been 'the real thing,'" says Carter Alan, a Boston radio DJ and U2 biographer, referring to the 1991 U2 song "Even Better than the Real Thing." "They were making fun of their own success...