“We’ve had a lot of fun over the last few months, just getting to know some of the music which we didn’t know so much about — and still don’t know very much about, but it was fun! Anyway, thanks for coming along. It wouldn’t have been the same without you. Some people have traveled a long way to come here tonight. This — I was explaining to people the other night, but I might’ve got it a bit wrong — this is just the end of something for U2. And that’s what we’re playing these concerts — and we’re throwing a party for ourselves and you. It’s no big deal, it’s just — we have to go away and … and dream it all up again.”–Bono, December 30, 1989