US flag Monday 28th May 2018
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Infinite Energy Arena


[Desire ends]

Bono: "Desire... lust... greed... show-offiness... vanity – all the essentials for a showman like myself. And of course... a licence to just... look in the mirror, all... day... long." [approaches iPad on a stand; sees a devilish face superimposed over his own image]

MacPhisto: [inhales admiringly] "Ohh!"

Crowd: [whoops]

MacPhisto: "Very revealing!  Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm a man of wealth and taste." [sniggers] "Been around for many a long year... stole many a man's soul..." [evilly] "...to waste!"

Crowd: [whoops]

MacPhisto: [sniggers] "I was there at Charlottesville, when the KKK Sieg Heiled!" [gives Nazi salute] "...together. Made damn sure... the President's hands were full with 'Stormy' weather." [sniggers] "You can't make this shit up!"

Crowd: [laughter]

MacPhisto: "Seriously!"

Crowd: [cheers and applause]

MacPhisto: "People spying on themselves, with their telephones, and their ones and zeroes." [sniggers] "There's hardly anything for me to do." [sniggers] "Myself and Comrade Putin had a good laugh about that." [sniggers]

Crowd: [whoops]

MacPhisto: "And Atlanta?  You do understand that when you don't believe I exist, that's when I do my best work."

[Acrobat begins]

MacPhisto: "Don't believe what you hear. Don't believe what you see. If you just close your eyes... you can feel... THE ENEMYYY!  Haaa!" [evil laughter]


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