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U2 Pelon

from Jun 4, 1986

 - COW860604-PE

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Jack Healy of Amnesty International sought out Bill Graham to produce a tour that would focus attention on their efforts world-wide over the last 25 years. Graham told Healy what he told anyone who approached him with a worthy cause: "... get me the talent and I'll do the rest." The tour quickly took shape after Bono of U2 signed on, but the undertaking was not without crises. An early venue lost money, and there was a contentious meeting about television rights. In the end, the tour served as excellent promo for the participating bands, the concerts were sold out, and MTV filmed the grand finale at Giant's Stadium.

Pelons are extremely rare "practice pieces" for the early t-shirt designs. Before production was initiated, the image or design was tested on cotton cloth or burlap to determine the color and line accuracy of the piece. The earlier examples, those dating from the '70s, are generally the only pelons run on burlap. Few of these "tests" were preserved once the design was deemed acceptable and the shirt went into production.

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