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The Music Quiz: U2′s Shadows & Tall Trees takes its title from a chapter in which classic novel?
Plus: What’s #1 in Rolling Stone’s list of the Most Inspirational LGBTQ Songs of All Time?
U2 during their first US tour pose backstage at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco, in March 1981. Photograph: Randy Bachman/Getty Images
Tony Clayton-Lea
Wed Jul 05 2023 - 05:00
Tony Clayton-Lea
Tony Clayton-Lea is a contributor to The Irish Times specialising in popular culture
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